Ali’s gloves, Frazier’s jockstrap from famed 1971 fight go on sale (Reuters)

A jockstrap worn by boxer Joe Frazier when he defeated Muhammad Ali for the combined heavyweight title hit the auction block on Monday, along with the gloves Ali wore in that 1971 bout dubbed the “Fight of the Century.” The jockstrap – expected to sell for $10,000 – already met its minimum bid of $5,000 bid by mid-morning, said Ken Goldin, owner of Goldin Auctions of Runnemede, New Jersey. No bids had yet been received for the gloves, which are expected to sell for more than $1 million, Goldin said. “Here we got one consigned for sale.” The memorabilia went on sale just over a month after Ali’s death at an Arizona hospital at age 74.