Best Rivalry of all time in any sport

External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 8

Luis Garavello wrote:
>>>>>>>Trapper wrote:
>>>>>>>Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Soviet Union vs. Hungary, 1956 Olympics, water polo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Right, I'm in.
>>>>>
>>>>>Oxford v. Cambridge Boat Race -- held since 1829. Beat that.
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>>>>Waay too provincial. Insignificant.
>>>>
>>>>The Ali-Frazier fights fascinated the entire world.
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>>>Not if you don't give a damn for boxing.
>>
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>>Ali-Frazier transcended boxing. Ali is arguably the greatest
>>sports figure ever.
>
>
> Again: I don't give a damn about boxing. Most people in Brazil used to do
> (before Popó won the belts of course)

I think Freitas is over-rated, but that's a different discussion. We'll
see how he deals with Corrales.

> To say Ali is the greatest sports figure ever is at least a lack of culture.
> Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, Paavo Nurmi, all of them are WAY superior than Ali.

Boxing is not a game, like football, or an atletic contest like swimming or
Tour de France; the fighters risk their lives in the ring. It is not enough to
be a good athlete, you need an extraordinary degree of mental toughness
and huge balls. Ali picking himself up from the canvas after the monster
left hook Frazier landed on his jaw was IMO the most glorious and valliant effort I've
ever witnessed.

> Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, with that I will agree.
>
> But to claim Ali as the greatest sportist? And that his feud was the best
> rivalry?
>
> In your own words, Ali-Frazier was "insignificant" to most people.

I was a child in Europe when the Ali-Frazier figths took place. I remember
the excitement like it was yesterday.

External Since: Jun 25, 2004 Posts: 6

> >>Ali-Frazier transcended boxing. Ali is arguably the greatest
> >>sports figure ever.
> >
> >
> > Again: I don't give a damn about boxing. Most people in Brazil used to
do
> > (before Popó won the belts of course)
>
> I think Freitas is over-rated, but that's a different discussion. We'll
> see how he deals with Corrales.

I didn't say he was good.

I just said before he gained his belts, boxing for most part of Brazilians
was a sport they didn't care about.

> > To say Ali is the greatest sports figure ever is at least a lack of
culture.
> > Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, Paavo Nurmi, all of them are WAY superior than
Ali.
>
> Boxing is not a game, like football, or an atletic contest like swimming
or
> Tour de France; the fighters risk their lives in the ring. It is not
enough to
> be a good athlete, you need an extraordinary degree of mental toughness
> and huge balls. Ali picking himself up from the canvas after the monster
> left hook Frazier landed on his jaw was IMO the most glorious and valliant
effort I've
> ever witnessed.

Nothing can beat that Swiss woman that gave everything to complete the
Marathon ('84 games if I remember)

> > Ali is the greatest boxer of all time, with that I will agree.
> >
> > But to claim Ali as the greatest sportist? And that his feud was the
best
> > rivalry?
> >
> > In your own words, Ali-Frazier was "insignificant" to most people.
>
> I was a child in Europe when the Ali-Frazier figths took place. I remember
> the excitement like it was yesterday.

You're not "most people".