Boxers live out the marshal creeds of their truths and lies, under the blinding limelight, at the knife edge of death’s tragic enfolding, without recourse martyrdom or public restitutions for the ...

In the 50 years since Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought the Thrilla in Manila, may as well add another 50 years in the future, too. There has never been another event like it. And there never will ...

The air sat still and sticky. Body heat from some 28,000 spectators at the Philippine Coliseum brought Manila’s midmorning temperature to a boiling point. Breathing felt like sipping warm water. An ...

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, ...

The jock strap that was used by heavyweight boxing legend Joe Frazier 45 years ago when he beat the greatest of all-time, Muhammad Ali, is about to hit the auction ...

LAS VEGAS — It has been 26 years since Joe Frazier sat on a stool in his corner of the ring in the sweltering heat of Manila and tried futilely to see through badly swollen eyes. When Frazier failed ...

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 ...

The late Muhammad Ali revealed he once feared death in the ring — even when prevailing in one of the most iconic fights to ever grace the squared circle. Engaged in a three-fight series with the great ...

In his hotel room the morning after, Muhammad Ali nursed a swollen jaw as the room service waiter arrived with breakfast and good wishes for the man he called champ. "I'm not the champ," Ali corrected ...