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Ali had only two warm up fights before Fighting Frazier for the title as he was $500,000 in debt due to legal fees. The supreme court had not yet ruled in his favor and he did not know if he was going to prison for 10 years or not. Not fighting for 3 1/2 years, Ali needed to go 15 rounds to regain endurance. Just remember, we never saw a prime Ali as he was just entering his prime when they stripped his title away. He is the greatest of all time, nothing else needs to be said.

Only one word is needed to describe Ali... genius

A great sports personality who brings sports to an extreme respect. Be peace upon him 💐

A man who turned trashtalk into a separate form of art. Hes a legend☝️

Ali is the Greatist champion ever ❤ from Holland

Ali, is the best ever. He fought the toughest men and he beat them with authority. Love that man and what he stood for.

Wow, what an interesting interaction between these two warriors...The Argentine really has a comical personality

Ali had an extra person in his corner . He boxed like he was indestructible. That’s y I think , he’s the greatest ever.

I was at the closed circuit broadcast that night. Ali’s legend had grown during the exile. Seeing him get hit was unexpected and alarming for us zealots. The knock out in the 15th blew the roof off of the venue. Ali was one of a kind. There will never be another.

This was a fight b4 my time! Happy to have seen it! Thanks!!😊👍🏾

Gotta love the respect they gave each other afterwards. 🤩🙏🏻

They took away Ali's potential greatest years. But he was simply the best.

Ali was honest man who said he got nervous before every fight but could he take a punch from all the best.

Ringo was a very good person, Im pretty sure he is making Ali laugh right now.

Talk about hostle announcers. Yancy calling him Clay and never saying anything nice. Cossell ragging on Ali constantly and not announcing any of the excellent punches (ie 6th round).

History now bears the witness that there was and there is only one,Greatest Of All Time,One and only Muhammad Ali.

Tough Battle in that ring Oscar's Style of fighting was wild, but They both gave all they had . Both so respectful of each other Ali looked so lean, great !!!

Never saw Ali fight but I did personally meet him in Atlanta. He was still electric, magnetic and very personable. A true sports titan.

Best boxer that ever lived, period

I forget how thunderous a jab Ali possessed. Few fighters could avoid that jab, except maybe, Frazier.

Thanks for the footage, back in the hard days the real stuff

Very good match.Oscar Bonavena is very very stronger puncher.Respect.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Mohammed Ali, we Love you Forever! ❤❤❤

Bonavena walked into that left jab. Can't imagine how that felt.

Ali was the best fighter in this decade by far

I love how the fight doctor it taking blood pressure WHILE Ali is talking trash, I love it

Ali had to fight this bout the way he did..guns blazing would not have worked on this occasion..A thoughtful and calculating gentleman..and fair play to Ringo.

Ali was and will always be the best he could of whooped any heavyweight from any era he wasn’t the strongest he was just a skilled technician with sublime skills who would float like a butterfly then sting you like a bee

"For those of you listening in black and white, yes; Ali is the one in great shape with a great tan!"

Ali was the grate Champion but he was even a greater human being. He will always be missed the greatest.

Ali turned boxing into a 10 million dollar industry.

"Ohhhh that left, it floored him, it came from nowhere!" Cosell always had a knack for great calls...

Significant as NO ONE ever beat Ali at his own game getting under the opponent’s skin except Bonavena.

Ringo throwing lunging windmill punches with a prayer on them.

Clay was certainly the most handsome Heavy-weight boxer of All Time, and one of the best fighters in his weight division too. R'I.P..Gone, but never to be forgotten.

Brilliant thanks for posting 😍

Ali was a master marketer. Master marketeer who could also back it up.

What a legend he was

😎When ALI Was In The Ring, He OWNED It....

Bonavena was a tough cookie. He proved that in his 2 losses to Frazier. He was too slow and awkward to handle Ali's agility and defense. This was far from Ali at his best but 4 years of inactivity takes time to come back from. He was much improved when he got to Frazier even though he lost that one.

