The Fight Of The Century - Ali v Frazier
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The Fight Of The Century - Ali v Frazier
March 8th, 1971, Madison Square Garden, New York, USA. A small, illuminated square of canvas. Camera lenses point from every direction, the world is watching. In the surrounding seats an unlikely mix of spectators rub shoulders - the cream of Hollywood, music stars, gangsters, pimps and politicians...
Recent Episodes
8 episodes
Ep 7: Nas interview - bonus episode
Hip hop legend Nas joins Nihal Arthanayake to discuss the making of 'The Fight of The Century - Ali v Frazier' and why the story of the two fighters s...
Ep 6: March 8th '71
March 8th '71: Nearly four years after they first met in 1967, the eyes of the world are on a small, illuminated square of canvas in New York's Madiso...
Ep 5: 1971 - The Deal
Boxing gets the full Hollywood Treatment as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier finally agree a deal to meet in the ring. The numbers are astronomical and br...
Ep 4: 1970 - Georgia on my mind
With the spectre of a prison sentence hanging over Muhammad Ali due to his refusal to be drafted, politicians and businessmen manoeuvre behind the sce...
Ep 3: 1969 - The Super Fight
As America prepares to put a man on the moon, Muhammad Ali is still banned from boxing and needs to find other sources of income.
One unusual o...
Ep 2: 1968 - America On The Brink
1968 and America is a nation divided, violently driven apart on racial fault lines and the ongoing war in South East Asia that is claiming thousands o...
Ep 1: 1967 - Public Enemy No.1
1967 - America is on the brink. Over 400,000 US troops are embroiled in a divisive war in South East Asia, while at home the counterculture, fuelled b...
Welcome to The Fight Of The Century
Hip hop legend Nas takes you ringside, to the street and back in time to an event watched by over 300 million people that transcended sport and change...