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eli1601 · 70-79, M
Secretariat and Affirmed
eli1601 · 70-79, M
@RenFur Ali fought too long, as well. The other thing was you had a WBA champion a WBC champion etc. And the personalities were gone.
When I first became aware of boxing, Sonny Liston had just destroyed Floyd Patterson for the second time and was supposed to do the same to Cassius Clay. I remember sitting at the kitchen table with my dad listening to the Clay- Liston fight. It wasn't on TV.
When Ali and Joe Frazier fought the first time in 1971 I paid $16 to watch on closed circuit TV at the New Haven Arena. It is still the most electricity I have experienced at or watching a sporting event. Unforgettable.
When I first became aware of boxing, Sonny Liston had just destroyed Floyd Patterson for the second time and was supposed to do the same to Cassius Clay. I remember sitting at the kitchen table with my dad listening to the Clay- Liston fight. It wasn't on TV.
When Ali and Joe Frazier fought the first time in 1971 I paid $16 to watch on closed circuit TV at the New Haven Arena. It is still the most electricity I have experienced at or watching a sporting event. Unforgettable.