Joe Frazier’s grandson is a classmate of my 10-year-old daughter’s. And yesterday she came home and wanted to talk about the boy’s sadness. The way he looked, the way he felt, the way he told her to ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The city of Philadelphia honored boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier by naming a street after him. Frazier's family and legendary boxer Larry Holmes. who hails from Easton ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
Muhammad Ali was there, his body frail and trembling in the throes of Parkinson’s disease. Fellow boxers Bernard Hopkins, Larry Holmes and Michael Spinks were there, too, among others, including ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought the “Thrilla in Manila,” still considered the greatest and ...
Two fighters appear on a list featuring the top 10 most-loved sporting statues in America. The lasting tributes to Muhammad Ali, in Kentucky, and Joe Frazier, in Philadelphia, are included on a list ...
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Joe Bugner, a heavyweight who took boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance in fights in the 1970s, has died. He was 75. The death of the Hungary-born Bugner, who ...