Saw this live... fight was inside a cauldron, the Araneta Coliseum, somewhere in the heart of Cubao, Quezon City, 36 years ago! Scalded me with boxing for life!
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Saw this live... fight was inside a cauldron, the Araneta Coliseum, somewhere in the heart of Cubao, Quezon City, 36 years ago! Scalded me with boxing for life!
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Originally Posted by KananKrus
Wow! you got to see a piece of boxing history, and/or one of the greatest HW fights ever.
This documentary "Thrilla in Manila" put the focus on Frazier rather then Ali, it was really a documentary about Joe. This was done about 4 years ago when Frazier was 63, it was a good thing they did it since Joe just recently passed away, he got to tell his side of things. Anyway, excellent Documentary.
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yep, its strange I seen this fight just once in full in late 80s and couldn't believe what I was watching.
But its not a fight I have wished to see again if you know what I mean
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yep, its strange I seen this fight just once in full in late 80s and couldn't believe what I was watching.
But its not a fight I have wished to see again if you know what I mean
Check out the Documentary on Youtube Mark, it's in 9 parts.
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The thing that got me on this doc was when they showed Frazier the fight.
After about 30 seconds Joe says to himself "Too far away Smoke."
A thinking fighter in a way I hadn't thought about before.
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That was truly a brutal fight in hostile conditions by 2 fighters that would not give each other an inch. They left whatever they had left in that ring, absolutely amazing fight.
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It's amazing the amount of energy hatred can produce, Joe said at the end that he was fighting on instinct.
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Yup, and Frazier said it was the first time he'd seen the fight, the reason likely being, that it probably wasn't a very pleasant memory for him. In my mind, this Doc is the best ever done about a boxer.
P.S. I wanted to bitch slap that douche Ferdie Pacheco and kick his teeth in for calling Frazier "dumb", the pretentious, condescending, asshole.
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Here's part 1 of that Documentary: you can get the rest on Youtube:
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