LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — October 2, 1980, was a bittersweet day for boxing and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. On this day in history, Ali fought his seventh and final fight in Las Vegas against Larry ...

Muhammad Ali told his trainer that fighting Joe Frazier in the Philippines was ‘the closest I've ever been to dying’ (Getty) Some 9,000 miles away in Vero Beach, Florida, it was still the evening of ...

They call it the "fight of the century." In one corner was Muhammad Ali, the "most charismatic and controversial athlete of the 20th century." In the other corner was Joe Frazier, who had just earned ...

It was oven-hot inside the arena, and that was before the fight began. The building’s air-conditioning had already lost the undercard against the tropical sun, and the air was thick with humidity.

After his controversial ban from boxing, Muhammad Ali finally rematched a rather familiar foe, sending him into a sudden retirement from the ring. A year removed from his Fight of the Century shock ...

Taking part in arguably the most high-profile matches in boxing history, the late Muhammad Ali’s record is littered with the biggest wins any pugilist could hope for. Sharing the ring with the ...

Muhammad Ali could have just been a boxer. His meteoric rise saw him smash records left and right, defying all the odds, and cementing his name in history at a very young age. But he didn’t stop there ...