Fight of the Century
1971 · Event
Two unbeaten heavyweight champions meet at Madison Square Garden; Joe Frazier floors Ali with a left hook in the 15th and wins on points — Ali's first professional defeat.
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Around 1971
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)