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Addie, Johnny, 193
Aidala, Artie, 193
Ali: A Life (Eig), 289
Ali (movie), 333
Ali, Khalilah Camacho (aka Belinda Boyd), 147, 246–247
Ali, Laila, 332
Ali, Lonnie, 333, 348–349
Ali, Muhammad (aka Cassius Clay, Jr.). See also “Fight of the Century”; Super Fight II; “Thrilla in Manila”
appearance on the boxing scene, 64–67
beginning professional career, 65–66
“Butterfly” moniker, 7, 71, 346, 348, 349
conversion to Islam, 5, 73, 118, 120, 137, 153, 326
evading the draft/Vietnam protest, 75, 92, 116, 166, 205, 332, 343
expulsion from boxing, 5–6, 137, 152, 170
Foreman bout, 70–73
Foreman rematch, 73–75, 77
Frazier funeral, attending, 345
Frazier, making peace with, 347–350
Frazier relationship, 5–8, 120–122, 130–131, 136–144, 163, 184, 212, 242–243, 248, 291–292, 325–333
Frazier rematch (Super Fight II), 211–212, 225–236
health/Parkinson’s Disease, 7, 330, 341
heckling Frazier, 6, 98, 120–122, 138, 143, 163, 184, 212, 242–243, 248, 327–329
lighting the Olympic cauldron, 331–332
money and tax issues, 66, 176
move to Philadelphia, 136
purchasing house in Cherry Hill, 173
relicensed to fight in NY, 176
Rope-a-Dope strategy, 250
talk of retirement, 255, 262, 275, 289
title defense, 98, 141, 255, 275, 289–290, 306
training camp, 228, 329
trying to make a comeback, 289–290, 293–294
wives, 147
Ali, Rahman, 227–228
Allen, Dick, 129
Alongi, Tony, 89
Alston, W. Kent, 24
American Broadcasting Company (ABC Sports), 99, 218, 226, 266
A. M. Greenfield Trust, 315
Anderson, Ben, 120
Anderson, Dave, 53, 88, 98, 106, 147, 155, 205, 246–247, 255–256, 262, 287
Anderson, Marion, 24
Anderson, Ray, 180
Armstrong, Henry, 4
Armstrong, Louis, 184
Arum, Bob, 99, 243
Atlanta, GA, 277–278, 305, 331
Averona, Michael, 279–280, 338, 344
Averona, Sonny, 279–280, 287
Baer, Max, 155
Bailey, Milt, 272
Bailey, Pearl, 107
Baldwin, Bowers, 81
Baldwin, F. Bruce, 63, 81, 89
Baldwin, James, 69
Banks, Lucien (“Sonny”), 78
Barreto, Miguel, 123
Basilio, Carmen, 93
Battle of Port Royal, 16
Beaufort County, 13, 17, 20–21, 219, 263
Beaufort County Training School, 26, 28
Beaufort Gazette, 24, 32
Beaufort, SC, 5, 16–17, 24–26, 31–32, 37, 76, 103, 118, 158, 173, 200, 204–206, 220, 235, 248, 298
Bednarik, Ed, 276
Bench, Johnny, 217
Ben Franklin Parkway, 2, 340
Benton, George, 41, 237, 245, 251, 257, 262, 266–269, 276–277, 285, 290, 292, 302, 304–305
Benvenuti, Nino, 109–110, 124
Berbick, Trevor, 290, 293–294
Berle, Milton, 96–97
Berube, Gaston, 305
Biester, Edward G., 316
Biggs, Tyrell, 273, 302–303
Bingham, Damon, 348
Bingham, Howard, 348
Binzen, Peter, 162
Bishop, Joey, 121
Black Coalition, Inc., 140
Black Muslims. See Nation of Islam
Black Panthers, 165
Blavat, Jerry, 121, 129
Bolden, Ginger, 42–43
Bolden, Tim, 32
Boldt, George, 65
Bonavena, Oscar (“Ringo”), 90–92, 99, 126–128
“bootleg cards,” 40
Bootlegging (moonshine), 14, 18, 23–24, 29–30
Boyle, Robert H., 48
Braddock, James J. (“The Cinderella Man”), 134, 155–156
Bradford, Odessa, 53–54
Bradford, Rush, 53
Branche, Stanley, 139–140
Brenner, Teddy, 89–90, 102, 109, 118, 126, 154–155, 175–176, 236, 285
Breslin, Jimmy, 201
Brewton, Mary Izard, 219
Brewton Plantation, 219–221, 223, 263, 289, 312
Bright Hope Baptist Church (Philadelphia), 79–80, 102, 109, 224
Briscoe, Bennie (“Bad”), 41–42, 49, 123, 273
Briscoe, Tom, 172
Broad, James, 277, 305, 317
