what is the most famous fight in boxing history??

[Nameless]

Depends of the perspective:

Globally historically talking: Louis vs Schelling: The Übermensch vs the üntermensch, The world vs NAzi Germany, a great fight and revenge for the overlooked black peoples.

Boxing talking: I think that the highest buzz and which did launch the biggest interest for Boxing is the Rumble in the Jungle, Ali vs Foreman. NEver a fight with so much publicity and glamour has been seen before with such staggering purse at the key.

So depending of the perspective, one of these two.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Depends of the perspective:

Globally historically talking: Louis vs Schelling: The Übermensch vs the üntermensch, The world vs NAzi Germany, a great fight and revenge for the overlooked black peoples.

Boxing talking: I think that the highest buzz and which did launch the biggest interest for Boxing is the Rumble in the Jungle, Ali vs Foreman. NEver a fight with so much publicity and glamour has been seen before with such staggering purse at the key.

So depending of the perspective, one of these two.

Right,

But we're talking about the most famous fight. The most highly publicized and pumped fight in history is beyond a doubt Ali/Foreman. There has been no bigger event EVER.

Just a for instance...

Take a picture of Joe standing over Max and ask 20 strangers to name both...

...Then take a picture of Ali standing over Foreman and ask them to name both.

Regardless of how old the people are, the image of Ali over Foreman has been seared into the world public's frontal lobes... I understand what Joe and Max meant and how huge an event it was... But it was absolutly not bigger then Ali/Foreman. Looked at objectively this is a fact.

[JazMerkin]

Well, based on the poll I've just done of my 14 year old cousin & 3 of her friends, we have

Rumble In The Jungle (impressively all knew Ali & 3 of the 4 named Foreman)

Thrilla In Manilla (there was a short debate if this was a Jackie Chan movie from one before they settled on it being an Ali fight, although only my cousin & 1 friend named Frazier)

Floyd Mayweather against that ugly English bredda (I presume this to be Mr Richard Hatton)

David Haye against that ugly massive thing (I'm assuming Valuev not Maccarinelli)

Floyd Mayweather against Manny 'Baggy-Ho' (They're either unaware this fight hasn't happened yet or PBF has fought some kind of low budget pornstar that I'm unaware of)

Sugar Ray Leonard against Mike Tyson (This seemed a desperate attempt to humour me for another 10 seconds with the only 2 other boxers they'd ever heard of... they're now talking about which rapper they all fancy the most)

Don't say my surveys lack integrity

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Well, based on the poll I've just done of my 14 year old cousin & 3 of her friends, we have

Rumble In The Jungle (impressively all knew Ali & 3 of the 4 named Foreman)

Thrilla In Manilla (there was a short debate if this was a Jackie Chan movie from one before they settled on it being an Ali fight, although only my cousin & 1 friend named Frazier)

Floyd Mayweather against that ugly English bredda (I presume this to be Mr Richard Hatton)

David Haye against that ugly massive thing (I'm assuming Valuev not Maccarinelli)

Floyd Mayweather against Manny 'Baggy-Ho' (They're either unaware this fight hasn't happened yet or PBF has fought some kind of low budget pornstar that I'm unaware of)

Sugar Ray Leonard against Mike Tyson (This seemed a desperate attempt to humour me for another 10 seconds with the only 2 other boxers they'd ever heard of... they're now talking about which rapper they all fancy the most)

Don't say my surveys lack integrity

Classic. The "Baggy-Hoe" bit had me laughing out oud.

[Spicoli]

Asking what does boxing mean to history as a whole as much as the history of the sport?Has to be any that transcended the sport be it for a specific era,a famous photo,a unique incident a boxer that does the same automatically becomes an over all historical fixture,cough,Ali.Ali/Liston & that pic....Tyson/Holyfield & the bite sadly, (I'd bet that the arm chair 'casual' fans might forget they fought twice?)...Leonard/Durans series & 'No mas'...becomes its own catch phrase.

[rjj tszyu]

Asking what does boxing mean to history as a whole as much as the history of the sport?Has to be any that transcended the sport be it for a specific era,a famous photo,a unique incident a boxer that does the same automatically becomes an over all historical fixture,cough,Ali.Ali/Liston & that pic....Tyson/Holyfield & the bite sadly, (I'd bet that the arm chair 'casual' fans might forget they fought twice?)...Leonard/Durans series & 'No mas'...becomes its own catch phrase.

The photo from Ali-Liston 2 has to be the most famous boxing picture ever. Followed by probably Rocky (Balboa), and then the real Rock.

[smashup]

Most famous is def Ali v Foreman no question...

Some of Jack Johnsons victories over white fighters ended in hundreds of race killings right across the US.. though.

Some of his fights (Jeffries) are right up there with the most important for sure

I know this because of this

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[No Contest]

Going to have to go with Louis-Schmelling. For what was riding on the fight, Hitler was on that whole aryan thing and Joe shut em down. Master race eh? Gave alot of people hope and there were party in the streets after that. Ali-Foreman was more of a personal thing to me not a country vs another country.

[Nameless]

Depends of the perspective:

Globally historically talking: Louis vs Schelling: The Übermensch vs the üntermensch, The world vs NAzi Germany, a great fight and revenge for the overlooked black peoples.

Boxing talking: I think that the highest buzz and which did launch the biggest interest for Boxing is the Rumble in the Jungle, Ali vs Foreman. NEver a fight with so much publicity and glamour has been seen before with such staggering purse at the key.

So depending of the perspective, one of these two.

Right,

But we're talking about the most famous fight. The most highly publicized and pumped fight in history is beyond a doubt Ali/Foreman. There has been no bigger event EVER.

Just a for instance...

Take a picture of Joe standing over Max and ask 20 strangers to name both...

...Then take a picture of Ali standing over Foreman and ask them to name both.

Regardless of how old the people are, the image of Ali over Foreman has been seared into the world public's frontal lobes... I understand what Joe and Max meant and how huge an event it was... But it was absolutly not bigger then Ali/Foreman. Looked at objectively this is a fact.

Ohh for the buzz, I agree and I have no arguments against it. 10 millions in purse, a Circus "Ã* la Don King", the dancers, etc, an incredible buzz, the biggest. However, historically talking, the most important fight was Schmelling vs Louis, as I said, it depends of the perspective but for the Buzz, we agree, Rumble in the Jungle can't be beaten.