As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

Fifty years on from the Thrilla in Manila, this is the first landmark anniversary of the consensus greatest heavyweight title fight of all time where neither of the combatants remain with us. Joe ...

In the 50 years since Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought the Thrilla in Manila, may as well add another 50 years in the future, too. There has never been another event like it. And there never will ...

It was 50 years ago today, on Oct. 1, 1975, that Ali and Frazier met for the third and final time in what many boxing fans and writers would later regard as the most brutal fight they’d ever witnessed ...

In 1989, with Muhammad Ali sitting beside me, I watched a tape of Ali’s historic triumph over Joe Frazier in Manila, which took place 50 years ago this week. For months, Ali and I had been reviewing ...

MANILA, Philippines -- From Manny Pacquiao to left-wing activists, Filipinos in this boxing-crazy nation on Saturday grieved the death of Muhammad Ali, which brought back fond memories of the epic ...

It's 40 years since Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier stepped into the ring for the “most brutal boxing match that had ever taken place.” That’s according to former boxer George Foreman who had just been ...

“SIT DOWN, son. It’s all over. No-one will forget what you did here today.” The aforementioned words, spoken by trainer Eddie Futch to Joe Frazier at the end of the 14th and penultimate round of ...

The “Thrilla in Manila” is not just about Muhammad Ali’s victory in his third and final fight with Joe Frazier, 50 years ago. In the months before the fight, Ali set a cruel agenda and, on the night, ...