March 8th 1971 - Fight Of The Century

It did look like he was playing possum, but i think he was a lot more hurt than he let on. A double bluff so to speak

 

This was when Muhammad's most voiciferous critics had to admit that he could take a shot just as well as he could avoid them.

 

Alex....Let's all just give BOTH men the utmost credit for putting on the fight of a lifetime,giving and taking copious amounts of punishment which would have seen lesser fighters off way before the halfway mark.

 

It couldn't have been a better 15 Round fight.

Perfect setting, at Madison Square Garden.

 

Just scored the fight myself


9-4-2 to Frazier

Official Scorecards were

judge: Artie Aidala 9-6 | judge: Bill Recht 11-4 | judge: Arthur Mercante 8-6-1

 

I had it about 9-6 Frazier.

 

8th march 1971. the world stopped spinning for 1 hour while ali and frazier sorted it out. for me, not just the biggest fight of all time, but the biggest sporting event of all time.

 

Easily the best fight of the trilogy and the only one that had the real Joe Frazier!!!!!

 

The Greatest fight of their legendary trilogy! Showcasing the most speed & skill.

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On the 10-POINT SCORING SYSTEM.

Round 11,,,,,,,,10-8
Round 15,,,,,,,,10-8

Key point in the fight,,,,the last 60-seconds of Round 4.
Joe Frazier turned it around.
Muhammad Ali had controlled for the first 2-minutes, and had landed some real
hard shots on Joe, and was well on way to winning that key round.
Then Joe found the range with the left hook,,,,,,,,

 

I was born in 75.Missed this one and had to catch the replay years later.

 

I would agree with that for the Simple reason that both guys were at or nearest their best when this took place!

 

was the best and most important as both hadnt been beaten and it proved who was the better fighter.

 

March 8, 1971....still the biggest fight in my lifetime...

 

Once more,,,,,,,,,,,,the round-by-round scoring.

Arthur Mercante;
A-A-F-F-F.....A-A-F-F-A.....F-E-F-A-F

Arthur Aidala;
A-A-F-F-F....F-F-F-A-A.....F-F-A-A-F

Bill Recht;
F-A-F-F-A....F-F-F-A-F.....F-F-F-A-F