Have there been many better trilogies?

[donnydarkoIRL]

It was the first time Graziano was ever knocked out when he was beatebn by Zale in Yankee Stadium. It started a bloody mess of a Trilogy which will go down in history as one of the most visceral and testosterone fuelled rivalries ever to be sanctioned inside the boxing ring. Riots occured in prisons around New York upon the announcement of the result of the first fight. The result of the second almost gave the New York Commisioner a heart attack.

Graziano deemed Zale to be "made of the same steel they mined in the place he came from." Graziano's quality spoke for itself. Graziano claimed he wasn't hurt in the first fight, but that may have been because he was slipping out of conciousness. Zale too was pummeled and in the return he felt the full effects of the New Yorkers rage fuelled attack. The decider was less publicised and I must admit I've never seen it personally. But with the win Zalwe secured himself a palce in the HoF and Graziano was filled with enough fuel to last him the rest of his career as one of the most aggressive fighters of all time

[Bomp]

I don't think footage of the first two fights exist. I've seen parts of the 3rd and that was brutal, crazy ref as well, only the ropes holds Rocky up at one point and the ref grabs his arms straightens him up and pushes him into the centre of the ring to be KTFO lol. Vicious two punch combo to finish him off, they don't make refs like they used to.

Most accounts claim the first two were just as brutal, so it's certainly up there as one of the great trilogies.

[bzkfn]

The greatest trilogy ever has to be Williams vs. Sprott. Although if we get to see Skelton vs. Sprott 3 and Williams vs. Harrison then we'll have a new #1 for sure

[donnydarkoIRL]

I don't think footage of the first two fights exist. I've seen parts of the 3rd and that was brutal, crazy ref as well, only the ropes holds Rocky up at one point and the ref grabs his arms straightens him up and pushes him into the centre of the ring to be KTFO lol. Vicious two punch combo to finish him off, they don't make refs like they used to.

Most accounts claim the first two were just as brutal, so it's certainly up there as one of the great trilogies.

There is certainly clips of the first and second fights. If you can get your hands on a copy of Ferdie Pacheco's DVD "12 greatest rounds of boxing" I believe rounds of the first fight are included.

[Bomp]

That's good to hear Donny. I need to boost my dvd collection.

[donnydarkoIRL]

That's good to hear Donny. I need to boost my dvd collection.

Man who're you telling, I had a lovely boxing collection and now 95% of is was stolen and sold for drug money