what is the most famous fight in boxing history??

[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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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson (2005) - Quicksilverscreen Forum!

[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.