I can't thank you enough. I've been sick for about a week and discovered your channel. I humbly make a request: is it possible to find the full Frazier Bonvanena rematch? Clips exist, but I would be incredibly grateful to see the full fight. If not, please let me thank you one more time for your wonderful channel. You've posted timeless fights between warriors whose names will never be forgotten.
@@slmb1964Frazier dijo luego de sus peleas con Ringo, "tenía acero en sus venas" elogiando la fortaleza de Ringo Bonavena. QEPD ambos grandes campeones y mejores personas!
Soy Mexicano y llegue a ver pelear a Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena, yo podria decir que el tubo la mala suerte de haber vivido en una epoca donde estubieron dos de los mejores pesos completos de toda la historia, como son Mohammad Ali y Joe Frazier, con la calidad que tubo Bonavena facilmente le hubiera ganado a cualquier campeon de peso completo de la actualidad, seria un invencible en la epoca actual. Saludos para Argentina
Esta pelea la ganó Ringo 7-5 tal como fue la única tarjeta acorde a la pelea de los 3 jueces esa noche. Te comento que años más tarde su hermano contó a un medio de TV local que Ringo habló con él por teléfono previo a la revancha con Frazier y dijo que dos matones armados lo amenazaron de muerte si no se dejaba ganar en la revancha. Ya habrás visto la revancha... Sólo datos de cosas oscuras que jamás salen a la luz... Ringo podría haber Sido camperón en la época dorada y en cualquier época del boxeo, talento tenía. Saludos a México desde Argentina.
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Tremendous fight. Narrow win by Frazier, but it's not unreasonable to say Bonavena won. Bonavena is one of the most underrated fighters of all time. Thank you for uploading this all time great fight.
@@ruffknight9549 😂 exactly. Frazier happens to be my all-time favorite fighter, so I'm probably a little bit biased. I do think he narrowly won. I've never seen their full rematch, it's not on RUclips, but I've seen clips. Bonavena was a hell of a fighter. He had Ali in trouble in their fight too, granted Ali was very rusty coming back from the suspension.
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Exactly!! The 71' Frazier had AMAZING head movement! (Muhammad Ali himself said that Frazier was one of the toughest fighters to hit clean that he ever faced!)
Bonavena problem to why he lost decision was two fold he was focused on knock out punch instead of trying to get his jab and combinations working that lead to those knockdowns against Fraser in early rounds. Second he started to go into cruise control. Thinking he had a big enough lead on points, that he didn’t need to work too hard. That is where Fraser started to smoke and knew he had to win most of the rounds to win the bout. But that fight definitely opened the way for a rematch.
nah man, ringo worked hard the whole 10 rounds even though he was confortably ahead with the 2 knockdowns. he gave frazier a crash course in how to work the clinch, the true reason why he lost is because of biased judgement and because he didn't let joe fall in the 10th right here 30:27 . if this was a 15th or even a 12th rounder frazier would be on a stretcher, he got way better after this fight.
He puntuado 95-94 para Bonavena en mi opinión. Joe estuvo ejerciendo la presión todo el combate de eso no hay duda, pero creo que Ringo supo contenerlo y contratacar muy bien, de echo es evidente durante y el final del combate que Joe estaba más agotado que Ringo. En cuanto a golpes, Frazier lanzó muchos más, conectó más, pero en lo que es efectividad Ringo estuvo bastante más fino, creo que tuvo las mejores combinaciones, puso a Joe en varios aprietos, resistió mejor desgaste físico y supo leer el combate mejor que Frazier. Para mí mínimo tuvo que ser empate, y aún así sigo decantándome por Bonavena, me parece que hizo una pelea más inteligente, me quedo con que a pesar de la presión de Smokin Joe, Ringo supo golpear mejor, más efectivo, aguantó más y lo tuvo en problemas más veces, sin mencionar los knock downs
Buen analisis de la pelea, tambien hay que considerar que mas alla del excelente combate que hizo Bonavena, le falto un plus de agresividad y presion para conseguir el titulo, cuando te enfrentas con el campeon no es solamente hacer puntos y llevar una pelea pareja, literalmente le tenes que arrancar el cinturon a golpes y si le pelea fue un empate tambien se deberia dar la decision a Joe. Aunque les parecia curioso a los NorteAmercicanos la fuerza y resistencia a los golpes de Bonavena, nunca les gusto su estilo imperfecto, de pie plano y golpeando desde angulos imprevistos, algo que se repite mucho en el boxeo argentino sobretodo en los pesos pesados. En resumen; Estuvo muy parejo, pero sigue siendo la pelea por el titulo. Saludos
Joe showed class in and out of the ring. After each round he gave Bonavena a friendly pat. When Ali wasn’t fighting due to being stripped of his title for objecting to the war, Frazier helped him financially. It bothered him deeply that Muhammad later ridiculed and called him a monkey. I love Ali but I never appreciated that aspect of him. Two incredibly black athletes.
