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Tim Dahlberg Boxing
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 1975, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right to challenger Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines. It was, Muhammad Ali would later say, the closest thing to death he had ever known. He and Joe Frazier had gone 14 brutal rounds in stifling heat off a Philippines morning before Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch mercifully signaled things to an end, his fighter blind and battered and feeling pretty close to death himself. It was 40 years ago and the ``Thrilla in Manilla’’ still lives in sporting lore.(AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita, File)
Tim Dahlberg Boxing
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 1975, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right to challenger Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines. It was, Muhammad Ali would later say, the closest thing to death he had ever known. He and Joe Frazier had gone 14 brutal rounds in stifling heat off a Philippines morning before Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch mercifully signaled things to an end, his fighter blind and battered and feeling pretty close to death himself. It was 40 years ago and the ``Thrilla in Manilla’’ still lives in sporting lore.(AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita, File)