early embrace of music, 118–119
formation of the Knockouts, 3, 119–120
heckling by Ali, 120–122
musical reviews, 209, 281
music as second career, 213–214, 280–283
as outlet for restlessness, 150, 187
singing lessons, 209
Frazier, Julia (“Flossie”), 14–15
Frazier-Lyde, Jacquelyn, 45, 310, 315
Frazier, Marion (“Bubba”), 15, 36
Frazier, Mark, 174, 295, 303, 338–339
Frazier, Martha (“Mazie”), 14, 20–23, 26–30, 36, 43–46, 55, 105, 119, 160, 163, 339, 345
Frazier, Marvis
amateur career/Olympic Games, 276–278
at ring-side with his father, 215–216, 258, 267, 269, 292
becoming a boxer, 270–272
beginning professional career, 301–306
birth, 45
bout with Holmes, 306–309
bout with Tyson, 309
death and burial of his father, 344–345
growing up at Cloverlay Gym, 180
leaving boxing/entering ministry, 309–310
photographs, 295, 351
relationship with Ali, 245, 327, 333, 348–349
relationship with father, 9–10, 102–104, 224, 256
Frazier, Miriam, 27, 148
Frazier, Natasha, 103
Frazier, Ollie, 36, 42–43
Frazier, Rebecca (“Bec”), 15, 18, 36, 43, 163
Frazier, Renae, 103, 310, 314, 318, 323
Frazier, Rodney, 19, 30–31, 277, 290, 295, 303–304, 308, 312–314, 317–318, 320–321, 334, 344–345
Frazier, Rubin, 14–15, 17–20, 24–26, 29–30, 75–76, 102, 104–105, 311, 313, 319
Frazier, Rubin, Jr. (“Jake”), 15, 76, 119
Frazier, Susan, 19
Frazier, Thomas (“Tommy”), 15, 36, 42–43, 228, 300
Frazier, Tyrone Mitchell. See Mitchell, Isaac
Frazier, Weatta. See Collins, Weatta Frazier
Freedman, Lewis, 290
Fricker Corporation, 315–316
Fried, Jack, 53, 96, 131
Fuller, Peter, 77
Furlong, Vince, 141
Futch, Eddie, 93–99, 101, 134, 154–155, 172, 185–187, 192, 211, 214–215, 223–229, 243–246, 249, 253–254, 257–270, 273–275, 277, 284–286, 290, 299, 302–308, 346–347
Futch, Eva, 346
Gaghan, Jerry, 120
Galento, Tony (“Two Ton”), 40
Galloway, Randy, 308
Gans, Joe, 88
Gasque, Ralph, 205
George II (king of England), 219
Giancana, Salvatore (“Sam”), 67
Giardello, Joey, 333–334
Gibbs, Harry, 222
Gibson, Sheri, 313, 319
Gilbert, Rod, 218
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, 25
Gilliam, Ludene, 221
Giuffre, James C., 195, 197–200
Gladys Knight and the Pips, 121
Golden Glove awards, 51, 67, 81, 93, 153, 276
Goldman, Charley, 90
Goldstein, Joey, 83, 130, 205
Goldstein, Ruby, 236
Gonzalez, Manny, 124
Goodman, Bob, 88, 141, 171, 226–228, 234, 254, 258
Goodman, Murray, 88
Goodsitt, Bob, 291
Gordy, Berry, 93
Gore, Bill, 171
“Gorgeous George” (wrestler, aka George Wagner), 66
Goss, Elwood (“Woody”), 78–79
Gotti, John, 186
Grady, Donald F., 278
Grady, Sandy, 70, 91, 97–98, 110–111, 116, 166–167, 201
Grange, Red, 155
Gray, William H., Jr. (“Billy”), 80–81
Great Depression, 17, 21, 131, 288
The Greatest: My Own Story (Ali and Durham, autobiography), 137–138
Great Migration, 17, 36
“Great White Hope,” 132, 134, 274
Green, Annie, 21, 27
Green, Mitch, 277
Green, Rosetta, 35, 103, 289, 310, 318
Greene, Lorne, 188
Greit Realty Trust Company, 316
Griffith, Emile, 109–110, 115, 124, 128, 236, 238, 339
G. W. Trask & Sons, 20–21
“gym wars,” 41, 261–262
Gypsy Joe Harris: Son of Philadelphia (Molock), 297
Hagler, Marvin, 273
Halberstam, David, 7
Haley, Alex, 64
Haley, Carl W., 206–207
Hand, Joe, Jr., 127–128
Hand, Joe, Sr., 61–65, 77–78, 102, 105, 122, 128–130, 160–161, 162, 165–167, 178, 181, 197, 206, 263
Hand, Margaret, 61–63, 84–85
Harrington, Michael, 42–43
