Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier talk trash in 1971 press conference before 'Fight of the Century'

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  • Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier cause a ruckus at a press event leading up to the The Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden, which took place on March 8, 1971. This was filmed on March 06, 1971 in New York. Among the reporters covering the event is ABC's Howard Cosell.

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  • @dfwboxingisback9173
    @dfwboxingisback9173 Před 6 lety +416

    As someone who grew up during this era, the one thing I can tell you all...we took *none* of this for granted. We knew the magnitude of these events and would say to each other (as young adults) "We'll tell our grandchildren about this." i.e. It was not lost...

    • @anonymousdude5550
      @anonymousdude5550 Před 4 lety +14

      man that must have been awesome; ALI is a legend and so it Joe Frazier

    • @MRB1199
      @MRB1199 Před 3 lety +8

      Im jealous of u ....what was it like !!! Please tell me

    • @angeloj3139
      @angeloj3139 Před 2 lety

      Man, it must be Amazing to be in that Era.

    • @kashy101
      @kashy101 Před 2 lety +8

      @@angeloj3139 exactly. As they never had social media or the internet, these events would be the talk for years. All eyes were on this around the world

    • @nepaliguy6537
      @nepaliguy6537 Před 2 měsíci

      damnnnnnn

  • @w900L
    @w900L Před 6 lety +343

    Boy, talk about a fight that actually lived up to the hype.

  • @DJDel1034
    @DJDel1034 Před 5 lety +258

    legend has it that the guy between them became permanently deaf after this

    • @janhundling4647
      @janhundling4647 Před rokem +6

      Lmao

    • @abrahmanharun2154
      @abrahmanharun2154 Před 3 měsíci +2

      With these kinds of trash talks by these two legends, wouldn't it make all the world wanted to see their "Fight of the century" match.

  • @johnrambodalessandro3395
    @johnrambodalessandro3395 Před 6 lety +358

    Never understood these two. Sometimes It looks they're friends, sometimes It seems they're the worst enemies ever. Anyway they're both true legends

    • @paulcalhoun1762
      @paulcalhoun1762 Před 3 lety +25

      Ali and Joe Frazier were never friends, they could have conversations, but it always come down to a competition or rivalry. When Ali was stripped of his title, Joe Frazier would give him money, Ali would jump the vehicle and turn on Joe Frazier, the promotion, Butch Lewis, would witness this same thing. Not to say Joe Frazier was not a good fighter, Ali and Frazier is a huge feud and rivalry. I will give it to Joe in the first fight for having great determination and stamina, even though he ended up in the hospital for a month after the "Fight of the Century". Muhammad Ali had a cracked jaw with a hour visit to the hospital. Ali/Frazier rivalry brought on, Leonard/ Hearns, Bowe/Holyfield, Pryor/Arguello, Gatti/Ward. The non stop action fights.....

    • @maxjackson4066
      @maxjackson4066 Před 3 lety +48

      @@paulcalhoun1762 Ali was great. But not honorable. The things he said about Frazier is unforgivable.

    • @haroonkapoor8233
      @haroonkapoor8233 Před 3 lety +7

      @@maxjackson4066 yeah right it was not good that he say bad things to frazier and i didnt know later ali apologied to frazier and they become freinds ...

    • @maxjackson4066
      @maxjackson4066 Před 3 lety +1

      @@haroonkapoor8233 oh really? Never heard about the apology

    • @haroonkapoor8233
      @haroonkapoor8233 Před 3 lety

      @@maxjackson4066 yeah i just heared like that

  • @the7th20
    @the7th20 Před 7 lety +713

    Class even when they talk trash to each other, not a single curse word

    • @manwithnoplan5496
      @manwithnoplan5496 Před 4 lety +58

      Except where he called Frazier a gorilla and an Uncle Tom. That’s allot less classy than saying fuck or shit

    • @sheikhu1039
      @sheikhu1039 Před 4 lety +11

      Cnor mc gregor enters the chat:- FOUCKIN HELL MATE

    • @KingJachai
      @KingJachai Před 4 lety +3

      At least on camera. In the ring, Ali used to be like I’m about to whoop your ass muthafucka”. He called Antonio Inoki a sissy faggot in the ring too lol

    • @electricity2703
      @electricity2703 Před 4 lety +2

      @@KingJachai any video or something like that?

