http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/07/sport/joe-frazier-obit/?hpt=hp_t2

oe Frazier, the hard-hitting boxing heavyweight who handed the legendary Muhammad Ali his first defeat, died Monday, just a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer, his family said in a statement.

The former heavyweight champion, who was 67, became a legend in his own right and personified the gritty working-class style of his hard-knuckled hometown, Philadelphia -- a fitting setting for the "Rocky" film series, starring Sylvester Stallone as hardscrabble boxer Rocky Balboa. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter called Frazier the "quintessential Philadelphia boxer."

"You could hear him coming, snorting and grunting and puffing, like a steam engine climbing a steep grade," Bill Lyon wrote in a Philadelphia Inquirer column about Frazier, nicknamed Smokin' Joe.

"He was swarming and unrelenting, and he prided himself that he never took a backward step, and he reduced the Sweet Science to this brutal bit of elemental math: 'I'll let you hit me five times if you'll let me hit you just once.'"

Frazier's family issued a brief statement about his death.

"We The Family of ... Smokin' Joe Frazier, regret to inform you of his passing," the statement said. "He transitioned from this life as 'One of God's Men,' on the eve of November 7, 2011 at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

Mwen regret tande lan mor gwo atelt saa ke mwen te rankontre yon swa Nan madison square garden.Mwen pap janm bliye premye match li te fè ak Ali ya.chok li te kreye nan asistans la lè li te voye Ali sou tapi ya.Menm Ali te sezi.sa ki etone m nan Joe frazier li pat yon gwo neg.yo di li te 5'11" mwen pa kwè sa li pi sanble ke li te ka 5'9".

Grandè pa vle di anyen, gade jounen jodya 2 neg ki pi fò nan lemond se Manny pacquiao ak Floyd Mayweather Jr.. Pacquaio li men li 5'6 , mayweather li menm li 5'8.