Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier lll, billed as the "Thrilla in Manila", was the third and final boxing match between undisputed champion Muhammad Ali,[1] and former champion Joe Frazier, for the heavyweight championship of the world. The bout was conceded after fourteen rounds on October 1, 1975, at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, located in Metro Manila.[2] The venue was temporarily renamed the "Philippine Coliseum" for this match.[3] Ali won by corner retirement (RTD) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, asked the referee to stop the fight after the 14th round.[4][5][6] The contest's name is derived from Ali's rhyming boast that the fight would be "a killa and a thrilla and a chilla, when I get that gorilla in Manila."
The bout is almost universally regarded as one of the best and most brutal fights in boxing history, and was the culmination of a three-bout rivalry between the two fighters that Ali won, 2–1.[7][8][9] Some sources estimate the fight was watched by 1billion viewers,[10] including 100million viewers watching the fight on closed-circuit theatre television,[11] and 500,000 pay-per-view buys on HBO home cable television.[12]
^"Muhammad Ali 'Thrilla in Manila' Fight Shorts Could Sell for $6M at Auction". alitoday.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^Mitchell, Kevin (October 1, 2015). "Thrilla In Manila: 40 years on from sanctioned manslaughter in boxing". The Guardian.
^The Editors of LIFE (2016). LIFE ALI: A Life in Pictures. Time Inc. Books. p. 92. ISBN 9781683305873.
^Anderson, Dave (October 1, 1975). "Ali wins battle of brawlers". Milwaukee Journal/The New York Times. p. 11. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
^"Frazier TKO Victim After 14, Ali Wins Thriller in Manila". Milwaukee Sentinel. October 1, 1975. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
^"TOPICS: The Thrilla in Manila". ESPN. December 5, 2012.
^Walker, Childs (April 13, 2009). "The Endorsement: Thrilla in Manila". The Baltimore Sun.
^Gustkey, Early (October 1, 1999). "It Was Much More Than a 'Thrilla in Manila'". Los Angeles Times.
^"54 Facts you probably don't know about Don King". Boxing News 24. January 14, 2008.
^"Karriem Allah". Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc.: 35 1976.
^Smith, Ronald A. (2003). Play-by-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780801876929.
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier lll, billed as the "ThrillainManila", was the third and final boxing match between undisputed champion Muhammad Ali, and...
world title challenge came in 1975, but he was beaten by Ali in the brutal rubber match, the ThrillainManila. Frazier retired in 1976 after a second loss...
Newsweek an update on Ang Lee's 3D 'ThrillainManila' movie". Newsweek. October 28, 2016. "Ang Lee's 3D 'ThrillainManila' Boxing Movie Is Back On". ScreenCrush...
Somewhere Over My Head. On September 16, Chance released a single called "ThrillaInManila". Another track named "Meridians" was released on March 24, 2015....
11th and 34th FAMAS Awards, the 1975 "ThrillainManila" boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, in which the arena was renamed into the "Philippine...
Typhoon Patsy (1970) Plaza Miranda bombing Metropolitan Manila Commission City of Man ThrillainManila Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. People Power Revolution...
promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "ThrillainManila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier...
for the mall began in 1975 after Muhammad Ali's boxing victory against Joe Frazier in Araneta Coliseum, dubbed "ThrillainManila". As the country has...
Joe Frazier inManila. The bout, known as the "ThrillainManila", was held on October 1, 1975, in temperatures approaching 100 °F (38 °C). In the first...
(1974) and the ThrillainManila (1975). Both of those fights were won by Ali. In 1971, both Ali and Frazier were undefeated champions (in Ali's case, actually...
Century, Frazier and Ali met for a third and final time in a fight known as the "ThrillainManila" in September 1975. Futch served as Frazier's manager and...
event up until then), the ThrillainManila, and his fight with George Foreman in The Rumble in the Jungle. Ali thrived in the spotlight at a time when...
brother Cassius Jr., who would become Muhammad Ali. Muhammad started boxing in a Louisville, Kentucky amateur boxing league. While Muhammad went to the 1960...
boxing fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, which was known as ThrillainManila" was held at the Araneta Coliseum. It was renamed as the "Philippine...
Fight of the Century Knockout (1977) The Garden's Defining Moments ThrillainManila "Thirty years after Mike Tyson became champion, unfulfilled promise...
in 1981), the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (conceived in 1981), the Philippine Plaza Hotel (conceived in 1976), and Terminal 1 of Manila International...
events or figures such as Queen Elizabeth II, whom he has covered extensively in all major media. He has received a number of accolades including five BAFTA...
of Manila - Louise Haack McLay (1898) The Tribute to Manila - Love Like Blood (1989) ThrillainManila - Greyson Chance (2014) eine nacht inmanila - Bilderbuch...
Muhammad Ali's title fights, including the Rumble in the Jungle against George Foreman and the ThrillainManila which saw Ali take on Joe Frazier. He anchored...
Brookes University in October 2022. Joseph appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television...
"ThrillainManila" match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975. He worked as third man in the ring in many big matches for over 25 years. In 2012...