SUCCESSES, FAILURES AND ODDITIES

Other Rumbles and Thrillas

WHILE the Rumble in the Jungle remains the biggest fight in the most unusual location, there were plenty of big heavyweight bouts in the ’70s that strayed far from the sport’s typical stomping grounds.

Probably the sport’s second-most iconic tagline was the Thrilla in Manila, the concluding part of Ali’s tumultuous trilogy with Joe Frazier. Unlike Zaire, the Philippines has a long and proud boxing history, but even so, it was an odd location for a world heavyweight title