Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
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January 28, 1974
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
ABC Wide World of Sports Broadcast
Ali vs. Frazier II, billed as Super Fight II, was the second of three bouts between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Ali would come out on top in the rematch with a unanimous decision victory.
Unlike the first and third bouts, which were 15-rounders for the World Heavyweight Championship, the second fight was a 12-rounder for the North American Boxing Federation heavyweight title.
Ali, the No. 1 contender, was out to avenge his 1971 loss to Frazier and secure a shot at World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman, who had dethroned Frazier the previous January.
Frazier, the No. 2 contender, wanted a chance to regain the championship and avenge his 1973 defeat to Foreman, the sole blemish on his record.
On January 23, Ali and Frazier visited ABC studios in New York City to review their first fight with commentator Howard Cosell for ABC's Wide World of Sports, which would air two days before their rematch. This would result in the infamous studio brawl that resulted in both fighters being fined $5,000 by the New York State Athletic Commission.
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Joe Frazier wasn't a fighter he was a brawler and Muhammad Ali PUNISHED his FACE! Speak the Truth
I'm enjoying the O.J. Simpson interludes between each round....lol
Great fights and a great time in life. I miss those two great Men RIP.
The 12th round is representative for the entire rivalry of these two great fighters. Scored 116-112 Ali. Exactly 48 years after this fight happened. RIP Muhammad Ali - RIP Joe Frazier.
Love the World Wide of Sports theme and video
@toddm9501
Жыл бұрын
Or, Wide World of Sports. I'm so old. Each applies!
Never again has the ring been so crowded. They are the greatest of all times.
@avbugsy38
3 жыл бұрын
Yes they are, let's throw in foreman and every other champion of this golden era
@terrenceperkins5282
Жыл бұрын
Nah Ali is .
If you skip straight into round 12 after round 1, you'll notice a only small difference in how they fight. These warriors have insane endurance.
@active.7universal
Жыл бұрын
you want to see insane stamina 🥊 go watch Ali vs chuvalo in 66 and jump to ROUND 15 man Ali threw over 100 punches and landed just about 100... I'm pretty sure that will never happen again
@CC-ff7ft
Жыл бұрын
@@active.7universal that's Ali's first time going 15 rounds, the stamina it would take to do it is insane , great fight & Chavalo was one tuff s.o.b, never knocked off his feet in 89 fights.
@user-jz3fd8qv9c
4 күн бұрын
Да - Вы правы. Поразительная выносливость удержания смертоносных ударов
My favorite round is round nine, where Joe opens up by taunting Ali saying, "Come on! Come on!" And Ali responds by connecting continuous jabs while Frazier swing hooks in vain. Ali! Ali ! Ali!
Nobody’s gonna mention that lit opening from ABC sports lol
@87steaks
Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@williedee947
Жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s that's how all the great sports events came on ... on ABC and they had world series super bowl boxing of course was on regular Chanel free Olympics any sports ABC had it and u watched that OPENING with the skier 🎿 flying off path and all that shit ....
Ali best years of boxing where taking away because he would not fight in the Vietnam war for three years and Iron Mike Tyson for alleged allegation’s I think Ali will always be the greatest he was getting to be past his best here and taking to many head shots Smoking Joe was a bull of a man with his head down style and constant forward attack Rip Ali Rip Fraser two of the GOATS of this greet sport
@user-jz3fd8qv9c
4 күн бұрын
Вы правы. Золотые и написанные правила - здесь святы.
Perez let Ali hold too much in this fight, Joe couldn't get his momentum going like the first fight.
Every time and then I must watch this REAL BOXING, instead what´s happening nowadays. Thanks for great upload.
@worldview6218
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s actually sad the state of boxing nowadays. Tbh I’ve shifted to mma because that sport is evolving and it’s full of fighters who are the best, fighting the best, unlike boxing where it’s mostly the best ducking each other and padding their records. I tell you what though, the fury wilder 3 fight as much as I thought was a waste of time and didn’t need to happen didn’t disappoint at all and gave a much needed shot in the arm for at least hw boxing.
When O.J popped up i almost had a heart attack... lol
@GMAV3RICK
Жыл бұрын
Whats the problem? The man can’t do his job?
@miabueloesamunikeymipadrel4878
Жыл бұрын
Oj when I didn't kill you or steal your jewelry
@active.7universal
Жыл бұрын
why ? he didn't have his gloves on
@joeyoconnor3039
Жыл бұрын
@@GMAV3RICK was a lousy commentator anyway
@BoilingDietCoke
Жыл бұрын
Lmao 😂
Great performance by Muhammad Ali. Fit on point, well done.
