Make the best (in your opinion) HW decade

Basically yes, they were a bunch of really good fights. I’m not going sit here and explain why Grant fighting Golota was great (Foreman quit in Zaire btw) etc.

 

You don't have to do that. It was a great fight to some extent, though it leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. I didn't watch the *Thrilla in Manila* live; for me, Ali vs. Frazier simply ranked higher—much higher—even though I watched it years later. Just as Ali and Frazier were better, in my view, than Golota and Grant. Best regards.

 

Well, I wasn’t around in the 70s so I can’t name every fight from each of those years and it’s true that the major fights of 99 (Holy—Lewis fights) were good but not classics. What I confident in is that the 99 lineup would mop the floor with any 70s lineup.

You’ve got four top ten heavyweights of all time in decent condition including a peak Lewis, and another in the top 15 (Vitali), others who would win belts and another who was probably top 20 or 30 h2h (Ike). It was absurd.

 

Okay, that’s my mistake. I didn’t know. But no problem—in that case, 1969–1978, and the argument remains exactly the same. Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Norton—and right behind them, Lyle, Young, Quarry... it never got any better than that.

 

Probably 65-75. There’s a lot going on there

 

I'm wondering if people are projecting this sort of thing as cutting off at the start of 97 hence not including it.