Originally, the artist that was selected for the job was ... Mark Kram, Jr.’s father covered all three of Joe Frazier’s fights with Muhammad Ali for Sports Illustrated. He recently published ...

An artist has been chosen to create a Philadelphia statue in honor of late hometown boxing great Joe Frazier. Mayor Michael Nutter said in a statement Wednesday that Lawrence Nowlan will create ...

A statue of onetime heavyweight champion Joe Frazier will be erected in Philadelphia in 2014 :: Al Bello/Getty Images PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An artist has been chosen to create a Philadelphia statue ...

"Rocky is great, it's a movie. But Joe Frazier's real. And he's Philadelphia." Artist Stephen Layne is finishing up a 9-foot-tall clay version of "Smokin' Joe" that captures Philly's local hero in ...

Why is there a statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa near the Philadelphia Museum of Art but not one of non-fictional Smokin’ Joe Frazier anywhere in his adopted hometown? There have been efforts ...

Joe Frazier took home the win in the fight against ... while a mural honoring Frazier by artist Ernel Martinez is now viewable in North Philadelphia. The AP shared a video of the unveiling of ...

Artist Ernel Martinez is the creator of 'Heart of a Champion' a tribute to Philadelphia boxer Joe Frazier. The mural at 13th Street and Allegheny Avenue was sponsored by Mural Arts Philadelphia. (Emma ...

Frazier died last week of liver cancer ... stands at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Tell them Rocky is fictitious, Joe was reality. . . . Champions are made in the ring, not ...

TMZ Sports reported Saturday the group of items, which include Ali's artistic depiction of a fight against rival Joe Frazier ... Along with the art, other notable items include his training ...

Joe Frazier was a fixer, and he loved nothing more ... Over time, Slone began to take an interest in art. He’d paint ...

Thousands of tourists flock to Philadelphia for the historic sites and other attractions, and many of them venture to the Philadelphia Art Museum ... the late Joe Frazier, in South Philadelphia ...

Sotheby’s unveiled the full contents of The Olympic Collection, an online auction featuring the rarest memorabilia and collectibles spotlighting the achievements of legendary athletes who participated ...