Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971)

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boxing match heavyweight title fight sporting event

Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) was a historic heavyweight boxing match at Madison Square Garden between undefeated champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier that became one of the most celebrated bouts in boxing history.

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Label Occurrences
Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) canonical 1
“Fight of the Century” Ali vs. Frazier I (1971) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boxing match ⓘ
heavyweight title fight ⓘ
sporting event ⓘ
AliRecordEnteringFight 31–0 ⓘ
attendance 20000+ ⓘ
broadcastOn closed-circuit television ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbolized political and social divisions in the United States ⓘ
featuresChampion Joe Frazier ⓘ
Muhammad Ali ⓘ
FrazierRecordEnteringFight 26–0 ⓘ
governingBody World Boxing Association ⓘ
World Boxing Council ⓘ
hasCity New York City ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasDate 1971-03-08 ⓘ
hasFighter Joe Frazier ⓘ
Muhammad Ali ⓘ
hasSport boxing ⓘ
hasState New York ⓘ
hasVenue Madison Square Garden ⓘ
hasWeightClass heavyweight ⓘ
hasYear 1971 ⓘ
hostArenaCapacityApprox 20000 ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Ali–Frazier I

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Fight of the Century
isAmong most celebrated bouts in boxing history ⓘ
isHistoric true ⓘ
isPartOfRivalry Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Ali–Frazier trilogy
isUndefeatedMatchup true ⓘ
judge Artie Adala ⓘ
Artie Aidala ⓘ
Bill Recht ⓘ
loser Muhammad Ali ⓘ
notableMoment Frazier knocked down Ali in the 15th round ⓘ
numberOfRounds 15 ⓘ
postFightImpact elevated both Ali and Frazier as boxing legends ⓘ
preFightHype billed as the Fight of the Century ⓘ
promoter Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. ⓘ
surface form: Madison Square Garden Promotions
referee Arthur Mercante Sr. ⓘ
resultType unanimous decision ⓘ
roundLimit 15 ⓘ
roundOfKnockdown 15 ⓘ
sequenceInRivalry first fight ⓘ
titleOnTheLine NY State Athletic Commission heavyweight title ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title ⓘ
WBC heavyweight title ⓘ
tookPlaceIndoors true ⓘ
winner Joe Frazier ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhammad Ali → notableFight → Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) ⓘ
MSG → notableEvent → Fight of the Century (vs. Joe Frazier, 1971) ⓘ
subject surface form: Madison Square Garden
this entity surface form: “Fight of the Century” Ali vs. Frazier I (1971)