Peter Morrison / AP file

Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier

updated 3:55 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2004

PHILADELPHIA - Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier was arrested Friday and charged with assaulting a woman.

The victim was described in police documents as the mother of Frazier’s son, department spokesman Cpl. Jim Pauley said. The 44-year-old woman was not seriously injured and refused medical treatment, police said.

The 60-year-old boxing great was awaiting arraignment on charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment, police said.

Frazier was a champion in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He fought Muhammad Ali in three classic heavyweight bouts, winning once and losing twice.

Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said officers responded to a 911 call. When they arrived, a woman who opened the door had injuries to her lip and face and said Frazier struck her, he added.

Regulations require officers to make an arrest if there is a physical injury to someone making a domestic violence complaint.

The ex-boxer was taken to police headquarters rather than the local precinct because he has diabetes and headquarters has medical equipment, Johnson said.

The North Philadelphia home is not far from Frazier’s gym and business office. A car was in the driveway but no one answered the door Friday afternoon.

A woman answering the phone at Frazier’s gym declined comment. Frazier’s lawyer, Eugene Bonner, did not immediately return a call.

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