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A prime Muhammad Ali would've dusted the floor with Joe Frazier that night. It was clearly obvious that Ali was no longer the same fighter he once was in the first half of his career. That three and a half year lay off had aged and took a lot out of him. His timing was off, he was no longer as fast or had the same amount of energy, that he once had earlier in his career; Which is why he was laying on the ropes so much throughout the first Al/Frazier fight and subsequently developed the rope a dope style because he knew that could no longer dance for fifteen rounds without getting tired in the second half of his career.
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1971 Tunney's record stood until Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali each earned $2.5 million for their heavyweight title fight.
1974 The heavyweight champion George Foreman
earns $5 million and the
former champion Ali
earns $5.45 million for
The Rumble in the
Jungle.
$7.5 million
1980 The defending
welterweight
Ray Leonard is
guaranteed this
amount against
Roberto Duran.
$30 million
1996 Tyson earns this as a challenger in his knockout of the defending heavyweight champion Frank Bruno
Last edited by Larry the boss; 03-08-2021, 03:12 PM.
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Free to air television makes all the difference.
Look at these numbers .
Aired as scheduled on January 14, 1973 Elvis 'Aloha from Hawaii' was the first global concert satellite broadcast, the PR stating it as reaching approximately 1.5 billion viewers live and on USA TV delay.Last edited by Roadblock; 03-08-2021, 04:43 PM.
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Originally posted by sicko View PostBoxing today, 600-800K Views are considered "Solid to Good Ratings" in this ERA. The World use to STOP for big boxing matches/super fights. Now I question if Boxing will ever break 1 Million PPV Buys (here in America)...a legit 1 Million Buys and not numbers that are embellished to make a Promotion and Network look good
I remember Trinidad vs Whittaker doing a 16.5 Rating on HBO which is just insane! HBO was in far less homes at that time compared to now
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