    • @KingJachai
      @KingJachai Před 4 lety

      Electricity czcams.com/video/rNY6qjFKrF8/video.html
      Start at 10:45 and go on from there

  • @BradXXXBartender
    @BradXXXBartender Před 3 lety +201

    “I have more people in training than you do at your fights!” 😂😂😂

    • @Rambo20244
      @Rambo20244 Před 2 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Jordan-wj1wr
      @Jordan-wj1wr Před rokem +9

      You really humbled the Louisville lip that night. Ali was "great" but Joe was my favourite heavyweight, a class man, not a mouthpiece like Ali, but in retrospect that's what made Ali so unique. RIP CHAMPS!!!

    • @sharmindecruz9757
      @sharmindecruz9757 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Well, he wasnt lying. 😅

  • @r3do0oN
    @r3do0oN Před 5 lety +107

    Both are unforgettable boxers.. Rest in peace legends.

  • @gregtanian
    @gregtanian Před 5 lety +214

    Frazier, totally underrated. Great legends also, Norton, Liston, Foreman Holmes

  • @vaitalv9361
    @vaitalv9361 Před 4 lety +262

    Everyone’s talking about Ali & Frazier, but what about my man between them? 😂

  • @primate4
    @primate4 Před 2 lety +61

    Ali was hilarious!!!!! “You’re gonna crawl across the ring and you gonna look up to me…” 😂Master trash talker who could back it up!

    • @Rambo20244
      @Rambo20244 Před 2 lety +11

      lol joe said the thing is you might not be alive to do that after the fight

    • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
      @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Před rokem +3

      Frazier gave him hell throughout the trilogy and was one of the few to knock him down!

    • @codeck4442
      @codeck4442 Před měsícem

      Goated rivalry. The greatest and most iconic rivalry in sports.

    • @benjaminwilliams6750
      @benjaminwilliams6750 Před 14 dny +1

      Joe actually took him down with an iconic left hook, Ali underestimated joe because he never knew that while he was away from the ring due to banned Joe rised to the heavyweight rank as a top fighter but Ali later found out that in the ring

  • @BottleBri
    @BottleBri Před rokem +28

    These meetings between Ali and Frazier, and other Ali opponents were pure class. None of the vulgarity, swearing etc of your tyson fury’s and other impersonators of todays heavyweights. Ali made the talking FUN. He created interest in the fights for young and old. Todays heavyweights dont come close in personality, ability nor class of this era. There will never be another Ali with everything he brought to the world. We are lucky to have lived in the same era he was alive. The Greatest, you are sadly missed by this world.
    💥🥊

  • @chandradas9404
    @chandradas9404 Před 3 lety +41

    You ain't fighting Sonny Liston you fighting Joe Frazier💥

  • @juangarcia-ml1by
    @juangarcia-ml1by Před 2 lety +53

    You aint fighting Sonny Listón. You aint fighting Jerry Quary,. You aint fighting Oscar Bonavena. YOU FIGHTING JOE FRAZIER!

  • @Hold_me_forever
    @Hold_me_forever Před 2 lety +29

    Its 2021, im a 34year old man. And now its time to tell my kids about ali, fraizer, foreman. Man i hope these legends never get forgotten

  • @felicecancellara4524
    @felicecancellara4524 Před 3 lety +112

    Joe Frazier, a Gentleman, a warrior, a champion ❤️

    • @madamtuzam
      @madamtuzam Před rokem

      A Champion???

