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, ...
It is 50 years to the day since Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier’s trilogy culminated in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest fights of all time. Here, Telegraph Sport ranks where the “Thrilla ...
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, ...
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 — ...
LAS VEGAS — It has been 26 years since Joe Frazier sat on a stool in his corner of the ring in the sweltering heat of Manila and tried futilely to see through badly swollen eyes. When Frazier failed ...
Fifty years ago, the world watched as two heavyweight legends engaged in what may be the greatest boxing match ever. On Oct. 1, 1975, at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, Muhammad Ali ...