Paved With Gold
LONG BEFORE THEY MET AT THE CROSSROADS IN 1971, ALI AND FRAZIER STARTED THEIR PRO JOURNEYS AS OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS “If someone...
read moreOpposites Attack
MORE THAN JUST TWO MEN VYING FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, THE FIRST ALI-FRAZIER FIGHT WAS AN AMERICAN CULTURE CLASH The first...
read moreThe Champion: Joe Frazier
JOE FRAZIER Record: 26-0 (23 KOs) Age: 27 • Height: 5-foot-11½ Reach: 73 inches Stance: Orthodox Official Weight: 205½ pounds FRAZIER vs. Oscar Bonavena September 21, 1966 • Madison...
read moreThe Challenger: Muhammad Ali
MUHAMMAD ALI Record: 31-0 (25 KOs) Age: 29 • Height: 6-foot-3 Reach: 78 inches Stance: Orthodox Official Weight: 215 pounds ALI vs. Doug Jones March 13, 1963 •...
read moreFLASHBACK: Frazier-Clay Confidential
FRAZIER-CLAY CONFIDENTIAL This feature originally appeared in the May 1971 issue of The Ring Magazine. Editor’s note: Some of the author’s language...
read moreBeing There
THE WORLD AS SEEN FROM THE CENTER OF THE FRAZIER-ALI STORM Before 1971, there was 1910 and 1938. Years when heavyweight rumbles shook...
read moreThe Greatest Victory
ONLY TWO FIGHTS IN HISTORY, JOHNSON VS. JEFFRIES AND LOUIS-SCHMELING II, CAN MATCH THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF FRAZIER’S SHOWDOWN WITH...
read moreAn Insider’s Look at The Fight of the Century
GENE KILROY, THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF MUHAMMAD ALI’S INNER CIRCLE, SHARES HIS MEMORIES AND INSIGHT ON THE NIGHT JOE...
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BIRTHDAY BANTER Some of the luster had rubbed off of Muhammad Ali's anticipated rematch with Joe Frazier by the time they...
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