    • @-x.z-x8032
      @-x.z-x8032 Před rokem +1

      @@madamtuzam yea he was a heavyweight champion

    • @BBibou
      @BBibou Před rokem +2

      ​@@-x.z-x8032 because ali was in jail

    • @-x.z-x8032
      @-x.z-x8032 Před rokem +1

      @@BBibou still a champion cope about it

    • @MaxSchmidt-ts3cw
      @MaxSchmidt-ts3cw Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@BBiboubecause he beat the current world champion Jimmy Ellis, Ali never set foot into a jailcell, i really don‘t know how „Ali might go to jail“ turned into „Ali was in jail and that’s why so and so were champions“ Ali lost the title because of politics, he then came back, had 2 tune up fights where in one he beat Oscar bonovena around the ring for 15 rounds, and bonovena gave frazier his toughest fight before he fought Ali, Ali wasn‘t a dancer anymore, and even if he was, when somebody like frazier goes to ur body for 6-8 rounds, I don‘t Care who u are, you are not gonna be dancing anymore, Ali would’ve gotten beaten the same or worse if they fought in their „primes“
      Ali was beat, Ali got beat up every single time he fought frazier
      And idk about y’all, but I’d rather have a swollen face that doesn‘t hurt unless i touch it than to piss blood for weeks and not being able to walk because my whole lower body is messed up because the greatest bodypuncher in heavyweight history rearranged my organs

  • @bobbylinning2348
    @bobbylinning2348 Před 4 lety +57

    These brothers were definitely the Greatest hands down! Where are you going to get such magnificent entertainment? All I can do when I watch this is smile.

  • @racoobi
    @racoobi Před 3 měsíci +4

    "You not fighting Quarry, you not fighting Oscar Bonavena, you not fighting Sonny Liston, you fighting Joe Frazier!"
    Rest in peace to both champs. Greatest rivalry in sports history if not the history of the world.

  • @heatherh8359
    @heatherh8359 Před 5 lety +87

    WWE could learn a lot from this work

  • @tusharvatsa5293
    @tusharvatsa5293 Před 3 lety +22

    Ali taught us so many things. Despite they talking trash, its so clear that they don’t have any wrong intentions for each other. These days boxers start throwing punches in the pre match shoot itself, what a shame it is. Ali has been a legend and will always be.

  • @nickcaruth8939
    @nickcaruth8939 Před 2 lety +13

    It doesn't get no better than this pure classic r.i.p both of you guys are champions

  • @cadlexvet
    @cadlexvet Před 4 měsíci +3

    Ali, “ 3-4000 people come to your fights, I get more than that at my training camp”! Classic!!!!!!!

  • @tomfilus6030
    @tomfilus6030 Před 3 lety +53

    Both backed up their talk, but Joe won the fight big time. They put on the best HW fight ever, and Joe was relentless. Ali was resilient. Joe held his own talking here as well. Joe was incredible

    • @cardiocain2122
      @cardiocain2122 Před 10 měsíci +2

      How he won "big time" while he lose twice?

    • @daviddennen7479
      @daviddennen7479 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@cardiocain2122cuz clay kept cheating

    • @Dreamy8900
      @Dreamy8900 Před 5 měsíci

      @@daviddennen7479lol cheating. You a hater. What u gon say he held him in the second fight? News flash all modern boxers do that more than Ali did. But yea it’s cheating apparently. Idiot

    • @sidharthk2793
      @sidharthk2793 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@cardiocain2122
      Ali grabbed his head many times . Watch Manila fight. He got warned Plenty of times. Frazier was also partially blind. So it wasn't easy to fight someone of Ali's calibre with all those shortcomings.

    • @codeck4442
      @codeck4442 Před měsícem

      ⁠@@sidharthk2793Ali is the greatest heavyweight. That was the second fight where Ali held his head many times, Frazier’s eye became blind after Thrilla in Manila.

  • @fahmidyboy
    @fahmidyboy Před 7 lety +46

    what a fight it was, RIP both of you two of the greatest boxers we will ever see

  • @HelloCurve111
    @HelloCurve111 Před 8 lety +253

    REST IN PEACE Guys!!! Love them both

  • @zafz5241
    @zafz5241 Před 3 lety +23

    Now this is what u call a press conference 😂😂🤣

  • @karwinchau4684
    @karwinchau4684 Před rokem +10

    Muhammad Ali “listen to me boy” 😂😂😂☠️

  • @ricksanchez69yearsago91
    @ricksanchez69yearsago91 Před 2 lety +18

    I love how he just casually talk shit when he's right next to him🤣🤣🤣

  • @HaiderAli-tk6jq
    @HaiderAli-tk6jq Před 5 lety +34

    Bruce Lee was still alive at the time.

