The greatest boxing trilogy in history is?

[BoxingGorilla]

I voted Holyfield - Bowe. It's a persoanl vote because I'm a heavyweight fan and it was during my years of loyal veiwership.

[Kev]

I voted Ali Frazier. Although other trilogies may have had more action this was a trilogy that featured two of the biggest stars ever to lace a pair of gloves.

They just don't come bigger than Ali and Frazier and that reason it has to be number 1 in my mind.

I can certainly except some people thinking Marquez Vazquez had even better action but let's be real, that trilogy probably attracted maybe a dozen casual viewers worldwide, it was a hardcore fans trilogy.

Barely nobody outside of boxing circles, and certainly outside the US would have even known they took place. Whereas even my mom has a dim recollection of the names of Ali and Frazier.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I vote Marquez vs, Vasquez because of the consistency and quality of the action.

I think Ward Gatti was great, but it wasn't at elite level.
Also the second and third never reached the heights of the first.

Ali Frazier although HUGE, was let down by a realtively" easy second fight for ali.

I had huge trouble picking this over MAB vs, Erik.
Huge fight.

Izzy and Marquez were at the height of their powers, they met as the best and the displayed everyting good in boxing.

[amat]

I am pleasantly surprised to see Vazquez-Marquez get the votes.

For me it's one for a majority of reasons. First off, all 3 fights were FOTY quality. Most trilogies have at least some dull action. Vazquez-Marquez, you have basically the calm before the storm for 2 rounds before the carnage. And the calm in Vazquez-Marquez is still bettter then 90% of any other fights out there.

Also, and this is a big one for me, each fight was better then the last imo. The first was something a lot of us boxing fans were looking forward to, we got a fight for the ages. The second was obviously something everyone looked forward to again, and we got an even better fight. Usually the second fights are the lulls. Morales-Barrera, Frazier-Ali, Gatti-Ward all had less then spectacular 2nd fights. Vazquez-Marquez II was fight of the year.

Then everyone looked forward to the third, everyone. The anticipation was insane, and what do they do? They have what is imo, the best fight of the trilogy and by far the most dramatic ending. The last round of the fight, the last round of the trilogy and Vazquez forces a standing eight to take the split decision. That's stuff that if they wrote into Rocky VII we would all roll our eyes. You really can not beat that trilogy. It's one of the best fights I've ever seen and as a collective this is the best trilogy. Just kept getting better and better until they finally ran out of rounds to fight.