Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s tomb unveiled at Ivy Hill Cemetery

November 10, 2012

Frazier's youngest son Derek poses next to a likeness of the boxing legend who died of liver cancer in Nov. 2011. (Courtesy of Derek Frazier)
The Frazier family said this weekend that boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. helped them cover the cost of the tomb. (Courtesy of Derek Frazier)
A tomb in which the remains of late boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier will rest was unveiled at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Cedarbrook on Saturday. Pictured: Frazier's sons River and Derek. (Photo courtesy of Derek Frazier)

Friends and family of the late Smokin’ Joe Frazier gathered at Ivy Hill Cemetery in the city’s Cedarbrook section on Saturday morning for an event at which the boxing legend’s tomb/monument was unveiled.

The “memorial celebration” commemorated the spot where the boxing legend was finally put to rest on Wednesday, a year to the day when he died of liver cancer.

Several, but not all, of Frazier’s sons and daughters were on hand.

Said Frazier’s daughter Renae-Frazier Martin, the monument was organized by the boxer’s children, with help from modern-day pugilist Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to a press release sent out by family members.

Frazier’s remains had been kept in an unmarked mausoleum in the year since his passing, but were transferred to the new tomb on Wednesday.

“It’s set off by itself, and it looks great,” said Frazier’s youngest son Derek of the location. “I’m really happy with it.”