    • @branco6942
      @branco6942 Před 3 lety +2

      Bruce would break his fast hands on Frazier and then Bruce would be knocked out!!! without a doubt only poking the eyes or a groin kick or a well placed kick to the knees would have safed Bruce in a real fight Joe would knock out your Bruce Lee period!!!

    • @theslash9210
      @theslash9210 Před 3 lety +12

      @@branco6942 he just said that bruce lee was alive.. He didnt say that he would beat frazier... Uff so much hatred

  • @PhoenixProdLLC
    @PhoenixProdLLC Před 3 lety +35

    That poor old man getting crotched between two of the toughest guys around at the time.😂 His expression is like,"This was not part of the dream." 😂😂

  • @kingtyomama6564
    @kingtyomama6564 Před 6 lety +17

    Frazier kicked Ali's ass in the press conference and the fight!! Loving Joe's pinkie ring...

    • @abduljaleelwilliamson679
      @abduljaleelwilliamson679 Před 4 lety +10

      Then Ali beat him in the second fight and almost knock Joe out but the ref made a mistake and thought he heard the bell when Joe was jelly legs from a barrage of blows from Ali and the third fight Eddie Futch saved Joe from probably irreparable damage by stopping the fight after the 14th round so Ali avenged his lost two times!!!

    • @TheMiketyson9
      @TheMiketyson9 Před 3 lety

      Sorry no he didn't ali had a sharp tongue 😜

    • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
      @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Před rokem +2

      @@abduljaleelwilliamson679 lmao, he did not almost knock out Frazier! Frazier got pummeled against Foreman, went down over 6 times and still got up every time. It took the referee stepping in for Joe to stop. And Foreman is way more powerful than Ali! Also in the third fight, his health issues had caught up to him by then, kidney issues, liver problems, back issues, genetic high blood pressure, and blindness in one eye were all issues he dealt with from as early as his amateur fights. Frazier never actually had a full and healthy training camp. Also, Ali said in his biography that if Futch didn’t stop the fight he was going to quit. Some people say that he wouldn’t have and that it’s an exaggeration but it really isn’t. He was telling his corner to cut the gloves but his coach looked at Futch and Frazier arguing and he told Ali “no”. Futch ended up telling Frazier “Son, no one is gonna forget what ya did here tonight! Listen to me!” And Frazier put his head down and said “alright”. Frazier was wanting to go out there and kill him despite his good eye being swollen shut. If he wasn’t going to stop at then, then nothing would.

    • @Rambo20244
      @Rambo20244 Před 2 měsíci

      lol frazier was laying in the hospital for months after that fight

  • @TheYolkfolk
    @TheYolkfolk Před 6 lety +139

    1:49
    Ali: "You the champ?"
    Frazier: "Right on."
    Haha.

    • @machhuana4645
      @machhuana4645 Před 4 lety +4

      Nice
      ........

    • @delanowhitfield
      @delanowhitfield Před 2 lety +7

      Ali let that process real quick and than he clapped back immediately 😭 It was like he said….. “Ik he didn’t just say that to me” lmaaoo

    • @user-nv2wt4hi8t
      @user-nv2wt4hi8t Před 2 lety +6

      Frazier's 'Did I stutter?' attitude and Ali's momentary disbelief at Frazier's statement is glorious lmao

  • @citycentregreen
    @citycentregreen Před 6 lety +18

    would we ever produce legends like these again

  • @liberty5069
    @liberty5069 Před 2 lety +7

    The man in the middle certainly suffered from PTSD after this.

    • @whitneywilliams317
      @whitneywilliams317 Před 2 lety +1

      He's like Wait Wait Wait hold hold hold hol hol .....hold it.....🤦‍♂️ wa.....wa...........😂😂

  • @Armando316
    @Armando316 Před 5 lety +8

    You could tell it was pure publicity but this was a real rivalry. The true glory days of boxing.

  • @elvicare35
    @elvicare35 Před 6 lety +28

    How awesome is this, I'm in tears laughing and thoroughly enjoying the show, That's Entertainment!!!!!