Harris, Joseph Louis (“Gypsy Joe”), 41, 49–51, 54, 115, 122–125, 137, 143, 198–199, 294–301, 305, 321, 334
Hart, Eugene (“Cyclone”), 273
Hart, Sugar, 41
Hatch, Sharon, 290, 306, 309, 313, 315, 319–320, 345
Hauser, Thomas, 257
Hayes, Edward J., 316
Hayes, Elvin, 218
Hayward, Stanley (“Kitten”), 273
Hazzard, Larry, 259
Heatherton, Joey, 107
Hefner, Hugh, 188
Hershey, Lewis, 167
Hickman, Sam, 276
Hinton, Ed, 277, 278
Hobson, Don, 78
Hochman, Gloria, 338
Hochman, Stan, 41, 59, 90, 108, 116–117, 121–122, 150, 153, 163, 169, 179–180, 212, 217, 265–266, 273, 276, 281, 286, 288–289, 291, 303
Hodges, Clay, 51
Hoffman, Abbie, 188
Hofheinz, Fred, 99
Holmes, Larry, 9, 262, 273, 289, 305, 306–308, 312, 316, 345
Hope, Bob, 106–107, 199
Huber, Hans, 58
Humphrey, Hubert, 188
Illinois Athletic Commission, 291
Inside the Ropes (Mercante), 213
International Boxing Club, 65
Iselin, Jimmy, 109
Izenberg, Jerry, 201, 249
Jackson, Michael, 93
Jackson, Samuel L., 349
Jacobs, Jim, 190
Jacobs, Mike, 87
James, George, 41–42, 49–50, 68, 76, 123–125, 137, 164, 304–305
Jeffries, James J., 132, 155
Jerry’s Place (TV show), 121
Jet (magazine), 304
Jet Set Bar and Lounge (Atlantic City), 120, 140
Joe Frazier Amateur Boxing Club, 277
“Joe Frazier Day,” 159, 208
Joe Frazier, Incorporated, 273, 306
Joe Frazier Revue, 276, 289
Johnson, Alonzo, 266
Johnson, B. A., 35, 43
Johnson, Billy, 47, 224
Johnson, Earvin, Jr. (“Magic”), 349
Johnson, George (“Scrap Iron”), 99, 237
Johnson, Harold, 41
Johnson, Jack, 132, 155
Johnson, Leroy, 171
Johnson, Levy, 171
Johnson, Lyndon B., 59
Johnson, Roy, 78
Jones, Al, 90, 95, 97
Jones, Doug, 97–98, 126
Jones, Eddie, 281
Jones, Jack, 107
Jones, Tom, 145–146
Jordan, Don, 65, 94
Jordan, Michael, 349
Journal of the American Medical Association, 342
Judge, Jerry, 266
“juice the gloves,” 72
Kalinsky, George, 339
Katz, George, 68–69
Kaufmann, Arthur, 81
Kears, Bobby, 120
Kelleher, Tim, 167
Kelly, Gene, 188
Kelman, Charles, 264–265
Kennedy, Ethel, 188
Kennedy, John F., 69, 73
Kennedy, Robert F., 65, 69, 116
Keys, Alicia, 350
Kid Gavilán (aka Gerardo González), 93
Killy, Jean-Claude
, 217
Kilroy, Gene, 53, 56–57, 164, 195, 245, 248, 258, 289
King, Don, 242–243, 249, 255, 258, 266, 286–287
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 79–80, 116, 149
“King of the Gym” (street cred), 41
Kingston, NY, 210, 214–216
Kirk, Claude R., 167–168
Kirkman, Boone, 266
Kiseda, George, 170–171
Kleiman, Harry, 135
Knight, Gladys, 121
The Knockouts. See Smokin’ Joe and the Knockouts
Knoetze, Kallie, 286–287
Koskowitz, Alex, 98
Kram, Mark (author’s father), 2, 54, 101, 122, 143, 188, 252, 256
LaBelle, Patti, 169
LaMotta, Jake, 65, 93
Lancaster, Burt, 183–184
Lane, Mills, 308
Laurel Bay, 14, 20, 22–23, 36, 119, 219
Laver, Rod, 217
Leary, Howard, 161
LeDoux, Scott, 285
“Les Brown and His Band of Renown,” 107
Leslie, Chuck, 90, 95
Letterman, David, 337
Lewis, Butch, 333
Lewis, Claude, 47, 224
Lewis, Hedgemon, 259
Lindsay, John V., 134
Lipscomb, Eugene (“Big Daddy”), 51
Lipsyte, Robert, 83
Liston, Charles L. (“Sonny”), 41, 65, 67–74, 77–78, 94, 116, 210, 250, 258, 305
Lloyd, Jack, 105–106, 169–170
London, Jack, 132
Longstreth, Thacher, 81
Looney, Douglas, 274, 275
Lopez, Ernie (“Indian Red”), 259
Los Angeles Times, 133
Louis, Joe (“Brown Bomber”), 24–25, 40, 49, 66, 67, 93, 132, 235–236, 240, 263, 330
Louisville Sponsoring Group, 65
“the love” (money), making/sharing, 7–8, 123, 131, 263–264, 288, 306, 310, 315, 334
