Unpublished, Joe Frazier in his dressing room after the fight | His face swollen and bruised, heavyweight champion Joe Frazier —stoic even in victory over his nemesis — makes himself presentable.(LIFE)

Today we lost one of the greatest athletes in American history. If you don't know Smokin' Joe Frazier, please, I beg you, take a trip over to Youtube.

Frazier was an Olympian, an Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champ and one of the only men to ever defeat the great Muhammad Ali. Not to mention the inspiration for some of the iconic training scenes in Rocky. Through it all, he was a class act and an asset to the sport. He was 67 years old.

Cheers,

-JM