'Like death' - how 'Thrilla in Manila' changed Ali, Frazier forever

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When Muhammad Ali survived 14 brutal rounds with Joe Frazier in the 'Thrilla in Manila' 45 years ago, it wrote a page in boxing folklore but left ...

Ali, seen here against Argentina' boxer Oscar Bonavena, fought for the last time in 1981. MANILA: When Muhammad Ali survived 14 brutal rounds with Joe Frazier in the 'Thrilla in Manila' 45 years ago, it wrote a page in boxing folklore but left both men forever diminished.

Ali, who had beaten George Foreman in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in Zaire a year earlier, came into the fight at 33, his best years well behind him. On fight day the momentum swung back and forth between the men, who were in their third and final match-up.'BRUTAL BEATDOWN' Ali's blows had swollen Frazier's right eye nearly shut, and he was nearly blind in his left due to a training injury.

 

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