Fifty years have passed since that grotesque yet glorious night that only the unforgiving sport of boxing could offer up: the Thrilla in Manila, the third and final meeting between “the greatest,” Muhammad Ali, and “Smokin’” Joe Frazier. Defined in the twilight of the divisive politics of the Civil Rights movement in the United States, […]
The Unrivalled Rivalry — The Thrilla in Manila turns 50
Defined in the twilight of the Civil Rights era’s divisive racial politics, fifty years on, The Thrilla in Manila remains boxing’s benchmark — pugilistic poetry and a brutal rivalry that still defines the sport today.
