The Muhammad Ali / Joe Frazier fight ?
The biggest boxing match that ever was..
The biggest boxing match that ever was..
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I was 3.
So, no.
After Ali, I quit watching boxing. Him & sugar ray two of the best.The Muhammad Ali / Joe Frazier fight ?
The biggest boxing match that ever was..
I used to be a huge fight fan, back in the day. Not early 70's day but more like late 70's -early 80's day.
Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor
Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. Benitez won a world title at 17 years old. When he lost to Leonard he was 38-0-1 as a pro and was like 20 or 21. Unreal
The sad story of Matthew Saad Muhammad, his mother died when he was an infant, his aunt took in his older brother and Matthew. Aunt decides she can't afford both so instructs brother to basically lose him somewhere in Philly. He is found by the Catholic church, spent some time in the system and was finally adopted. He went on to be a champ and was a tremendous puncher. By 2010 he was broke and homeless. ended up dying in 2014 from ALS. His fights are classics
Salvador Sanchez
Marvin Hagler
Hector Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Azuma Nelson
of course Tyson and De La Hoya
The heavyweight division was always king, but the lighter weights always seemed to have better fights, at least more action.
Rant over
I used to be a huge fight fan, back in the day. Not early 70's day but more like late 70's -early 80's day.
Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor
Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. Benitez won a world title at 17 years old. When he lost to Leonard he was 38-0-1 as a pro and was like 20 or 21. Unreal
The sad story of Matthew Saad Muhammad, his mother died when he was an infant, his aunt took in his older brother and Matthew. Aunt decides she can't afford both so instructs brother to basically lose him somewhere in Philly. He is found by the Catholic church, spent some time in the system and was finally adopted. He went on to be a champ and was a tremendous puncher. By 2010 he was broke and homeless. ended up dying in 2014 from ALS. His fights are classics
Salvador Sanchez
Marvin Hagler
Hector Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Azuma Nelson
of course Tyson and De La Hoya
The heavyweight division was always king, but the lighter weights always seemed to have better fights, at least more action.
Rant over
I used to be a huge fight fan, back in the day. Not early 70's day but more like late 70's -early 80's day.
Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor
Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. Benitez won a world title at 17 years old. When he lost to Leonard he was 38-0-1 as a pro and was like 20 or 21. Unreal
The sad story of Matthew Saad Muhammad, his mother died when he was an infant, his aunt took in his older brother and Matthew. Aunt decides she can't afford both so instructs brother to basically lose him somewhere in Philly. He is found by the Catholic church, spent some time in the system and was finally adopted. He went on to be a champ and was a tremendous puncher. By 2010 he was broke and homeless. ended up dying in 2014 from ALS. His fights are classics
Salvador Sanchez
Marvin Hagler
Hector Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Azuma Nelson
of course Tyson and De La Hoya
The heavyweight division was always king, but the lighter weights always seemed to have better fights, at least more action.
Rant over
I used to be a huge fight fan, back in the day. Not early 70's day but more like late 70's -early 80's day.
Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor
Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. Benitez won a world title at 17 years old. When he lost to Leonard he was 38-0-1 as a pro and was like 20 or 21. Unreal
The sad story of Matthew Saad Muhammad, his mother died when he was an infant, his aunt took in his older brother and Matthew. Aunt decides she can't afford both so instructs brother to basically lose him somewhere in Philly. He is found by the Catholic church, spent some time in the system and was finally adopted. He went on to be a champ and was a tremendous puncher. By 2010 he was broke and homeless. ended up dying in 2014 from ALS. His fights are classics
Salvador Sanchez
Marvin Hagler
Hector Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Azuma Nelson
of course Tyson and De La Hoya
The heavyweight division was always king, but the lighter weights always seemed to have better fights, at least more action.
Rant over
I still have the news paper clipping of Tommy the Hit Man Hearns vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler. I loved that era. I won a dollar on that fight. Was paid in 4 quarters.
