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Originally Posted by cashman
The Heavyweight Division during that period was the best its ever been in my opinion, n Smoking Joe was at the top of it fer awhile, a great character n a very gutsy fighter, my own opinion has always been outa the 3 ali fights,Frazier won 2 of em, though statistics say otherwise. sad to see the passing of one of the "Real Greats" R.I.P.
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George Chuvalo said that Frazier was the toughest man he ever fought ... Joe beat him by TKO in the fourth round, I think ... (Ali, by the way, said that Chuvalo was the toughest man he ever fought) ... but, you are right, those were the great days of the sport. That '71 fight was probably the greatest of all time. Forget about the Rumble in the Jungle and the Thrilla in Manila ... THE FIGHT was heavyweight boxing at its best.
