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 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.

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 — ...

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.

Manny Pacquiao is organizing “Thrilla in Manila 2” as a 50th anniversary event paying tribute to the iconic Ali-Frazier rubber match, but it looks like it will not live up to the original. Fifty years ...

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, ...