Mike Tyson has taken to Twitter to pay homage to late boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier, who died at 67 Monday in Philadelphia after a battle with liver cancer.

"Today is a sad yet remarkable day as we mourn the death of boxing legend Joe Frazier & honor him by celebrating his amazing accomplishments," Tyson, 45, tweeted, expanding in detail about his admiration for the fallen fighter.

"Frazier and [Muhammad] Ali were quintessential the apex of pedigree fighting in which each man would not give an inch until they were dead. Their era was competitive fighting at the highest level. As a young fighter it has always been an honor to be compared to [Frazier]."

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Boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier died Monday night in his hometown of Philadelphia after a battle with liver cancer. He was 67.

Frazier will be best remembered for becoming the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali, downing The Greatest of All-Time in the Fight of the Century, a March 1971 bout at New York's famed Madison Square Garden. He later called the win "the greatest thing that ever happened in my life."

The pair would go on to have three matches overall, two in the Big Apple and once in the Philippines, famously dubbed “The Thrilla in Manila.”

Joe Frazier is in the fight of his life.  The legendary boxer of 'Thrilla in Manilla' fame was diagnosed with liver cancer a month ago. He is now under hospice care.

"We're looking for some miracles," Leslie Wolff, Frazier's business manager, told The Philadelphia Inquirer.

"When you're dealing with the Big C, it's not an easy thing to deal with."

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Frazier's career lasted 20 years and featured three of the most famous bouts in boxing history, all against Muhammad Ali.

Their first fight, in 1971, took place at Madison Square Garden and the closed circuit viewing audience was estimated at an astounding 300 million worldwide.