50 years ago today, Ali and Frazier stepped into the ring and delivered a divided nation its greatest sporting spectacle
by Wallace Matthews from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5F2Z2)
Professional boxing had come a long way in the half-century that preceded March 8, 1971, the night Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali stepped into the Madison Square Garden ring for what remains history's greatest heavyweight championship fight.