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, ...
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 — ...
Professionally, it might have been my favorite day. Then-Tulsa World sports editor Bill Connors and I spent several hours with Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier, who reunited for an appearance at ...
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Deseret News archives: ‘Thrilla in Manila’ in 1975 an epic conclusion to a heavyweight trilogy
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali took on Joe Frazier in ...
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, ...
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They despised each other with every fiber of their being. Each gladly sacrificed sweat and blood to inflict pain on the other. And when their bodies became too battered and exhausted to keep their ...
Ali had won 31 fights on the bounce by the time he came to face Joe Frazier for the first time in 1971. Ali, having been stripped of his titles and served a three-and-a-half-year ban for rejecting ...
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