The lil oj simpson interludes are crazy
When we were in 5th grade and putted on the gloves to fight The Ali ring dance was the hit parade , but nobody couldn't keep it up after two rounds. I think no boxing fights in the world could had more tv viewers than Ali fights.
@juststop9379
2 жыл бұрын
Damn you old broski 💀😳🚶♂️
Props for including the Wide World of Sports intro with the iconic "agony of defeat". A classic battle between 2 of the greatest, classic broadcast, with a (ahem) killer cameo.
@newageroidrage2442
Жыл бұрын
HAHA youre too slick with that one
A staple of Ali's fights: Bundini yelling in the background.
What a second battel between these two legends, I love the stance of Ali and the way he unloads those flurries and his overall accuracy is impressive. However that low profile and wind up punches from Frazier are devastating, great fight!
Ali was six feet four but he moved like a light heavyweight in his earlier fights OJ Simpson did look young liked his Afro style haircut Ali was back on his heels dancing in round ten Ali was always a step away when Fraser threw a punch the twelve round one of the best the decision was close but Ali deserved the win Fraser was very respectful
They were the best
Whatever happen to the fellow reading the sports news around min 18? He was in movies even at one point
These videos are great, thank you!
Frazier's style along with Norton's style was most difficult for Ali to fight against. Foreman's style was able to handle Frazier and Norton better. Ali admitted Foreman hit hard and dangerous but if he could get Foreman tired out by throwing punches he could counter attack Foreman. Getting Foreman to have to go longer than he was used to fighting his opponents was the key to beating him.
@BoxOfficeVegasLLC
3 жыл бұрын
Against Foreman, Ali was very aggressive from the start. He shook George up with hard shots in first round and repeatedly beat him to the punch
@brandonchambers4083
3 жыл бұрын
@@BoxOfficeVegasLLC that's something people rarely talk about, ali was very aggressive in that fight baiting George to react with wild draining punches
A killer performance, with killer commentary ;)
@Azazello321
2 жыл бұрын
hee hee hee!😁😁
Smokin'Joe is my man. And OJ killed the buzz.
@jimboscooter432
Жыл бұрын
That's not all he killed
OJ's shimmy when he talks lmao
@CinqueMalcolm
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, what the hell was that? Looking like he was trying to juke a linebacker on a off tackle run.
@spank2424
3 жыл бұрын
He’s not doing that no more.
@bigalexg
2 жыл бұрын
He was nervous AF but displaced it all to his shaking body and a bit of quiver in his voice - working hard to try to hide it, desperate to fake self-confidence, but clearly terrified.
I didn’t expect the appearances by the Killer Juice in between rounds😆
@mike300406
2 жыл бұрын
really eh not needed at all
@bradleykline7937
2 жыл бұрын
OJ shattered glass ceilings in broadcasting early, even though he wasn't that good, people liked the JUICE...
@kingdomofanimaria
8 ай бұрын
@@bradleykline7937how famous was OJ for younger people
This fight really needed to be a 15 rounder! Still a great fight!
@poolplexer
3 жыл бұрын
It's not a championship fight. Therefore it's not 15 rounds
@krypticzisback
3 жыл бұрын
@@poolplexer I know I’m saying it’s a shame it wasn’t a 15 rounder
@poolplexer
3 жыл бұрын
@@krypticzisback oh I got you. I think I just read it the wrong way LOL
@krypticzisback
3 жыл бұрын
@@poolplexer no worries! I prob could have worded it better
Cà c'était le Vrai Noble Art ...! juste regarder sans commenter et admirer ces deux légendes !....Zigi
Ohh... Yes... goo ... goo ... oll of you ❤️ !
This Second Fight is not as Thrillingly as Fight 1 &. 3. But, it's still a very Entertaining Fight. 1love
"Beat him Muhammad beat him" -legendary coach
@wesleypresley1000
3 жыл бұрын
@Marcellus Bull Miranda Lets go home champ.,Lets go home.
17:25 I love the way Ali dances in the ring
Ali always got in the most punches
Ali holds a lot against aggressive fighters like Frazier and Spinks
Wow, what a fight! Incredible boxers 👍
OJ was killing it on his segment. His segment sponsored by Acquit all size leather gloves. And Juice energy drink. When you gotta pull an all night job. This drink will do the trick.😏
GREAT FIGHTERS 🥊🥊🎩🎩🏏🙊🥂👨🎓
Ali DANCING again! Unlike the first fight. Not the 60s but good enough to smoke Smokin Joe. Ali is the GREATEST of all time!
