Marvis Frazier boxer

Marvis Frazier boxer
bouts
21
won
19
lost
2
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
heavyweight
Debut
1980-09-12
Height
6′ 0½″/184cm
Reach
76″/193cm
Age
-
Born
1960-09-10
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Marvis Frazier (born September 12, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who fought in the heavyweight division.Marvis is the son of former heavyweight champion and Hall of Famer, Joe Frazier. Marvis was at ringside for all of his father's fights after the second Oscar Bonavena bout in December 1968, including the great fights with Muhammad Ali. Marvis exhibited four rounds with his father in Rochester, New York, on December 3, 1976, and staged another exhibition in 1977.) His sister Jackie Frazier-Lyde was also a professional boxer, as was his brother Joe Frazier, Jr. (a.k.a. Hector Frazier). Marvis lived with his family in a 16-room stone split-level home in Whitemarsh.Marvis was involved in other sports, but finally gave it all up in favor of boxing, "I played football and basketball and I wrestled, and I love them all, especially football. I was a running back. When I was in ninth grade, Duke and Temple talked to me about going there. But I fell so much in love with boxing. I gave up the other sports. Once I get into a sport. I dedicate myself to it. I don't believe in concentrating on more than one thing," Marvis Frazier said on his choice of boxing. He graduated from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in suburban PhiladelphiaMarvis was a highly touted prospect and among the top-ranked amateur heavyweights. He was the 1979 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion and 1980 National AAU Heavyweight Champion. He was coached partly by his father, and in part by Georgie Benton and Val Colbert. "My dad tried not to play too active a role in my career for fear of putting pressure on me," Marvis said. Benton said that Marvis was a model kid. He grew up "like he was poor". According to Benton, "there were no favors. When the grass on the Fraziers' two-and-a-half acre plot needed cutting, Marvis did it. With a hand mower. He goes to choir practice Monday nights, Bible study Wednesday nights and church on Sunday. He doesn't smoke, drink or run around. Not because such strictures are demanded of him, but because that's the way he is boxing or no boxing."His amateur debut came on March 4, 1977, age 16, with a unanimous decision victory over David Bey in Philadelphia.In February 1979, Frazier was ranked #2 U.S. amateur heavyweight by the U.S. Amateur Boxers and Coaches Association, and #1 by the Amateur Athletic Union. Frazier was a runner-up for the 1979 Pan American Games, where he was expected to meet Teófilo Stevenson for the first time in this competition. He was concentrating on the Pan American trials and the Pan Am games, after that, he was aiming for a shot at the Olympics. "That's my goal," he said, but ultimately did not take part in the Pan Am trials on the advice of his father. Joe Frazier thought his 19-year-old son was still too young and inexperienced to meet Stevenson. Marvis didn't show at the 1979 National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado, because his father insisted that they send airplane tickets for an accompanying entourage of three people with all expenses paid. Frazier also pulled out of the World Cup, staged in New York, in October 1979, for the event was largely neglected after Cuba was banned from participation after refusing to team-up with the U.S. to form the "North American team" to compete versus European and other world's athletes.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1988-10-27 Philipp Brown WWWWWW Convention Center, Tucson WIN
Unanimous decision
1987-08-10 Robert Evans WLLLLL Hilton, Secaucus WIN
Unanimous decision
1987-06-01 Tom Fischer WWLLLW Hilton, Secaucus WIN
Technical knockout
1986-07-26 Mike Tyson WWWWWW Civic Center, Glens Falls LOST
Technical knockout
1986-02-23 James Smith WWLLWL Auditorium, Richmond WIN
Unanimous decision
1985-09-11 Jose Ribalta WWWDLW Trump Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Majority decision
1985-05-20 James Tillis WWWWLW Lawlor Events Center, Reno WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-12-05 Funso Banjo WWWWWW Alexandra Pavilion, Muswell Hill WIN
Points
1984-10-23 Bernard Benton WWWWWW Atlantis Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-09-25 David Starkey WWLLL Halloran Plaza Hotel, Pennsauken WIN
Technical knockout
1983-11-25 Larry Holmes WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas LOST
Technical knockout
1983-06-04 Joe Bugner WLWWWW Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1983-04-10 James Broad WWWWWW Resorts International, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1983-03-07 Mike Cohen WWWWWL Sheraton Charleston Hotel, Charleston WIN
Technical knockout
1983-02-08 Amos Haynes WLLLLL Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1981-09-16 Guy Casale WLWWWW Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Corner retirement
1981-08-22 Tony Pulu WLWLLL Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1981-05-11 Steve Zouski WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Technical knockout
1981-04-10 Melvin Epps WLWLLW Felt Forum, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1980-10-10 Dennis Rivers W Felt Forum, New York WIN
Technical knockout
1980-09-12 Roger Troupe LLLDWW Felt Forum, New York WIN
Technical knockout