Brown, Bundini, 72, 231–232, 249, 252
Brown, James (football player), 99
Brown, James (singer), 283
Brown, Les, 107
Bruce, Mike, 79, 125
Bryant, Kobe, 349
Bucks County, PA, 263, 315–316
Bugner, Joe, 197, 221–223, 241, 305–306
Bull, John, 219
Burton, Richard, 188
Bush, George H. W., 165
Bussey, Talmadge, 253
Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), 168, 265, 289, 307
Caine, Michael, 188
Cambridge, Godfrey, 168
Campbell, Edwin, 196–197, 199
Cannon, Jimmy, 88, 106
Cantu, Robert, 342
Carbo, Frankie (“Mr. Gray”), 65
Carlos, John, 210
Carmody, Bobby, 53, 56–57
Carson, Johnny, 176
Carter, James E. (“Jimmy”), 277
Cauliflower ears, 128
Cauthen, Terrance, 331
Celibacy, pre-fight, 90, 105, 131, 149–150, 239
Chandler, Jeff, 273
Chargin, Don, 97, 132, 343–344
Charles, Arlene (“Charlie”), 238–239
Charles, Ezzard, 25
“cheese champs,” 304
Chen, Lucien, 215
Chicago Daily News, 92
Chicago Tribune, 293
“The Chickenbone Special,” 36
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), 341–342
Chuvalo, George, 90, 100–101, 103, 211, 288
Civil Rights movement. See Race/racism
Civil War/Reconstruction era, 15–16, 219
Clancy, Gil, 238–240
Clark, Jimmy, 272
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr. See Ali, Muhammad
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Sr., 73
Clayton, Zack, 79, 249
Cleroux, Bob, 153–154
Cloverlay Gym
Frazier in training at, 180
nearby criminal and gang activity, 164
purchase and renovation, 63, 263, 272–273
upstairs apartment, 2, 340
Cloverlay (investment group), 339
managing Frazier’s career, 8–10, 61, 63, 81–84, 91–92, 97, 99–100, 102, 105, 110, 112–113, 118, 122, 129–130, 140, 181–183, 197
purchase of Brewton Plantation, 219
scheduling the Ali-Frazier bout, 166–168, 225
supporting Joe’s music business, 120
supporting the black community, 162–163
termination of Frazier agreement, 8, 263, 311
Clubber Lang (fictional movie character), 335
Coakley, Lisa, 15, 18, 27, 44, 75, 223
Cobb, Randall (“Tex”), 273
Coetzee, Gerrie, 285–287
Coffey, Joseph, 186
Cohn, Nik, 241–242
Cokes, Curtis, 123
Colbert, Val, 276, 292, 302
Collins, Gary, 345
Collins, Paul, 52
Collins, Weatta Frazier,
46, 102, 105, 151, 256, 310, 313–314, 323, 334, 338, 340, 345, 351
Colson, Charles W., 207
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 131, 291, 306
Concord Hotel (Frazier training camp), 104, 109, 117, 130, 134, 149, 178, 209
Concussion Legacy Foundation, 342
Condon, John F. X., 130, 134, 292
Conner, Marion, 108
Cooke, Jack Kent, 177, 229
Cooley, Bill, 290
Cooper, Bert (“Smokin’”), 10, 263, 304
Cooper, Henry, 153–154, 197
Coopman, Jean-Pierre, 262
The Cop Who Would Be King: The Honorable Frank Rizzo (Daughen and Binzen), 162
Cordasco, Nick, 348
Cortez, Joe, 309
Cosell, Howard
Foreman “Fainting Five” bouts, 266
Frazier-Ali bout, 232, 234, 236
Frazier-Ali interview, 226–228
Frazier-Ellis bout, 157
Frazier-Foreman bout, 215–216
Frazier interview, 197
Frazier-Quarry bout, 135–136
Sonny Liston interview, 69
Cottom, Brandon, 313–314
Cottom, Janice, 313
Coxson, Benjamin, 136, 139, 143, 164, 167, 171
Crosby, Bing, 106
Crosby, Joan, 270
Crosby, Norm, 168–169
Cross Brothers Meat Packers, 45–48, 55, 60, 220
Cuddy, Jack, 88
Cummings, Floyd (“Jumbo”), 9, 290–293, 301
Curley, Angelo, 108
Cushman, Tom, 108
Daley, Steve, 292
D’Amato, Cus, 108–109
Dangerfield, Rodney, 121
Daniels, Bill (promoter), 274