I loved watching him as a kid with my oldest brother . My favorite

Commentators so far off the mark. A weird bias. This is such a biased commentory. And this isn't the only example out there. Maybe it was the Ali/Vietnam thing. Commentators stubbornly referring to him as 'Clay' etc. Ali lands 4, 5, 6, 7 solid head punches, punch after punch after punch, they barely get mentioned. Head shot after head shot by Ali... head-snapping punches any one of which would have put a lesser boxer on the floor. Barely mentioned, if at all. Why was that I wonder? Only Bonavena's occasionally contacting punches get mentioned. And replayed? Ali out manouevers and out-thinks Bonavena, but is classified by the commentators as 'static'..? He was fighting a brawler with a very strong chin. Bonavena could really take a punch. But Ali got it just right. Ahead in points still managed that grand finale! Ali was a very clever boxer. Like a chess player. I don't think the commentators here were aware of quite how clever he was. Ask George Foreman though...

most people don't understand, ali truly did want to punish him in this fight. Ali loves to promote etc.. etc... but oscar really did get way under ali's skin, and once he couldn't take oscar out in the 9th, he just cruised punished and looked to wait till the very end then close. if you pay attention ali looked almost fresh for the 15th, he was throwing bombs - 1st there were some hard straight shots, that shocked oscar, then he hits him with a quick short left hook, leans back away from a counter oscar left hook, and counters that with that 2nd left hook - bomb!! check it out, after that ali's body language backs up everything i'm saying, ali just keeps walking him down, and keeps battering the sea gull out of his jaw!!, at one point the ref has his right hand on ali, as if to keep ali at bay, so ringo can breath, and ali use's his left arm to swipe the refs arm down, and continues to follow oscar to finish him like a boss!! that body language right there says 2 things, 1st he had plenty in the tank he was saving for the 15th, and 2nd ali was a bit pissed off for i think a bunch of reasons, and oscars k.o. was a foregone conclusion. Ali's phycology is complicated, some times he is an angry man in that ring, and although i love him, i do believe towards the 2nd half of his career - he could be a little bit crazy. After the whole vietnam thing, it's easy to understand why! it's like he was fighting the whole world.

no 8 second count after the knock downs, one of Ali's dirtiest fights using elbows and clinches but one has to say a worthy opponent and resurrection of a legend .. R.I.P. Champ

Ali still ddmonstrated how he can slip punches and clearlyoutpointed Ringo in every round.

In my opinion, Ali in his prime was the best there ever was.

1:09:35 the way Ali moved refs hand like “fuck outa here coach” had me dying 😂

Great fight Ali vs Ringo Bonavena

No standing 8 count in those days? And 15 rounds! Wow!

If I was ali, I would have never talked to Howard Again

How can I tell Ali didn't sweat this dude but the experts on the call were so insistent that he was in trouble?

A lacklustre fight , until the final minute of the 15th , when it turned to pure gold . The Greatest , no doubt .

This was the first fight I ever saw. I was 4 years old turning 5 in two weeks. I remember my mother and father talking about whether I should be allowed to watch it or not that afternoon, and I remember my father coming into my room and summoning me to the television that night. He said "Nicky, this is Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time. He's gonna win." We had popcorn and soft drinks and I sat at the base of his recliner and watched the fight and there was much bonding. When it was over he said, "Don't ever fight another man unless he throws the first punch" and sent me to bed. In retrospect that was probably the deal he made with my mother. Also I will add, on review later in life, all respect to Oscar Bonavena, he had the heart of a champion but not the reach, I would love to have seen a Rocky Marciano-Oscar Bonavena bout when they were both in their prime. This fight was when Ali took his place in my soul, and Bonavena as well. An interesting note from the fight is that Ali's conditioning was in question but ultimately it was Bonavena's conditioning that was found lacking. Not through any lack of effort on his part I'm certain. I'm also certain that despite all the pre-fight bravado, Ali had long-term respect for Bonavena.

Best thing Cossel said was "l don't know , lets watch it " 😊

Thsmk you for showing the whole fight with round breaks edited.

Thanks for the video, BOXING LEGENDS

Thanks for the Memories

People don’t realise Oscar B was one of them tough sons of B who had a granite chin. One of those who were just naturally so tough like the likes of G.Chavola, Oliver McCal and Ray Merser. So for Mohd Ali to knock him out especially with that beautiful left hook. Shows that when Ali wanted to punch hard he could. Just like that right hand that got both Ron Lyle and Foreman because they both could take a punch on those Iron chins as well as being amongst the most powerful punchers ever

It was Bonavena’s conditioning that determined the result. He came out in Round 15 staggering around on dead legs and then walked into a left hook that probably would not have landed when Oscar had better balance.

