Reagan, Ronald, 165
Recht, Bill, 194
Redding, Otis, 7
Reddish, Willie, 42, 123, 272, 297
Reese, W. B. (“Red”), 170
Renwick, Darren, 336–337
Requiem for a Heavyweight (movie), 64–65
Revson, Peter, 217
Reynolds, Burt, 97
Rhodan, James, 43–44, 46
Rickard, George Lewis (“Tex”), 68, 123
Riley, Dan, 274
The Ring (magazine), 68, 74, 88, 100, 109
Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia, 307
Rizzo, Frank, Jr., 6, 54–55, 62–63, 85, 145, 159–166, 185, 198, 208, 285–286, 300
Robbins, Alexander, 71
Robert Smalls High School (Beaufort, SC), 24, 28
Robinson, “Sugar Ray” (aka Walter Smith, Jr.), 25, 66, 98
Robinson, Sydney (“Dr. Buzzard”), 23
Rocky Balboa (fictional movie character), 2, 335–336
Rocky (movies), 335
Rollow, Cooper, 293
Romney, George W., 82
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 32
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 32
Rope-a-Dope, Ali strategy, 250
Ross, Diana, 93
Rowland, Lawrence, 16–17
Rudolph, Wilma, 64
“Rumble in the Jungle,” 236, 240–241, 242, 249, 250
Ruth, George Herman, Jr. (“Babe”), 155
Rydell, Bobby, 121
Saddler, Sandy, 210–211
Sadler, Dick, 210–211
Sanford, Mark, 339
Saroyan, William, 188
“scamboogahs,” 27, 33, 103, 316, 321, 335, 336, 337
Schmeling, Max, 24
Schulberg, Budd, 69, 188
Schulian, John, 293
Schwartz, George X., 171
Schwartz, Roland, 52–53
Scully, Vincent, 106
Seagren, Bob, 217–218
Segregation. See Race/racism
Seltzer, Robert, 50, 122, 296–297
Shabazz, Jeremiah (aka Jeremiah Pugh), 138–139, 164–165
Shanklin, Joseph S., 26
Shapp, Milton, 170
Sharnik, Mort, 291
Shavers, Earnie, 238, 284–285
Shaw, John, 25
Shore, Dinah, 270
Shuler, James, 276–277
Sinatra, Frank, 121, 183–184, 188, 230, 280
Singer, Samuel L., 209
“slave market,” 42
“slave name,” 6, 73, 247–248
Slaves/slavery
Frazier family origins, 15–16
Jim Crow segregation, 4
Slobodin, Arthur G., 139
Slone, Richard, 311, 326–327, 340, 343
Smalls, Robert, 16
Smith, Arthur, 18
Smith, Don (“Toro”), 90, 126
Smith, Hector & Elise, 35
Smith, Ramona, 316
Smith, Red, 39, 52, 58, 110, 127
Smith, Tommie, 210
Smokin’ Joe and the Knockouts
creating the group, 119–120
Denise management of, 282–283
Denise recollections on, 3, 147
distraction from training, 214, 229
failure of European tour, 208–209, 270
heckled by Ali, 120–122
Joe Frazier Revue, 276, 289
performing at Concord Hotel, 209
performing in Las Vegas, 168–169
performing in Manila, 256
performing in New Jersey, 284–285
performing in NY, 200
performing in SC, 169–170, 208
songs in the act, 187
visiting Beaufort, 220–221
Smokin’ Joe: The Autobiography (Frazier and Berger), recollections from, 17–18, 19–20, 32, 35, 43, 49, 76, 105, 186, 197, 265, 268, 313, 331
Solomon, Sam, 272, 285
Soul Brothers Six (music group), 119
South Africa, 285–287
Spears, Britney, 349
Spencer, Thad, 99, 107–108
Spinks, Leon, 285, 289, 306, 343
Spinks, Michael, 273, 333–334
Sports Action, Inc., 98–99
Sports Illustrated, 2, 48, 54, 56, 60, 93, 100–101, 122, 135, 172, 188, 252, 256, 274, 301
Stallone, Sylvester, 335
Stander, Darlene, 213
Stander, Ron, 213
Steele, Frankie, 237
Stefanich, Jim, 218
Steinbrenner, George, 365
Sterling, Rod, 64
Stevenson, Teófilo, 274
Stingley, Darryl, 278
Stinney, George Junius, Jr., 33–34
St. John, Jill, 107
Stone, Chuck, 162, 286
Super Fight II (Frazier-Ali rematch), 226–234
The Superstars (TV show), 217–218
Sweeney, Joe, 127
Tampa Tribune, 168
Tate, James H. J., 60, 161, 170, 208
