The incredible controversy behind iconic ‘Fight of the Century’ between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, as struggle rages on – Wide World of Sports

CNN – By the time the first bell rang and Joe Frazier came bobbing towards him, Muhammad Ali was already four years into a fight that helped define him as one of the 20th century’s most influential figures.
Under the lights at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, Ali was once again fighting for the world title and, for many fans, boxing’s true heavyweight champion had finally returned from exile.
Banished as one of the most electrifying and polarising figures of the late 1960s, Ali had become…

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