The digital remastered fight is on ESPN/ABC. 50th anniversary! Awesome. Just got through round 1.

50 years???
I was in 7th grade. I remember it was the talk of the school, students and teachers.

Recall that. Only scene that sticks in my memory was when Frazier knocked Ali into the next time zone.

My Dad,Brother and i watched it i was 10 years old.

saw it was 12 at the time.

Loved to watch Smokin' Joe, especially when he kicked Ali's arse.

Think I was 9 years old. I think I watched all Ali's fight that were on tv, don't remember seeing him as Cassius Marcellus Clay

I was a huge smokin’ Joe fan

It was labeled as the fight of the century. I really enjoyed watching the show today with the commentaries and Howard Cosell.

I remember watching this on Wide World Of Sports.
Couldn't believe it!

I remember the fight and all the lousy footage of it over the years. The digital enhanced version is a treasure, that was truly an epic contest by two true champions, a pinnacle, a total summit of the sport. Only some of Sugar Ray's fights have come close to the same greatness, and only briefly. But it was wonderful in the re-mastered version, where for the first time, we can WATCH and SEE.

Me, too. Got a couple of signed photos of Smokin' Joe that he sent me after Frazier-Ali I. Anybody but me remember Joe's musical group: "Smokin' Joe and the Knockouts." Good memories.

There is an interesting movie released in 2020 titled One Night In Miami which depicts a fictionalized meeting in 1965 between Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown. How Malcolm X had recruited Clay into The Black Muslims and was trying to recruit Brown and Cooke.

L.W.

Watched it in Tucson AZ - was age 33. Rarely do I bet on anything, including sports, but the rabid Cassius Clay fans were so uppity and rowdy leading up to the fight, I could not resist. I had seen Joe in training earlier in the year - that left hook started at his hip and was a crusher. I did not bet that he would knock Clay out, but for the win was an easy bet. Collecting was social fun. Clay was never "the greatest" - neither was Muhammad Ali .

I remember all those Ali fights. My brother and I followed boxing, especially heavyweight boxing, very closely at that time. I don't follow it much anymore, but he still does.

I’ve watched it on YouTube several times, crappy quality Hopefully the remastered version will be uploaded.

That fight had to do permanent damage to both of them.

That fight is considered the greatest by a lot of people, but I’d rather watch Ali vs. Forman. “Rumble in the jungle “. Ali was the kaperdick of his era, but he at least had talent, unlike kaperdick. Watching Ali-Forman is eye opening to Ali’s hand speed, my hell he could throw a combo as fast as a lightweight, you’d miss it if you blinked.

listened to it on the radio as a youngster.

Tyson Fury is worth watching, he saved boxing IMO. Funny bugger too. Pull up his fights with wilder on YouTube, good stuff.

I remember it well,

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