welcome back to morning joe. boxing legend smoking joe frazier died yesterday at the age of 67. the former heavyweight champ was best known as the rival of muhammad ali both in and out of the ring. as a young fighter frazier won a gold medal at the 1964 olympics and in 1971 became the first man to defeat muhammad ali, knocking him down in the historic fight of the century at madison square garden in 1971. that was the first of three matches between frazier and ali including their final 14-round fight known as the thriller in manila. the two men did have a rocky relationship outside the ring. for years frazier held a grudge for most of his life actually against ali for ali s brutal taunts. ali called him a guerrilla and referred to him as an uncle tom. in april of 2009 frazier joined us here on morning joe and spoke about his relationship with ali. our relationship should have been like two lovers.