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Neighbors fighting to preserve Joe Frazier's Gym as a North Philadelphia landmark
Joe Frazier’s Gym, where heavyweight boxing ... The gym, which opened in the late 1960s, was Frazier's full-time training facility until it closed in 2008. Within a few years, it went up for ...
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History column: Preserving Joe Frazier’s Gym for future generations
Several years ago when I was commuting around Philadelphia — I drove past the iconic gym where the legendary Joe Frazier ...
The original ‘Nova Knick was Richard Pryor’s tour manager, friends with Wilt Chamberlain, and in Joe Frazier’s corner
The first ‘Nova Knick — the original Wildcat to call Madison Square Garden home — was Tom Hoover, the guy who once traveled ...
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Philadelphia City Council approved a resolution to save Joe Frazier’s crumbling gym. It won’t be enough.
Joe Frazier’s gym, once a historic boxing sanctuary ... But he was also a fixture in a hard-luck corner of North Philly, training young fighters in his gym — which sometimes doubled as ...
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George Foreman wasn’t just a big name in boxing, he completed the greatest comeback of all time, says Paulie Malignaggi.
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North Philly Residents, Neighbors Are Fighting to Preserve Joe Frazier’s Gym
Joe Frazier’s Gym in North Philadelphia is a historic landmark and residents of the neighborhood are pulling off all the ...