After 50 years, Ali-Frazier I remains the fight that transcends the sport

Posted Mar 8, 2021
Five decades later, well into a new millennium, the "Fight of the Century," as Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I was billed, remains the fight of any century. As other sports are metaphors for what boxing actually is -- combat -- other athletes inevitably compare themselves to fighters. But Ali and Frazier remain the fighters to whom fighters compare themselves. (ESPN.com)

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