@wahonogalih508
2 жыл бұрын
Hyj. P
Any boxers on here. Just wondered when boxers are grappling in middle of the ring, holding on to each other, do they whisper things in the others ears like, that last punch didnt hurt, or ile get you in the next round etc
What advantages gives you jumping (dancing) like ali faster movement?
what was on the undercard this evening?
ALI LEGEND
@BBQFanNo1
3 жыл бұрын
Not taking anything away from Spinks, Holmes and Berbick wins like Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Liston, Moore, Patterson, Chuvalo, Norton, Lyle, Young, Shavers, Cooney, Etc they were great fighters too but Ali with early stages of his Parkinson's along with years of body and brain damage fighting was clearly a shadow of the fighter he was when he fought Frazier, Second Fight Against Norton, Foreman and even Lyle. Thrilla In Manilla was the last of the classic Ali we know. It also helped Holmes being a sparring partner of Ali. This is why I believe Frazier would have also had a difficult battle beating Norton if both fought because Norton was also his sparring partner.
Nice fight
That announcer kills me lol
Whoever the 1 person who disliked this video is, you must not be a boxing 🥊 fan
@xavierzlotorowiez316
3 жыл бұрын
its a sad virgin who saw his dad being beaten by joe and ali
@lloydkline1518
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest fight ever on 🎥film
@jimboscooter432
Жыл бұрын
Def not the best
Nobody ever took points away from Ali for holding behind the head. He was never deducted a point in his career. It would have been different if he fought today
@active.7universal
Жыл бұрын
it's called clinching/a legal strategy boxing nowadays is a joke//Tyson fury vs wilder total punches thrown by fury 332 //Ali vs chuvalo in 1966 Ali threw over 100 punches and landed just about 100 in ROUND 15 alone/go watch and count for yourself
@gringodelsur7971
Жыл бұрын
@@active.7universal holding behind the head is illegal
@active.7universal
Жыл бұрын
@@gringodelsur7971 actually holding and hitting is illegal and earnie shavers had countless KO from holding and throwing the uppercut but Ali beat all of em so let's cry about the clinch //I can go on and point out all of em got away with something but folks like you cry about Ali clinch cuz it's Ali /
@lwmson
Жыл бұрын
They also didn't take any points from Joe for hitting below the belt.
Ali vs Frazier was textbook boxing.
For my money Ali won all three fights against Frazier. I watched the fight of the century again yesterday for the umpteenth time where Ali won rounds one, two, three, four, five, nine, ten and fourteen and Frazier all the other rounds. All these fights followed the same pattern - Frazier receiving the far greater punishment with both eyes closing in all three fights. Frazier was a gallant fighter but Ali and Foreman both had his number.
@rhcpimprovandcovers1063
7 ай бұрын
Surr, except ali was pumbled fight 1
the OJ jumpscare lmao
That's a freaky O.J. appearance between rds 7 n 8.
@lwmson
3 жыл бұрын
"Freaky" to you because I assume you're young. lol. It's probably hard for younger folks to fathom, but O.J. was very popular in the mainstream back in the 70's. Almost the way that Michael Jordan is revered today.
@ppuh6tfrz646
3 жыл бұрын
@@lwmson At least Michael Jordan never killed anyone.
@lwmson
3 жыл бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 I said the 70's, which was almost two decades before the murder of his wife. The perception of him was dramatically different then.
@ppuh6tfrz646
3 жыл бұрын
@@lwmson That's not really the point. Any appearance by O.J. Simpson will appear freaky now whether the viewer knew him before the murder or not. There was a celebrity in the UK called Jimmy Savile and any film of him that's seen now is disturbing both to people who initially knew him as a TV presenter and to those who only know him for what he was revealed to be.
@lwmson
3 жыл бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 Of course it would appear freaky now, given all that has transpired over the decades. But back then, it didn't. I know it is hard for you to imagine it, but O.J. at the time was considered to be a clean cut, personable celebrity.
I only got round by round summary sponsored by Curlee Shoes of Des Moines in fight one. KCBC could not get broadcast rights.
It's funny seeing OJ in anything other than a court room
that was only the 50 percent of joe frazier
@bobbyhulll8737
3 жыл бұрын
only 50% of a young Ali
Thats the Whay you have thoo fiight ... boos ... 🇨🇭💕😊 !
