Speaking in a resurfaced interview, Frazier made no mistake in naming Joe Louis as the greatest heavyweight of all time in ...

A QUICK-THINKING $200 idea helped inspire Muhammad Ali’s iconic Thrilla in Manila victory. Ali fought Joe Frazier for a third ...

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

MUHAMMAD ALI’s grandson Nico was held to a DRAW on the 50th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila. Ali famously defeated 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 ...

Frazier had not been down but was wobbling on unsteady legs in the 14th. The halt was called by trainer Eddie Futch at the end of the round. Frazier’s face bore the marks of Ali’s solid hitting, but ...

FIFTY years on from Muhammad Ali’s famous trilogy victory over Joe Frazier, an honorary card took place at the same Araneta ...

In his hotel room the morning after, Muhammad Ali nursed a swollen jaw as the room service waiter arrived with breakfast and good wishes for the man he called champ. "I'm not the champ," Ali corrected ...

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, ...

Boxers live out the marshal creeds of their truths and lies, under the blinding limelight, at the knife edge of death’s tragic enfolding, without recourse martyrdom or public restitutions for the ...

Hearing his grandfather’s name being cheered while he is fighting, in the same venue his grandfather fought in 50 years prior ...