Muhammad Ali Vs Joe Frazier - Fight of the Century [1/6]

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Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York, 8th March, 1971. Over four and a half years Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met three times. The greatest trilogy in boxing and a major narrative in boxing history. The first fight became a landmark event, not just for its ferocity and sporting excellence, but for the promotion that surrounded the fight of the champions. The boxers were to split $5 million, a fight purse unheard of before. During Muhammad Ali's exile, Joe Frazier had supported him by engaging in some publicity arrangements, allowing Muhammad Ali to remain in the public eye as a boxer and earn some money on a lecture tour.Ali had said that he viewed Frazier as a friend, joking he could see then sitting on a porch as old en, talking about their lives. But as the upcoming fight began to grip the public imagination throughout the world, Ali turned up the hype and their relationship quickly deteriorated.