In an interview with Cathal O’Sannon of RTE, Ali claimed how he only went forward with a bout against Alvin Lewis back in ...

Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced off at Madison Square Garden 50 years ago this week in a highly-anticipated rematch, the second in a trilogy of ...

Muhammad Ali, 31-0, would fight Joe Frazier, 26-0. It was a time when boxing mattered, when it often shoved aside the likes of pro football and pro basketball for prime space on newspaper sports ...

Ali started talking to Frazier when the referee gave them instructions. Frazier talked right back at him. Ali prayed in his corner before the opening bell. Frazier moved right in and missed with a ...

Advertisement The flurry opened that final round, Ali’s feet shuffling as he landed hard blows on Frazier’s head from both fists. “Fool, fool, you’ve got to fall,” Ali recalled saying to ...

VERONA, N.Y. -- She didn't float much like a butterfly, but Laila Ali stung just hard enough like a bee. Laila Ali, right, whiffs here -- but not on the scorecards, staying unbeaten in 10 bouts.

For the rest of us, what we most remember about Joe Frazier is Muhammad Ali. We remember Ali calling Frazier “ugly,” an “Uncle Tom” and, especially, a “gorilla.” And even those of us ...

Muhammad Ali’s superlative boxing and verbal skills, along with his ability to touch people’s hearts, lifted him to iconic status. But on one count — his relationship with Joe Frazier ...

But March 8 emerged early in 1971 as the ideal date for Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier to fight each other at MSG, which was prepared to put up 10 per cent of the fighters’ purses in order to host.

Never. Ali had been exiled since 1967, his refusal to be inducted to the American military had seen him stripped of his world heavyweight title. Frazier had won the heavyweight title; Ali had ...

In his first incarnation, the colossal Texan duked it out with Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, and Muhammad Ali during an unforgettable golden era. Foreman was a nailed-on Hall of Famer before he ...