Ali said he would fight flat footed before the fight

WOW. Crazy. Destroyed in the last round

Watching this with tears in my eyes that Ali lived before my time. Rip+ GOAT❤

In this fight Ali was fit, he weights 212, but he couldn`t show his skills. But the Cossell report was horrible, not neutral.

Oscar was a funny guy , a good showman ... but a crazy one too.

Oscar was a problem because he fought with an awkward rhythm which is sometimes hard to time. Besides this was only Ali's second fight after the almost 4 year layoff No disrespect to Ringo he was a tough guy who actually floored Joe FrazierHe was no walk in the park

Mohammed Ali was the greatest after all he went through . He refused to go to Vietnam . Because he didn't see anything the Vietnamese people did to him. Also during the 1960's many African Americans were mistreated. ( 1.) Separate bath rooms for white people and African Americans . ( 2.) African Americans had to sit in the back of a city bus. ( 3.) Getting to even go to a public school was hard for African American people in the 1960's . ( 4.) Getting regular jobs was hard for African Americans back in the 1960's . ( 5.) Even buying a house for African Americans was hard to do. The white people wanted all African American people to live in the ghetto or run down apartments or low income housing . ( 6.) So then came the Vietnam War .Lots of white people ran off to Canada . Mohammed Ali had all his boxing titles taken from him. Because he was pending going to prison. For refusing to fight in Vietnam . ( 7.) It wasn't until years later sending American troops to fight in the Vietnam War was all based on a lie. This is correct President Johnson sent : 58,000 American soldiers, Marines, Sailors , and Airforce to their unjustified deaths in Vietnam based on a lie. The North Vietnamese did not attack U.S. Navy Ships in the Golf of Tonkin . This tape recording with President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara . So supposedly the need to sent American troops to Vietnam was to stop the spread of Communism . Note: Vietnam is still Communist . It is a country slowly prospering even though the entire country is still communist. Vietnam being all communist has not effected American lives. Plus American veterans are allowed to visit Vietnam as tourists . Yet President Johnson wanted to create a second Pearl Harbor as a excuse to sent American troops to fight and die in Vietnam. Why ? So President Johnson could win American hearts and minds to get re-elected . Sadly hundreds of American troops were coming home with missing arms and legs . Many were coming back home to America in body bags. A war based on a lie . A lie from President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. These two criminals sent 58, 000 American troops to die in a war that was all based on a lie. Years later after the Vietnam War. Certain American Presidents apologized to Famous Boxing Legend : Mohammed Ali. He changed his name . Because the name Clay was from a black Slave owner. So Mohammed Ali is a America and he legally changed his name. We can change our names in America. This is legal. So what we change our names to is our name. Mohammed Ali has inspired many people to never give up and to fight for what you believe is right. With out hurting other people . We can stand up for what is right with out hurting other people. Because even Jesus Christ said ," Love your neighbor as your self. " Sadly President Johnson was only thinking about his name in lights. He wanted to be glorified as a war president . He also sent American troops to the Vietnam War by force called the Draft. Forcing American troops to die based on a lie. Yet, if we do our home work : President Johnson wanted to make his friends from Texas in the oil business richer men . Because it was suspected there was Crude Oil in the Golf of Tonkin . Plus all the money rich friends of President Johnson could make on Defense Contracts . With Agent Orange and Napalm . These two deadly items were dropped on the enemy and American troops . However : President Johnson and Secretary of Defense : Robert McNamara did not care. They just wanted to become rich and popular . As American troops in Vietnam were getting shot and blown up. This was because these American were forced to go die in a war based on a lie. Would you want your sons to be forced to go die in a war based on a lie? Think about that .

“And Howard cosell is agitating as usual “. Lol Ya think? This is next level agitating. Ali hadn’t had a chance to catch his breath yet and cosell has him analyzing the fight and taking phone calls from Frazier. Damn bro, let the guy enjoy his victory. Howie is literally stirring the “drama stew” from ringside and in the ring. But I’ll admit, I really miss these days. Especially watching all of the special fights with my best friend John and his Father. Bless their souls.

