More than their boss, members of Frazier’s camp silently felt hurt and mad with Muhammad Ali’s teasing, taunting, insulting and calling his challenger names.

One of them, sparmate Joe Gholston couldn’t take it anymore, gate-crashed into one of Ali’s press conferences and confronted the defending champion on the issue of the name ‘gorilla’ Ali continued calling Frazier from the time the final chapter of their three-fight confrontations was announced all the way to their two-week stay in the country for their preparations for the “Thrilla in Manila.”

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