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Ali vs Frazier

Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III

October 1, 2021October 8, 2021 Michael Carbert 5 Comments Ali vs Frazier, angelo dundee, Boxing, Eddie Futch, Frazier vs Ali, George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Manila, Muhammad Ali, Philippines, Smokin' Joe, The Greatest, Thrilla in Manila

More than four decades later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing

Eddie Futch

On Eddie Futch

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Sean Crose 2 Comments Eddie Futch, Floyd Mayweather, Freddie Roach, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Madison Square Garden, Marlon Starling, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Riddick Bowe, Thrilla in Manila

Perhaps it’s just me but I get the feeling Eddie Futch , who was born on this date 110 years

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The Blood Feud

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Michael Carbert 3 Comments Cassius Clay, Eddie Futch, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Philippines, Thrilla in Manila, Vietnam

HBO’s 2008 film Thrilla In Manila is a sports documentary with an agenda; not necessarily a bad thing, but when a bias

Jan. 16, 1982: Navarrete vs Choi

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 Robert Portis 1 Comment Ali vs Frazier, Boxing, Chung-Il Choi, Manila, Philippines, Rafael Limon, Rolando Navarrete, Thrilla in Manila

For fight fans the world over, mere mention of the city of Manila in the Philippines will always conjure up

Hit The Road, Andre

January 10, 2017March 28, 2018 Robert Portis 6 Comments Andre Ward, Archie Moore, Canelo Alvarez, Chad Dawson, Floyd Mayweather, James Kirkland, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Kovalev vs Ward, Max Schmeling, Miguel Cotto, Muhammad Ali, Sergey Kovalev, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thrilla in Manila

In November boxing got a rare treat: a showdown between two of the very best fighters in the sport, pound-for-pound.

“I Wish He Would Live Forever”

June 9, 2016December 1, 2017 Thad Moore 0 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Boogaloo Watts, Gerry Cooney, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Marvis Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Robert Hines, Sonny Liston, Thrilla in Manila, Vietnam

Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing and much more than a celebrity. He was a leader of social and cultural

Nov. 7, 1970: Monzon vs Benvenuti

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 David Como 2

“When I gazed at him I was thinking: ‘Tonight, I’m going to kill you.’” — Carlos Monzon on Nino Benvenuti

May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge

May 19, 2021July 26, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

In recent years the late Rocky Lockridge unfortunately became as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and

March 31, 1980: Tate vs Weaver

March 31, 2021April 2, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

Not for nothing do they call boxing “the cruelest sport.” Just as a baseball game can end with a single

Jan. 9, 1942: Louis vs Baer II

January 9, 2021January 11, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

It is 1942, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and America is at war. As the country enters this