I think what’s crazy is Ali managed to distinguish himself as the greatest in the golden age if hw boxing when the absolute best heavyweights of all time mostly existed within the same period and fought each other, and he managed to do it after his prime years. Imagine what his career would have been like in boxing and what we missed by him being robbed of his prime. But at the same time all of what happened sort of culminated in his overall greatness because of all the things he did outside the ring as well but man, it’s a damn shame we never got to see it.
Tony Perez did not like Muhammad Ali, PERIOD!!!
@MegaSmarterthanyou
3 жыл бұрын
i agree in one of the early rounds , ali had frazier in trouble , yet perez stopped the fight before the bell rang , also in the wepner fight with ali , perez was a joke !
A cabeça de Alí voltava para traz com os GB Frazier em todos os raud
@Leo-ci8ol
2 жыл бұрын
Vdd
Love that poster that makes Joe bigger than what he is in relation to Ali🤫😉!
Did anybody notice the hurler getting murdered in the intro
I think this had been a very dangerous fight of the last century - I am an on- looker only; i am saying this only after the commentators' sayings as well as the shouting of the observers in that match.
@3rdpersonality48
3 жыл бұрын
Word
Man do you have the fight between Henry Tillman and Willie DeWitt?.
@ringsidevideos
7 жыл бұрын
I should have their fight from the '84 Olympics, but I don't believe I have their pro fight. Now that I think about it I can't recall ever seeing that fight. I'm not sure what network/broadcast it would have been on. Might of been a Canadian broadcast if it exists out there somewhere.
Nice
As good as he was, Cosell was such a biased commentator when Ali was involved...
@brandonchambers4083
3 жыл бұрын
You'll hear it in all commentators, there human like we are 😅
Foda 🥊💥
So much holding by Ali!
@williedee947
Жыл бұрын
The First fight was pretty good
@monarch1651
10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately a lot of Ali's fights weren't classics, and ended up being ali taking a massive amount of head trauma for 12 rounds while still winning on the scorecards with softer punches by which he would walk away with a unanimous decision. Ali was an innovator but so was niccolino, probably moreso and no one claims he was the greatest of all time.
OJ: the Detroit Wed Wings. lol
It to me alis best fight floated like a butterfly stung like a bee joe missed cause he couldn't see r i p both champions
@tommason1518
3 жыл бұрын
Watch it
Sem dúvidas o Joel Frazier foi roubado nesta luta . Joel Frazier deu mais gb na cabeça mais cruzado , Alí tomou uma sura de Joel Frazier
I don't know why this happened but Cosell's commentary between 12:47 and 14:26 was clearly delivered after the fight.
@HendrixRipoff
2 жыл бұрын
the same reason the ref stepped in at about 13:08
@ppuh6tfrz646
2 жыл бұрын
@@HendrixRipoff I don't see a connection, to be honest. What reason did you have in mind?
@HendrixRipoff
2 жыл бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 corruption
@ppuh6tfrz646
2 жыл бұрын
@@HendrixRipoff Cosell's commentary was later dubbed in a studio because of 'corruption'?
@HendrixRipoff
2 жыл бұрын
@@ppuh6tfrz646 start at 12:50 and watch. Around 13:08 or so, the ref steps in, because they’re trying to fix the fight for Frazier if every way possible. Ali was slaughtering him there and would have put him down.
Joe didn't throw any low blows like he did in the first match
@toddbearden7251
2 жыл бұрын
Cause Ali wore his shorts waaay up like Urkle
The mob at its best at 13:08 with Frazier stumbling backwards and Ali firing away, the ref hears a bell no one else hears and stops the round... Really ??????
@courtneyross7879
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha...no mob shenanigans, man. Sometimes, shit actually does just happen. Ali was still a member of the Nation. Not even the mob was fucking with that!
@worldview6218
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah as much as mob did pervade boxing at this time I don’t think that’s what happened here. It’s so damn loud in there that sometimes the bell just straight up isn’t heard or a ref thinks a bell rings when it doesn’t. Plus I’m pretty sure at this point when Ali was heavily involved with the nation these fights were like swamped with fbi and other federal agents and law enforcement plus at that point in time as tough as the mob was they didn’t really want no smoke with the nation.
In my eyes Ali had good combination & got more points from the begining to end. But i dont know why Frazier won at the end. I guess Ali was not in a good position due to his new religion, not join army & talk for the rights of black people. So on that time it was much corrupt system too. But anyway Ali showed that we should keep going even if everyone is against you. And he beat Frazier 2 times after that. Respect! 🙏🏼
@poolplexer
3 жыл бұрын
Huh? Ali won. Are you sure you watched the right fight?