Ali was selling the fight. He never ment any of that stuff even tho Joe never got over it. And Don't mention Malcom ×. Did he not betray the honorable Elijah Mohammad? I loved Malcom...but he joined up with those people...pushed their agenda like no one else and then turned on them...judging them. Both Malcom and the nation of Islam betrayed Muhammad Ali ( leading him into that world) yet he remained loyal.
@@bigalsnow8199 jor did get over it he just likes to talk shit too. They stayed friends even while they were fighting, it was all a show. Ali watched wrestling and took that into boxing
Ali was a master at selling a fight, he tormented Joe with the crazy insulting crap to hype and sell his fights pay per view, after they retired they were the best of true friends. The Ali/Frazier trilogy is the greatest trilogy in HW boxing history. In the pre-fight interviews Ali hitting the stuffed teddy bear gorilla and saying, "it's gonna be a chiller, a killer and a thriller when I beat the gorilla in Manilla to hype up their third fight was funny as f**k while Ali was punching the little stuffed gorilla.
@@bigalsnow8199 Ali left HEM and NOI later on and severed ties with Wallace Muhammad and said later in life his deepest regret was not following Malcolm and made amends to Malcolm's daughters and Malcolm's oldest daughter Attallah Shabazz gave Ali's eulogy at Ali's funeral, really historic touching and transformative moments in our Black history.
The second knockdown of Joe was somewhat similar to a couple of Big George Foreman's 6 knockdowns of Frazier: Joe was really rocked back both times and totally lost balance. Oscar put in a great fight here and might well have merited the decision. Thanks for sharing this classic from the glory days of the past!
@@christiancharles2866 It was definitely close, but the scoring was consistent that Frazier took it: Referee: Mark Conn 6-4; Judge: Joe Eppy 5-4; Judge: Nick Gamboli 5-5, but with Oscar by points. Same with the Press: UPI scorecard: 6-4 Frazier; AP scorecard: 6-3-1 Frazier. If Oscar had scored a later knockdown, he would have won it for sure.
What a great fight. It's so strange to see Frazier so small and young. Additionally, Ringo deserves so much more recognition than he gets. I would guess that 1 out of 100 boxing fans don't even know who hw was. Thanks for the upload. Subbed.
@@excellinkus You're either too young or should become a scholar ( if you really like boxing)... cause fans usually don't know much. I suppose you don't know why the nickname " Ringo".....well...because of his likeness with Ringo Starr......the Beatles drummer.
@@ricardomariomonte4304 ringo no era un buen boxeador nunca lo fue tenia mucho corje criollo pero cero tecnica vos fijate que mientras sus rivales saltaban en el ring bonavena arrastraba las patas siempre les metio alguna que otra mano a casius y a frazzier pero no estaba ala altura de ninguno amigo se fue a hacer el payaso con ali y cobro como el mejor
@@VictorGonzalez-bx8nz creo que Ali y Frazer eran mejores pero son de los mejores de la historia del boxeo. Bonavena con sus virtudes y defectos se entreveró con ellos y no pasó vergüenza.
