9 Jul 2014

Ali gloves to go up for auction

1:15 pm on 9 July 2014

The gloves that Muhammad Ali wore in his fabled 1971 "Fight of the Century" against Joe Frazier will be auctioned in the US.

The auction house says the opening bid will be $142,000.

Another pair of gloves Ali wore in his first clash with Sonny Liston in 1964 fetched a record $950,000 in February.

Ali was born Cassius Clay and was still using that name when he had his first fight with Frazier.

Though he lost, Ali would get his revenge in rematches in 1974 and 1975.

At the time Frazier was world heavyweight champ.

The gloves come from the estate of Angelo Dundee, Ali's longtime trainer.