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 — ...

It was the perfect bookend to the first one, which was the greatest sporting event in world history. And, for pure tenacity, this one was even better. Oct. 1, 1975 — 50 years since Joe Frazier met ...

Muhammad Ali was just barely into his 40s and still pretty freshly retired for good. He was having dinner one evening with a writer who couldn’t help but notice the way the chicken leg trembled in his ...

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 ...

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, ...

Fifty years later, and so much that has changed still resonates. When Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in their famed trilogy meeting, otherwise known as the “Thrilla in Manila,” the leader of the ...