Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears is available via Hulu in full, and you can watch it right here at Bad Left Hook, too. The documentary was directed by Mike Todd. Here's the full, 71-minute film.
They say Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe Fraziers gym is the Whitehouse. For over forty years, since the last of his million dollar bouts with Ali, Foreman and others, Joes commitment to his adopted Philadelphia neighborhood kept his landmark gym alive. Now, tragically, it has to close. Filmed in the years leading up to his untimely passing and told through the voice of son Marvis, this film reveals the story of the real Joe Frazier: from his roots in the Gullah community of rural South Carolina to becoming one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century.
With comments from Bernard Hopkins, Larry Holmes, George Foreman, Larry Merchant, Thomas Hauser, Marvis Frazier and many more.
Joe Frazier Passes Away at Age 67: One of Boxing's Greats, Gone Too Soon (November)
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Only available in the USA
What a let down.
Xilliun - February 2, 2012
That is a shame. Hopefully somebody will show it in the UK. Joe Frazier is a legend and his story deserves to be told in full in its own right, not as an attachment to another awesome boxer’s career.
Eoin_not_ian - February 2, 2012
My all time favorite.
Brought up hard. Worked hard. Played hard. Fought Hard.
pakinpower - February 2, 2012
He’s one of my favorite fighters to learn about. Before my time as an active fighter so I have no real connection to him there, but some fighters are just damn fun to learn about, others not as much. Joe Frazier was a truly interesting man.
Scott Christ - February 2, 2012
Oh
and the Cadillacs and jumpsuits! Sweet.
pakinpower - February 2, 2012
I wish you could have experienced that passion, that smile when the real battle ensued. The man loved to fight.
pakinpower - February 2, 2012
I watch the Fraizer left hook that put Ali down in the 15th
And Everytime I see it connect, I wince. Massive.
And I second Scott’s comments above….. Some fighters just ain’t that interesting. Joe was a phenomemal man.
Sweet science - February 2, 2012
Thx for the upload. Most complete documentary I’ve seen on the man…….not just the fighter.
DPlainview - February 2, 2012
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