Top 10 Heavyweight clashes of the 1970s

Larry Holmes vs Ken Norton
Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali 1
Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali 3
Larry Holmes vs Mike Weaver 1
Earnie Shavers vs Ron Lyle
Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton 2
George Foreman vs Ron Lyle
Joe Frazier vs Joe Bugner
Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers 2
Earnie Shavers vs Roy Tiger Williams

This list is not in order BTW and also i know fights like Foreman vs Ali had more historical impact, but i'm just listing the fights i personally enjoyed the most.

 

Oh yeah all of those.
Not forgetting Fraziers 2 goes with the teak tough Jerry Quarry.
Joe Frazier vs Ron Stander
Earnie Shavers vs Jimmy Ellis

 

I believe Frazier vs Quarry 1 was in 1969 in which it won FOTY, i would of listed it but unfortunately 1 year difference.

 

I wasnt sure about the date, thanks.

 

In one of those fights Frazier had a smile on his face as they slugged it out

 

Another fight which i enjoyed was Frazier's 2 fights with Bonavena, unfortunately i've only seen highlights of Frazier vs Bonavena 2. But it was interesting to see Frazier go the distance with someone other than Muhammad Ali.

 

Frazier was nearly stopped by Bonavena too.
Another knock down and the 3 knock down rule would have been applied.

 

Holmes Shavers II and
Holmes Weaver , both had drama

 

Holmes-Weaver is just one helluva scrap all the way around, and with dramatic turns as you mentioned. That uppercut …

 

It might make my list for top 10 favourite Heavyweight title fights ever.

 

Good list, but Young-Foreman was arguably better than Ali-Frazier 2

Jerry Quarry-Joe Alexander wasn't nearly as significant as the others on your list, but it turned out to be a good scrap. Alexander was only 8-3 going into the fight. He dropped Quarry hard in the first, only to be taken out himself in the second. Fun fight.