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Joe Frazier, one of the greatest boxers ever to step into the ring, is now in a fight for his life.
The pugilist's manager says Frazier - a former heavyweight champion - has been checked into a hospice with liver cancer.
Frazier, 67, is probably best known for this three fights with Muhammad Ali in the early 1970s.
Frazier - seen here in a charity boxing match - won one of those fights.
But the man they called "Smokin' Joe" lost the epic "Thrilla in Manilla" to Ali in 1975.
The father of 11 is now in a hospice in Philadelphia in what his manager called a "serious and painful" situation.
Andrew Raven, Reuters
