article_snippet.sent: The Greatest had been stripped of the world heavyweight title he had won so sensationally against Sonny Liston
article_snippet.sent: Smokin’ Joe Frazier was the undefeated two-belt champion but it was this proud black man’s bizarre adoption by America’s conservative right which stoked the fires of society still further.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Frazier found Joe Frazier unwittingly the standard bearer for the white establishment.
article_snippet.sent: JACK JOHNSON v JAMES JEFFRIES .
article_snippet.sent: JOE LOUIS v MAX SCHMELING .
article_snippet.sent: The decision was unanimously in favour of Joe Frazier, although both men went to hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Frazier got the unanimous decision from the judges but both men went to hospital after the epic bout .
article_snippet.sent: Joe Frazier checked out early, quietly.