Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier was billed as the 'Fight of the Century,' held on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The match lasted 15 rounds with the judges declaring Frazier ...

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier competed in what turned out to be one of the most brutal fights in the history of boxing. The pair met in the ring for “Thrilla in Manilla,” the third ...

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 ...

Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole remembers when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in the ring for the undisputed world heavyweight championship on March 8, 1971 in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square ...

The trunks worn by Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, during his victory over “Smokin” Joe Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila are being auctioned. Ali’s signature and an inscription written ...

On the evening of March 8, 1971, inside a celebrity-packed Madison Square Garden, Muhammad Ali entered the ring wrapped in a red robe with white trim for his “Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier.

FEASTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Smokin’ Joe Frazier stood fearsome in bronze, his frozen left hook on the brink of connecting with Muhammad Ali, much as the power punch did 50 years ago in the Fight of the ...