Martin Luther King Jr. “I’m tired of marching for something that should be mine at birth.”

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197

Madison Square Garden. The Fight. Muhammad Ali against Oscar Bonavena. Photographs by Billy Ray for LIFE magazine (December 7th, 197