Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali took on Joe Frazier in ...

SMOKIN’ JOE Frazier was one of the toughest Pennsylvanians who ever lived. Though born in South Carolina, the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world spent most of his career and years of ...

Family, friends, and dignitaries gathered to honor the legacy of the late boxing icon Joe Frazier on what would have been his 81st birthday on Sunday. The Frazier family placed a Philadelphia Eagles ...

Once all the papers were signed and the fight was officially on, Muhammad Ali knew exactly what to do. The master quipster, fight-promoting wizard and most famous and outrageous boxer in the world — ...

CARDIFF, Wales — 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 was ...

It’s been 46 years since Philadelphia boxer 'Smokin’ Joe' Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden during the “Fight of the Century.” The city honored its favorite non-fictional boxing ...

The Goldin Touch episode 5 sees Ken Goldin uncover rare Ali and Frazier robes from the legendary Thrilla in Manila fight.

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - Sports fans of a certain age remember the "Thriller in Manila," the third heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975, as one of ...

Boxers live out the marshal creeds of their truths and lies, under the blinding limelight, at the knife edge of death’s tragic enfolding, without recourse martyrdom or public restitutions for the ...

If you consider the self proclaimed greatest, Muhammad Ali #1 among all Heavyweight Champions, then where do you place Joe Frazier? I’m talking about the man who left hooked that ‘0’ off his record ...

CARDIFF, Wales — 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 was ...