The biggest fight ever?

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  1. Karl

    Karl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I guess we have to discuss what 'biggest' mean.

    Attendence
    Money generated
    Significance in the sport itself
    Cultural impact
    Political
    and so on

    are all valid argments that carries weight

    So, what is it

    Dempsey vs Willard?
    Louis vs Schmelling?
    Rumble in the jungle?
    Mayweather vs Pacquiao?
    ...?
     
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  2. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Probably that garbage Pac/May.
     
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  3. wellsini

    wellsini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dempsey v Tunney 2?
     
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  4. conraddobler

    conraddobler Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Louis vs Schmeling 2 is the biggest fight ever.
     
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  5. junkhead

    junkhead My dogs watch me post Full Member

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    Chavez v Haugen drew like 140,000 people to attend and holds the record for biggest attendance IIRC?
     
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  6. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson vs spinks
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :thumbsup
     
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  8. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    ****ey v holmes

    this was a black v white worldwide event at the time

    ****ey was americas great white hope v holmes the respected but not that liked fighter at that time.

    not sure of what the worldwide audience was / but it was most talked about / biggest hyped fight that i remember.
     
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  9. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Louis-Schmeling 2, there's not a close second.
     
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    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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  11. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:deal
     
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  12. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Still hoping that there will be a rematch :p
     
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  13. boxing_master

    boxing_master Loyal Member banned

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    Louis-Schmeling 2 70,000 attended the fight at the Yankee Stadium

    i remember my grandad saying it had so much riding on it the fight i mean racial,cultural,political(remember it was a war going on at that time) the fight basically stopped the war at the moment HUGE FIGHT

    For the majority of Americans at that time the rematch was, and to a degree remains, a simple case of good guy versus bad guy, freedom versus fascism, the United States versus Nazi Germany.
     
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  14. EnzoRD

    EnzoRD Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Must be an American thing. :blood
     
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  15. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not really .....
     
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