It is 41 years since the Thrilla in Manila.
Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of what was said before, during and after the third and final heavyweight championship bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - one of the greatest fights and bitterest sporting rivalries of all time.
"It will be a killer and a chiller and a thriller when I get the gorilla in Manila" - Ali baits Frazier in the pre-fight build-up.
"It's real hatred. I want to hurt him. I don't want to knock him out. I want to take his heart out" - Frazier responds.
"Sit down son, it's all over. No-one will ever forget what you did here today" - Frazier's cornerman Eddie Futch refuses to send him out for the final round.
"He could have whupped any fighter in the world, except me. He is great - greater than I thought. He is one hell of a fighter and it was one hell of a fight" - Ali pays tribute to Frazier after the fight.
"The Thrilla in Manila was the best fight I have ever seen. As it unfolded, everyone at ringside understood they were watching greatness" - veteran fight reporter Ed Schulyer.
"It was the toughest fight I've seen in my life" - Ali's cornerman Angelo Dundee.
"People ask me if I feel sorry for him. Nope. Fact is, I don't give a damn. They want me to love him, but I'll open up the graveyard and bury his ass when the Lord chooses to take him" - Frazier's bitterness is still strong in his autobiography decades later.
"I'm sorry Joe Frazier is mad at me. Joe Frazier is a good man. If God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me" - Ali's response.
:: Some quotes from Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, by Thomas Hauser (Robson Books, 1991).
Source: PA
