Whats the Greatest fight of all time

[K-DOGG]

This is completely off the cuff; and I'm admittedly biased towards the big boys.


1. Frazier vs Ali I
2. Leonard vs Hearns I
3. Gans vs Nelson I
4. Hagler vs Hearns
5. Corrales vs Castillo I
6. Zale vs Graziano I
7. Robinson vs Basillio II
8. Holyfield vs Qawi I
9. Holmes vs Norton
10. Ali vs Frazier III

[mr. bojangles]

1. Ali-Frazier 3 - the greatest fight, bar none!
2. Hagler-Hearns
3. Corrales-Castillo 1
4. Holyfield-Dokes
5. Morales-Barrera 1

[RAESAAD]

My sig says it all for me.

Yeah that is one of the best I have seen live thats for sure........I don't mean live like their I mean live like watching it unfold before my eyes.......Ward/Gatti I was very good too.

[GasPed]

If you don't mention Castillo-Corrales I in your top 2 or 3

1) you haven't seen it
2) want to act like an old timer know-it-all
3) hate Corrales or Castillo or both

If you define "greatest" fight in terms of non-stop action and excitement in the ring, the Castillo-Corrales is right up there, no doubt (as is Gatti-Ward, etc.).

But if "greatest" also includes the more subjective items like "drama", "anticipation", "atmosphere", "hype", and "global awareness", then sorry, Thrilla wins hands down.

I don't want to say you had to be there, but frankly, you really had to be alive then to appreciate it. Think about the hype surrounding the World Cup Soccer Final, and you get a sense of what the buildup was like all over the world. And the fight itself was an absolute war, between two guys with maybe the biggest hearts ever, with real blood and guts animosity between them. And finally, we're talking heavyweight championship of the world, back when it meant something, in fact everything. There will probably never be another fight to rival that one, in terms of both the global significance outside of the ring, and action inside of it.

[Kball15]

If you don't mention Castillo-Corrales I in your top 2 or 3

1) you haven't seen it
2) want to act like an old timer know-it-all
3) hate Corrales or Castillo or both
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thats not neccesarily true. sure it could be up there, but it doesnt have to be. Some of the greatest fights have to do with the history or controvesy surrounding it.

however, if we are ranking it by in-ring action, which i dont believe we are doing, then i think castillo-corrales 1 would be the single greatest fight of all time, no contest.

the 10th round was the single most exciting and dramatic moment is sports history. SPORTS HISTORY!!!

I was listening to Kellerman today, and he was talking about the UFC and kellerman said he like UFC a lot but he liked boxing better. Then some UFC fan calls in and says how he saw a great UFC fight and says that it was the best fight ever, boxing OR ufc. Then kellerman yells at him and asks if the man had seen corrales-castillo 1. the man replies no, he had not, and then he hangs up. Kellerman goes on to say that that fight was one of the greatest sporting events that has ever happened.

[Larry Merchant]

Rahman V. Barrett do u guys remeber the punch rock land at the end of that fight.