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Joe Frazier’s Gym, where heavyweight boxing champion Frazier trained to fight Muhammad Ali, has been a staple on North Broad Street for decades. The gym, which opened in the late 1960s ...
Several years ago when I was commuting around Philadelphia — I drove past the iconic gym where the legendary Joe Frazier ...
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Frazier was a fixer, and he loved nothing more than fixing his gym. It was a sturdy, three-story building near Broad and Glenwood. When he was not ...
Philadelphia’s Fifth District Councilmember Jeffery Young introduced a resolution Thursday calling for the city to save the former training ground of boxing heavyweight champion Joe Frazier.
His mentorship helped Frazier go on to become at Olympic ... Hand also opened the Joe Hand Boxing Gym in 1995. It helped children learn how to box, but also had a computer center for other ...
Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced off at Madison Square Garden 50 years ago this week in a highly-anticipated rematch, the second in a trilogy of ...
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier was billed as the 'Fight of the Century,' held on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The match lasted 15 rounds with the judges declaring ...
Joe Frazier’s Gym in North Philadelphia is a historic landmark and residents of the neighborhood are pulling off all the ...