Here's an interesting post-Manila nugget. Lewis, is Butch Lewis, one of Frazier's old friends: Back in the States, Ali called Lewis and asked him for Frazier's private number. Ali told Lewis that ...

In remembering how great a boxer and important a person Muhammad Ali was to many people, I think it is important to also remember that were it not for Joe Frazier, Ali would not have become nearly ...

In October 1975, after Muhammad Ali closed his historic trilogy with Joe Frazier in a superior battle that some rank as boxing’s ultimate prizefight, co-promoter Bob Arum recalls exiting the ...

Joe Frazier, in a bid to end decades of feuding between the two former heavyweight champions, on Tuesday extended an olive branch to Muhammad Ali. “It’s about time to bring it to an end.

Ali's gloves from his first fight against Joe Frazier in 1971 also fetched $385,848 ... highlighted by his 13 Gold Glove Awards from 1980 to 1992, the personal basketball memorabilia of basketball ...

The world of boxing lost a legend on Monday with the passing of "Smokin'" Joe Frazier ... glove-to-glove combat. Frazier, 67, the former Heavyweight champion and chief in-ring rival of Muhammad ...

Twenty-nine years ago, the first of three fierce battles between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was billed as such an event--and it lived up to the hype. It does still. "The Fight," as it was simply ...

A "sledgehammer left hook" that put Muhammad Ali on the canvas in 1971 pretty much tells the story of Joe Frazier's career, NPR's Tom Goldman says. "It was as crushing and symbolic" as any of ...

The third episode, titled "The Rivalry," aired Tuesday night and focused on Ali’s professional and personal exploits in the early 1970s, including his epic rivalry with Joe Frazier, his draft ...

Laila Ali and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde are preparing for their upcoming ring encounter by adopting the bitter banter of their famous fathers. Ali, the 23-year-old daughter of Muhammad Ali, spends all ...