  • @exposegovernments2217
    @exposegovernments2217 Před 3 lety +12

    They still keep it professional and respectful. Today is all about social media.

  • @blite13
    @blite13 Před 7 lety +129

    These 2 were made for each other....classic.

    • @lovenlightman
      @lovenlightman Před 6 lety

      Muhamad did not stop Humiliating Frazier dough Frzier was as Good as he was

    • @elainemorey1119
      @elainemorey1119 Před 6 lety

      they were as bad as eachother lol

    • @planc3318
      @planc3318 Před 6 lety

      James Morey They were great friends

    • @johnbriny1126
      @johnbriny1126 Před 5 lety

      Rip both them😢

    • @manwithnoplan5496
      @manwithnoplan5496 Před 4 lety

      Plan C they were not great friends Frazier literally hated Ali till the day he died

  • @danielh2264
    @danielh2264 Před 7 lety +120

    Much more exciting than the press conferences now days ! 😂

    • @elvicare35
      @elvicare35 Před 6 lety +2

      No doubt, was that ever fun to watch!!!!!

    • @sexxmode3197
      @sexxmode3197 Před 6 lety +7

      And Respectful

    • @jeremiahthompson99
      @jeremiahthompson99 Před 6 lety

      Daniel H very entertaining seem way different from nowadays

    • @DEFLEMENT
      @DEFLEMENT Před 5 lety

      Daniel H tyson fury always puts on good ones

  • @ShawnC.T.
    @ShawnC.T. Před 4 lety +7

    Smh, you can't say one of these guy's name, without thinking of the other, it will be that way forever, R.I.P. to both of these legends...

  • @TheGodisgodis
    @TheGodisgodis Před 6 lety +28

    This is actually the first time I've seen Frazier match Ali in the shit talk fight hype department.

    • @JahleelX-xx9wd
      @JahleelX-xx9wd Před 3 lety

      If u watch the talk show Dick Cavett. That was the only other time he matched him for the most part.

    • @hardcorehouse
      @hardcorehouse Před rokem

      Joe never gets credit for being able to stand right up to him

  • @davidjudah4578
    @davidjudah4578 Před 3 lety +3

    This is GOLD!! I was a child but boy do I remember this. Look at Cossell instigating. LOL. CLASSIC

  • @chrishasaclue
    @chrishasaclue Před 6 lety +27

    Guy im the middle is like “wtf did I get myself into?”

  • @AdamWest1290
    @AdamWest1290 Před 3 lety +9

    "Don't let him obligate you he's agitated" lmfao 🤣

  • @gatshatsha
    @gatshatsha Před 8 lety +18

    love to both of them. the world will never have champions as brilliant and entrtaining as these guys. RIP freedom fighters,

  • @MrAndygayle
    @MrAndygayle Před 4 lety +4

    Two beautiful warriors talking...the love is real.

  • @morticin3838
    @morticin3838 Před 8 lety +183

    Ali was selling those tickets!!!

    • @tyrese3745
      @tyrese3745 Před 5 lety +1

      $150 worth of 'em

    • @meezie81
      @meezie81 Před 3 lety

      Wolf tickets! Ali knew that Joe was a different kind of dude, he knew that he couldn’t psyche him out like he’d done to others like Liston and Terrell.

  • @ryanomahony2060
    @ryanomahony2060 Před 7 měsíci +3

    OMG I AM IN IRELAND WATCHING THIS VIDEO - I HAVE PAINS FROM LAUGHING !!!! ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS ( I NEEDED A GOOD LAUGH??) SO SO FUNNY - AND POOR MAN BETWEEN THEM - CONFUSED ?? NOT GETTING A WORD IN !! OH SO FUNNY R I P TO ALL THANKS TO U - TUBE

  • @clevelandwilliams5922
    @clevelandwilliams5922 Před rokem +2

    Frazier had something to prove in this fight with Muhammad Ali, he needed to cement his championship status. This is why Frazier trained hard and got himself trim 206 lbs.
    If he had done so with Foreman he would’ve been conditioned to weave away from Foreman’s punches and land those body blows he was infamous for. Foreman was capable of knocking him out off course but it would’ve been a different fight all together. By the time he faces Foreman in 73, Ali 74 & 75 & Foreman once more in 76 he allowed his desire and hunger to be champion to slip in his training. This is why I base my standard of Frazier from 68 to 71.

