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RIP Singer Smokin' Joe Frazier [video]

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Joe Frazier died on Monday. Also known as Smokin' Joe, he was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion beating and later losing to Muhammad Ali, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a brief comeback in 1981. But did you also know he was a singer, releasing a string of songs like Frank Sinatra's “My Way" and Eddie Floyd's “Knock On Wood on Knockout Recorrds. Here is Frazier singing his love beer in a 1978 Miller Lite commercial.

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