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 ...

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, ...

“We’re just two colored boys from the ghetto and we have the whole world watching us in the greatest event of all time!” Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced ...

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, ...

When I heard the news that boxing great Joe Frazier had passed away, I found myself thinking back to all the great moments this man gave us. But the strange part of it was that I couldn’t put Joe ...

Ali still had the skills to beat almost every other fighter, but he couldn’t overcome Frazier’s sheer determination. “If Joe Frazier would have fought King Kong he would have knocked him out that ...

Jerry Izenberg, a New York reporter at the time, explains how Vietnam War tensions added to one of boxing history's most important moments Gareth A Davies is The Telegraph’s award-winning Boxing ...

Former President Donald Trump recalled one of the "craziest" nights of his young life in a recent interview with Tyrus on his OutKick show. On "Maintaining with Tyrus," Trump was asked what the ...

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, ...