Ben Fowlkes
2 articles · MMA Junkie
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‘A walk through hell’: 50 years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought to the brink at ‘The Thrilla in Manila’
By Ben Fowlkes
Muhammad Ali was just barely into his forties and still pretty freshly retired for good. He was having dinner one evening with a writer who couldn’t help but notice the way the…
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Faced with thorny ethics of buying a Floyd Mayweather fight, some fans try to ‘balance the scales’
By Ben Fowlkes
On Saturday night in Las Vegas a serial abuser of women will put on a pair of boxing gloves, step through the ropes and earn an incredible sum of money for acts…