Joe Frazier History: May 26, 1972 - Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title May 25, 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander January 15, 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels November 18, 1970 - Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title February 16, 1970 - Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title June 23, 1969 - Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title April 22, 1969 - Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title December 10, 1968 - Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title March 4, 1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title January 12, 1944 - Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, heavyweight boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medal, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1968 - 1973
More Notable Events on June 24:
1948 Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade
1939 Pan Am's 1st U.S. to England flight
1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast