Joe Frazier Dies: Sports World Reacts To Smokin' Joe's Passing On Twitter

The sports world lost a legend on Monday night as former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier succumbed in his battle with liver cancer. Frazier passed away at the age of 67.

Leslie Wolff, Frazier's personal and business manager, revealed over the weekend that he had been diagnosed in late September and was currently in hospice care. His condition deteoirated and Frazier passed away on Monday. Fans -- and even former foes like Muhammad Ali -- have come forward to pay their respects to a champion and offer prayers for his friends and family.

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[mamadeus]

12:21 PM on 11/10/2011

Joe you were poetry in motion in the arena. Joe you will always be the Main Event, and more than a contender.

[hmdjr]

09:26 AM on 11/10/2011

Joe, Joe, Joe!

[misterrobsir]

08:27 PM on 11/09/2011

Still amazes me that that Philadelphia put up a statue of an fictional character (Rocky) when they had a lving boxing legend in Joe Frazier right there amongst them.........RIP (Smokin'), Joe Frazier!!

[Chicho]

02:48 PM on 11/09/2011

Apollo Creed said he was next.. yet never gave him a chance.. RIP Smokin Joe.

[mattw1956]

07:09 AM on 11/09/2011

I liked smoking Joe.RIP.

[Puzzlr]

12:47 AM on 11/09/2011

I surely thought he'd live forever. RIP.

[Dan Slander]

11:08 PM on 11/08/2011

The 3 Frazier / Ali fights was probably the most brutal competition I ever saw in all of sports. Two Olympian Gods standing toe to toe, no where to run, trading punches in excess of 30 rounds. Ali may have won two of the matches but combined there was no clear winner, just remarkable skill, toughness and courage from both. RIP Smokin Joe you earned it.

[Johnd139]

01:39 PM on 11/09/2011

Applause

[Alicia Johns]

10:34 PM on 11/08/2011

rip joe, you are already greatly missed.

[Thomas Mckay]

10:25 PM on 11/08/2011

Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Joe Louis and other great heavyweights from the 40's to the 70's gave black and white & eventually color tv audiences plus paid audiences unequaled and unparalled boxing fury at its best. Smoking Joe was one of a kind and he could nearly blast through steel with his powerful punches. He was a giant of the era and a champion in the real sense of that word. He may have succumbed to cancer but his legacy is mighty and he will be sorely missed. I know I will miss him too as I look fondly back at his accomplishments and his being a perfect gentleman outside the ring. What an era, what a champion.

[JohnMavis41]

06:45 PM on 11/08/2011

we've got to cure cancer

[GEORGE W TUSH]

04:03 PM on 11/08/2011

Smoking' Joe Frazier headed to that big boxing ring in the sky...no doubt to knock more chumps out. Thanks for the memories and inspiration

"Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people." - Joe Frazier

[Iain Banks]

10:02 AM on 11/08/2011

Who asked you to pay for the funeral Mayweather? jesus its so easy to hate this idiot.

[O K Ali]

03:32 PM on 11/08/2011

Thank you.

[sballerini]

08:31 PM on 11/08/2011

And if that fraud Mayweather really cared, he would just pay for it and keep it quiet. It is just another way for him to think of how great he is. I can't even mention his name in the same sentence. Rest in peace to a REAL Champ!!

[Chicho]

02:49 PM on 11/09/2011

EXACTLY.