#OTD in 1971: The Fight of the Century 🥊 At 90 years old, and after nearly seven decades of covering sports, Jerry Izenberg has plenty of stories to tell about his good pals Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier: https://buff.ly/2MWsPQo | Sports Illustrated

On this day in 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century. Each man was guaranteed $2.5 million dollars, the largest single payday for any entertainer or athlete at the time. Tickets to the Garden would be made available to the general public by mail on a first come first served basis. Prices in the arena ranged from $20 for a balcony seat to $150 for ringside. Hundreds of other locations throughout the U.S. and Canada would screen the fight via closed circuit television