The monsoon came 20 minutes after history was made. When 4-1 underdog Muhammad Ali recaptured the heavyweight title on October 30, 1974.
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Perhaps the most famous were “the Thrilla in Manila,” the final of his three battles with Frazier, in which Ali retained his ...
George Foreman mixed it with the best across many eras – but one instant classic fight stuck in his memory. The late ...
It was a Sunday in the spring of 1973. Like most every other Sunday that year, I was at Zion Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. A traditional part of the service was welcoming our guests. That day, a ...
After retiring in 1997 following a loss to Shannon Briggs, Foreman's popularity did not slow down as he remained one of boxing’s shrewdest voices in his analyst role for HBO as well as putting his ...
Looks like your little face, don’t it?” As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, ...
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier's trilogy encounter in Manila in 1975 is the consensus greatest heavyweight title fight of all ...
KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the ...