Presented is a lot of 146 signatures of former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier, on stickers that could be removed and affixed to items of memorabilia. Frazier has signed 146 clear plastic ½ x 2-inch stickers in blue marker. There are 22 separate 2 ¼ x 6-inch brown paper slips with six stickers each, two slips with five stickers, and one slip with four stickers.

“Smokin’ Joe” reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1973, and as an amateur won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Frazier emerged as the top contender in the late 1960s, defeating opponents that included Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo, and Jimmy Ellis en route to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970. He followed up by defeating Muhammad Ali by unanimous decision in the highly anticipated Fight of the Century in 1971. Two years later, Frazier lost his title when he was defeated by George Foreman. He fought on, beating Joe Bugner, losing a rematch to Ali and beating Quarry and Ellis again. Frazier's last world title challenge came in 1975, but he was beaten by Ali in their brutal rubber match, the Thrilla in Manila. He retired in 1976 following a second loss to Foreman. This lot comes with a LOA from Frazier’s manager and has been pre-certified by Steve Grad of Beckett Authentication.

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