Ali-Frazier I

[butterfly1964]

if the layoff had not occured, ali would have been stronger and quicker in 1968 or 69, when they would have fought. what do you have to say about that?

[Frazier's 15th round]

Frazier still would have whooped him.

[butterfly1964]

if he had strength and speed, frazier would have been no more than an exhibition match for ali. remember, it wasn't a total slaughter in 1971. ali almost won and frazier spent months recooperating in a hospital after the fight lol!

[Frazier's 15th round]

What are you talking about? Ali almost won? It never looked like Ali hurt Frazier once. Frazier was taunting him. And also, he was beating him badly on two different occasions.

[Frazier's 15th round]

Also, it wasn't months. It was 3 weeks that Frazier spent in the hospital. It was more his high blood pressure than the damage Ali did in the fight.

[butterfly1964]

after the first fight, frazier's face looked like someone stuck two golf ball up his eyes and blew up his lips like a balloon. ali had just a slightly swollen jaw, but was fine, watch the fight. arter the 14th round it was a tie on all score cards. and the knockdown in the 15th was what won the round and the fight for frazier. and it wasn't that hard either. ali himself said that the knowndown was more from exhaustion than anything else.

[DuncanJL]

come on man get off ali's nuts

ali couldn't have hurt Frazier with 80 rounds of what he was bringing in Ali-Frazier I. you are delusional. he didn't "almost win". he never came close to winning.

[DuncanJL]

ha WHAT ?

WHAT ?/?
THE LEFT HOOK THAT PUT ALI DOWN IN THE 15TH OF ALI-FRAZIER I WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST, MOST FLUSH, CONNECT IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING. it spun his head all the way around and made him lose consciousness. "watch the tape"???? you watch the tape. ha his head should have become detached from his spinal cord. i'll estimate 99% of the normal population would have been killed by that left hook. just that ali is a superhuman and nothing can knock him out.

[DuncanJL]

jesus man

if you don't know about the beating Ali took in Ali-Frazier I than you don't know half the Ali story.

[Frazier's 15th round]

Okay, during the first fight, it was clearly Frazier who won. Afterwards, Ali only spent like 20 minutes in the hospital, and Frazier spent three weeks. Now, the second fight, who cares. Ali held a lot, neither one got hurt. In the third, Ali was teeing off on Frazier's head. Ali clearly won that one. Afterwards, it was Ali who was worse off. He fainted twice, and showed his first signs of Parkinson's after that fight.

Basically, the winner wins their fights, but comes off worse afterwards. Pretty strange. Anyways, it was pretty clear who won each fight. Here is how I saw it:

Fight of the Century, 10-5 Frazier
Ugly Middle Sister, 7-5 Ali
Thrilla in Manila, 8-6 Ali, would have been 9-6 if it went to 15