How can you not love Ali, I grew up in Louisville during Ali's prime and all the young fellas wanted to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee

Listening to Cosell complaining about Ali is like hearing a nagging old wife bitching about her husband because he cannot perform in bed.

Real Men!!!! Real Champions!!!❤️❤️❤️

Im an Ali fan but Bonavena is a sweet funny character

Ali said, I’m gonna punish you. The Greatest 🙏

Bonavena look like he hit hard Ali is truely the greatest. Went toe 2 toe with some of the toughest fighters . Respect sleep in peace Ali the greatest of all time.

Dos buenos boxeadores siempre recuerdo ese momento y gracias a adiós por permitirme. Estos momentos tan inolvidables

The lords of the ring 💪 Mohammed Ali 👏🏆💯💰

I think Ali was glad to get the rounds in after a long lay off. A very flat performance. Ali doesn't get the credit for being a puncher, but when he planted his feet and timed it, he could generate serious KO power. Bonavena was a tough durable fighter.

Ali still showing his skill at slipping punches and was moreceffective.Rd 7:Ali.

Fair play to the argie, he got right into Ali's head! 😂 first time I've seen anyone do that. 😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I love how Howard Cossell sarcastically asked Yank if he was rooting against Ali . Could a person be anymore against a fighter than Yancy “ Yank “ Durham. He literally sounds like he hates Ali and still insists on calling him Clay .

Bonavena had a chin like I’ve never seen before. lol seems like it just kept growing.

Ali looked terrible here even though he won he wasn’t nowhere near ready for a undefeated Frazier

A veil was placed over all in attendance, as invisible punches bewildered Buenivida, though first confident, after round one Ringo knew what was truly Great. His 4 Punches that landed the entire fight, cost him 2 punches back along with a hundred others. The best contender at the time, everyone advised Ali not to fight Ringo, too strong. Like a King 🤴🏿 he with all Boldness comes out toe to toe. This deflated Buenividas' ego immediately. What was this Man called Ali, gifted by God? His purpose was to show Ringo something amazing and for his inflated persona was to taste canvas for the first time. Thanks for your post. I call that fight, 'Ali and the invisible Punch.'

If only the commission shut the mouth of Bundini it would have been good to watch.

Trash talk with the Real Walk! Greatest Ever, no one will ever be Ali!

Ali ravaged by 3 @ a half years layoff. Still an Ali fight always entertaining. Just no legs left after exile. Stamina an issue that never was before. ,,Cosell is good but oscar would've been destoyed by pre exile Ali. Round 15 so exciting,,tells me oscar would've went down early to pre exile Ali

Ali play around with him🥊🥊

Quarry had no heart? WTF is he talking about? Bonavena pulled out of two fights against Quarry. Quarry would have taken Ringo apart.

R.I.P Oscar

Ali: "I told my manager, let's get a contract on him, and see what he can do." Fury: "Talk, talk, talk" (no fight) Joshua: "Talk, talk, talk" (no fight)

That interviewer in Mohammed Ali's face and neck, after his epic victory over 'big mouth' Bonevena - was like a leech leprechaun! And what a cheek telling M. A what to do and watch after 15 rounds of boxing. M.A was so beautiful physically and as a boxer, poetry in motion. RIP.

Ali was using His face as a punching bag. He wanted to leave Him with a lasting impression.

Thank u verry much MUHAMMAD ALI

Classic stuff!!! 💪

Nice!

I forgot how annoying Cossell was. Ali dominated Ringo throughout this. Bonavena had less reach and only had hail Mary punches that missed everytime. He was clearly more exhausted at the end, when Ali finished him off

I cannot remember exact words of M.Tyson about M.Ali (RAP), It's true this man never fall and has lot of strength to fight roubds and rounds this is how Ali winned some of gis game. He make his opponent hit him but also thet get exhausted then M.Ali comes a surprising punch like I see on Mario vs Bowser fights 😅 . Ohhh my dear brother M. Ali may Allah rest you in peace. ❤❤❤

Ali was NEVER tired... he wasn't even breathing hard after round 11... he was TALKING to Ringo every time he was "hanging" on him, because he HAD to do it that way, the commission handicapped him!!!

What year was the fight

If Ali was serious most of his fights wouldn't have went passed the tenth round ☝️😀