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50 years ago today, Ali and Frazier stepped into the ring and delivered a divided nation its greatest sporting spectacleProfessional boxing had come a long way in the half-century that preceded March 8, 1971, the night Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali stepped into the Madison Square Garden ring for what remains history’s greatest heavyweight championship fight....

Cool Never-Before-Seen Ali-Frazier Photos, 40 Years After The Fight Of The Century On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought in what was billed as the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden. LIFE has put together a gallery of photos taken by a 24 year-old staff photographer named John Shearer 40 years ago; the majority of his photos were never published until...
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