AdvertisementMuhammad Ali, 31-0, would fight Joe Frazier, 26-0. It is sometimes lost in all the memories and story lines about the fight that Frazier won a 15-round decision and knocked down Ali in the 15th round. The jilted promoter× Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier in the ‘Fight of the Century’ on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York. To the Ali fans, Frazier was an Uncle Tom, an image Ali had planted and would regret later in life. Arum, always looking for new angles, had cut a deal with 7-foot-1 basketball star Wilt Chamberlain to fight Ali for the heavyweight title.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 08, 2021 13:02 UTC