“Joe Frazier is too dumb to be champ. The heavyweight champion should be smart and pretty, like me. Ask Joe Frazier, ‘How do you feel, champ?‘ He’ll say, ‘Duh, duh, duh.’” That played to the most insidious racial stereotype, the dumb and ugly black man, but Ali reached fu...
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In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition ofJoe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas six times in less than two rounds and instantly putting the fear of God into all other heavyweight contenders. His fir...
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Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
while many fans of “The Greatest” feared for Ali’s life. After all, the two formidable heavyweights who had beaten Ali and given him his toughest fights, Frazier andNorton, had been demolished with ease by George’s fists. How could an ageing Ali defeat a younger, st...
George Foreman arrived in Zaire at the height of his prowess. He had won the heavyweight gold medal at the1968 Mexico City Olympicsbefore turning professional and winning his first 37 fights. Foreman then beat the theretofore undefeated Frazier handily, needing only two rounds to unseat the champ...
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur