Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, two undefeated heavyweights ... “I feel like if I didn’t knock him down I would have lost the fight,” Frazier said. Though they fought two more times ...

It is sometimes lost in all the memories and story lines about the fight that Frazier won a 15-round decision and knocked down Ali in the 15th round. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier in the ‘Fight ...

Credit: Getty Images/ AFP Muhammad Ali gets knocked down by Joe Frazier in the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971. Credit: AP/ Anonymous Muhammad Ali takes a left ...

Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his ... He was a heavyweight champion, and a great one at that. Ali would say as much after Frazier knocked him down in the 15th round en route to becoming ...

In this March 8, 1971, photo, Joe Frazier has just knocked down Muhammad Ali during the 15 th round of their title bout in Madison Square Garden. The author is behind the ropes, on the phone.

Joe Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion ... the best boxing match of all time at any weight. When Frazier knocked Ali down in the 15th and final round and won on points, both received rave ...

Finally in the 15th round, Frazier knocks Ali down and wins the fight by a unanimous ... is billed as "The Fight of the Century." Champion Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, who had been stripped ...

PHILADELPHIA — With his championship belt and a pair of gloves draped over his casket, Joe Frazier was going one more round. The Rev. Jesse Jackson asked mourners to rise, put their hands ...

Except when it came to Ali. “Joe and Yank (Durham ... 11th round and that’s the punch that knocked him down in the 15th round.” It worked: Frazier won a unanimous decision over Ali in ...

You had to like Ali more than Frazier ... Like his adopted city, Joe took a lot of punishment but kept moving forward, refusing to be knocked down. You can’t help but eventually like a guy ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Frazier, the relentless ... fight the beaten Frazier said he had hit Ali with punches "that would have knocked a building down." The two punished each other for 14 ...