Año 66, Bonavena iba en ascenso permanente, acababa de derrotar a un grande como Peralta por el nacional argentino y pedía una chance mundialista, pero le tocó enfrentar a verdaderos monstruos, hasta que le llegó el turno de vérselas con Alí y alli dejó todo lo qeu tenía, nunca volvió a ser el mismo.
Just like Marciano, Bonavena came from Italian parents. One born in the US, the other in Argentina. Both tough as nails. By the way Bonavena was robbed. Had they fought in Argentina Frazier would have had his first loss.
Thanks for uploading it... I really enjoyed in this fight... Mr. Frazier almost being stopped in the 2nd round, but managed to win a split decision in the end... Some rounds were pretty close imo, but I believe that Mr. Frazier's aggressiveness won him the fight on two scorecards... R.I.P. to both of those legends.
Inceible que el arbitro permita ir con la cabeza en punta a Frazier. Pareciera que Ringo tenía otro ritmo o cardio. El segundo round lo tira dos veces y termina más entero Frazier q ringo. Ahora cuando Ringo sacaba esa derecha con buen recorrido, parecía la patada de un caballo y un corazón impresionante
Frazier had an incredible left hook and a tremendous will in his prime but was extremely small for a heavyweight. It was evident by what George Foreman did to him twice that the super sized heavweight fighters of recent times would have destroyed him. For all intents and purposes he should have fought as a light heavyweight. Frazier was fortunate to have fought Ali after his 3.5 year layoff. Prime Ali of the mid 60's would have picked Frazier apart with ease.
Bonavena was one more of an excellent crop of HW contenders in boxing's golden age, the 60s and 70s. He could have beaten some champions in the past. Frazier was superb physically here, but you can see how he continued to evolve, especially in his 3 fights w/Ali.
@@johns7272 these guys were trim and carried very little weight. Conditioning and Endurance level mattered a lot and made the difference. When Fraser fought Daniels and Stander he was overwhelmingly overweight, slow and pondering. Once you loose your conditioning it makes a massive difference. Look at Pre-Exile Ali he was awesome to watch. But with 3 & 1/2 year layoff with no real training his weight ballooned and he could never get himself back to that level of condition. So he stared to rely on his chin more and more while he would get away with it by relying on other advantages like hand speed.
So different seeing Frazier so young and unrefined. It’s like watching a prototype of the man we saw in 1971. Every once in awhile you catch a glimpse, but his signature head movement and gazelle hook are just being learned here
Early in Bonavena's career, he was trained by Marciano's old trainer, Charlie Goldman.. But unlike Marciano, Oscar would not listen to Goldman and the two parted company early. Bonavena used to say "what can this old man teach me?". He could have taught him a hell of a lot.
"RINGO" BONAVENA Y ARTURO GODOY, HAN SIDO LOS MEJORES BOXEADORES LATINOAMERICANOS DE LOS PESOS COMPLETOS QUE HA HABIDO HASTA EL MOMENTO, GODOY PELEO EL TITULO ANTE JOE LOUIS ( PERDIO POR PUNTOS, MUY DISCUTIBLE) Y BONAVENA QUE ENFRENTO AL GRAN CASIUSS CLAY., EN UNA "BATALLA ESTOICA".
I always wondered what a younger primed Frazier would do against Foreman, but watching these earlier fights of Joe, It's obvious Foreman beats Joe 10 out of 10 times.
Joe Goes Down Twice In The Second Round .................. But He Is Still Moving Forward For Most of The Round .................. Its What He Always Did ................... The Fight Announcer Has To Be A Boxing Hall Of Famer ................... Cannot Think Of His Name ............... ANYBODY ????........
Amazing to see someone beat joe at his own game. Stood his ground and only got a split decision, I believe that this fight being in NY had something to do with the decision.