Taxin, John, 60
Taylor, Elizabeth, 177, 188
Taylor, Herman, 123–125, 297
Taylor, Leon, 315
Taylor, Meldrick, 273, 302–303
Terrell, Ernie, 99–100, 107, 116
Thompson, Hunter S., 201
Thompson, Thomas, 184
“three-knockdown rule,” 91
“Thrilla in Manila”
Ali pre-fight taunts, 4, 242, 245–248
fighters arriving for, 243–248
fighters training for, 245–246, 329
Frazier-Ali payday, 242
Frazier fights following, 9
Frazier preparing for retirement, 273
post-fight aftermath, 307, 327, 342–343
start of the fight, 248–253
stopping the fight, 8, 253–254, 264–265, 346–347
termination of Cloverlay agreement, 263
Thrilla in Manila (documentary film), 343
Tilden, Bill, 155
Till, Emmett, 31
Tillman, Benjamin (“Pitchfork Ben”), 16
Timberlake, Justin, 349
Today (TV show), 221
Todd, John R., 219
Trask, George W., 20–21
Trask, Harold (“Beanie”), 21
Trask, John, 21
Trask, John, III, 21
Trask, Neil, 20–21
Troupe, Roger, 301–302
Trump Casino Hotel (Atlantic City), 317
Tubbs, Tony, 277
Tunney, James J. (“Gene”), 123
Turnbow, Mel, 83
Turner, Gil, 41
Twenty-Third Police Athletic League (gym), 39–44, 47–50, 54, 78, 104, 118, 120, 141–142, 160, 296–297, 317
Tyson, Mike, 9, 109, 309
Uggams, Leslie, 121
Ungerman, Irving, 100
Unitas, Johnny, 218
Valachi, Joseph, 67
Valan, Harold, 268–269
Verne, Joe, 320–321, 333–334, 337
Vietnam War, 5, 53, 75, 92, 116, 120, 205, 330
Vitale, John, 67
Walcott, “Jersey Joe” (aka Arnold Cream), 65
Ward, Stan, 285
Warner, Don (aka Hasan Muhammad), 180, 182–183
Washington State Athletic Commission, 170
Watson, Burt, 278–279, 311–312, 321–322, 329–330, 336–338
Watts, Bobby (“Boogaloo”), 273
Weaver, Mike, 285
Wepner, Chuck, 275
Werblin, Sonny, 176
Werner, Harlan, 348
Wessel, Harold, 81
Westbrook, Wyce, 51
West, John C., 204–205
WFIL-TV (TV station), 121
White Sands Motel (Frazier training camp), 145, 149
Wide World of Sports, 99
Wilder, Robert G., 81
Wildman, Frank, 124
Willard, Jess, 155
Williams, Pete (“Moleman”), 104, 155, 180, 237
Williams, Vernell, 103
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bsp; Wilson, Earl, 282
Wilson, Nancy, 168
Windsor Arms, 2, 340
Wipperman, Dick, 89, 175
Wonder, Stevie (aka Stevland H. Morris), 93
World Boxing Association (WBA), 92, 98–99, 107, 109, 115, 133–134, 153–154, 175–176, 211, 304
Wright, Bruce, 81
Wright, Richard, 24
Yanoff, Myron, 198
“yardsticking,” 72, 250
Yemelyanov, Vadim, 57–58
Young, Jimmy, 237, 262, 273, 285
Zyglewicz, Dave, 129
About the Author
MARK KRAM, JR., is the author of Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion, which was awarded the 2013 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. Formerly a senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, he was the recipient of the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award for feature writing. His work has appeared six times in The Best American Sports Writing. He has also contributed articles to Philadelphia magazine and the New York Times. He is the son of the late Mark Kram, a highly regarded writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of the controversial book on the rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Ghosts of Manila.
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Also by Mark Kram, Jr.
Like Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion (2012)
Great Men Die Twice: The Selected Works of Mark Kram (editor, 2015)
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