What's really sad to me that Saad Muhammed was abandoned on the streets as a kid and never got to know who his parents were.than he dies alone on the streets broke.all this to fight his heart out for us and he was a great champion..r.i.p my brother Saad.

Dwight worked at the Lighthouse, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey, with both adults and adolescents and is a patient advocate. He was a light Heavyweight precursor to Mike Tyson - concentrated power in both fists, head movement.

RIP Saad, you were truly one of the best.

Can you believe that this great man Matthew Saad Muhammad became homeless and died alone 2 years ago, this is a guy who put it all on the line and took a tremendous amount of punishment in his career to entertain the fans, but unfortunatley this didn't help him after he retired because boxing is a cruel brutal sport with the worst fanbase ever, RIP brother Muhammad, I'll always remember you.

One of my favorite fighters. I saw him on broad street after this while he was getting ready for the rematch. I asked him ' you got Braxton'? He said 'I got it' . But there was nothing left. My man, thanks for all the wars.

Matthew Saad Muhammad was one of the greatest light heavys ever. Much respect, RIP!! I love Qawi's style constant pressure, good defense!!

If Braxton had stayed at light heavy, he would have been one of the top ten all time best in that division. He was a more intelligent, better skilled Joe Frazier, and he could jab. Further, he landed a remarkably big percentage of punches for being a short man. Plus he had good defense.

Saad Muhammad had absolutely no quit in him! one of my favorite fighters to watch. RIP champ.

R.I.P M.S.MUHAMMAD A TRUE WARRIOR and A BIG HEART.

no Miracle for Matthew on this day. RIP Matthew Saad Muhammad a true fighting champ.

Matthew Saad Muhammad had been through to many tough fights by the end of 1981 Dwight Braxton was good but if he fights Matthew Saad Muhammad between early 1977 and late 1980 he would get his ass handed to him Saad Muhammad was the best all around light heavyweight hit harder was in top shape the best chin and a heart with no equal during the best time the golden era of light heavyweights 1975 to 1982 miracle Matthew you where top dog champ you will never be forgotten

RIP SAAD.A great fighter to watch.

Two of my favorite fighters. True Champions!

For a guy with the physical profile of a wade in slugger, Braxton/Qawi was a tremendously skilled boxer. Disciplined, focused.... Short arms but effective jabber...finishes combos with that one extra shot that saad couldn't block or slip.

For Matthew too many wars(Yaqui Lopez,Marvin Johnson) and a large weight loss made him much weaker taking nothing away from Braxton.

Its ammazing a guy that short was able by the 4th round to close the distance and get Saad right where he wanted him...he was truly a buzz saw...Matthew was a great champion also...nothing to be ashamed of....BUT nothing last forever...

Excellent fight, thanks for uploading it.

R.I.P.-Saad Muhammad champoin from 1979-81 in the hall of fame! I cannot believe how many HARD fights he had in that period of time with that style. Managers would NEVER allowed their boxers to fight the list of guys Saad Muhammad fought in a short period of time. You will never see this again. Mayweather and Klitschko fights like once a year. Saad fought almost every two months. Before this fight Saad fought Bull MArtin. This was when boxing was recognized as a real sport.

Dwight Braxton-Qawi should have stayed in light hvy division. he was so much quicker, punches and movement. maybe even down to sr middleweight or even middleweight. the light hvy fight he lost to Spinks, there are some weird things Qawi did. one, He was getting accupuncture every day. now everyone who has accupuncture knows it makes you so relaxed you feel like jelly. watch the spinks fight, you'll see how slow Qawi is. but even with the extra pounds at Cruiser weight he still gave future Hvy Champion Holyfield an amazing 15 rounds. lost on a split decision.

Saad was every bit as exciting as Gatti or Ward,just didn't have enough left after all those incredible wars.

The battle of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge

I first saw Saad Muhammad very early in his Matthew Franklin days and read his story and followed his career he was a good solid champ for many title defenses he took some punishment but that was his fighting style. RIP Champion for ever!!

a classic of the golden era.

So true. Qawi was a monster. He is one of those guys I'd definitely wouldn't want to fight because you know you'd have to work every minute of every round and even if you won you'd have looked like you lost.

See Qawi pinning Saad's RH with his left shoulder!

Qawi was a beast! It's amazing that a guy that short fought so well at light heavy and cruiserweight.

Great fight Remember watching the highlights of this on world of sport Boxing Day 1981. Preferred the British commentary. The Camden buzzsaw was a tremendous fighter. Matthew Saad Muhammad was too but probably not so popular in the UK after John Conteh was hard done by in their first fight.

R.I.P. champ.

Saad was involved in far too many “fight of the year” and “round of the year” type of fights. His style like so many others is not designed to last long.

light-heavyweight division was terrific back then,and provided terrific fights.......if only Chad and Bernard had watched a tape of this before their snoozer in Atlantic City!