@@raulheredia464Si, madre criolla *(nativa)* argentina🇦🇷. Como Horacio Pagani, Alejandro de Tomaso, Maradona, Ginobili, Messi, Gabriela Sabatini, etc etc etc.. ninguno es 100% italiano, todos están crisolados.
Joe Frazier in this fight looked relatively inexperienced compared with the Frazier in the first Frazier-Ali fight when he defeated Ali, and much unlike the relentless punching Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila epic fight that he lost to Muhammad Ali by a TKO. RIP Joe.
@@jeffriessman9693 nah ali wasnt rusty. He had to fight for contender, Ali just underestimated joe. Truth be told, he wouldve beaten ali in the third fight had they not threw in his towel. Ali had nothing left on the last round and joe fraizer was still ready to go.
Frazier proves here in only his 12pro fight that he was a future champion. Getting off the canvas twice to rock back like the tiger he was told us he was the goods.
Disclaimer: I am not Argentinian. I'm just an educated box fan. My take on this fight: it should have been a draw. Why? 1-Oscar won 3 rounds. The second round should have been scored 10-7 Frazier was the aggressor bur he never had Bonavena hurt. Two rounds were even. 2- Frazier came back on the third the same way Pryor did after the infamous drink he had on the Arguello fight. Nobody can tell me that Frazier could come back like nothing happened on the 3rd round the way he did without some corner "help". 3- I counted about 24 intentional low blows from Frazier and just 3 from Oscar. Oscar also hit Frazier 2 times behind the head intentionally. Oscar only complained about a low blow in the 7th round. I can't imagine any of today's boxers going without complaining for 1 round after repeated low blows. Frazier was good but he cheated big time on this fight and the scoring was old style. Oscar's corner didn't give him any special juice during the fight and that was obvious
Bonavena won this fight. And he was leading against Ali until Ali dropped him in the 15th. So many good heavyweights at this time, Chuvalo, Quarry, Boneveana, Ingo. Even Patterson was competitive. And Foreman and Holmes and Norton coming up in a few years. Wow, there should have been an international Heavyweight title for guys not fighting the big 3 heavyweights. (Ali, Frazier, Foreman). Round out the group with Ron Lyle and Ernie Shavers and keep them busy with a lot of great fights headlining just the core talent which was so deep. Because the money was on just these three we have some serious gaps in matchups that never happened. Think about it: Ken Norton never fought Joe Frazier. That should have happened! No rematch between George Foreman and Ali??? The champ always gets a return bout right? Foreman never fought Larry Holmes? Because of this, you cannot rank a few of these fighters against the all-time great. You can have an opinion, but you need to prove it in the ring! A similar thing happened during the 1950s with middleweights: Champs Robinson, Fulmer, Lamotta, Graziano, Basilio, and Zale. All 6 were champs, But Robinson would not fight Tony Zale, even after comedian Jerry Lewis offered Robinson $300,000 dollars in 1956 money to fight Zale. And Tyson should have fought Foreman for lineage rights.
Oscar was a clear winner. After a two knock down against Frazier and led more punches and yet lose the fight is ridiculous. Frazier won on popularity and influence of an unbeaten record.
Frazier was in only his 12th fight, had never gone more than six rounds and they put him in there with a much more experienced fighter, a tough fighter--and it nearly was a disaster. I'd say Frazier won more rounds, but Bonavena had Frazier in bad trouble in the second and in moderate trouble in the 10th. This could have gone either way depending on if there could have been two-point rounds for Bonavena.
Joe was moving differently here. He hadn’t perfected his bobbing & weaving style that was so effective in later fights. Joe is one of the greatest heavyweight champs of all time 🥊
Joe said Boneva was like fighting a refrigerator, he simply was a very awkward fighter and made everybody look bad at times during his fights. Bonevena was a tough rugged fighter with a lot of strength, if he didnt clinch so much he would have been great to watch. Smokin Joe showed early a heart of a lion, not to many fighters would have made it off the mat after that first punch he walked into. That was a sledgehammer. Good tough fight and i thought Joe clearly won on his aggresiveness and willingness to push the fight to Bonevana. Thats one thing that the New York fighing establishment always gave points for was the fighter that was the aggressor that pushed the fight. Fighters that clinched and broke off the action were not a big point collector in New York scoring of fights.
lol, bonavena was beating the shit out of joe in the clinch, ringo was clearly being more aggresive and with the 2 knockdown lead he should have won confortably. but well, north american judges are not going to betray one of their own.