This may be a dumb question. But back in the hay day of boxing which I sadly missed. Was there multiple promotions that made it difficult for some boxers to square off? I can't stand the way it is right now with boxing.
seems like don king controlled the fight game back then
seems like don king controlled the fight game back then
I’m sure we posted pretty much at the same time.King and Bob Arum...Sorry Tuco, didn’t see your post when I replied.
I got to the Stander Frazer fight as everyone was leaving the building. I think I was 10 minutes late.i was 6, but vaguely remember the hype.
remember when joe fought stander in omaha the next year, too.
pretty big deal at the time for omaha, as i recall.
well, crap.I got to the Stander Frazer fight as everyone was leaving the building. I think I was 10 minutes late.
He and Bob Arum to a large degree did control the fight game. Personally, that is when I started losing interest.If you didn’t sign with one of the two of them, you didn’t get a title shot. So smaller promotions started to gain traction. But the downside to that is what you see now with Bud Crawford. Very few big cross promotion fights. Super fights are almost impossible to put together. It shouldn’t be that hard to put the two best fighters in a ring.
Bud should get bigger fights on merit alone, but the strength of his game just isn't enough. You have to have a big personality and marketability too. You better draw the PPV crowd.He and Bob Arum to a large degree did control the fight game. Personally, that is when I started losing interest.If you didn’t sign with one of the two of them, you didn’t get a title shot. So smaller promotions started to gain traction. But the downside to that is what you see now with Bud Crawford. Very few big cross promotion fights. Super fights are almost impossible to put together. It shouldn’t be that hard to put the two best fighters in a ring.
Bud should get bigger fights on merit alone, but the strength of his game just isn't enough. You have to have a big personality and marketability too. You better draw the PPV crowd.
I used to be a huge fight fan, back in the day. Not early 70's day but more like late 70's -early 80's day.
Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor
Wilfred Benitez vs Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. Benitez won a world title at 17 years old. When he lost to Leonard he was 38-0-1 as a pro and was like 20 or 21. Unreal
The sad story of Matthew Saad Muhammad, his mother died when he was an infant, his aunt took in his older brother and Matthew. Aunt decides she can't afford both so instructs brother to basically lose him somewhere in Philly. He is found by the Catholic church, spent some time in the system and was finally adopted. He went on to be a champ and was a tremendous puncher. By 2010 he was broke and homeless. ended up dying in 2014 from ALS. His fights are classics
Salvador Sanchez
Marvin Hagler
Hector Camacho
Julio Caesar Chavez
Azuma Nelson
of course Tyson and De La Hoya
The heavyweight division was always king, but the lighter weights always seemed to have better fights, at least more action.
Rant over
thanks,forgot about arum. they hyped and made the fight game a world wide popular event and then drove it into the backdrop with their greed.He and Bob Arum to a large degree did control the fight game. Personally, that is when I started losing interest.If you didn’t sign with one of the two of them, you didn’t get a title shot. So smaller promotions started to gain traction. But the downside to that is what you see now with Bud Crawford. Very few big cross promotion fights. Super fights are almost impossible to put together. It shouldn’t be that hard to put the two best fighters in a ring.
wtf pics?The greatest fight of all time was Little Mac vs. King Hippo.
Just a toddler at that time but love watching replays of it as well as Ali-Frazier II and The Thrilla in Manila (Ali-Frazier III). Ali and the entire Heavyweight boxing in the 70’s must have been great to witness live. It has been pretty much a wasteland the last 20 years.The Muhammad Ali / Joe Frazier fight ?
The biggest boxing match that ever was..
First big money fight in boxing history. Both got $2.5M, which back in those days was unheard of. I listened to the fight on radio. Ali probably needed a few more tune-up fights to regain his timing before meeting Frazier who was in his prime. Funny, if Ali had not been stripped of his title, they probably would have fought in '68 or '69 for a heck of a lot less money. The 3-1/2 year layoff, the political circumstances surrounding Ali made the fight that much bigger.