Frasier v Ali, Madison Square Garden, March 8, 1971
Oh, my. Ali-Frazier, which even then was more a cultural touchstone than a boxing match, would probably paralyze us if it were held today, leveraging its various themes of race and politics on our social networking fulcrums. America would have to close for business to properly attend to this frenzy. Ashton Kutcher has 6.3 million Twitter followers? Ali would crash the Internet with his feeds (@smokinJoe is so ugly he should donate his face to @BureauofWildlife. #gonnawhupya).
Richard Hoffer, SI
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In their prime, I often wonder would Tyson have edged out Ali…..
Maybe… but just by a nose… or an ear….