The iconic Ali-Frazier match continues to captivate 50 years later
“You look just like your little face, don’t you?” On August 26, 1975, Muhammad Ali made a memorable entrance at a buffet honoring former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at Manhattan’s Four Seasons. He pointed out the custom black t-shirt he and his crew were wearing, which displayed phrases such as “Manila” and “gorilla.” Ali, often […]
The second Ali-Frazier boxing battle was the best ever
“We’re just two colored boys from the ghetto, but the whole world is watching us in the biggest event of all time!” 50 years ago this week, at Madison Square Garden, just hours before the two champion boxers faced each other in a long-awaited rematch, the second in the iconic slugfest trilogy, said Joe Frazier. […]