Nightly News | November 14, 2011
Ali attends former rival’s funeral
Joe Frazier was remembered as a great heavyweight champion at a funeral attended my longtime rival Muhammad Ali Monday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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January 17, 2012
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: The poignant sight of Muhammad Ali , now 69 years old, arriving today at the funeral of his former rival for the heavyweight title, Joe Frazier . Frazier died last week at 67 of liver cancer. Today really was a gathering of boxing royalty to remember the former champ at a Baptist church in Philadelphia .