Frazier was one brave dude. He seems at times to almost laugh at the punishment

The courage and toughness of these two is almost unbelievable !

My father was a big Ali fan, at that time I was 8 years old and here in Germany the fights were always late or early times. this was the 1st fight I was allowed to watch.for me, these were world events! many many thanks Muhammad Ali❤

wow..what a fight! The stamina and and endurance in these two fighters. They both had a lot of heart.

Ali fought with skill. courage and determination but Frazier was simply incredible.

Frazier fights with heart one of the best!!!!

It really was "The Fight." RIP to both Champions.

I remember watching this....its still staggering to see....brutal poetry, by to magnificent athletes...

!!! GREATEST BOXING FIGHT OF ALL TIME MUHAMMAD ALI VS JOE SMOKEY FRAZIER MARCH 8TH. 1971!!

The third fight was the best of the trilogy, though all 3 fights were great fights!!!❤

Unbelievable fight;Joe Frazier,the best of the best...:-}}}

In this 15 round fight, rounds 11 and 15 are the only 2 that Frazier CLEARLY dominated. The rest Ali either won or drew.

Billions watch this fight never been like it since

Ali is a warrior, but 3 years without training definitely hurt him

53 years ago today...March 8, 1971...March 8, 2024. The biggest fight of my lifetime...

This is so awesome. This event took place just a couple of months before I turned two years old. So my dad had probably watched this classic between Ali and Frazier but I was already in bed🤣🤣

Certainly the greatest Heavyweight fight ever i think !! archie moore was great !

Again, I was in the Garden that night. Ali tried punching, but you can't change a guy who's only an arm puncher who wins by cuts & TKO's. Joe Frazier's a real fighter, who comes to win and to punch as hard as the best of them. No matter how pro-Ali the broadcasters called it for Ali, I saw the fight and Frazier won it just as the score cards said. Boxing had to change boxing gloves to laceless and thumbless due to Ali, who rakes & punches to the eyes and hopes to win on cuts. Case closed.

In my opinion the fight was closer than the judges made it, however a party was held in downtown New york, Ali was present, Frazier was not, he went directly into intensive care for a month, he was never the same after this bout.

15 rounds, undefeated former champion, undefeated current champion, both of them among the greatest heavyweights of all time, at Madison Square Garden. Ali in the prime of his global iconic fame which transcended sports. Never before and never again. The greatest sporting event in history.

ويبقى محمد علي هو الاقوى وهو المحبوب طوال التريخ

god blessed 70' 80' boxing.

ali won majority of rounds, crazy

Both fighters were Great! But Joe had that extra something that night. Amazing! Boxing will Never be this good again....sadly. 😢😭

15:57 Hundreds of millions are seeing this bout, around the world, a packed house at Madison Square Garden!!! R. I. P. Don Dunphy. Now, let's get ready to rumble!!!

The 56 people that didn't like this, chances are you never got into a fight.

Smokin joe love him R.I.P joe frazier.

48 years ago today. What a great fight! What a great era in boxing. Too bad Howard Cosell wasn't calling this fight though. Ali and Howard go together like Ali and Smokin' Joe.

Ali would've beat him before he got banned in his prime. Joe Frazier was a real warrior

Hoy se cumple 50 años de esta gran pelea!!!! Lamento mucho el ingreso de tantos particulares al final de la pelea, lo cual no permite tener imágenes de los verdaderos protagonistas.

It wasn't even legal for the Boxing Commission to strip him of his title when they did that.

Md. Ali is the best boxer. He is the greatest boxer . I salute him for his great achievements as a world Champion boxer. . May his soul rest in peace. May he be born again as the greatest boxer. Md Ali Sir, I miss you very much. May your family live in peace. May your daughter be the greatest waman boxer.