Low Blows didn't cost Frazier much in this fight. There were about 24 of them. I don't know how Bonavena could walk. I'm certain Joe was given to drink the same juice Pryor had in his 1st arguello fight at the end of the 2ond
@@hammer44head there aren't any colors when it's a yanki fighting a south american. north american protect their own even if they are black. watch charlo vs castaño if you don't believe me.
Nah fraizer would have kept getting up. Ali wouldnt be ready for someone who can just keep coming at you like fraizer did here. He wasnt ready for it in part 3 either
First lie . Joe Frazier was not the " Former Olympic Heavyweight King . He won in 1964 . This fight was in 1966 and the next Olympic Heavyweight King would be George Foreman in 1968 .
@@ernestoe.chavezt.54 Really. I would predict a very entertaining match. Others like Gil Clancy have wondered about this bout that never happened. Styles do make for interesting or uninteresting matches.
Looks like Oscar was bigger, stronger and gifted with a lot of natural ability but Frazier trained harder for the fight, which made All the difference in the second round!
Bonavena definetly won this fight. Those judges were very biased against him. He outpunched Frazier and seemed to his 2nd wind as Joe seemed to slow down and get more sluggish in his form.
I watched this fight on the one T.V. in my fraternity house. Seeing him get up and come on made me believe he’d do the same against Big George as it was happening. It’s still shocking.
@uncjim Frazier was a basically a one dementional fighter..He wasn't scientific with his method of boxing..I don't know why he thought he could stand toe to toe against Foreman's big azz!! He kept approaching Foreman the same way over, and over and got beat down..You gotta have different tactics for different fighters...It's more than one way to skin a cat..Frazier was a one dementional fighter..
@@sweetazzpiew8490 Well the first fight he didn't really take foreman seriously and the 2nd fought he was past prime and health issues were taking its toll.
This bout was not close, the exception being the 1st, 2nd and 10th rounds ; " Ringo" showed NOTHING but holding and clinching, and occasionally a punch.
Bonavena's problem is getting outworked. Counterpuncher only fighters can get outpointed by boxers that are aggressive rather than passive or beaten by aggressive accurate punchers really easily. Frazier was the latter. These kinds of fighters just aren't active enough, if they can't get the stoppage against aggressive fighters!
When Bonavena fought Frazier in this fight. the fight went to Frazier because they judged Frazier had outboxed him. But when Bonovena fought Jimmy Elis. another close fight, but Bonavena appeared to have the upper hand in the fight, went to Elis, cause he knocked Oscar down twice. Go figure.
Although the commentator keeps saying that Frazier was "knocked down" twice, the second one was clearly a push to the floor that the referee didn't see and called a knockdown. Frazier was NOT "almost knocked out" by either of the knockdowns, the first of which was only a flash knockdown. Bad refereeing and a lousy call of the fight. Both fighters mauled each other, but neither beat the other up. Frazier didn't look as good here as he did later in his career. No "Smokin' Joe" bobbing and weaving, just plodding forward, squared up, and missing with a lot of wild, sweeping left hooks.
@@heyhuey4429 Clowns that dont know wont care, you tube experts, real fighters will know Bonavena got shot dead at a massage parlour when he decided to take one of the girls with him
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I can't thank you enough. I've been sick for about a week and discovered your channel. I humbly make a request: is it possible to find the full Frazier Bonvanena rematch? Clips exist, but I would be incredibly grateful to see the full fight.
If not, please let me thank you one more time for your wonderful channel. You've posted timeless fights between warriors whose names will never be forgotten.
