Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier "THRILLA IN MANILA" Signed by Muhammad Ali (d. 6/3/2016), Joe Frazier (d. 11/7/2011) and artist LeRoy Neiman (d. 6/20/2012)

The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It was contested in 1975 for the heavyweight championship of the world in the Philippines, on Wednesday, October 1.

Ali won by technical knockout (TKO) after Frazier's chief second, Eddie Futch, asked the referee to stop the fight following the end of the 14th round. 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 consistently regarded as one of the best fights in boxing history and was the culmination of a three-bout rivalry between the two fighters that Ali won, 2-1. The fight was watched by a record global television audience of 1 billion viewers.

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