Marvis Frazier

Name: Marvis Frazier
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 184cm
Reach: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Joe Frazier

Marvin Frazier Gallery

Amateur Career

August 1980 issue of The Ring

June 1, 1981 issue of Sports Illustrated

• Amateur Record: 56-2
• Outpointed Tony Tubbs on May 18, 1979.
• Outpointed Tim Witherspoon on February 9, 1979. Frazier scored a knockdown in the third round.
• 1979 Pennsylvania State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion. Defeated Ed Bednarik in the final (TKO 2).
• 1979 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion. Defeated Philipp Brown in the final (W 3).
• 1979 Gold Medalist at the World Junior (Under-19) Championships in Yokohama, Japan as a Heavyweight.
  • Defeated Daniel Goguen (Canada) (KO 2)
  • Defeated Alexandr Yagubkin (Soviet Union) (PTS 5-0)
  • Defeated Olaf Mayer (Austria) (RSC 2)
• 1980 Muhammad Ali Amateur Boxing Club vs. Joe Frazier Amateur Boxing Club. Lost to Tony Tubbs (L 3).
• 1980 National AAU Heavyweight Champion. Defeated Chris McDonald in the final (W 3).
• 1980 Olympic Trials Heavyweight Semifinalist. Results:
  • Defeated Mitch Green (W 3)
  • Lost to James Broad (KO by 1)

Professional Career

• Turned professional on September 12, 1980 with a third-round TKO of Roger Troupe.
• Inactive in 1982 due to viral hepatitis.
• Defeated James Broad by a ten-round unanimous decision on April 10, 1983, avenging his last amateur loss.
• Fought WBC Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes on November 25, 1983. The WBC refused to sanction the fight because Frazier was not ranked in the top ten. Frazier, who was 10-0 with 6 KOs, was a 4½-1 underdog. Holmes won by a first-round TKO.
• Defeated future WBA Heavyweight Champion James (Bonecrusher) Smith by a ten-round unanimous decision on February 23, 1986.
• Knocked out in thirty seconds by Mike Tyson on July 26, 1986.

Notes

• Son of former World Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier.
• Brother Joe Frazier Jr. (a.k.a Hector Frazier), sister Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, and cousin Rodney Frazier were professional boxers.
• Trained his brother Joe Jr. and his sister Jacqui.
• Ordained a Pentecostal minister in 1994.
• Active participant in Prison Fellowship. It is a "Christian prison ministry founded by Chuck Colson to evangelize prisoners and restore families through faith-based reentry programs."
• Runs the family limousine business.