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Most grateful for your channel showing this fight.
At 81 years, it was like yesterday.
Thanks!
Gloria eterna a Ringo de Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires!!
Bonavena foi uma glória do boxe sul americano. Talvez o melhor.
@@slmb1964Frazier dijo luego de sus peleas con Ringo, "tenía acero en sus venas" elogiando la fortaleza de Ringo Bonavena. QEPD ambos grandes campeones y mejores personas!
Soy Mexicano y llegue a ver pelear a Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena, yo podria decir que el tubo la mala suerte de haber vivido en una epoca donde estubieron dos de los mejores pesos completos de toda la historia, como son Mohammad Ali y Joe Frazier, con la calidad que tubo Bonavena facilmente le hubiera ganado a cualquier campeon de peso completo de la actualidad, seria un invencible en la epoca actual. Saludos para Argentina
Gracias en argentina admiramos mucho a los boxeadores mexicanos abrazos amigo.
Esta pelea la ganó Ringo 7-5 tal como fue la única tarjeta acorde a la pelea de los 3 jueces esa noche. Te comento que años más tarde su hermano contó a un medio de TV local que Ringo habló con él por teléfono previo a la revancha con Frazier y dijo que dos matones armados lo amenazaron de muerte si no se dejaba ganar en la revancha. Ya habrás visto la revancha... Sólo datos de cosas oscuras que jamás salen a la luz... Ringo podría haber Sido camperón en la época dorada y en cualquier época del boxeo, talento tenía. Saludos a México desde Argentina.
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Bonavena ganhou essa luta!
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Tremendous fight. Narrow win by Frazier, but it's not unreasonable to say Bonavena won. Bonavena is one of the most underrated fighters of all time. Thank you for uploading this all time great fight.
In the USA Frazier won but if it was in Argentina then Bonavena would have won it.
@@ruffknight9549 😂 exactly. Frazier happens to be my all-time favorite fighter, so I'm probably a little bit biased. I do think he narrowly won. I've never seen their full rematch, it's not on RUclips, but I've seen clips. Bonavena was a hell of a fighter. He had Ali in trouble in their fight too, granted Ali was very rusty coming back from the suspension.
@@bengoldberg6198Frazie sofreu duas quedas em uma luta equilibradab e perdeu claramente o último round. Não tinha como ele ganhar.
A Gran Ringo le toco puros Monstruos Alí Frezier Foreman un duro de verdad unos de los boxeadores mas grandes de Latinoamérica grande Ringo
Bonavena never fought Foreman
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@@draconpersistente220Mica è l'Argentina è Perché sono italiani 🇮🇹😉
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This Joe Frazier did not move his head nearly as much as the 1971 Joe Frazier. Amazing to see how much he improved in a few years.
Joe had a great trainer in Yank Durham...
Exactly!! The 71' Frazier had AMAZING head movement! (Muhammad Ali himself said that Frazier was one of the toughest fighters to hit clean that he ever faced!)
Right. By 71 he was vastly improved over what we see here.
@@beatlejim64And Eddie Futch.
@@nyterpfanJoe war eine Maschine....Eisenharter unerbittlicher Kämpfer.
Ringo fue una gran boxeador, con mucha valentía y gran pegada. Una lástima su trágica muerte.
Que mala suerte para Ringo y luego le paso tambien a Monzon en circumstancias diferentes pero lo mismo de tragico
Evidently he didn't have any sense
Miraste este pelicula sobre Ringo, "Love Ranch," con Joe Pesci? No era buena, pero interesante.
@@joegeorge3889Te llamas Jorge, hablas en inglés y encima decís cosas sin sentido... Madre mía
Esse argentino foi o verdadeiro Rock Balboa.
El inolvidable gigante argentino !!! DEP
Soy Uruguayo pero el honor de tener a éste hermano rioplatense Ringo Bonavena
Bonavena problem to why he lost decision was two fold he was focused on knock out punch instead of trying to get his jab and combinations working that lead to those knockdowns against Fraser in early rounds. Second he started to go into cruise control. Thinking he had a big enough lead on points, that he didn’t need to work too hard. That is where Fraser started to smoke and knew he had to win most of the rounds to win the bout. But that fight definitely opened the way for a rematch.
