Smokin' Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali 1 Billed as The Fight of the Century.
Joe Frazier looks to defend his heavyweight title against the man who never lost it in the ring Muhammad Ali to decide who is the true champion. This was Ali's third fight in his comeback after his 3 year ban from boxing. He defeated Jerry Quarry and Oscar Bonavena by stoppage in his previous 2 bouts who were top ranked contender who also both lost to Frazier. This was billed and proved to be one of the greatest fights of all time.
The fight was put together using 2 different broadcasts to keep the action as best quality as possible with no inturruptions. Audio has been synced to the footage as best as possible. Round 10 has the only issue where the fight has to be switched to lower quality broadcast for around 2 minutes as they did not display the full round 10 in my version.
The quality was made possible by ESPN's 50th anniversary Fight of the Century documentation. Also thanks to Samir Belhamra for his colorization of the iconic image I have used as my thumbnail.
