Leonard Hatred 10:40 Thu Dec 13
The thriller in Manila
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Why was that held in MANILA?
That seems an odd gaff to host a world title fight
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Far Cough
7:56 Mon Dec 17
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Ray Robinson
WOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA37YVp80w
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Far Cough
6:33 Mon Dec 17
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Frazier won the first one
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Far Cough
6:33 Mon Dec 17
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Yeah 2-1 to Ali
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Northern Sold
6:30 Mon Dec 17
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I thought the third (other) fight (at the Maddi Square gdns) was known as Fight of the century....??
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Far Cough
6:06 Mon Dec 17
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The Fracas in Damascus?
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Iron Duke
5:55 Mon Dec 17
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The Handbags in Baghdad?
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Gavros
5:53 Mon Dec 17
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Shame that the third of the great trilogy of fights never happened.
The Thingy in Equatorial Guinea.
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Far Cough
5:49 Mon Dec 17
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Great interview with Rocky Marciano here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUJ3KDjrlI
He's well spoken for someone whose head is used as a punching bag, great record as well, 49 fights unbeaten and won most by knockout
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Northern Sold
12:11 Fri Dec 14
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/01/thrilla-in-manila-40-years-on-muhammad-ali-joe-frazier-boxing
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Far Cough
11:55 Fri Dec 14
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Farr was a right Welsh bruiser, lost narrowly to Joe Louis at Yankee stadium
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Northern Sold
11:47 Fri Dec 14
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When the whole world stopped.... and it did... for this and the Rumble with big Bad George... what times
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boltkunt
11:23 Fri Dec 14
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Far Cough 11:11 Fri Dec 14
Old bastard.
swt
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,
11:19 Fri Dec 14
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Yes.
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Far Cough
11:11 Fri Dec 14
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Anyone old enough to remember Tommy Farr?
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Westham67
1:57 Fri Dec 14
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Ferdinand Marcos was a dictator and wanted to promote the Philippines
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Too Much Too Young
1:47 Fri Dec 14
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Obviously it sounds better than " The thriller in Vegas".
Maybe Aston Villa would have been a better venue?
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Takashi Miike
12:03 Fri Dec 14
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Hagler's my favourite ever fighter, Benn and Hearns close seconds. that Mugabi fight left a mark on both men
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zebthecat
12:00 Fri Dec 14
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Mugabi was called The Beast but Hagler really was a beast. He could take punches and just dismiss them.
Went on a youtube boxing binge a few weeks and and Lloyd Honeygan's dismantling of Don Curry is the one that stood out. It is Curry's creeping realisation that there is absolutely nothing he can do that got me. What must it feel like if you were convinced that you were invincible?
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Takashi Miike
11:51 Thu Dec 13
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you want another brutal fight, watch hagler v mugabi. two warriors going toe to toe for eleven rounds
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only1billybonds
11:48 Thu Dec 13
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Zeb.
My mates and me used to go to Mile End odeon to see the big fights beamed over from the U.S. Apart from the fights these were some great nights out. And yea the Benn fight was another that was sheer brutality.
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zebthecat
11:44 Thu Dec 13
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only1billybonds 11:39 Thu Dec 13
One of the best fights I have seen live albeit on TV. Benn/McLellan was pretty astonishing too - Saw that in a packed Irish pub near the Elephant. Almost as much fighting going on in the pub - all in all a night out I will remember for ever.
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