And Foreman knocked out Ken Norton. Norton was a great fighter. Ali broke his jaw but he still finished the fight. Big George was simply too angry. He was sullen. But I was pulling for him. I couldn’t stand Ali’s big mouth even though it was an act.
As for Frazier, I’ll always believe he beat Ali twice. I thought Foreman would kill Ali. A lot of us thought that.
I loved watching the fights on ABC’s Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons. I watch the Ali - Ron Lyle fight. Lyle had him whipped and the ref stopped the fight and gave it to Ali. I’ll always believe that and Lyle always believed it. And the announcers were shocked that the fight was stopped.
Oh, how I long for the good old days. Three T.V. channels so after the fights we kids had to use our imaginations to have fun.
Th first Ali versus Frasier fight, the one that Frasier won, will do down as one of the best fights I have ever seen. Like you said, the second and third could have been judged either way. Frasier never thought he lost those 2 fights.
Ahhh..those were the days, when boxing was boxing.
Today, I don't even know who the heavyweight champion is, let alone seen him fight. Sigh.