The Resume

(January 12, 1944-November 7, 2011)
US Olympic gold medal winner (1964)
Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1970-73)
Retired with 32 wins, 4 loses, 1 draw (27 knock outs)
Nicknamed 'Smokin' Joe'
Fought Muhammad Ali in 'The Thrilla in Manilla' (September 30, 1975)

Why he might be annoying:

Muhammad Ali angered him by calling him a 'gorilla.'
George Foreman knocked him down 6 times, before the fight was stopped in the second round (January 22, 1973).
His daughter, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde is a boxer.
He was arrested for drunk driving, but the charges were acquitted.
He then tried to sue the police but lost.
Muhammad Ali beat him two out of three times they fought.
He was arrested for assaulting the mother of his children (February 13, 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first man ever to defeat Muhammad Ali in a professional fight (March 8, 1971).
While mowing his lawn, he chopped off his big toe, and rather than call an ambulance, he drove himself to the emergency room.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amputees
• Boxers
• Boxing Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1990)
• Cosmopolitan’s Celebrity Feud Everyone Was Talking About the Year You Were Born (Ranked: 1971)
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Golden Girls References
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• Howard Stern's E! Show
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [E-G]
• I Appeared on Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration [1992]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 67)
• I Have Diabetes
• I Made a Scene on The Dick Cavett Show
• I Sung 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at Wrigley Field
• I Took Too Many Shots to the Head
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Miss Howard Stern Judges [New Years Eve 1994]
• Mohammad Ali Beat Me Up
• My Mug Shot is on The Smoking Gun
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1973)
• Profiles 1251-1500 (Ranked: 1457)
• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year (Ranked: 1967)
• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year (Ranked: 1970)
• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year (Ranked: 1971)
• Rocky
• Secret Talents of the Stars [2008]
• Sports Illustrated's 100 Greatest Moments in Sports History (Ranked: 5)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]
• Wife Beaters and Alleged Domestic Abusers
• Wrestlemania Guests (Ranked: 2)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 106 Votes: 43.40% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 347 Votes: 27.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 90 Votes: 64.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 56.92% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 51.02% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 125 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 60.16% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 230 Votes: 57.83% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 362 Votes: 51.10% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 669 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1975 Votes: 56.81% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4653 Votes: 48.66% Annoying