Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Who remembers the Ali vs Frazier fight 1

Might you be referring to the later match - in Manila?

Regardless of who your favorite was it was the best era in heavy weight boxing in the 20th century.

Or ever.

Both fights actually. Seems like I heard Frazier spent a month in the hospital after the first one, and he was the winner!

These fights took place before I was born, so I don’t know a whole lot about the lead up or aftermath, but just watching them I have to think they lived with the physical and mental consequences of it. I don’t know if modern fighters would do that for 15 rounds, one or the other would likely go down and not bother getting up.

Watched it today. Joe was just not going to stop that night. He is my all time favorite fighter, because of that relentless work ethic. No he sent win all his fights but he showed the world that inn that particular night he was the best in the world

I'm probably older than most here so had better opportunities to know about and see the heavyweights of the late 40s through the 1970s, and I agree with those who say that was the best heavyweight era. Louis, Walcott, Marciano, Patterson, Frazier, Clay, etc. And, for the tight game in general there were great fighters in almost all divisions.

The best technical boxers I remember having seen were Willie Pep, Archie Moore, Ray Robinson,Jjoey Maxim and others of the time. I think the most powerful pure punchers I ever saw were Rocky Marciano, Ernie Shavers and Jim Foster.(Lt. Hvy.) There have been a bunch of great fighters in the ensuing years.

Saw it in Japan. One of the best heavyweight fights of all time. 2 great champions and all that hype!

Ahhh, back before MMA and WWE, when the only thing people had to worry about being fixed was boxing.

I had two great aunts that were huge Ali fans. When they got drunk at parties, they would demonstrate his rope-a-dope technique.

I was too busy with puberty!

I saw Ali and Chuvalo in Vancouver in 1972, my Dad took my brother and myself. Our tickets were up in the high seats and when there was empty seats near ringside we all moved ringside.
Best era of boxers.

That was good!

Frazier should’ve knocked that POS Clay out when he called him ignorant.

Yep. He beat Clay like a drum that night.

Absolutely.

Smoking Joe was awesome. That left hook.....

Probably one of the all around toughest boxer ever in my opinion

Clay was tremendously talented. Joe was a classier guy