1. Marvis Frazier was at ringside for all of his father's fights after the second Oscar Bonavena bout in December 1968, including the great fights with Muhammad Ali.
19 Facts About Marvis Frazier
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Marvis Frazier exhibited four rounds with his father in Rochester, New York, on December 3,1976, and staged another exhibition in 1977.
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Marvis Frazier's sister Jackie Frazier-Lyde was a professional boxer, as was his brother Joe Frazier, Jr.
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Marvis Frazier lived with his family in a 16-room stone split-level home in Whitemarsh.
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Marvis Frazier graduated from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in suburban Philadelphia.
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Marvis Frazier was a highly touted prospect and among the top-ranked amateur heavyweights.
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Marvis Frazier was the 1979 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion and 1980 National AAU Heavyweight Champion.
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Marvis Frazier was coached partly by his father, and in part by Georgie Benton and Val Colbert.
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Marvis Frazier goes to choir practice Monday nights, Bible study Wednesday nights and church on Sunday.
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Marvis Frazier was a runner-up for the 1979 Pan American Games, where he was expected to meet Teofilo Stevenson for the first time in this competition.
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Marvis Frazier was concentrating on the Pan American trials and the Pan Am games, after that, he was aiming for a shot at the Olympics.
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Joe Marvis Frazier thought his 19-year-old son was still too young and inexperienced to meet Stevenson.
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Marvis Frazier didn't show at the 1979 National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado, because his father insisted that they send airplane tickets for an accompanying entourage of three people with all expenses paid.
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Marvis Frazier pulled out of the World Cup, staged in New York, in October 1979, for the event was largely neglected after Cuba was banned from participation after refusing to team-up with the US to form the "North American team" to compete versus European and other world's athletes.
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Marvis Frazier intended to fly on LOT Polish Airlines Flight 7, where several of his teammates were killed, but his father always avoided flying, and forbade his son to fly as well.
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Marvis Frazier was able to get back up at the count of eight.
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Marvis Frazier, badly hurt, absorbed heavy punches from Holmes, who appealed for the referee to stop the fight.
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Marvis Frazier quickly proved to be outmatched as Tyson landed a huge uppercut then followed with a combination that left Marvis Frazier unconscious.
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Marvis Frazier appeared on The Howard Stern Show with his father to promote HBO's Thrilla in Manila documentary on April 2,2009.