When the city unveiled a statue of the late heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in 2015, it was an honor befitting the legend, ...

Some claimed the plan was flawed because it still elevated a fictional character.

I thought the absolute nonsense around the Rocky statue being permanently exalted to the top of the steps of the Philadelphia ...

The 11-foot bronze monument of the real-life heavyweight champ will replace the Rocky statue, which eventually is being ...

Philadelphia plans on bringing the Joe Frazier statue to the Museum of Art, but the move has sparked controversy.

Philly’s real heavyweight champion, an inspiration for Sylvester Stallone’s fictional boxer, will move to a spot near the foot of the Art Museum steps, after Rocky moves to the top.

The Philadelphia Art Commission gave unanimous final approval on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, to move the Joe Frazier statue ...

History may not repeat itself, but at least in Philadelphia, it sure does rhyme. Twenty years ago, our famed Rocky statue ...

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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Joe Bugner, a heavyweight who took boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance in fights in the 1970s, has died. He was 75. The death of the Hungary-born Bugner, who ...