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Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and the 'Fight of the Century' 50 years later
FirstpostThe money was huge — a cool $2.5 million apiece — and so was the stage for Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. “Frazier don’t even look like a heavyweight champion — too short.” A crowd is seen at the Chicago Coliseum for a closed-circuit broadcast of the Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier fight in New York, in this March 8, 1971, fight photo. Frazier was his foil, a working man’s heavyweight labeled an “Uncle Tom” by Ali because so many white Americans were on his side, cheering for him to win. Joe Frazier hits Muhammad Ali with a left during the 15th round of their heavyweight title fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Old news.” Heavyweight champ 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 defense fight against Muhammad Ali.
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