  • @patrickrenteria7416
    @patrickrenteria7416 Před rokem +2

    The guy sitting in the middle

  • @Brian_tim
    @Brian_tim Před 2 lety

    There will never be another rivalry like this one

  • @patriceikome1507
    @patriceikome1507 Před 6 lety +9

    Them 2 were awesome

  • @gilbertwashington8685
    @gilbertwashington8685 Před 3 lety +9

    Joe Frazier was no match when it came to trash talking with Ali 🗣

    • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
      @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Před rokem +1

      Didn’t give in though, he wasn’t a man of talk. When it came to the fight though, he gave Ali hell.

    • @hardcorehouse
      @hardcorehouse Před rokem

      Joe never back down, which Ali lovers never realize

    • @kierra_mist
      @kierra_mist Před 7 měsíci

      @@hardcorehousejoe was tough as nails but Ali was a hammer

    • @hardcorehouse
      @hardcorehouse Před 7 měsíci

      Joe held his own in every way, NEVER backed down to the BSer

  • @antcharn1986
    @antcharn1986 Před 3 měsíci

    Ali is and will always be one of my idols. What a great man and champion he was. I remember bein a kid and my dad lettin me stay up to liston to tyson vs holyfield on the radio. Was a special moment for me bein with my dad listenin to such a massive fight

  • @maniakgaib
    @maniakgaib Před 3 lety +4

    RIP Two Legends

  • @gertjanboot5535
    @gertjanboot5535 Před rokem +2

    Was the best boxing match I ever have seen in my entire Life , lived up to the high expectations , first rounds for Ali , later rounds and the whole fight in general for Joe...........

  • @thembandlovu9455
    @thembandlovu9455 Před 4 lety +42

    These two were having fun. They probably laughed after this.

    • @ShawnKavanagh
      @ShawnKavanagh Před 3 lety +1

      Great showmen. Hilarious PG humour done right.

    • @joshualowry2000
      @joshualowry2000 Před 3 lety +18

      Frazier genuinely hated Ali with good reason.

    • @ascendantking2178
      @ascendantking2178 Před 3 lety +2

      @@joshualowry2000 I don't think ali ever hated frazier. It was always business with him. Ali even called foreman before their fight and told George that he would be responsible for all the promoting for the fight.

    • @awesomesause1116
      @awesomesause1116 Před 3 lety +5

      Ali called joe Frazier a gorilla, an Uncle Tom, he called him ugly, smelly etc. Joe hated him, they didn’t laugh together for a while

    • @jimmyjohnsen1478
      @jimmyjohnsen1478 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol this wasn’t friendly Trash talking.. this goes beyong good taste.. ali marked frazier for his whole life and some say he went too far

  • @w900L
    @w900L Před 6 lety +28

    What a colorful time in boxing. Today it’s depressing. Guys don’t have this character. Everything’s phony and contrived. This is classic. These guys talked at the press conference, at the weigh in, at the pre fight instructions, and during the fight. And the fight lived up to the hype. Greatest sporting event in history.

    • @Faren_
      @Faren_ Před 5 lety +2

      w900L The “Thrilla in Manila” was better, but this easily goes into the top five.

    • @dennisbaker1002
      @dennisbaker1002 Před 5 lety

      Joe only talked to Ali, I loved Joe saying, "This is today!"

  • @Desh681
    @Desh681 Před 6 lety +1

    Man, everything Frasier says is just so lovable.

  • @alsmith646
    @alsmith646 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Love him or hate him Ali believes in what he says

  • @niazighani4707
    @niazighani4707 Před 8 lety +13

    rest in peace both champs

  • @Muhammad-uu3nu
    @Muhammad-uu3nu Před 4 lety +2

    Back then when trash talk was even as entertaining as the real fight

  • @ernc1941
    @ernc1941 Před 6 lety +15

    Joe Frazier really held his own here against Ali. Ali’s confidence was shaken against Frazier. He had never met anyone so genuinely confident about beating him. I think Joe had beaten Ali mentally before they stepped into the ring. And Joe knew it.

