What do you think is the greatest fight in boxing history?

[Ali_is_the_greatest17]

that's what i'm saying..ali had foreman's number...so he knew (i don't even think angelo dundee was too confident) he was going to beat foremen....but the thrilla in manila..oh man...i'm surprised both men didn't just drop and die...the temp in that stadium was said to be over 100 degrees...

I was also suprised by how Frazier stayed up in the first round...wats so great about that match is that frazier looked like he was about to get knocked out in the very 1st round.

And yea, your right....it was over 100 degrees! Thats why they called the match the "closest to death fight" in the history of boxing.

[tommyhearns804]

Lol Ali had Foremans number?They fought only one time and then Ali didnt give him a re-match.That is like saying Holmes had Mercers number or Leonard had Haglers number.Ali didnt know or think Foreman would get tired.He realized Foreman was to strong for him to try to box period unless he got tired.He realized Foreman was much faster on his feet than he planned so boxing wouldnt work.But anyway Ali vs Foreman was a boring fight but so were just about every other fight Ali was in.I am not talking about how much hype was around a fight i am talking about how exciting the fight was.
In that case Lyle vs Foreman was a great fight.Moore vs Durelle 1 was a good fight.Hearns vs Leonard 1 was a great fight.Pryor vs Arguello was a great fight.Bowe vs Holyfield 1,Corrales vs Castillo.Gatti vs Ward.Gatti vs Robinson.The list goes on.You could name tons of fights as long as you dont say Ali vs anybody because you will be lying or just dont know boxing or please dont say Ruiz either or Hopkins.

[tommyhearns804]

By the way if you are going to talk about somebody owning somebody else .Then talk about how Norton owned Ali.He did beat Ali 3 times getting shafted in 2 of those fights .That is owning another fighter.Fighting somebody one time and getting lucky and then ducking them until they retire isnt really owning is it.

[JUYJUY]

I think Benn-Eubank was a huge fight for British boxing, it got British boxing on track and the great era started there and then (the great era ended when Benn and Eubank retired, with Naseem Hamed the one hope left). Benn-Eubank did so much for British boxing and not only that, it was an AWESOME fight too!

[7001]

I am surprised nobody has mentioned Costillo vs. Correlas. I liked Bowe and Holyfeild II. Tyson and Douglas was a good fight.

[czars_salad]

thrilla in manila

castillo-corrales

[DiegoFuego]

I've seen every fight that's ever been a candidate for greatest fight ever. I'm talking Ward-Gatti I, Ali-Frazier I and III, Ali-Foreman, Vargas-Trinidad, Morales-Barrera I, all of them. But when your favorite fighter participates and WINS a truly amazing fight and performs the greatest comeback in the history of boxing, surviving not one but two knockdowns and coming back to win by knockout in the very same round with both of his eyes sealed shut, how can it not be your favorite fight of all time? Castillo-Corrales all the way

[Easy-E]

[QUOTE=tommyhearns804]Lol Ali had Foremans number?They fought only one time and then Ali didnt give him a re-match.That is like saying Holmes had Mercers number or Leonard had Haglers number.Ali didnt know or think Foreman would get tired.He realized Foreman was to strong for him to try to box period unless he got tired.He realized Foreman was much faster on his feet than he planned so boxing wouldnt work.But anyway Ali vs Foreman was a boring fight but so were just about every other fight Ali was in.I am not talking about how much hype was around a fight i am talking about how exciting the fight was.



Ali had foremans number. he dominated the pace of the fight, and in the end, knocked foreman out. leonard didnt knock hagler out, and holmes didnt knock mercer out, all those decisions went to the judges. ali dominated the fight and knocked foreman out, so im pretty sure he has his "number"

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

I think that the rumble in the jungle WAS one of the greatest fights of all time! Because of the hype surronding it, and the fact that Ali beat the odds.

It wasn't one of the most exciting fights of all time, and it wasn't one of the most technically sound fights...

But it was certainly one of the greatest fights of all time. I would imagine THEE greatest fight of all time.

[DiegoFuego]

Bowe-Holyfield I was the best of the Holyfield-Bowe trilogy dude. The 2nd fight was probably the worst of the three (that's the one that was overshadowed by FanMan landing in the ring)