This is such an amazing fight - 15th round and they are still going, all heart man

respect to both champs ,,,,RIP CHAMPS ..I cant see any HW fighter fighting in this crazy pace ,, RESPECT both were never the same fighter after this match,,

After hearing of Ali's Death, I had to watch his three fights against Joe Frazier and his fight against Foreman. This first fight against Frazier was absolutely brutal. No wonder its considered as one of the greatest fights of all time. The heart, will-power and stamina of both were incredible. Frazier was just relentless in his attacks from beginning to end. They both fought until utter exhaustion. It was sheer just will-power that kept them on their feet. After watching all four fights, I think I have figured out Muhammed Ali's most important fighting strategy - He never goes for body shots. He focuses exclusively on head shots. That's a very clever strategy, since the only way you can knock a person out is by hitting his head, so why waste energy on body shots? Plus if the brain gets too many knocks, it gets tired, and when the brain gets tired, the body follows.

Joe frazier un très grand champion

These two are the most courageous men in sports,,,,,, legends

Ali lost 3 and half years and still held his own with a machine Joe Frazier, pre exile Ali wins easy dec or late tko .

I scored this one 8-7 for Frazier. Here's my scorecard: Round 1: Ali Round 2: Ali Round 3: Frazier Round 4: Ali Round 5: Ali Round 6: Frazier Round 7: Frazier Round 8: Frazier Round 9 Ali Round 10: Ali Round 11: Frazier Round 12: Frazier Round 13: Frazier Round 14: Ali Round 15: Frazier What a great fight this is!!!!! This is the first fight I ever watched in my life (back in 2010 when I was a 7th grader) and I've been in love with boxing since then.

❤❤❤ JOE FREIZER GRANDE CAMPEÃO JAMAIS SERÁ ESQUECIDO ESSE HERÓI DA FILADÉLFIA ❤❤❤. ❤❤❤

Two of the greats.

Ali had a fantastic record at the time, 31/25 ko. really good.

Its sad they are both gone now, but I was glad Ali soul was freed after too many years of illness. When Joe died, it was just sadness. Best fight ever. And both best fighters ever. Nobody can touch this kind of war they had here.

Juggling Taxi 🚕 these are the greatest fighters of all time, it was like they both won, i give it to Joe.

People don’t understand you have too take the worst beating if come close too beating the Muhammad Ali

Ali did better than I'd remembered in the fight. Joe's face showed it.

Greatest fight of all time

Para mi el mejor combate de la historia ali vs frazier

Great fight! My score is 143-141 for Frazier

Fight of the century. So great.

This fight is one of the best fights of all time, but who ever was in charge of the replay cilps between rounds was terrible, ol' Lancaster kept waiting for replay comments that never happened, and what was replayed was not the best action of the rounds.

"He fired the wrong sparring partner. I got an informer in his camp..... he fired the wrong man the real one is still there and it’s up to him to find out who it is" I was dying the way he said that.

Joe was on a mission……he’d trade 3-4 punches for landing 1 or 2 left hooks anytime. His punches did more damage. Ali totally underestimated Joe and he made him pay. The 15th round knockdown was the icing on the cake. One of the greatest fights in history.

Having watched last nights fight. I remembered watching Joe Frazier fight Ali in august 1971. If you know the history of both the above men, you make a choice. Joe Frazier was the best of everything a Man can be. A world class champion. A good and decent Man. Wrongly, ultimately a broken Man. But the very best a man can be. He destroyed Ali in 1971, he was winning in 2nd fight until he was blinded but still wanting to carry on. The greatest heavy weight boxer ever, never acknowledged……………Smokin Joe Frazier. I saw 🥊🥊🥊🥊💝💝😘

Mohammed Ali was just a god given gift to the world in those trouble years... Rip the greatest of all times

Ali Channel, Thanks for this magnificent fight. Both men making great efforts but Joe a worthy winner for his sheer aggression. Ali not as nimble in the ring as normal and resorting too much to 'holding'.

This Ali Frazier number one was the greatest heavyweight fight in the history of the world and the sport

The horn reminds me of being in a hockey game. This is boxing...LET'S HEAR THAT BELL!!!!

The greatest sporting event in history!

Ali often hit his opponent on the head. So another face appeared on Fraizer's face. On the other hand, such an effect was not seen on Ali's face, since a blow was also struck on his body. Because he was tall and would pull his head back, and he would get a lot of blows on the back of his neck.

