1971 Ali vs. Frazier Press Packet. Here's a fine-condition example of the press kit given to reporters to promote the 1971 Heavyweight Championship Match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden. The kit is in remarkable shape, with the outside folder showing a brown sepia-toned image of the two fighters, with a Frazier autograph across the middle. The folder is in Very Good condition; the contents, including six 8.5x11" pages of contracts and another 19 pages of biographical information about the fighters and the sport, are essentially NRMT, as are eight 8x10" black-and-white publicity stills of the two fighters. A more unconventional aspect to the kit are four advertising mats used for reproduction by newspapers and magazines of the various fight posters; these are essentially untouched, save for a bit of corner wear. There also are four 8.5x11" proof sheets so that the clarity of reproduction can be checked and ensured, and these are virtually as pristine, save only for a bit of wrinkling at the top because two of the sheets are 1/2" longer than the others. Pre-certified by PSA/DNA. Auction LOA from James Spence Authentication.
