would've probably been Tough Guy Billy Jack vs. Tiny Fred Sadler.
I personally knew both of them, and I was fortunate to have seen them fight live. But to fight eachother? Now THERE was a good match.
That was when I was a kid. Long ago. Those guys aren't that good anymore. They live in the dirt.
I personally knew both of them, and I was fortunate to have seen them fight live. But to fight eachother? Now THERE was a good match.
That was when I was a kid. Long ago. Those guys aren't that good anymore. They live in the dirt.
I'll take Frazier-Ali- THRILLA IN MANILA! That's 2nd best for me. No. 1 is the best short fight in living memory: Hagler-Hearns! 3rd- Pryor vs. Arguello, Nov. 1982 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. 4th- Ali- Frazier, March 1971, MSG, NY. 5th- Hearns vs. Leonard, 1981, Caesars Palace. JCChavez- MTaylor, Hilton Ctr., Vegas, 1990. 6th- Carbajal- Gonzalez, 1993, Hilton Ctr. , Vegas. 7th- Duran-Leonard I, Montreal, 1980. 8th- Chacon vs. Boza-Edwards, Caesars Palace, Vegas, 1983. 9th-Holmes-Norton, Caesars Palace, Vegas. 10th- Arguello- Ruben Olivares, Inglewood, CA, '95.11th-MAB-Morales I. 12th MAB-Pac. 13th- Elorde vs. Ismael Laguna, 1966 (saw it on tape, transferred from b&w celluloid), 14th- Sanchez- Nelson, June 1982, MSG, NY. 15th Wilfredo Gomez-Dong Kyun Yum, 1977.
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