When Joe Frazier met Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, the storyline went much deeper than two undefeated heavyweights clashing for the belt. Ali had refused induction in the U.S ...

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

In the ring, they even looked like the Taijitu, the symbol for yin and yang—Muhammad Ali erect, left jab extended, head held ...

The world of sports never stops jumping and running, shooting and hitting, winning and losing. Occasionally, this chaos of constant action brings a moment that lingers forever, like the taste of ...

On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali battled Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden (the current one) in one of the most highly anticipated showdowns in sports history. Billed as “The Fight of the Century,” ...

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 ...

FILE — Muhammad Ali wears a crown while speaking on the phone in Miami Beach, Fla., ahead of his March 8 fight against Joe Frazier in New York, in this March 6, 1971, file photo. The money was huge — ...

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, ...

On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in the one of the most anticipated boxing matches in history, the “Fight of the Century” at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Fifty years later, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ESPN will air all three boxing matches between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. These three meeting were the only times the two boxing legends matched up.

Muhammad Ali said Sunday he was finding it hard to accept that one of his great rivals in the ring, former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, has advanced liver cancer and is in hospice care. Ali and ...