3 biggest boxing events to transcend the sport

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  1. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    For better or worse Delahoya/Mayweather turned the fucin' thing into a promotional cash grab using media as their means.
     
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  2. gasman

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    Yeah, they were all massive fights. Tyson transcended the sport, no matter what limitations he had as a fighter, no doubt people all over tuned in to his fights.
     
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  3. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great examples. I should really have changed thread title to top ten events.
     
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  4. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hauser said Ali-Frazier was the most watched fight of all time, I forget the numbers that he quoted, but that documentary that he made that statement in was probably about 15+ years old. I wonder if that fight is still the most watched or if others have eclipsed that in viewing numbers?
     
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  5. atberry

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    Lewis-Tyson would be up there?
     
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  6. duranimal

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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  7. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Correct:hey Whatever he did was global front page news & mainstream TV news in or out of the ring.
     
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  8. The Spider

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    The Spider, May 13, 2013
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  9. cuchulain

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    That's still the case, and he's been gone for a while now.
     
    cuchulain, May 13, 2013
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  10. he grant

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    Nothing since is in the same class although Holmes - Cooney comes closest from a American sociological standpoint .. the others mentioned were simply terrific fights ...
     
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  11. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would be interested to hear more on this perspective:good
     
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