Three years following Chapter One of their Trilogy in 1971, Muhammad Ali, the defeated challenger, and Joe Frazier, who remained the world heavyweight champion, went separate ways, the former wanting to recover lost time and the latter savoring his recent victory.

Ali, whose march to greatness was delayed by a three-and-a-half years suspension meted out for refusing military draft and his loss to Frazier in March that year, went global invading Zurich and Dublin in Europe and Tokyo and Jakarta in Asia, emerging victor in 10 of his 11 fights.