2006-06-07 19:26:21 · 5 answers · asked by corncream_1205 1 in Sports ➔ Boxing
Not exactly sure but I think it was "Smokin Joe Frasier"....OK, it was Joe Frasier......
BBC Five Live's boxing commentator John Rawling reflects on Muhammad Ali's first defeat in 1971 and how a loss made him even greater. ... Joe Frazier was the first truly global sporting event made ... The evidence of Ali's form before stepping into face Frazier ... later when Buster Douglas sent him to defeat in Tokyo ...
2006-06-07 19:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by Curious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smoking Joe Frazier. When they fought for the Heavyweight championship in 1970. Ali made his comeback from exile imposed on him by the American government for not fighting in the Vietnam war.
2006-06-08 22:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by Bru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was "Smokin" Joe Frasier. but in all honesty it was after ali's 3 year layoff where he lost his prime years. If ali had fought frasier in his prime it wouldnt have been close and the trilogy wouldnt have happened. Ali was smarter in his later years but his skill was greater before his exile. And in my humble opinion Joe Frasier was not skilled enough to deal with ali in his prime. He wouldnt have landed a punch. Ali took more punches in one fight with frasier than he did in his entire career prior to that fight because of the layoff from the exile
2006-06-11 13:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by phillyzphinestaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Foreman
2006-06-14 18:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Sister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Frasier their first fight March 8 1971 in Madison square Garden it was a big event they were both undefeated but Joe won that fight.
2006-06-08 15:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by G-man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