A prime Mike Tyson fought very similar to Frazier. Yet most would agree Tyson hit harder than Frazier and was explosive with both hands and not just his left (like Joe). Mike would've given Ali some trouble but I still feel Ali would win over Tyson. (A PRIME Ali). By late round knock-out.

That 11th round - even when he's shook he makes it wild and unusual and awesome. Two greats, right here, displaying the definition of the word. But the sequel is better.

Muhammad Ali landed more jabs but he only rarely really hurt Frazier. Joe Frazier after the first couple of rounds took the fight to Ali the whole time and you could tell that his punches were rattling and hurting Ali. Frazier went hard to the body and the head the whole game, was just relentless and that's why he got the win. Not to mention Frazier used Ali like a punching bag in the 15th and just whaled the piss out of him.

This never gets old. ,,,But,, this is PEAK Frazier. The greatest victory of anybodys career. He left it all. Ali a warrior,,,but not the man that fought Liston,Patterson, or Williams...toe the greatest battle of all time. Joe won @ absolutely surprised Ali. He took Ali to a place he thought he would never be.

DUDE... is it just me or is anybody else just now noticing from watching this that Tyson fights A LOT like Frazier?

In my youth we were huge fans of Ali. As an older adult, I've been much more critical of Ali. In this fight however, I think Ali won easily. I can only give Frazier rounds #8,...#11,...and #15.............rd.#13 was pretty close, but I still gave it to Ali. Frazier had aggression on his side, and some might take credit away from Ali for holding. In my opinion, those things weren't nearly enough to make Frazier the winner. With the exception of round#8 when Ali was playing with baby punches, a round that he rested and gave away, he clearly landed more punches each and every round. I think Frazier was dominated early so that when he got into the fight a little more, he was given some rounds that he didn't deserve on the strength of becoming competitive. Ali consistently landed 2,3, and 4 punch combinations while Frazier moved forward and landed nothing. When Frazier landed a hook it got everyone's attention, but more than half of those hooks didn't land solid. They grazed Ali's face, hit him on the neck or shoulders, many of them looked good but missed completely. Ali threw shorter punches that you could see landing, and you could hear them thud on Frazier's head. Ali landed with both hands throughout the fight, while Frazier landed very few rights to the head. The left hooks Frazier landed solid were strong punches but few in number, especially compared to the constant combinations he was taking. Several times Ali hit Frazier and knocked him sideways off balance, indicating the punches were solid. I would have made the fight closer if Frazier was given 2 points for the 11th and 15th rounds, as is the case in today's scoring. The fact that those 2 big Frazier rounds only gained him a single point means that Frazier lost by a wide margin in my opinion. I would scored it 11-3-1 for Ali; I just didn't see Frazier land enough punches. There were a few rounds whereby Frazier landed 1 or 2 big left hooks that got the attention of the crowd and the commentators, but Ali dominated the rest of those rounds. A couple of hard left hooks and a few body shots don't make up for 15 or 20 solid head shots in my view. Overall a great fight, both guys put out maximum effort. a lot of action, far more than most heavyweight fights in the current era. compare this fight to the fight between klitschko and Fury;........Please,.........an absolute embarrassment,...... a snooze ffestival by 2 clowns..................

One of the best heavy weight boxing championship all of the time.

A much, much, better fight than the more highly touted "Thrilla in Manila". Ali was in total control of that fight. In this one, the winner was in doubt until the last round. A great fight.

Frazier won this fight very well!

