Manny Pacquiao is organizing “Thrilla in Manila 2” as a 50th anniversary event paying tribute to the iconic Ali-Frazier rubber match, but it looks like it will not live up to the original. Fifty years ...
Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier delivered one of the greatest fights boxing has ever seen. They went 14 rounds, trading bludgeonings for nearly 45 minutes before Ali emerged victorious.
Once all the papers were signed and the fight was officially on, Muhammad Ali knew exactly what to do. The master quipster, fight-promoting wizard and most famous and outrageous boxer in the world — ...
It was the perfect bookend to the first one, which was the greatest sporting event in world history. And, for pure tenacity, this one was even better. Oct. 1, 1975 — 50 years since Joe Frazier met ...
Muhammad Ali was just barely into his 40s and still pretty freshly retired for good. He was having dinner one evening with a writer who couldn’t help but notice the way the chicken leg trembled in his ...
Clay won the 1960 Olympic gold medal in Rome as a light heavyweight, turned professional immediately, and tore through the heavyweight division. By February 1964, he had a 19-0 record and a title shot ...
Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali punches Joe Frazier during their iconic fight in in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 1, 1975. (Bettmann/Getty Images) Once all the papers were signed and the ...