Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II

The second meeting between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, known as Super Fight Two, took place right here at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 1974. Unlike their first legendary encounter, this bout was a twelve-round match for the North American Boxing Federation title rather than the undisputed world championship. The atmosphere leading up to the fight was incredibly tense, fueled by a physical altercation just five days earlier at the ABC television studios. During a segment for a program where the two men were reviewing footage of their first fight, Ali began taunting Frazier, leading to a scuffle that forced both fighters to the floor. This raw, unscripted intensity at the studio foreshadowed the punishing twelve rounds they would eventually endure in the ring at the Garden.