PHILADELPHIA — Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care.
The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier’s personal and business manager said Saturday. Leslie Wolff said doctors have not yet told Frazier how long he has to live.
“We have medical experts looking into all the options that are out there,” Wolff said. “There are very few. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop looking.”
Wolff, who has been Frazier’s manager for seven years, said the boxer had been in and out of the hospital since early October and receiving hospice treatment the last week.
In a career that spanned almost 20 years, Frazier recorded a 32-4-1 record. He won two heavyweight titles, while facing the likes of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Jerry Quarry.
