Ali, Frazier and the ‘Fight of the Century’: A photographer remembers

Muhammad Ali speaks to the press during a pre-fight weigh-in at Madison Square Garden in March 1971. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Muhammad Ali takes a break during training in Miami Beach in 1971. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Muhammad Ali taunts rival Joe Frazier at Frazier's training camp in Philadelphia, 1971. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Joe Frazier lunges at Muhammad Ali during their title fight at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)