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.

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, ...

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 ...

Joe Bugner locked horns with some ferocious punchers during a golden era for heavyweight boxing. While he was unsuccessful in ...

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, ...

Heavyweight great "Smokin' Joe” Frazier would have been 81 today. And Frazier, who was and is everything that represents ...

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.