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 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 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...
read moreFlesh and Blood
JOE FRAZIER’S FAMILY ALSO ENDURED ABUSE IN THE BUILDUP TO THE ALI FIGHT, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY SHARED IN HIS VINDICATION Regardless...
read moreFrom the Archive
BIRTHDAY BANTER Some of the luster had rubbed off of Muhammad Ali's anticipated rematch with Joe Frazier by the time they...
read moreReconciliation
AFTER YEARS OF BITTERNESS AND LINGERING RESENTMENT, ALI AND FRAZIER FINALLY AGREED THAT IT WAS TIME TO MAKE PEACE These are...
read moreChronicling The Rumble
A LESSON LEARNED FROM THE RING APRON AT ‘THE FIGHT OF CENTURY’ HELPED HALL OF FAME PHOTOGRAPHER NEIL LEIFER CAPTURE...
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