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Auction History Result 2z882 JOE FRAZIER VS MUHAMMAD ALI FIGHT PICTURES 1sh '71 boxing battle of champions! Date Sold 12/8/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 41" [71 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali Fight Pictures, the 1971 boxing match sports fight ("Direct from ringside"; "Popular Prices"; "Battle of the Champions"; "In Color"; "Will not be shown on home TV for at least 6 months!"; the fight took place on March 8th, 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which was Ali's first fight after having been stripped of his crown, and which would decide who was the champion, which was why it was billed as "Battle of the Champions"!) featuring Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali ("Cassius Clay"). This match was billed as the Fight of the Century or simply The Fight, and resulted in Frazier winning in 15 rounds via unanimous decision. It was the first of a trilogy, followed by the rematch fights Super Fight II in 1974 and Thrilla in Manila in 1975 (both won by Ali). Oddly, the poster bills Muhammad Ali under that name in the large letters at center, but also has "Cassius Clay" in small letters under his image! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have seen two versions of this poster. One is white and the other is yellow. The yellow poster has the additional tagline "Round by Round - Blow by Blow", and a Muhammad Ali expert tells us that it was solely used to advertise the fight when it was shown in theaters via a live closed-circuit feed from Madison Square Garden, and is incredibly rare! The white poster was used to advertise an edited version of the fight that was shown at a later time in movie theaters (along with feature films). Note that all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I of eMoviePoster.com's December Major Auction were consigned to us by legendary French dealer/collector Dominique Besson. Dominique Besson started collecting movie posters in 1981, and became a dealer in French and European posters in 1994, and has remained as a top dealer ever since! But in addition, 30 years ago, Dominique began collecting U.S. one-sheets, first those with Saul Bass art, and then adding Alfred Hitchcock posters, then Humphrey Bogart, and he finally ended up collecting in an amazing total of 47 different categories, purchasing the posters from all over the world! Now the time has come to sell this wonderful collection, and Dominique has chosen eMoviePoster.com to do so, through our auctions! As noted above, all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I come from this more remarkable collection (the 28 that do not were consigned to us by other collectors, and are clearly marked). This is not all of the Dominique Besson collection we are auctioning. In addition, there are approximately 200 more folded one-sheets that will be in Part IV of this special auction (ones from the 1970s to present), and there are approximately 100 unfolded one-sheets that will be in Part III (including many great ones). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase folded one-sheets (all of which have had no professional restoration) from one of the greatest one-sheet collections assembled! Note that this one-sheet is from the category that Dominique Besson collected on that he labeled "Sports". Condition: very good. There is minor fold and border wear and there is small separation in the upper crossfold with two spots of tiny paper loss. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition and it displays well. Learn More about condition grades 
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