On the evening of March 8, 1971, inside a celebrity-packed Madison Square Garden, Muhammad Ali entered the ring wrapped in a red robe with white trim for his “Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier.

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole remembers when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in the ring for the undisputed world heavyweight championship on March 8, 1971 in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square ...

Statue of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in Pennsylvania. (Image source: YouTube/CBS Philly) The Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavyweight boxing bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on March 8, 1971, ...

March 9 (UPI) --A north Philadelphia gym celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali when it unveiled a 7-foot-high, lifelike statue depiction of ...

Bob Arum was a promoter, attorney and friend to Muhammad Ali, but 50 years after Ali’s "Fight of the Century" against Joe Frazier, there is one thing about Ali’s legacy the famed promoter cannot ...

Muhammad Ali is expected to attend funeral services in Philadelphia for lifelong archrival Joe Frazier, according to a Fox Sports report. Frazier, the first man to defeat Ali by capturing a unanimous ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A LeRoy Neiman poster depicting ...

A statue commemorating Joe Frazier's victory over Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971, was unveiled Monday in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. According to the Associated Press' Dan Gelston, the statue was on ...

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 the ...