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Events on Wednesday 1 October 1975 1
1975"Thrilla in Manila" boxing matchMuhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in decisive rubber matchMuhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought their third and final bout in Quezon City, Philippines, on 1 October 1975. Ali won when Frazier's corner stopped the fight after the fourteenth round, in what both fighters later called the hardest bout of their careers. The match is widely regarded as one of the greatest in boxing history.