Ali really was showing the almost four years off his prime but still won’t most of the rounds

That was the real fight Rocky VS Apolo.

i ve seen the fight more than ten times and i feel it closer to a draw.the score cards at the end where really unfair for ali.Frazier gave also one of the greatest fights of all times but he also took a huge beating no matter if he had the enorous heart to keep going and punching deadly blows

58:45 thats why we all here arent we...that legendary dodge

Boxing is not scored on who lands the most punches. It would sound like a basketball score. It is also is who the aggressor, who takes the fight to the other one. When one is constantly against the ropes and you are making a lot of clinches and holding the back of the head like Ali does in just about all of his fights. The referee warned him a couple of times about that one time it was obvious in the early rounds. To me that is not an artful form of defense, but just trying not to get hit. Ali did land more punches, but was not in control of most of the rounds. That deducts from my way of scoring. I have heard Ali admit Joe won the first of the three fights. I scored it 9 rounds to 6 for Frazier. In a 10 point must system it would have been 145 for Frazier and 141 for Ali. The 15th round would have been scored 10-8 for Frazier for the knockdown.

Anyone can say what they want, but 1:12:30 is the greatest moment in any boxing match for me.

I had always thought Frazier won, but Ali won this fight. Never really looked at it from a scoring standpoint until now. Probably landed twice as many punches or more, and many more power punches, though Frazier landed many more devastating punches. Maybe 7 of the first 8 rounds and 12-14. Ali clinched a lot and he should've been deducted a point because he was warned early about holding behind the head. But he still won the fight. The judge that scored it 11-4-1 was on drugs.

Burt Lancaster is a pretty good color commentator. And Archie Moore kind of sounds like Emanuel Steward at times. Throw Lamps in there, you'd have a legit HBO booth.

In the replays, they show mostly Frazier`s aktion.

I love boxing. I hate the attitudes of so many so-called boxing fans, as seen in the comments of this video, and in many other matches with many other boxers. Such sad disrespect for great fighters just because they're "the other guy". Damn shame.

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49:21 Impresionante, Frazier lo golpeaba como si Ali le debiera dinero.

MY FAVORITE FIGHT MUHAMMAD ALI WASN'T JUST BATTLING JOE FRAZIER HE WAS GOING AGAINST THE POWERFUL FORCES IN THIS COUNTRY TO SEE HIM LOSE.IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN IM TALKING ABOUT THE US GOVERNMENT BECAUSE HIS STANCE AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM.

Who was the child sitting with him?... (P.S. I didn’t watch the whole thing...

That Romania Doll could have been an Voo Doo Doll first time i ever known about that Doll before that first Ali Frazier Legendary First Fight March 8 1971.

You cant recognise frazier after the fight. Ali won first 5 easy 9 10 and 14 but was a close fight

Muhammad Ali started talking slower after Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali.

The hatred between these two was not faked, unlike all of today's fights. These two would have happily killed the other man in the ring.

Fight legend

Great fight - the best! Burt Lancaster ruined a lot of it ...

Ali won the prefight trash talk show down. Fraizer dominated only during the actual fight. Therefore the media remembers that Ali won.

dövüşmemiş adeta yerlere eğilmiş frazier.belden aşağı eğilmesine hakem engel olsaymış m.ali onu kum torbasına çevirirmiş.

Tak to jest właśnie ta walka stulecia, prawdziwa walka stulecia.

45:58 so COOL

!!!😊❤

I’m here to see Nicky Barnes and frank Lucas 😂😂😂 in the front row

7/2021 ALI and that beautiful physique; that stance he's famous for.. faking round 9 his great 'come back!' the sphinx! maya angelou's 'I RISE' great fight and w/out bulldozer Joe wouldn't have been such a riveting fight! frazier's a POWERHOUSE but could've used a stretcher at the end. Ali knocked flat and bunced back up; think fight should've gone to ALI ! controversial fight because he wouldn't go to war?. and they're both 'gone' now. HI FRANK [sinatra] !

Warriors

I respect both, always have...but I was upset at Ali at the time for thinking that HE won the fight? I do believe in his later life though, he gave Joe the credit he deserved. Both were tough fighters and wonderful souls.

Joe Fraizer was a great fighter also a good, decent man & Clay was a great fighter but not a good or decent man. Frazier fought for Clay outside the ring, he fought him inside the ring. He was the better man on both sides & deserves due credit on all sides. Great man, Great fighter…… 19:23 🥊🥊

Muhammad Ali wasn’t prepared for this fight with Joe Frazier. Ali didn’t know how good Joe was actually, and that’s why he lost.