Top Ten Greatest Boxing Fights

Pre-fight, Frazier had borne the brunt of insulting verbal assaults from Ali. In the ring, it was payback time for Frazier. It was his turn to assault Ali - physically - and bully him into submission.

Joe Frazier was the first man who showed no respect for Ali in the ring, pressurizing him throughout the fight and never taking a step back. Ali often clung to Frazier as that was the only way to break the incessant pounding from Joe.

Joe Frazier pounded Ali into submission in this fight with left hooks to the head and jaw and a punishing body assault. Frazier remained the sole undefeated heavyweight on earth.

Ali claimed he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Not against Joe Frazier, who broke the butterfly's wings with solid hits to the head and body. As far as the sting was concerned, Joe was an elusive target and made Ali miss. Besides, Ali was busy trying to fend off The relentless Frazier who did not not give him much of a chance to sting.

Ali thought Joe was washed up by the time if this fight. Joe was well past his peak, but fighting Ali always charged up Joe. Joe's style was also a bad match up for Ali. Ali won, but Joe Frazier gave him a fearsome beating.

According to boxing historian Bert Randolph Sugar, Frazier though he lost was partying and singing while Ali the victor stayed in bed for at least 2 days. That bout should've retired Ali, but he needed the money and fame to keep fighting until he had nothing left against Larry Holmes in October, 1980.
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The last great fight between two great champions giving everything they had. Greatest heavyweight fight of all time. Neither one the same after that fight

Brutality that we'll never see again. They don't make warriors like this anymore!

An awesome inspiring action fight of all time. This is the heart of professional boxing,
Two warriors fighting with heart, a courage for nothing but their pride on the line. Tons of excitement, courage, heart, big shots, little defense, etc.
Gatti - best action fighter of his generation.

The best by BOTH fighters... Ward is the "Pride of Lowell" not Dicky Eklund. Sugar Ray slipped baby. So. Lowell in the house here!

Man vs Man, will vs courage, endurance vs agility, clearly the best fight of the boxing history.

Heart, determination & lump in the throat courage. The ninth round immortalised the pair of them.
RIP Arturo

Throw strategy out the window. This was nothing more than a street fight for 8 minutes. 3 rounds of pure brutality.

To think, Hagler was badly cut in the first minute of the fight, should give you an indication of how tough a puncher Tommy Hearns was.

But after 8 minutes of watching, what can only be described as a predator stalking its prey, Hagler catches Hearns when Hearns foolishly turns his back on Hagler for a split second... Needless to say, lights out Mr Hearns.

Let's be thankful that the rung doctor didn't stop the bout in the first minute of round 3, or this fight would be nowhere near this great fights list.

You could tell Hagler knew he had to finish it quick and I think he knew that cut would only get worse the longer the fight went on, increasing the liklihood of the fight being stopped.

Great, great, great fight. Go watch it now!

A real underdog story

Non stop action for 12 rounds. Clearly displayed the difference between a boxer and a fighter.

Taylor showed great heart that night. But chavez arguably the best boxer of all time. His timing was pergect.

Having worked for both HBO and Showtime for more than 25 years, I worked fishpole at ringside for all three of the Gatti/Ward battles. Of the more than 265 fights I worked, these three (and the Corrales/Castillo trio of fights) were more exciting than any of the Mayweather fights I worked (38)

Still the best of this millennia. Amazing

The best fight ever!

This one of the top five fights ever. Heavyweights are overrated. Fighters today in the welterweight class would not last 5 rounds with either Duran or Leneord.

The classic matchup The Great Vs The Great. Legendary fight that I still love to watch nowadays.

This fight should definitely be ranked higher. It was a see saw battle from two fighters who definitely despised each other. Erik being undefeated and pound for pound...and Marco hating that he was forgotten about after the Junior Jones loss. Great scrap I thought Morales took two out of the their trilogy. The first being the closest.

As an avid boxing viewer, this for me is the greatest boxing match of all time. This match will keep you on the edge of your seat throughput. Back and forth like you've never seen. If you like boxing and haven't seen this contest, I would urge you to check this match.

Best fight I've ever seen.

Best slugfest ever!

Its gone either way

Pac man is strong

This should be 1

Ali at his most cunning. A must-see for any self-proclaimed boxing fan.

Seriously. Most brutal fight ever. One almost dies and left dumb, deaf and blind. The fought one more time and retired. So vicious the boxing community doesn't want to remember it.

Brutal. Let's hope this never happens again.

Great fight from 1st minute, sad for McClellan but still hell of a fight

An ending fit for a legend like Wlad! No shame in passing the torch and in such style... AJ got a little lucky after the knockdown.