@t.wil.9646
2 жыл бұрын
He was talking about the first fight. Read the entire post.
@poolplexer
2 жыл бұрын
@@t.wil.9646 I can't read. Illiterate
@ginobli3013
2 жыл бұрын
Bruh Frazier was whooping on Ali in the first fight u sound stupid
@jimboscooter432
Жыл бұрын
Frazier won the first fight fair and square.
Why did the referee never sanction Ali ...? I spend it grabbing Joe the whole fight, and he played very dirty. !!!
@vgr112261
3 жыл бұрын
And Joe hit Ali low repeatedly.
Shannon Briggs yelling in the crowd!
wow, oj simpson looked so confident.......
Yes Ali won this fight convincingly but he didn't win it as fast and easy as he predicted 5 days earlier when he was arguing with Frazier taunting him on Wide World Of Sports with Cosell.
@MajikBoxx
3 жыл бұрын
Ali's movement was never the same post-ban. Before that his jerky offence-defensive movement and feints were uncanny where he leaned back and forth from the waist while on his toes with perfect balance: putting him in position to attack opponents and get his head out of the way, even by a whisker (especially against Liston, Terrell and Williams). Great as Frazier was, and despite Ali's vulnerability to a fast left hook; the Ali of 1964 - 67 would have given Frazier nightmares and without having to prove his durability to the degree he had to post-ban.
@robertlancaster4538
3 жыл бұрын
Though Ali clearly had the decision, Frazier made Ali adjust his approach a couple times during the fight. There fight had some back and forth and Ali had to adjust throughout to regain advantage. Not so much overall drama as the other Ali-Frazier fights, but a very good fight between two excellent heavyweights.
@bobbyhulll8737
3 жыл бұрын
i doubt he really cared ...he had him going in round 2 ..but they stopped the fight
If you ever wondered what an Ali Tyson fight would have looked like. If Tyson would have gotten thru Jo Frazier and George Forman.
@jimboscooter432
Жыл бұрын
A Forman Tyson fight would have been a lot like the Forman Lyle fight.
Ali should have been throwing more uppercuts when frazier was in close. I haven't seen him throw any upper cuts in the fights with frazier. Just saying
الله اكبر
I get the feeling Joe Frazier just wasnt willing to go through the depths of hell like he was in the 1st and 3rd fight. He wanted to try to win taking less damage.
@tlig
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe because there wasn't a world title on the line.
@iamgreatness6649
Жыл бұрын
And the ref not letting joe work on the inside
نور به قبرت بباره محمد علی شیر تکرار نشدنی دیگه مادر نمیزاد همچین شیری
Ali was never really Ali Ali after the jail time . Being arguably the greatest ever he came back and beat some great fighters though.
Haha OJ Simpson between rounds
29:41
ALI'S combinations won it.
The breaks to pre-murder OJ Simpson are creepy.
Todas las peleas ,todo el tiempo lo toma del cuello , toma la cabeza de Fraizer y el arbitro no lo decalifica , no lo amonesta , eso es boxear limpio , Alí no pelea limpio , me desepciona el campeon ayudado por la prensa x el arbitro x los juezes , es injusto , antideportivo
That O.J.Simpson segment aged well...
Is Joe Frazier a Great Champ, No. But he won that Night.
Imagine how irelevant that hockey results are today
@jimboscooter432
Жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself I lost my entire inheritance on that Buffalo game
Stupid referee 🙄 that seemed very unfair..just as Ali rocked Frazier in the 2nd round.. Joe was ready to go down ... If that ref hadn't made such a mistake maybe the fight would have been over in the 2 nd via TKO or KO
I like that OJ guy, whatever happened to him?
Wow
They both look well past their prime in this one. Ali can still run away, lean on Frazier, and defend with good fitness but even in his prime he had no power and for this fight it looked further diminished. Joe looks worse in every way than the previous fight. I'm still trying to find the fights where Ali was great let alone "The greatest". His nickname should have been "the heavy bag" because his greatest ability is taking punches without falling down.
giudici venduti
Frazier Ali 2 1 Ali 2 Ali 3 Frazier 4 Ali 5 Frazier 6 Ali 7 Frazier 8 Frazier 9 Ali 10 Ali 11 Ali 12 Ali 8-4 Ali
wtf..who down voted this fight
@Payne427
3 жыл бұрын
OJ
Bruh juice is the best part of this video