Best heavyweight championship fight?

Question

what in your opinion was the best heavyweight championship fight ever?

Answer 1

like most people thrilla in manilla Ali vs Frazier 3.. a great fight

Answer 2

a few come to mind;

ali - frazier 1 & 3

holyfield - bowe1

ali- liston 1

marciano - charles 1 & 2 etc..........

i'm gonna pick ali - frazier 3 here.

Answer 3

Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

We All Know Vitali Would have taken that belt if they kept on fighting.

Answer 4

ali v frazier 3 was great but shocked no one said holmes v norton, the 15th round was unreal

Answer 5

Ali vs Frazier III edges out Ali vs Frazier I

In action only, but not in historicall perspective. In the third fight, each fighter had slowed down a bit but not a lot. They each rose to the occasion and went toe to toe for most of the fight in near 100 degree tempatures. Ali said it was the closest thing to dieing that he could imagine.

Answer 6

Like a lot of people said Ali - Frazer 3 edges out Ali - Foreman. What about Tyson v Spinks or Holmes v Frazier Jr? Ok, maybe not.

Answer 7

There have been a lot of them, but some transcend boxing.

Louis/Schmeling II will always be at the very top of my list, from a historical stand point it was the biggest heavyweight fight in history.

The single best heavyweight fight from a purely boxing standpoint was Ali/Frazier in Manila, that one had it all.

In recent memory, the Holyfield/Bowe fights elevated Evander to greatness, but from a historical standpoint they were nowhere near the status of the Louis or Ali fights.

Answer 8

Jack Johnson V Tommy Burns (1908)