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Muhammad Ali speaks to the press during a pre-fight weigh-in at Madison Square Garden in March 1971.![Training break]()
Muhammad Ali takes a break during training in Miami Beach in 1971.![Playful sparring]()
Muhammad Ali draws a crowd as he playfully spars with an unidentified man in the parking lot of a grocery store in Miami Beach in 1971.![Ali taunts his rival]()
Muhammad Ali taunts rival Joe Frazier at Frazier's training camp in Philadelphia, 1971.![Fight of the Century]()
Joe Frazier lunges at Muhammad Ali during their title fight at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.Ali, Frazier and the ‘Fight of the Century’: A photographer remembers
LIFE celebrates the 72nd birthday of Muhammad Ali with rare photos from before, during and after the 1971 "Fight of the Century" -- the championship bout (which he lost) to Frazier -- as well as photographer John Shearer's memories of chronicling the epic event. For more photos, click here.
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- Ali, Frazier and the ‘Fight of the Century’: A photographer remembers