Daniels, Billy (boxer), 90, 125, 307
Daniels, Terry, 213, 266
Daughen, Joseph R., 162
Davey, Chuck, 170
Davis, Abe (“The Hartford Hatchet”), 79, 125
Davis, Jefferson (“Jeff”), 99
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 121, 169, 184, 207
“A Day in the Life of Joe Frazier” (TV sketch), 337
Deer Lake, PA (Ali training facility), 228, 241, 243, 296–297, 329
DeFino, Anthony J., 323
Dementia pugilistica, 341–342, 344
Dempsey, William H. (“Jack”), vi, 100, 117, 123, 155–156
DePace, Nicholas, 338
Devlin, Bernadette, 188, 201
Diller, Phyllis, 107
Dinah’s Place (TV show), 270
DiSanto, John, 284–285, 301
Discrimination. See Race/racism
Doe, Kenneth, 19, 26, 28, 34, 76, 165
the Dog (Greyhound bus), riding the Dog North, 36–37, 42, 158, 204, 310, 339
D’Ortona, Paul, 171
Douglas, Mike, 142–143
Doyle, Tony, 108, 126
Dreifuss, Patti, 246
Drugs/drug activity
combatting crime and, 179
Frazier aversion to, 196, 297–300
Frazier call to combat, 205–206
Hector Frazier arrest for, 322–324
horse racing, 77
Joe Louis and, 235–236
keeping young Frazier away from, 44
Kevin Dublin dealing drugs, 322
Philadelphia gangs and, 164
Smokin’ Bert Cooper and, 304
Dublin, Kevin, 10
Dugent, Hammond E. (“Duke”), 41–42, 44, 46–50, 55
Dundee, Angelo, 66, 70, 72, 153, 157–158, 168, 173, 190–193, 216, 229, 251, 254, 258, 290
Dunn, Richard, 262
Dunphy, Don, 52, 110–111, 117, 183, 189–191, 193, 195, 253–254
Durham, Yancey (“Yank”), 39–42, 47–49, 55, 76–83, 91–92, 95–99, 104, 110–112, 117, 122–123, 126–127, 130–131, 142–143, 149, 154–158, 166–167, 171–172, 175–187, 192–197, 200, 211, 221–224, 229–230, 257, 261–262, 296–297, 303–306
Duva, Lou, 302
Eaton, Aileen, 96
Edgar, Jimmy, 93–94
Eig, Jonathan, 289
Ellis, James A. (“Jimmy”), 71, 98–99, 107–108, 112, 115, 133, 135–136, 139, 152–159, 168, 176, 198, 238, 241, 288, 341
Ellis, Jerry, 153
Ellis, Jimmy, 241
Elorde, Gabriel (“Flash”), 88
Evangelista, Alfredo, 275
Everett, Tyrone, 273
Fabiani, Joseph, 246
Fariello (trainer), 111
Fat City (Gardner), 131
Faversham, Bill, Jr., 65
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Thompson), 201
Felton, Lester, 93–94
Feltwell, Edward, 34
Fifth Street Gym (Miami Beach), 154, 178
“The Fighting Fraziers,” 295, 303, 321
“Fight of the Century,” 292. See also Madison Square Garden
arranging the Frazier-Ali bout, 175–178
described, 187–194
loss by Ali, 6, 193–195, 342
payday, 8, 176–177, 200
post-fight hospitalization of Frazier, 195–200
post-fight taunts by Ali, 201–202
taunts and promotion, 130–131, 169–171
training and publicity, 178–186
twenty-fifth anniversary, 330
weigh-in, 186–187
Firpo, Luis, 117
Fisher, Bouie, 272
Fleischer, Nat, 74, 117
Flores, Johnny, 135
Florida
Ali-Liston bout, 71, 75
Frazier-Davis bout, 99
Joe and The Superstars event, 217–218
scheduling the Ali-Frazier bout, 167–168
training camps, 154, 178
Folley, Zora, 98
Fordham, Angus D., 25
Foreman, George. See also “Rumble in the Jungle”
1968 Olympic Games, 210
beginning professional career, 210–211
fear of Joe Frazier, 210
loss by Ali to, 230
loss by Frazier to, 210–217, 262
rematch with Ali, 236, 240–241, 249, 250
rematch with Frazier, 9, 225, 241, 262–270, 284, 290, 328
Fort Jackson, SC, 23
Foster, Bob, 171–173, 223, 286
Fourie, Pierre, 223, 286
Fox, Billy, 65
Foxx, Jamie, 349
Franklin, C. L., 80
Frazier, Andrew (“Bozo”), 15, 36, 178
Frazier, Dannette, 19, 163, 219–221, 228
Frazier, David, 15
Frazier, Dennis, 19
Frazier, Derek Dennis, 313–314, 319–320
Frazier, Dolly, 14, 17–28, 30–32, 104, 165, 173, 203–204, 218–220, 311, 318–319, 339
Frazier, Eugene (“Skeeter”), 15
Frazier, Florence Smith
attending Joe’s fights, 112–113, 195
attending Joe’s funeral, 345
birth of children, 46, 103, 310
divorce, 313
Joe’s absence, 57
marriage and children, 8, 35–36, 45–46, 318
moving into her own house, 102
moving to a bigger house, 173–174
relationship with Joe, 105–106, 208, 247, 281, 289
supporting the family, 55, 60
taking care of Joe, 196
visit to Beaufort, 204
visit to Jamaica, 213
visit to the White House, 207
Frazier, Hector, 10–12, 103, 295, 300, 303, 310, 314–324
Frazier, Jacqui, 332
Frazier, John (“Big Boy”), 15
Frazier, Jo-Netta, 103, 310
Frazier, Joseph Jordan (“Joe Jr.”), 290, 313, 319–320, 332
Frazier, Joseph William (“Smokin’ Joe”), as child growing up
birth and family, 13–24
education/schooling, 24–28
framed by culture of poverty, 310–311
photographs, 13
riding the Dog North, 37, 42, 1
58, 204
Frazier, Joseph William (“Smokin’ Joe”), boxing career
accepted at 23rd PAL, 44–48
beginning professional career, 65–66
celibacy during training, 149
death and burial, 345–346
fight earnings, 176, 230, 263
health and vision issues, 243–244, 252–253, 264–265, 287–288, 340–344
helping others in need, 11–12, 321–322, 334, 336–339
holding/letting go of anger, 7, 327, 333, 342, 346–350
hospital visits and charitable causes, 333–334
marriage and children, 102–106, 310, 312–324
meeting Denise Menz, 113
money (“the love”), making/sharing, 7–8, 123, 131, 306, 310, 334
money and tax issues, 2, 8, 83, 200, 288–289, 311–312, 315–316, 340
move to New York, 42–43
move to Philadelphia, 43–46
obsession with automobiles, 278–280
ownership of Brewton Plantation, 219–221, 223, 263, 289, 312
photographs, 1, 39, 61, 87, 115, 145, 175, 203, 235, 261, 295, 325, 351
purchasing a house, 102–103, 158–159, 173
relationship with Ali, 5–8, 120–122, 130–131, 136–144, 163, 184, 212, 242–243, 248, 291–292, 325–333
relationship with Ali, making peace, 347–350
relationship with Denise, 145–152
relationship with the police, 160–166
relationship with “Yank,” 224–225
return visits to South Carolina, 204–206, 220–221, 339
talk of retirement, 222, 225, 236, 262, 273, 282, 328–329
training camp, 100, 104, 134, 148, 178, 270
trying to make a comeback, 283–287, 290–294
visit to the White House, 59, 206–207
Frazier, Joseph William (“Smokin’ Joe”), fights/opponents. See also “Fight of the Century”; Super Fight II; “Thrilla in Manila”
Abe Davis, 79, 125
Al Jones, 90, 95, 97, 225
Billy Daniels, 90, 125, 307
Bob Foster, 171–173
Buster Mathis, 51–53, 55–56, 107–112, 138
Charley Polite, 89
Chuck Leslie, 90, 95
Dave Zyglewicz, 129
Dick Wipperman, 89, 175
Don Smith (“Toro”), 90, 126
Doug Jones, 99
Eddie Machen, 96–97
Elwood “Woody” Goss, 78–79
Floyd Cummings, 9, 290–291
George Chuvalo, 100–101
George Foreman, 211–217, 265–270
George “Scrap Iron” Johnson, 99
Jefferson Davis, 99
Jerry Ellis, 152–158, 241
Jerry Quarry, 134–136, 236–248
Jimmy Ellis, 241
Manuel Ramos, 108, 116–118
Marion Conner, 108
Mel Turnbow, 83
Mike Bruce, 79, 125
Oscar Bonavena, 90–92, 126–129
Ron Stander, 213
Terry Daniels, 213
Tony Doyle, 108, 126
Frazier, Joseph William (“Smokin’ Joe”), singing career. See also Smokin’ Joe and the Knockouts
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