Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Oct. 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali took on Joe Frazier in ...

As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

In his hotel room the morning after, Muhammad Ali nursed a swollen jaw as the room service waiter arrived with breakfast and good wishes for the man he called champ. "I'm not the champ," Ali corrected ...

On the evening of March 8, 1971, inside a celebrity-packed Madison Square Garden, Muhammad Ali entered the ring wrapped in a red robe with white trim for his “Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier.

LAS VEGAS – Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson and Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko are commonly considered boxing’s two biggest heavyweight events of this century. Tyson Fury feels his rematch against Deontay ...

On March 8, 1971, two undefeated legendary boxers faced off for the first time in what became known as the “The Fight of the Century.” Muhammad Ali was a former world champion coming into this fight ...

The jock strap that was used by heavyweight boxing legend Joe Frazier 45 years ago when he beat the greatest of all-time, Muhammad Ali, is about to hit the auction ...

Former President Donald Trump recalled one of the "craziest" nights of his young life in a recent interview with Tyrus on his OutKick show. On "Maintaining with Tyrus," Trump was asked what the ...

The documentary "Muhammad Ali" premiered Sunday on PBS, with episodes airing nightly through Wednesday. The four-part series is directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon and chronicles ...