Winter Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Jan 4, 2017 04:00PM EST - Sat, Jan 21, 2017 11:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 932
MARCH 8, 1971 MUHAMMAD ALI VS. JOE FRAZIER I "FIGHT OF THE CENTURY" ORIGINAL PROGRAM (MINT)
Sold for
$240
Sold Price includes BP
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This is a marvelous historical artifact from "The Fight of the Century" that truly could lay claim to that admittedly hyperbolic bit of grandiosity. With the two great undefeated heavyweights of the era tangling in Madison Square Garden the interest hoopla and even hysteria could not have been more pronounced. This wonderful 8 1/2 by 11-inch 52-page program is fairly titled "Fight of the Champions" with Frazier and Ali pictured in full color on the cover in an antiquated ornate frame and surrounded by the heavy typefaces that were popular in the era. Most of the inside pages are black-and-white including a special 20-page subsection that pictured Heavyweight Champions from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897 to Sonny Liston in 1964. There are also color plates featuring Don Dunphy and Burt Lancaster the fight announcers the promoters and several early boxing paintings. Ali and Frazier are also featured in stunning color portraits and a 2-page color Tale of the Tape. The program has not been scored and presents in spectacular essentially MINT condition with a pristine cover.
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