Lucchese, Lou, 78, 126, 128–129
Lucchese (Mafia family) crime syndicate, 65
Lyle, Ron, 238, 266
Lyon, Bill, 293
Machen, Eddie, 96–97, 116, 133, 341, 343–344
Maddox, Lester, 171
Madison Square Garden, 103. See also “Fight of the Century”
Ali fights at, 97, 173, 284
competition for sports events, 99
Democratic National Convention, 265
fights at, 99–100, 133, 275–276
Frazier-Ali 1974 rematch, 226–234
Frazier-Ali weigh-in, 178
Frazier fights at, 103, 107–112, 116, 129, 146, 152, 175, 211, 285
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, 25
Marvis Frazier fights at, 301–302
ownership and role in sports, 65, 66–68, 242
reconstruction/reincarnation, 69, 106
salute to the U.S.O., 106–107
Mafia, boxing connection to, 65, 67, 74, 78, 94
Mahoney, Joan, 313
Mahoney, Joseph, 312–315
Mailer, Norman, 69–70, 188
Maish Resnick (fictional character), 65
Malcolm X (aka Malcolm Little), 25, 73–74
Malitz, Mike, 98–100, 109
Mandela, Nelson, 286
Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto), 100, 266
Marciano, Rocky (aka Rocco Francis Marchegiano, “the Rock”), 4, 25, 65, 90, 107, 167
Marcos, Ferdinand F., 243, 246, 248–249, 254
Marcos, Imelda, 248, 255–256
Markson, Harry, 89, 102, 109, 118, 152, 175–176
Martin, Dean, 121, 280
Martin, Joe, 64
Martin, Leotis, 78, 99, 107
Martland, Harrison, 342
Marvin, Lee, 96–97
Massey, Al (“Classy”), 48–49
Mastroianni, Marcello, 188
Mathis, Buster (“The Big Bus”), 48, 51–53, 55, 107–112
Mauch, Gene, 129
Mayweather, Floyd, 343
Mazie. See Frazier, Martha
McCall, Howard, 272, 276
McCall, Quenzell, 272
McKay, Jim, 218
McKinney, Jack, 51, 72
McNeeley, Tom, 77
McQueen, Athol, 57
McWhorter, Theodore, 100
Menotti, Carlo, 209
Menz, Denise
beginning relationship with Frazier, 113, 145–148
breaking up with Frazier, 288
cooking chitlins, 148–149
with Frazier at training camp, 149–150, 179
helping manage the band, 282–283
helping with the limo service, 278
recollections of Joe, 50, 164, 166, 224, 256–257, 265, 276, 298–299, 338
relationship with Joe, 1–3, 150–152, 225–226, 314, 340–341
taking care of Frazier, 158, 169, 196–197, 200, 243–244, 344–345
Menz, Jay, 283
Menz, John Franklin, 146
Menz, Marie, 146
Menz, Trudy, 344
Mercante, Arthur, 213, 216
Merchant, Larry, 74, 81–82
Miami Herald, 73
Miami/Miami Beach. See Florida
Miami News, 154
Middleton, Charles, 25, 37
The Mike Douglas Show (TV show), 142–143
Mildenberger, Karl, 99, 107
Milliken, William G., 170
Mitchell, Isaac (aka Tyrone Mitchell Frazier), 33, 36, 303
Mitchum, Robert, 96–97
Mladinich, Robert, 132
Mobutu Sese Seko (aka Joseph-Désiré Mobutu), 242
Molock, Anthony, 143, 296–297
Monroe, Willie (“The Worm”), 258, 273
Moore, Archie (“Old Mongoose”), 183, 210–211, 287
Moore, Cecil B., 54
Morgan, W. P., 59
Morrall, Frances, 45
Muhammad Ali. See Ali, Muhammad
Muhammad Ali Amateur Boxing Club, 277
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times (Hauser), 257
Muhammad, Elijah, 73–74
Muhammad, Hasan (aka Don Warner), 180, 182–183
Muhammad, Matthew Saad, 273
Murray, Jim, 71
Murray, Peter (“Dr. Bug”), 23
Myslenski, Skip, 284
“My Way” (Anka), 3–4, 187, 281, 344
Namath, Joe, 188
Narvaez, Frankie, 88
National Art Museum of Sport, 106
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 54, 69, 140, 286, 346
National Basketball Association, 2002 All-Star Game, 325, 347–350
National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), 176, 306–307, 331
