Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
‘Smokin Joe’ fought 37 times in an illustrious
boxing career and had recently been travelling his home country meeting and
greeting fans. The Philadelphian was due to appear at the WBC’s Las Vegas convention
that takes place between December 11 and December 17, which is now unlikely.
Click here to hear the full interview: bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/
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| Joe with son Marvis |
Former champ weighs up options in cancer fight
Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier’s
manager has spoken to BBC Radio 5 Live about some of the options that are
available to the seriously ill fighter, who has been inundated with offers of
treatment since news broke of his condition.
The 67 year-old, who is known worldwide for his three
battles with Muhammad Ali, has final-stage liver cancer which they believe has
gone back far longer than the four weeks that they found out and doctors in
America have not given the ex-champ any hope of recovery.
Frazier’s manager Leslie Wolff told the BBC that although
the outlook is bleak, they will continue to look into any possibilities, including
travelling to other countries in the world - especially Europe.
“Unfortunately, we think it went back quite a while,” explained
Wolff.
“In my opinion there was a lot of misdiagnosis. Since this
story broke, we have had information from a wide range of people as you can
imagine.
“Some of them are a little far out, but others have amazing
credentials both medical and corporate who are helping us to look at other
options.
“One of the things that we are looking at is Europe does not
have some of the regulatory restrictions that we in the United States have and
innovative treatments for diseases like cancer, so we willing to listen to
anyone who knows of something we are not aware of and we would love to hear
from them.”
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