    • @brucescott4261
      @brucescott4261 Před 5 lety

      Ern C ...Ali's confidence wasn't anywhere near shaken. However, The Greatest did clown around during the bout, took Smokin' Joe for granted and lost that fight. Furthermore, the odds were against Ali since he became the objector regarding the war in Vietnam. The white conservatives, were still hateful and cruel to The Greatest, never gave him a chance, PERIOD!!! Frazier didn't defeat Ali unanimously. He delivered that knockdown which gave him that slight edge, which was a wake up call for Ali. Afterwards, it was Smokin' Joe who unquestionably looked like the loser. The photographs was the proof in the pudding. The latter experienced complications from Ali's punches. The latter walked with just a swollen right jaw.the

    • @ANTHONY0808able
      @ANTHONY0808able Před 5 lety +3

      @@brucescott4261 This is nonsense. Joe pounded Ali relentlessly for 15 rounds and won easily a unanimous decision. Credit Ali to this day for not being KO'd on those murderous left hands in the 15th round. But this was Joe's shining moment, he whooped Ali in every way possible, this night was his. Ali, a great warrior and champion, had plenty of shining moments prior and to come after this night.

    • @thelevisullivan
      @thelevisullivan Před 2 lety +2

      @@ANTHONY0808able It’s like Foreman said once. Joe was the best in the world that night. No one could beat him then.

    • @hardcorehouse
      @hardcorehouse Před rokem

      Joe never got credit for standing up to the bigmouth

    • @brucescott4261
      @brucescott4261 Před rokem

      @@hardcorehouse ...Another casual observer, and anti-Ali.

  • @wcgold2
    @wcgold2 Před rokem

    This was great 👍

  • @user-qk7eg2ek1l
    @user-qk7eg2ek1l Před 4 měsíci

    You fightin' Joe Frazier!
    RIP SMOKIN' JOE
    THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

  • @replicacity92
    @replicacity92 Před 2 lety +4

    When fighters had class but were still competitive

  • @rockstar8417
    @rockstar8417 Před 6 lety

    I just love this guys.. both joe Frazier and muhammad ali had a very gud fight and they are become frends after all

  • @TheGogeta2222
    @TheGogeta2222 Před 4 lety +19

    Lol look like 2 drunk uncles 😂😂😂

  • @safafatihgencaslan400
    @safafatihgencaslan400 Před 4 lety +11

    Who is watching this after the press conference of Ruiz v Joshua 2? 😂

    • @rhicke7741
      @rhicke7741 Před 4 lety

      I know what u mean hahaha. The difference

  • @raymorgan2320
    @raymorgan2320 Před rokem +1

    i love both of emm,, they were the boxing legends, muhammad migght talking so rude against joe but i knew it wasn't be personal,, they were good buddys prior to their boxing career.

  • @TheBelgica1
    @TheBelgica1 Před 2 lety +1

    Look at the commissioner sitting down the whole time haha Amazing, what a fight this was!

  • @musanap
    @musanap Před rokem +1

    This what hyping up a fight really looks like! This became the template of all future boxing pre-fight press conferences!

  • @anonymousdude5550
    @anonymousdude5550 Před 4 lety +1

    This video is a National Treasure

  • @nicflair999
    @nicflair999 Před rokem

    This was the best 4 minutes of my life

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 Před 2 lety

    I don't think this was filmed on 6th March 1971.
    I think it was filmed in December 1970.

  • @soleknight3212
    @soleknight3212 Před rokem +1

    I'm here in 2023, and guy in the middle is STILL trying to announce the fight!

  • @syaba5336
    @syaba5336 Před 2 lety +1

    Insane frienemy chemistry

  • @theworkerhours3141
    @theworkerhours3141 Před 5 lety +1

    my beautiful brothers!