National Football League (NFL), CTE injury, 342
Nation of Islam, 5, 60, 73–74, 118, 120, 137, 138, 153, 164–165, 182, 185, 326
Neiman, LeRoy, 181–182
“The New Garden Salute to the U.S.O.,” 106–107
New York Herald Tribune, 52, 58
New York (magazine), 241
New York State Athletic Commission, 92, 159, 178, 196, 230, 240
New York Times, 83, 105–106, 108, 127, 132–133, 147, 246, 255, 259, 287, 305, 331–332
Nixon, Richard, 165–166, 168, 170–171, 189, 197, 201, 206–207, 343
Nixon, Thelma (“Pat”), 207
Norris, James, 65
North Broad Street, 2, 10–11, 164, 184, 229, 237, 263, 272, 321. See also Cloverlay Gym
Norton, Ken, 154–155, 180, 185, 214, 221, 228–231, 252, 255, 273, 275–276, 343
Oliver (aka “Uncle Cadillac”), 43–44, 105
Olsen, Jack, 56–57, 88
Olympic Games
1960, Rome, 64, 153
1964, Tokyo, 48, 51, 53, 55–60, 77
1968, Mexico City, 210, 267
1972, Munich, 274
1976, Montreal, 285, 306
1980, Moscow, 276–277
1984, Los Angeles, 302
1996, Atlanta, 331–332
boxing trials, 48, 51, 131, 27
7, 305
One Hundred Acres, Ltd., 315
Only the Ring Was Square (Brenner), 176
Ortiz, Victor, 343
The Other America (Harrington), 42–43
Owens, Jesse, 304
Oywello, George, 57
Pacheco, Ferdie, 254, 308, 343
Padilla, Carlos, 249–250, 253
Padwe, Sandy, 118
Palermo, Frank (“Blinky”), 65, 67
Palomino, Carlos, 97
Paret, Benny, 236
Parkinson’s Disease, 7, 330
Patterson, Floyd, 41, 60, 69–70, 83, 96, 99–100, 107, 109, 127, 137, 153, 156
Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, 169
Pazienza, Vinny, 321
Peeples, Evelyn, 43, 45–46, 102
Pelemon, Lester, 104–105, 119, 122, 163, 185–187, 194, 220, 263
Peltz, J. Russell, 126
Pennsylvania Athletic Commission, 122, 139–140, 276, 296
Pep, Willie (aka Guglielmo Papaleo), 25, 211
Peralta, Gregorio, 153–154, 211
Perez, Tony, 157–158, 231, 233–234
Peterson, Gordon, 258
Pete (sparring partner), 105
Philadelphia Daily News, 51, 54, 58, 63, 74, 79, 81, 90, 93, 108, 116–117, 120–121, 129, 139, 162, 169, 180, 212, 246–247, 265–266, 278, 281, 286, 315–316, 332
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 70, 91, 96–97, 110, 116, 122, 170, 201, 288
Philadelphia Inquirer, 41, 50, 59, 118, 122, 131, 209
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2, 335–336
Philadelphia riots of 1964, 53–55
The Phil Donahue Show (TV show), 212
Playboy (magazine), 43, 64, 67, 77
Polite, Charley, 89, 266
Pollack, Bernard, 296
Porche, Veronica, 147, 246–247
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin and Heyward), 36
Port Royal Agricultural and Industrial School, 26
Port Royal Experiment, 16
Powell, Adam Clayton, 162
Presley, Legrant, 336–337
Price, Andy (“The Hawk”), 97
Prince, Darren, 310, 333, 347–349
Qawi, Dwight Muhammad, 273
Quarry, Bobby, 132
Quarry, Jack, 131–133, 135, 302
Quarry, Jerry, 89, 96–99, 107–109, 112, 115, 129, 132–135, 141, 154, 156, 171–172, 211, 222, 236–241, 274, 288, 302
Quarry, Mike, 132, 302
Race/racism
1963 “March on Washington,” 80
1968 Olympic Games, 210
boxing and the “Great White Hope,” 132, 134, 274
Civil Rights movement, 31
Frazier dealing with prejudice, 84–85, 137, 205–206
interracial relationships, 147, 150–151
Jim Crow segregation, 4–5, 31–34
Nation of Islam and, 138–139
Philadelphia and, 102–103, 160–163, 206
race riots, 53–55, 74
replacing Ali with a white champion, 132–133
South African apartheid, 285–287
Ramos, Manuel, 112, 115–118, 198
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