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scartissue · Sep 5, 2025

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I vaguely remember a TV fight with a double knockdown — both guys hitting the canvas.

This would be mid to late 1980s/early 1980s.

There’s a tiny inkling Alexis Arguello may have been involved but I’m nowhere near sure of that.

Also, there exists the very real possibility that it wasn’t actually a double knockdown, that maybe one guy got knocked down and the guy who landed the knockdown punch slipped or fell and his wasn’t counted as a knockdown — that it just seemed that way to younger me, or that I remember it as a double knockdown because both guys hit the canvas and one of them doing down was as result of a punch and the other wasn’t.

It would have been a weekend network TV fight, like on ABC’s Wild World of Sports, CBS’s Sports Spectacular or NBC’s SportsWorld.

Any ideas on which fight this might have been?
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Are you thinking of LeeRoy Murphy against Chisanda Mutti?

Saintpat · Sep 5, 2025

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Are you thinking of LeeRoy Murphy against Chisanda Mutti?
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I don’t think so. Seems like in my vague memory it was smaller guys. And I also don’t have any recollection of ever seeing that fight.

USFBulls727 · Sep 5, 2025

Saintpat said: ↑

I vaguely remember a TV fight with a double knockdown — both guys hitting the canvas.

This would be mid to late 1980s/early 1980s.

There’s a tiny inkling Alexis Arguello may have been involved but I’m nowhere near sure of that.

Also, there exists the very real possibility that it wasn’t actually a double knockdown, that maybe one guy got knocked down and the guy who landed the knockdown punch slipped or fell and his wasn’t counted as a knockdown — that it just seemed that way to younger me, or that I remember it as a double knockdown because both guys hit the canvas and one of them doing down was as result of a punch and the other wasn’t.

It would have been a weekend network TV fight, like on ABC’s Wild World of Sports, CBS’s Sports Spectacular or NBC’s SportsWorld.

Any ideas on which fight this might have been?
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Closest thing I can think of is Arguello-Ganigan. Both were wobbled and knocked down on different occasions, but not at the same time.

Hearns-Snyder fits that description, but doesn't fit the time line. Here's that time stamped...

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scartissue · Sep 5, 2025

Saintpat said: ↑

I don’t think so. Seems like in my vague memory it was smaller guys. And I also don’t have any recollection of ever seeing that fight.
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Perhaps John Meekins v Mohammad Kawoya. It was being stopped just as Kayoya dropped Meekins.

Saintpat · Sep 5, 2025

scartissue said: ↑

Perhaps John Meekins v Mohammad Kawoya. It was being stopped just as Kayoya dropped Meekins.
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I remember that one for sure. I want to say Meekins-Kawoya was a good bit later than the one I’m thinking of.

(And no it’s not Balboa-Creed II, haha.)

Saintpat · Sep 5, 2025

USFBulls727 said: ↑

Closest thing I can think of is Arguello-Ganigan. Both were wobbled and knocked down on different occasions, but not at the same time.

Hearns-Snyder fits that description, but doesn't fit the time line. Here's that time stamped...

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Yeah, not either of those fights but I remember Alexis vs the Hawaiian Punch well. That dude could crack!

fbear · Oct 15, 2025

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hmmm. I don't remember any of this stuff, but here's another one. I remember a televised interview,maybe a late night talk show, where two big name heavyweights from the golden era got into it, I don't think it was staged. It might have been a seated Ali ragging on Frazier, but the second guy got pissed off and got up out of his chair and walked over and slapped him upside the head, or gave him an open hand punch or something. Does anybody remember the two fighters?
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OK, I am pretty sure this was Ali-Holmes, a late night interview by Howard Cosell of ABC Sports. Ali, the smooth talker that he was, was jabbing at Holmes, portraying as a dumb bunny. Holmes got up and slapped him. This might have been the video.

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fbear · Oct 15, 2025

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This is for those of us who may have witnessed something boxing related on TV, maybe a long time ago, maybe something obscure, and want to know if anyone else saw it. So we have to go from memory, no google searches please. Here we go...

It was early Ali, pretty sure his training camp for the first fight with Frazier. Ali is just hitting the big time. He is being interviewed by Howard Cosell, and Cosell is grilling him about his conversion to Islam. Cosell asks "Can a white man become a Muslim?" Who can remember Ali's reply? over to you.

p.s. I remember the reply, it was interesting. Consider this a trivia question.
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Ali's reply to Cosell was (I remember clearly)...

"Why would you want to? You already own all of the buildings."

fbear · Oct 15, 2025

Back in the day, 70s I think, there was a computer aided simulation video showing two great champions, past and present, go a full 15 rounds I think. Name the two fighters. I remember the answer, so Trivia time once again

fbear · Oct 15, 2025

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Yeah, not either of those fights but I remember Alexis vs the Hawaiian Punch well. That dude could crack!
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I watched that fight live on TV, Arguello was known for a wicked straight-right hand that came form no-where.

fbear · Oct 15, 2025

Here's one more. Name a heavyweight that fought both Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali. Without looking at BoxRec

Fergy · Oct 16, 2025

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It was Ali and Frazier. No punches were thrown but Ali's brother Rudy (Rahman) came onto the stage to calm things down but Frazier said something like "Are you getting into this?" It was then that Ali jumped up and said something like, "Sit down Joe" and started grappling with him and they ended up wrestling on the floor while Cosell watched.
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I remember watching this on the Champions Forever film.
Made me howl with laughter.
I think Joe was really steamed up whilst Ali was just messing around.

KidGalahad · Oct 16, 2025

fbear said: ↑

Back in the day, 70s I think, there was a computer aided simulation video showing two great champions, past and present, go a full 15 rounds I think. Name the two fighters. I remember the answer, so Trivia time once again
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That was too easy!
It even was screened on Closed Circuit, if I remember right.
Happened in the late 60s: The Greatest vs. The Brockton Blockbuster.

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