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nah man, ringo worked hard the whole 10 rounds even though he was confortably ahead with the 2 knockdowns. he gave frazier a crash course in how to work the clinch, the true reason why he lost is because of biased judgement and because he didn't let joe fall in the 10th right here 30:27 . if this was a 15th or even a 12th rounder frazier would be on a stretcher, he got way better after this fight.
@@micalzoncillo249
Frazier won rounds 1,3,4,5,7,9
Drew round 8
Lost rounds
2,6,10
He won the bout
@@goyonman9655 nah they split rounds with Oscar dominating the champ round with 2 knockdowns/couple even rounds..
One tough fight !
I rate Joe as the best heavyweight between 1968 and 1973.
Oscar a great fighter too.
He puntuado 95-94 para Bonavena en mi opinión. Joe estuvo ejerciendo la presión todo el combate de eso no hay duda, pero creo que Ringo supo contenerlo y contratacar muy bien, de echo es evidente durante y el final del combate que Joe estaba más agotado que Ringo. En cuanto a golpes, Frazier lanzó muchos más, conectó más, pero en lo que es efectividad Ringo estuvo bastante más fino, creo que tuvo las mejores combinaciones, puso a Joe en varios aprietos, resistió mejor desgaste físico y supo leer el combate mejor que Frazier. Para mí mínimo tuvo que ser empate, y aún así sigo decantándome por Bonavena, me parece que hizo una pelea más inteligente, me quedo con que a pesar de la presión de Smokin Joe, Ringo supo golpear mejor, más efectivo, aguantó más y lo tuvo en problemas más veces, sin mencionar los knock downs
I had it 96-92 for frazier
Buen analisis de la pelea, tambien hay que considerar que mas alla del excelente combate que hizo Bonavena, le falto un plus de agresividad y presion para conseguir el titulo, cuando te enfrentas con el campeon no es solamente hacer puntos y llevar una pelea pareja, literalmente le tenes que arrancar el cinturon a golpes y si le pelea fue un empate tambien se deberia dar la decision a Joe. Aunque les parecia curioso a los NorteAmercicanos la fuerza y resistencia a los golpes de Bonavena, nunca les gusto su estilo imperfecto, de pie plano y golpeando desde angulos imprevistos, algo que se repite mucho en el boxeo argentino sobretodo en los pesos pesados. En resumen; Estuvo muy parejo, pero sigue siendo la pelea por el titulo. Saludos
@@biomadnesstrip Muy de acuerdo en que le faltó ese plus de agresividad. Me ha gustado también esa observación sobre el perfil de Bonavena
@@biomadnesstrip Esta pelea es del 66, Frazier no era campeón. Era local, eso sí.
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Joe showed class in and out of the ring. After each round he gave Bonavena a friendly pat. When Ali wasn’t fighting due to being stripped of his title for objecting to the war, Frazier helped him financially. It bothered him deeply that Muhammad later ridiculed and called him a monkey. I love Ali but I never appreciated that aspect of him. Two incredibly black athletes.
Ali did this to Malcolm X too, Malcolm Xhelped hid then Ali crapped on him
Ali was selling the fight. He never ment any of that stuff even tho Joe never got over it. And Don't mention Malcom ×. Did he not betray the honorable Elijah Mohammad?
I loved Malcom...but he joined up with those people...pushed their agenda like no one else and then turned on them...judging them. Both Malcom and the nation of Islam betrayed Muhammad Ali ( leading him into that world) yet he remained loyal.
