“We’re just two colored boys from the ghetto and we have the whole world watching us in the greatest event of all time!” Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced ...

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, ...

It was oven-hot inside the arena, and that was before the fight began. The building’s air-conditioning had already lost the undercard against the tropical sun, and the air was thick with humidity.

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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought in the third and final installment of their storied rivalry 50 years ago in the Philippines. The fight was nicknamed the "Thrilla in Manila." In 2005, the Muhammad ...

It was 50 years ago this week, but John Allbert still remembers nearly everything about attending the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight. The glamorous crowd at New York’s Madison Square Garden that ...