Is ALI v FRAZIER the greatest rivalry in sports history?

[THE THIRD MAN]

Enemies during their career, 3 classic fights, world wide interest in the results, on going bitterness, has there ever been a greater rivalry in any sport in history?

The return of Muhammad Ali to the ring back in 1970 set the scene for the greatest rivalry of all time IMO, so much so that i do believe that Ali went too far with his abuse of Frazier at the time. I can't think of any sports rivalry that comes close to Ali and Frazier.
We have had many boxing trilogies, many rivalries in all sports throughout the world, but does anything come close to Ali V Frazier?

Ali has spoken about his admiration in the past 24 hours for Frazier and along with all of us we pray for a peaceful and non suffering end for Smokin' Joe.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Let's just say it's the most popular rivalry because it's always on the tip of everyone's tongue. There is no Frazier without Ali and there is no Ali without Frazier and the first and last of the trio were the best but time is moving on and we still remember.

[Galaxy]

I think it is

[FinitoElDinamita]

It certainly is..

[Mo Frazier]

It's most certainly up there. I have a great admiration for the man, and I always wanted to meet him one day...


Crazy how in the third fight he was literally fighting blindly for a good portion of the bout, with cataract in one eye and the other swollen shut. Such a warrior, as tough as they come

[marbleheadmaui]

Probably not.

Things that have been going on for 50-100 years have an edge.

Army-Navy
Michigan-Ohio State
Alabama-Auburn
Celtics-Lakers

But so what if it isn't the greatest?

It was glorious.

[chinchekked]

I could make an argument that it was

[Galaxy]

I really think it is the greatest...

I'm mean you have the ashes

[Mark TKO]

It will always be up there when people are reeling off the greatest sporting rivalries

Even though i wasn't around for it - becoming familiar with it in the late 80s - I still appreciate it as one of the greatest rivalries. Its not often you can say that when you haven't witnessed it