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...bell that ended the 14th round was the last one to ring. Muhammad Ali lay on the canvas in exhaustion. Joe Frazier stood in a fog in his corner. The fight was over, stopped by Frazier's manager, Eddie Futch, because Smokin' Joe could no longer see the punches pounding into his nearly closed eyes. Ali had successfully defended his world heavyweight boxing title against Frazier, but the long slugging battle had been as tough as any he had known...
...Angeles beauty queen whom Ali's acquaintances have been referring to as the fighter's "second wife." His legal wife, however, is Belinda Ali, who last week flew to Manila to join her husband-and Veronica-on the eve of his title defense against heavyweight Joe Frazier. As a Muslim, Ali is technically entitled to four spouses, but neither the U.S. nor Belinda sees it that way. So, eleven hours after her arrival, an angry Belinda boarded a plane back to the U.S. "My wife rides around in two Rolls-Royces, two Eldorados," said Ali later. "We have...
Muhammed Ali retained his World's Heavywight Boxing Championship by scoring a technical knockout over Joe Frazier in the fourteenth round of their scheduled fifteen-round grudge match in Manila, the Phillipines...
...vicious right hook in the thirteenth round knocked Smokin' Joe's mouthguard out of his face, and a follow-up left-right-left series left Frazier's face badly bleeding. Ali continued to pound away at Frazier's face in the next round, and the referee was finally forced to award Ali the victory. A dazed Frazier did not object to the ruling...
...decision broke up what had been an incredibly close fight. Ali seemed to have won the first four rounds, but then Frazier suddenly became relentlessly agressive, and came back in the next seven rounds. Smokin' Joe seemed to tire in the twelfth round, and the momentum again shifted back...