Joe Frazier remembered at home2011-11-16 · ESPN
"He was Joe Frazier to the world, but he was our Uncle Billy," said Dannette Frazier, one of about a dozen of Frazier's nieces and nephews who still live near the 10-acre farm where the boxer was raised. The South Carolina service had none of the…
SA's Magali loses junior lightweight title2008-07-30 · SABC
South Africa's Zolani Magali has lost his IBO junior lightweight title fight to Australia's Billy Dib in Australia. It was a controversial decision, despite Dib's being pummelled for most of the bout. The decision was unanimous. It was Marali's…
Canastota's last champ pulls up stakes2005-10-15 · Syracuse Post Standard Madison News (Registration Required)
Titletown USA is losing its last resident titleholder. "I'm going to start my own Titletown down south," Canastota hometown boxing hero Billy Backus says. Backus, who rocked the boxing world with his upset victory over welterweight champion Jose Napoles in 1970, is one of two boxing champions who have called Canastota home. The other is his uncle, welterweight and middleweight champion Carmen Basi…