Welcome to the Mark Dr. School Ministries podcast. To find more Bible teaching from

Pastor Mark visit mark, visit Mark Dr.org. Thank you for listening and being a part of

Mark Dr School Ministries. And remember, it's all about Jesus. Well the the day was October 3rd, 1975,

and the location was in Manila, the Philippines.

Any guys guess what happened on October 3rd 1975 in Manila the Philippines?

The thriller in Manila is what Muhammad Ali called it.

It was what most boxing experts considered the greatest heavyweight

battle in the history of the world. It was so popular that it was actually the first pay-per-view sports event in world history and

so it started everything as we know it today. Well the fight went, it was supposed to

go 15 rounds, it was a championship fight.

It went 14 rounds.

The early rounds, Mohammed Ali, he really did win.

And then in the middle rounds, Joe Frazier started attacking,

getting inside, and beating on his body.

Mohammed Ali says that it was the closest

that he ever came to death.

Joe Frazier was at the end of his career.

He had cataracts in one eye, and he got hit so much that the other swelled shut so he fought the

last few rounds basically blind and they weren't sure that either man was going

to live through it but it was ultimately called on a T.K.O. in Muhammad Ali's favor in the 14th round.

And even to this day, decades later, people are still talking about revisiting and holding

that conflict is one of the great heavyweight battles in the history of the world.

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