“Boxing benefitted from Muhammad Ali’s talents but not nearly as much ... when I get that gorilla in Manila.” “It put the Philippines on the map,” Nathanielsz said.

With Muhammad Ali, it was always the people ... of absolute-power heads of state like Zaire's Mobuto Seseseko and the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos. I saw it turn politicians, captains of industry ...

Muhammad Ali’s white satin boxing trunks from his ... Auction house Sotheby’s said the trunks from the October 1975 bout in the Philippines, which was won by Ali and marked a brutal finish ...

According to the Muhammad Ali Center, he’s believed to have worn ... setting up their third and final bout in the Philippines: the “Thrilla in Manila.” The bout was one of the most brutal ...

In 1975's "Thrilla in Manila" bout in the Philippines, Ali won but not before ... he established the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix. Here, he hangs with Michael J. Fox at a 2000 event ...

the auction block—as the white satin trunks worn by the late Muhammad Ali in his “Thrilla in Manila” 1975 bout with Joe Frazier in the Philippines has been put up for bidding on Thursday by ...

The trunks Muhammad Ali wore while fighting Joe Frazier ... were worn during his 14-round bout with Frazier in October 1975 in the Philippines. Ali's shorts originally hit the market in a 1988 ...

Muhammad Ali:From sunglasses to a painted fly swatter ... It's a Muslim prayer cap the boxer was gifted during his visit to the Philippines in 1975 for a bout that became known as the "Thrilla ...

Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced off at Madison Square Garden 50 years ago this week in a highly-anticipated rematch, the second in a trilogy of ...

Compassion for one another - and the ability to see someone is valuable no matter who they are - is one of the rarest gifts a person can have. When that person is also one of the most famous ...

Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam War ...