Ali versus Frazier III ?

Question

I'm watching two of the greatest Warriors to ever set foot on this beautiful earth and I'm completely amazed! Has heavyweight boxing sunk so low that we can't even enjoy a great match anymore because there simply aren't any fighters of this caliber? I watched all of their fights and the action was great from round one thru the last round! What do you think about the new heavyweights today? Is the heavyweight division worth watching anymore?

Answer 1

The heavyweight division is loaded with stiffs, but it is a totally different sports climate today. I live in northeast Ohio and many of the boxing clubs/gyms have closed due to a lack of interest, not a lack of good teachers/coaches. The 1960s and 1970s was a special time in the heavyweight division, since the quality from 1 to 15 or 20 was very impressive. But there are very little seeds to bring the grass roots back, as kids are finding "easier" sports to try & compete in.

Answer 2

I think all the younger athletes that could have been good heavyweights went into football, baseball, basketball, etc because of the guaranteed money that doesn't involve having your head smashed in.

Answer 3

The Thrilla in Manilla was the closest u will ever come to a Rocky movie as far as Heavyweight fights, and unfortunately I don't see any warriors like this on the horizen.  That was a great era of Heavyweights and will never be duplicated.

Answer 4

The heavyweight division has been a joke for years!!!!! And that is a shame!!!!!

Answer 5

GRANT B nailed it right on the head! The bigger guys are the more punches they throw. Look at guys in the light weight division who regularly throw a hundred punches a round like nothing. and little by little the bigger men get the less punches they throw. In the heavy weight division it seems like any guy in the top 10 will flat out knock you out if they get a clean shot on you! And that was not the case back in the 70's... So yes they are slower but these guys are monsters! In todays era I think Ali would not be fighting as a heavyweight maybe a cruiserweight! Frasier would be fighting at light heavyweight. etc.  Look at what a slow Foreman did to Frasier, so imagine what Wlad would to him!

    Again I agree that since the action does not seem to be the same I think many people are being fooled into thinking that the fighters are not the same. Trust me these guys are good! Not that fun to watch!! But the division is VERY underestimated in my opinion.

Answer 6

they are to weak.they won't challenge anyone.wladimer klitschko won't fight anyone his size.ruslan chagaev keep eather canceling his fights or delays them,peters hasn't fought anyone since beating maskaev he just keeps saying over and over i want vitali klitschko.does he not relize vitali hasn't fought in like 4 years and the rest of the contenders win a title and lose it the next fight like shannon briggs,sultan imbragimov,oleg maskaev,serguei liakhovich and that big weak @$$ moron nicolay valuev.do you remember when fighters defended there titles 9 or 10 times to good fighters like muhammed Ali,,joe frazier,,joe louis,jack dempsey and rocky marciano.HELP WE NEED ANOTHER GREAT CHAMPION.

Answer 7

HW division has not great today, but people need to stop comparing HW division of the past to present.

Ali and Frazier fought like middleweights. They were not big HWs. Frazier was like 5'11, and Ali at his heaviest was 220 and wasn't exactly a power puncher.

Joe Louis was 190-201 pounds, Marcianio was 5'10  and not even 190, ect

Past HWs would be Cruiserweights or smaller today. Today HWs are just bigger. So to expect them to fight like middleweights is absured.  

Not going to see a 6'5, 240 plus man throwing  over 1,000 punches in a round, and moving around like a smaller fighter.