The fight is a memory Allbert treasures at age 61, as well as all that came from it. Thirty years after the fight, the doctor was able to get both Frazier and Ali to sign a poster he had bought ...

Joe Frazier poses by a poster advertising his "victory party" as he leaves his dressing room after a final public workout in Philadelphia ahead of his title fight against Muhammad Ali in 1971 ...

Days before the fight, the two scuffled on the set of ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” while watching their 1971 fight with Howard Cosell, after Ali called Frazier “ignorant” and Frazier ...

The Ali-Frazier 1971 ‘Fight of the Century’ provided cover for a mission to expose the FBI. March 7, 2021. Joe Frazier stands over Muhammad Ali in the 15th round of their bout March 8, 1971.

Joe Frazier walks away from Muhammad Ali after knocking him down in the 15th round of their boxing match at Madison Square Garden in New York, in this March 8, 1971, file photo.

The money was huge — a cool $2.5 million apiece — and so was the stage for Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Their first fight at Madison Square Garden was so epic it was billed as the Fight of ...

It is hard to believe 40 years have passed since "The Fight of the Century," which marked a change not only in American society, but in sports, as well. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier both earned $2 ...

(Reuters) - Many events stake a claim to be considered among the sporting clashes of the century and few live up to the hype but any shortlist of contenders ...