Frankfurt, Germany, May 14, 1971: Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier is the victim of a pre-internet photobomb as he sits in a car at the Frankfurt airport. Frazier, who kept his WBA and WBC titles with a unanimous decision over Muhammad Ali in March, was beginning a six-week tour of Europe as a singer. He would not box again until January, 1972.

Read the 1971 interview with the boxing legend here.

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