Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 363

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SPORTS--BOXING.) Direct from Ringside, Every Thrilling Moment . . . Fight Pictures . . . Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali. Poster, 40 x 27 1/2 inches to sight; folds, minimal wear. Not examined out of frame. New York: Murry Poster Printing, [1971]

Additional Details

A poster advertising a film of the first Ali-Frazier fight, won by Frazier on 8 March 1971. "Fight Pictures" went into national release on 12 March, just 4 days after the fight. Here, the portrait of Ali is captioned with his birth name, Cassius Clay. The poster promises that a tape of the fight "will not be shown on home TV for 6 months."