  • @jatintyagi896
    @jatintyagi896 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This is trash talk but still in a very classy gentlemanly manner. No cussing or any other offensive words. Just pure banter. My best parts were
    1:04 - Don't let him obligate you
    2:18 - Get your hands of me
    2:35 - If Joe Frazier whoops me........ (you can cleary see ali smirking as he makes this statement)

  • @randyparker1759
    @randyparker1759 Před 3 lety +4

    With the trash talking and even in the boxing ring I bet Ali and Frazier were best friends this was funny 😂

    • @vgr112261
      @vgr112261 Před 2 lety +1

      They were absolutely NOT best friends. There was an abundance of real animosity leading to this fight.

  • @lestercrest2654
    @lestercrest2654 Před 7 lety +9

    the original roast session....wow there awesome...RIP

  • @thedoctorate
    @thedoctorate Před 7 měsíci +1

    Back when trash talk was spoken with a bit of class

  • @riametarmando2724
    @riametarmando2724 Před 4 lety +9

    I'm guessing none of them crawled😂

  • @carolynm8421
    @carolynm8421 Před 12 dny

    Legend has it Ali is still preparing to crawl across the ring to tell Frazier he's the champ.

  • @popularculture2890
    @popularculture2890 Před 5 lety

    lol. love it. these guys are obviously not enemies.

  • @juanmasday2896
    @juanmasday2896 Před 2 lety +1

    When the boxing conference not scripted!!

  • @MrQmason
    @MrQmason Před 8 lety +12

    Hahahahaha....tears of joy and laughter...thanks for posting

  • @myhobby3241
    @myhobby3241 Před 6 lety +5

    Verry Miss Them Both 😢❤❤❤

  • @heisenbutt
    @heisenbutt Před 3 lety +4

    The fight of the century that actually lived up to its hype, unlike the corrupt Fight of the Century Pac vs Money.

  • @dannyphantom894
    @dannyphantom894 Před 2 lety +1

    You just knew they were good friends

  • @bowattanga
    @bowattanga Před 4 měsíci +2

    these two boxers were very interesting indeed

  • @syambakar409
    @syambakar409 Před rokem

    Two of the best heavyweights boxing legends in the history of their era, Muhammad Ali and Smokin' Joe Frazier

  • @MVGMoe
    @MVGMoe Před 2 lety

    GOLD😂 RIP To Both Legends! I feel bad for the commentator in the middle Imao

  • @elcabrito21
    @elcabrito21 Před rokem +1

    Ali is loveable without a doubt but Joe Frazier has won me over too. Respect and r.i.p both 👏 thanks for the shows

  • @almirmemisevic381
    @almirmemisevic381 Před 7 lety +6

    ALI LEGEND

  • @LibraLee88
    @LibraLee88 Před 8 lety +141

    GOD.....THIS IS PRICELESS LOL!

    • @45yeldar
      @45yeldar Před 8 lety +3

      Agreed!

    • @nabilahmedkhan8052
      @nabilahmedkhan8052 Před 7 lety +2

      Indeed !

    • @miriamvashti9130
      @miriamvashti9130 Před 6 lety +2

      YESSS! I love how they're acting towards each other like they're in a some competition ay home in their living rooms!

    • @princerogers804
      @princerogers804 Před 6 lety

      deedooc

    • @LibraLee88
      @LibraLee88 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@miriamvashti9130 Right! Like it's a video game or cards they're about to play 😆

  • @brucescott4261
    @brucescott4261 Před 3 lety

    WPIX ARCHIVES: The quality of this film is incredibly superb, after nearly fifty years.

  • @LorenzPTews
    @LorenzPTews Před 2 lety

    that's the way to make the audience hungry ... !
    imagine racing drivers would talk to eachother like that before the grand prix.

  • @emmamanherz5250
    @emmamanherz5250 Před 2 lety +2

    I love these guys😅

  • @RobRivShowsLive01
    @RobRivShowsLive01 Před 5 lety +1

    Ali vs Frazier Was Like Peanut Butter And Jelly! They Are Great Together!!!!

  • @tristantopambudi3186
    @tristantopambudi3186 Před 5 lety

    This is what boxing interview supposed to be
    Sadly no crawl happening as we're all got no answer who has won
    What a great time