The first time I saw Saad Muhammad fight was against Marvin Johnson and it was a war! From then on, if MSM was in a televised fight, I never missed it!! RIP to a great fighter.

I have always been impressed with Qawi as a Great Fighter! Hell,he even whipped Leon Spinks!

DMQ's height worked to his advantage. MSM was throwing punches, DMQ ducked down lower and smothered him which took away the height advantage.

One of my favorite lines is from Dwight Muhammad Qawi: "I'm gonna hit Saad Muhammad so hard, I'm gonna knock an "A" out of his name. He will be called Matthew "Sad" Muhammad.

Saad was matched tough pretty much from the start…... Brutal sparring seesions in between fights and after each war, fighting three months later…….. just does not lend itself for career longevity…… I am currently reading the book “Warrior” by Tris Dixon. It is no wonder he was finished by 30.

Thanks for posting this fight. In retrospect, Saad looked good in the first few rounds, but having to lose 3 pounds the morning of the fight didn't help at all. He just didn't have the crispness he did in earlier fights. Time just seemed to finally catch up to Saad. Braxton was determined though, and sure had a hard chin.

Two absolute legends. Styles make fights,

Great fights (1&2), I remember watching it live on cable. I honestly thought Saad Muhammad would come back as he usually does later in the fight. He was known to take a lot of punishment in the early and middle round before he came out strong 11th through the 15th round, but Quawi was a punisher. He was over his head with Quawi, the punishment he took was too severe to come back in the late rounds. They both were true warriors. Saad Muhammad was one of the most exciting light heavyweights of all time. Rest in Power!

This was HEARTBREAKING!! Dwight Braxton(Qawi) turned POOR SAAD into GROUND ROUND!!!!!

Eventually, those wars Saad Muhammad had leading into this fight was going to catch up to him especially against a talented tough fighter like Braxton, Qawi. There rematch in August 1982 was sadly the end of Muhammad's magnificent entertaining career. Qawi would lose to Michael Spinks in their 1983 Light Heavyweight unification bout.

My Goodness what a Killer. Truly a all time Great. 1love

Braxton vs Hagler!...Hagler should have tried the lightheavyweight division at least once. Hagler would have had the height advantage. Hagler didn't have the power to hold Qawi off, woulda been great!

I was at this fight walking around ringside. I, believe it or not, was a Bunny Aid (basically helped the girls in the show rooms) at the venue Playboy in Atlantic City. I saw Mohammed eating very light meals trying to lose weight the week before the fight. Knew he had no chance. After the fight I was back in the employee only area where then Braxton headed to the elevator. As he was getting in the guy I was with yelled at Braxton, "Braxton, you ain't shit" Braxton was still so pumped he lunged towards us as the elevator closed. The guy I worked with was pretty much a dick and it would have been awesome to have had those doors open. At one of the shows I worked I witnessed a juggler invite a heckler back stage to them beat him down with a freaking bowling pin. Messed him up pretty bad. Split his head open. He was taken away in cuffs. Funny thing was the juggler who's name was Joey Jordan was teaching me to juggle and the show producer actually asked me if I was ready to go on stage. No way. Good times.

IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MIKE TYSON, "EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE"! GREAT FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If qawi was over 6 ft he could of been one of the best heavys ever

I remember this fight clearly, MSM was the 4-1 favorite. The thing is his decline was noticeable. Yes, he was getting KOs, but they were taking longer and he was absorbing even more punishmen than normal. I told some friends DB was going to slowly but surely chop MSH down, they didn’t believe me, but wouldn't bet on MSH at 4-1.

That's a sad story that he died like that. Always a great action fighter to watch win or lose Mathew Saad Muhammad Dwight Braxton back then had a style Saad Muhammad had trouble with. But Sad had so many tough fights. He was reaching the end of his championship light heavyweight run

a 5'6"buzzsaw Braxton/Qawi sure was.

Saad literally had nothing left going in to this fight, yet he still would have clobbered most light heavyweights of that time. Dwight Braxton was a total savage at 175 lbs. Only the greatest light heavies, Tunney, Charles, Moore, Foster and Spinks beat him.

Love Ali .dwight qawwi .Eddie mustafa. And. Saad Mohammad.rest in peace my brothers

Braxton walked him into the right hand beautifully the whole fight.

That was the most vicious knockdown I've ever seen! That knockdown punch landed so cleanly it would have put an elephant down. (...I'm being sarfacetous.)

I have to say that this was not your ordinary ass whipping I mean it was a beat down total destruction.dwight Braxton or qawi was just as they called him"the Camden buzzaw'relentless brutal and no mercy as he would just keep coming n excellent head movement..his fight plan just perfect execution inside work from body to the head.this man was a Savage n yet no one ever speaks of Dwight Braxton n definitely one of the greatest of all time.braxton was a machine in his prime an animal in the ring.

Great fight Braxton's defense is tight he rolled a lot of Saad shots.

