Boxing Experts: WHEN have you ever seen a fight like THIS???

[ykdadamaja]

Frazier was trying to kill him. I was afraid.

[brocktonblockbust]

caps required on this sentence, sorry guys: THERE NEVER WAS NOR WILL THERE EVER BE A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT LIKE FRAZIER-ALI ONE.

[Beanflicker]

Well what puts it above all else to me was the fact that it was on the HIGHEST LEVEL.

Lets be honest, there are tons of guys who are willing to go out and bang and have the heart to die in the ring. There are a lot of tough mother fuckers out there. But having ELITE level skill AND a warrior's spirit is much rarer.

There have been fights (gatti/ward) that have been more exciting action wise, but they never had nearly the significance that ALi/Frazier did.

Amazing fight.

On a side note about those body shots Ali took, when he was examined by the doctors afterwards, they were amazed to find out that his hip joints were swollen. Swollen hip joints is something found mostly in automobile/plane crash victims.

[IamInuit]

Here is a few from that area of time that I enjoyed just as much really. I'd have more but I have not finished my first morning Tim Hortons yet.

Buchanan v Lafuna
Castillo v Olivares
Duran v Buchanan
Duran v DeJesus 1 and 2
Arguello v Oliveras
Young v Foreman
Villaflor v Marcano
Norton v Ali 1 and 2
Marcel v Arguello