So when the bell sounded to open Super Fight II a few days later, there was already bad blood and the Garden audience — 20,748 strong, larger than the first Ali-Frazier bout, celebrities ...

The Oakland Raiders versus the Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL's version of Ali vs. Frazier.The cards set for this week's Thursday Night Football contestrival a setup by Boxing promoter Don King. The ...

Arum, who later became a famed promoter, including for Ali-Frazier II in 1974, was working for Ali as an attorney but wanted no part of promoting Ali-Frazier I.

Ali-Frazier I and III each were named “Fight of the Year” by The Ring magazine, and though it was a 12-round non-world title fight, Ali-Frazier II was a vital steppingstone that set up another ...

It was 10 days after Frazier clearly had won what was billed as the Fight of the Century. But Muhammad Ali had won the battle of the late-night television talk shows.

Ali and Frazier had three bouts in the 1970s — "The Fight of the Century," "Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II" and "The Thrilla in Manila" — with the first and last going down in boxing lore as ...

She picked up a paper one day and discovered a second-generation Ali was on the way to making a tough living. Jacqui put II and II together and came up with Ali-Frazier IV.

Underestimating Frazier's strength and endurance, Ali tried to wear his opponent down by absorbing punishment. But Frazier was relentless.

The rivalry between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali went far outside the boxing ring. Just days before their second fight, 1974’s Ali–Frazier II, the heavyweights met at ABC’s New York ...

Ali finally got to Frazier, thus igniting the flame that gave Fight II a character of its own: pure enmity.

Ali-Frazier I and II were sensational fights. There were others. But in terms of storyline and setting, the entertainment that went on in the jungle with the great musical acts ...