Saad was one of m favorites back in the day. He always tended to go to war and come on late. Qawi's defense was just too much and that's why he defended his title successfully so many times.

I followed them both in the day. I thought they were two of the most exciting boxers of their time. Braxton was a much shorter fighter who was still able to get inside. Reminded me of a min-Joe Frazier.

I believe Dwight v Holyfield was last fight to go 15 in '87

Saad weighed 181 the morning of the fight and after jogging weighed 178. Then he had to do more aerobic stuff to finally make 175. He looks dried out here. He doesn't have the muscle definition of earlier fights. I think he and his camp took Braxton lightly. You can hear his trainer saying during the first round, "Go home early." Also, Saad is ameteurshly holding his left hand by his side, ala Hearns. He hardly did this in earlier fights. Some of Hearn's bad habits apparently rubbed off on him in his sparring with Hearns. Braxton had no amateur experience and was just 15-1-1 entering the fight. What Braxton had that none of Saad's previous title fight opponents, except Conteh, was a sound defense. Saad couldn't land the overhand right - his best punch. Why he didn't try more uppercuts is a mystery. The short, squat Braxton would prove to be vulnerable to uppercuts in his fight with Eddie Davis. I think the combination of many tough fights, losing 6 pounds the day of the fight, and poor strategy and Braxton's defense proved too much for Saad. In reprospect, Saad should have fought someone safe like Mustafa Wassaja or Jerry Celestine, then he would have fought Spinks in a unification fight in 1982. It's unfortunate that Saad reigned for nearly 3 years an never got a unification fight. Such fights with Mustafa or Spinks in 1980 or 1981 would have been good, competitive fights.

Both greats

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Gotta fight Braxton like Micheal spinks did Upper cuts with left followed by overhand right from arms reach. Kept your head moving

How could Hearns fight one of these gus? He was good in the wleterweight division. He was k.o-out by Marvin Hagler in the middle weight division. Dwight Mohhamad Wawi was not only very strong but tcehnically sound. Look at his defence skills against Saad. He went seven rounds against George Foreman! Excellent fighter! He would easily dominate the light heavy weight division today!

golden age of boxing....

BRING BACK THE FIGHTERS MAN!!!!

If you look at Saad's fights, he was never the same after the second Lopez fight. Every fight after that he only fought evenly until a big punch would bail him out (Mwale, Johnson, Sutherland). In this fight, however, it all came to an end. I think the thing that really gets me angry is that after taking all of that punishment and after entertaining all of those people, Miracle Matt still ended up poor and homeless. How is that even possible? Ugh....

I knew him and his family member's , when I worked in Camden.

No clinches in this fight .

The referee warned Qawi about a low blow early in round #5. The fans booed, but Howard Cosell said the fans don't know what they're talking about. He said Arthur Mercante is the best referee he has seen going back 30 years. Mercante might be a good ref, but he was wrong this time. I watched the replay, at the beginning of the 5th round, and qawi threw a short jab that would have been a foot above the waist if it had landed. The punch didn't come close to landing and if it had it wasn't even close to being a low blow. Mercante was right there; he saw something that didn't happen. Qawi was angry, he said something mocking the ref later.............

Hearns didnot start fighting at lightheavy until 1990

Saad was amazing but he had a predictably short career at the top...so physically strong and could take so much punishment. It looked to me like he went down in the 10th from exhaustion and acceptance that it was over. Their next fight wasn't nearly as competitive. Saad was shot as a top light heavyweight. It all left him in this fight.

SAD, SAD, SAD FOR POOR SAAD!!!!😞😞

Braxton was great at this weight!!

Braxton could not be denied

I just have 2 questions, what's this muhamadd thing lool ?? and why were the two brothers fighting ??

Qawi was very tough!

Tommy Hearns wanted no part of these two. For the record.

Great fighter Dwight qawi is the truth!!

I thought l heard Shannon Briggs at ringside COM ON CHAMP.

I don't understand way Muhammad fought Dwight like this by trying to box...His best work was when he went forward backing up fighter and knocking them out!!!

Qawi is a warrior

That new camera sucks.

never could stand cossel calling a fight.. he had never been in a fight in his life, he never played a sport in his life, he was a lawyer.. one annoying person to say the least..

Matthew never had a chance in this fight. Bad style for him here.

Do you think that Qawi would beat Virgil Hill,"Prince" Charles Williams and Michalczewski?

Howard isn’t biased is he? Jeez. Terrible

the worse corner in boxing history.. soloman didn't know how to train a fighter, the worse trainer, EVER!! and then his management was disgusting.. they were going to let him get killed, but it was the white cornerman that came into save his fighter and friend.. the black management and trainer were just looking at their paydays..

I thought Qawi had already changed his name. But Cosell keeps calling him by his birth surname Braxton. i don't know

Lol There were some fights that were just given to mathew. He loses to guy who is only 5'6.

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