Joe Frazier
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Joe Frazier was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his relentless fighting style and his legendary trilogy of bouts with Muhammad Ali.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Frazier canonical | 19 |
| Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier | 1 |
| Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier fights | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592493 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Frazier Context triple: [1964 Summer Olympics, notableAthlete, Joe Frazier]
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A.
Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweight champions in boxing history.
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B.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for retiring undefeated with a perfect professional record.
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C.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his exceptional skill, charismatic personality, and influential role in sports and civil rights history.
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D.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
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E.
Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker was an American boxing great renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and multiple world championships across several weight classes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Frazier Target entity description: Joe Frazier was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his relentless fighting style and his legendary trilogy of bouts with Muhammad Ali.
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A.
Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweight champions in boxing history.
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B.
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for retiring undefeated with a perfect professional record.
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C.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his exceptional skill, charismatic personality, and influential role in sports and civil rights history.
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D.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in history, celebrated for his exceptional speed, power, and technical skill across multiple weight classes.
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E.
Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker was an American boxing great renowned for his exceptional defensive skills and multiple world championships across several weight classes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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professional boxer ⓘ world heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ |
| briefComeback | 1981 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-01-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-11-07 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Frazier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Joe Frazier's Gym in Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph William Frazier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | International Boxing Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
left hook
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relentless pressure fighting style ⓘ trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali ⓘ |
| lostTitleTo | George Foreman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Smokin' Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFight |
Fight of the Century vs Muhammad Ali, 1971-03-08
NERFINISHED
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Super Fight II vs Muhammad Ali, 1974-01-28 NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrilla in Manila vs Muhammad Ali, 1975-10-01 ⓘ |
| occupation | boxing trainer ⓘ |
| olympicGames | 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| olympicMedal | gold medal in heavyweight boxing ⓘ |
| olympicTeam | United States Olympic boxing team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
George Foreman
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Quarry NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Bonavena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Beaufort, South Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionalRecordSummary | 32 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | 1976 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | boxing ⓘ |
| stance | orthodox ⓘ |
| titleHeld |
NY State Athletic Commission heavyweight title
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WBA heavyweight title NERFINISHED ⓘ WBC heavyweight title NERFINISHED ⓘ undisputed world heavyweight champion ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1965 ⓘ |
| weightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
| winsByKnockout | 27 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Joe Frazier Description of subject: Joe Frazier was an American heavyweight boxing champion renowned for his relentless fighting style and his legendary trilogy of bouts with Muhammad Ali.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier fights
subject surface form:
Thrilla in Manila
this entity surface form:
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
subject surface form:
George Foreman