what is the most famous fight in boxing history??

[Tam Seddon]

I am wondering if anybody knows

[CFH]

I would think that you would have to define "famous" and that boxing would have to be divided into temporal periods given the differences in communication etc. throughout the history of the sport.

However, Louis - Schmelling II and Ali - Foreman are the first two that came to my mind when I read the topic.

[CutMeMick]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

[Dark Lord Al]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

My pick would be the famous , Calzaghe vs Manfredo , an unbeaten champion pitted against the very best challenger out there , toe to toe action , evenly matched it had the lot.

[miron_lang]

Thrilla in Manila.

Rumble in the Jungle.



Very few videos or documentary from earlier than these 2.

[johnmaff36]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

My pick would be the famous , Calzaghe vs Manfredo , an unbeaten champion pitted against the very best challenger out there , toe to toe action , evenly matched it had the lot.

ha ha. i thought it was calzaghe v tocker fuckpot or whatever his name was

[brucelee]

TYSON vs Douglas
Ali vs Frazier

[Jody Lane]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

My pick would be the famous , Calzaghe vs Manfredo , an unbeaten champion pitted against the very best challenger out there , toe to toe action , evenly matched it had the lot.

ha ha. i thought it was calzaghe v tocker fuckpot or whatever his name was

Calzaghe-Tocker Pudwell? Interesting choice. Any votes for the epic Riddick Bowe-Michael Dpkes thriller?

[Julius Rain]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

My pick would be the famous , Calzaghe vs Manfredo , an unbeaten champion pitted against the very best challenger out there , toe to toe action , evenly matched it had the lot.

haha The Undefeated Vs the Best from the West they cann Manfredo

[Master]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

My pick would be the famous , Calzaghe vs Manfredo , an unbeaten champion pitted against the very best challenger out there , toe to toe action , evenly matched it had the lot.

haha The Undefeated Vs the Best from the West they cann Manfredo

You may laugh but how many fights draw 70,000 people. Only in Wales, as Warren would say.

[BoxingGorilla]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

Yep. That was going to be my pick.

[rjj tszyu]

Surely it has to be the Rumble in the jungle, even my mum has heard of that whereas her answer to Louis-Schmeling would be "Who?".

[BIG H]

Surely it has to be the Rumble in the jungle, even my mum has heard of that whereas her answer to Louis-Schmeling would be "Who?".

Yup agreed

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Nothing will EVER top Louis vs. Max.... Ever

East vs. West, USA vs. Nazi Germany, Good vs. Evil.

I think I'm going to have to disagree with you on this, Mick. For a few reasons. This fight was gigantic given what it represented and will forever be thought of as one of the most polarizing events in sports history... Louis will go down as one of the best HWs of all time and Louis's destruction of Schmelling in their second fight was epic, Ali's name, mouth, actions and dominance transended Sport. Ali was a force of nature and Everybody in the world from people in Kenya to the Phillipines to the bum who asks for change at the corner store to your local pizza guy to your grandmother's best friend Agnes knew who Muhammad Ali was and had heard him speak. When Ali took on Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle it was the biggest sporting event the world had ever seen... Even eclipsing Joe and Max. The public was force fed Ali by...... Ali. Although that fight had lasting cultural shockwaves Ali Foreman gets this one, me thinks.

[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.