{"id":2075,"date":"2008-11-16T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2008-11-16T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T14:11:00","slug":"the-greatest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SSAqiV8NfbI\/AAAAAAAACO8\/PlVo_rKBlyo\/s1600-h\/z111608thrilla_manila.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SSAqiV8NfbI\/AAAAAAAACO8\/PlVo_rKBlyo\/s400\/z111608thrilla_manila.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269258333517086130\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">One of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">greatest fights of all-time<\/span> was the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">third match <\/span>between <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe Frazier<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Muhammad Ali<\/span>.  Dubbed the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Thrilla in Manila&#8221;<\/span> it was the rubber match between two of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">best fighters to ever step into the ring<\/span>.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ali won<\/span> the battle, but at a great cost.  The fight took such a toil on them that both <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Frazier<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ali <\/span>never wanted to watch it again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Now, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">thirty plus years later<\/span>, film maker <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">John Dower<\/span> uses that epic battle as the framework for his documentary <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Thriller in Manila.&#8221;<\/span>  Not only does <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dower <\/span>take a close look at the fight, he takes the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">controversial stance<\/span> that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ali&#8217;s dark side<\/span> has been glossed over by time and that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Joe Frazier<\/span> was slighted due to the charisma of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ali<\/span>.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dower<\/span> uses <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">new interviews<\/span> with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Frazier<\/span> [who watches the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Manila fight <\/span>for the first time] interspliced with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">old newsreel footage <\/span>and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">interviews <\/span>to paint a picture of<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Ali<\/span> that isn&#8217;t pretty. <\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2008\/nov\/08\/joe-frazier-thriller-in-manila\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">You can read more about the documentary here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" ><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest fights of all-time was the third match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. 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