all time personal greatest fight watched live

[HattonTheHammer]

The Thrilla in Manila - Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III live at the Araneta Coliseum, in Cubao, Quezon City
( it was a misnomer, it was not held in Manila, but Manila being more well known...)

Many on live satellite feed like - Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Leonard, Hagler, Duran, Hearns, Mancini, Little Red Lopez, Arguello...etc,
but the best would be Ali vs. Frazier I. First boxing match I ever saw, and got me hooked! Equally memorable, the Hagler vs Hearns fight.

what a first fight to ever see ever live

pretty sure mine was eubank against cherry or something like that

[KananKrus]

Yeah, it was quite unforgettable; especially I, being a ” Cassius Clay" fan, felt distraught when he took a tremendous beating in that fight. I cannot recall, but I might have shed a tear for him, being young and all, as I watched the fight from our 13-inch, black and white, Zenith “tube” television, with those skinny legs.

Here was I, just a kid who idolized "Cassius Clay"; an infatuation built around stories eavesdropped from conversations and arguments, of Uncle's with neighbors and with friends. Youngsters were not allowed to participate in such adult conversations. This was 1971, what can I say.

You must imagine it was in an era where everyday life is a lot slower, and the big money fights like the “Fight of the Century” was on everybody’s plate with the magnitude of front page news. To finally see him get beat up and lose, and the aftermath being, defending in school, picking Ali over Joe Frazier when clearly, the later was the overwhelming favorite*.

However, more memorable for me of course, was seeing the “Thrilla in Manila” in the caged, and sweltering atmosphere of the nose-bleed section of the Araneta Dome!

*Ali was inactive for a while there for 3 years, accused of dodging the draft, and stripped of his boxing license, for religious reasons. He opened the door for a fan build-up towards Joe Frazier.

[HattonTheHammer]

Yeah, it was quite unforgettable; especially I, being a ” Cassius Clay" fan, felt distraught when he took a tremendous beating in that fight. I cannot recall, but I might have shed a tear for him, being young and all, as I watched the fight from our 13-inch, black and white, Zenith “tube” television, with those skinny legs.

Here was I, just a kid who idolized "Cassius Clay"; an infatuation built around stories eavesdropped from conversations and arguments, of Uncle's with neighbors and with friends. Youngsters were not allowed to participate in such adult conversations. This was 1971, what can I say.

You must imagine it was in an era where everyday life is a lot slower, and the big money fights like the “Fight of the Century” was on everybody’s plate with the magnitude of front page news. To finally see him get beat up and lose, and the aftermath being, defending in school, picking Ali over Joe Frazier when clearly, the later was the overwhelming favorite*.

However, more memorable for me of course, was seeing the “Thrilla in Manila” in the caged, and sweltering atmosphere of the nose-bleed section of the Araneta Dome!

*Ali was inactive for a while there for 3 years, accused of dodging the draft, and stripped of his boxing license, for religious reasons. He opened the door for a fan build-up towards Joe Frazier.

can only close my eyes and imagine

Must of come away that night hooked on the sport for all eternity!!!!!!!!!!