@@bigalsnow8199 jor did get over it he just likes to talk shit too. They stayed friends even while they were fighting, it was all a show. Ali watched wrestling and took that into boxing
Ali was a master at selling a fight, he tormented Joe with the crazy insulting crap to hype and sell his fights pay per view, after they retired they were the best of true friends. The Ali/Frazier trilogy is the greatest trilogy in HW boxing history. In the pre-fight interviews Ali hitting the stuffed teddy bear gorilla and saying, "it's gonna be a chiller, a killer and a thriller when I beat the gorilla in Manilla to hype up their third fight was funny as f**k while Ali was punching the little stuffed gorilla.
@@bigalsnow8199 Ali left HEM and NOI later on and severed ties with Wallace Muhammad and said later in life his deepest regret was not following Malcolm and made amends to Malcolm's daughters and Malcolm's oldest daughter Attallah Shabazz gave Ali's eulogy at Ali's funeral, really historic touching and transformative moments in our Black history.
Le robaron la pelea a Ringo Bonavena. Claro en ese momento representaba a Latinoamerica. El segundo tound fue genial.
2022 nada cambio
Si, un afano
No. Bonavena lost the fight
Latin America has never been hated and discriminated against as bad as black America, Frazier won fair and square 💯
Joe Frazier was a real man....gracious in winning or in defeat. A true champion. Bonavena was a pioneer in South American Boxing. Great vid.
I had it 95-94 for Oscar.I think Joe lost that one,but they gave him the decision. Great fight,thanks for posting!
During those years if the fight was too close the judges it was always given to the local fighter.
He held Joe for most of the fight that's why O lost.
Two very very tough men.
The second knockdown of Joe was somewhat similar to a couple of Big George Foreman's 6 knockdowns of Frazier: Joe was really rocked back both times and totally lost balance. Oscar put in a great fight here and might well have merited the decision. Thanks for sharing this classic from the glory days of the past!
Oscar won this fight, Frazier was down twice
@@christiancharles2866 It was definitely close, but the scoring was consistent that Frazier took it: Referee: Mark Conn 6-4; Judge: Joe Eppy 5-4; Judge: Nick Gamboli 5-5, but with Oscar by points. Same with the Press: UPI scorecard: 6-4 Frazier; AP scorecard: 6-3-1 Frazier. If Oscar had scored a later knockdown, he would have won it for sure.
What a great fight. It's so strange to see Frazier so small and young. Additionally, Ringo deserves so much more recognition than he gets. I would guess that 1 out of 100 boxing fans don't even know who hw was. Thanks for the upload. Subbed.
Thx Wookiee
Ringo was a great fighter and gave any greats a very hard time.
Probably more than 1 in 100. I've been a boxing fan all my life and I'd never heard of Ringo Bonavena until today. Thanks for posting this.
@@excellinkus You're either too young or should become a scholar ( if you really like boxing)... cause fans usually don't know much. I suppose you don't know why the nickname " Ringo".....well...because of his likeness with Ringo Starr......the Beatles drummer.
You meant to say that 99.99% of fans don't know who he was
Es difícil de aceptar que Oscar Bonavena haya perdido esta pelea. Frazer no la ganó.
Frazzier no la gana x nok pero la gana sin dudas amigo bonavena solo aguantaba nomas y tiraba algunos golpes de suerte nada mas
@@VictorGonzalez-bx8nz a qué llamas tirar golpes de suerte?
Tal cual. Si Bonavena no la ganó, Frazier tampoco. Creo que lo justo hubiera sido un empate.
@@ricardomariomonte4304 ringo no era un buen boxeador nunca lo fue tenia mucho corje criollo pero cero tecnica vos fijate que mientras sus rivales saltaban en el ring bonavena arrastraba las patas siempre les metio alguna que otra mano a casius y a frazzier pero no estaba ala altura de ninguno amigo se fue a hacer el payaso con ali y cobro como el mejor
@@VictorGonzalez-bx8nz creo que Ali y Frazer eran mejores pero son de los mejores de la historia del boxeo. Bonavena con sus virtudes y defectos se entreveró con ellos y no pasó vergüenza.
Año 66, Bonavena iba en ascenso permanente, acababa de derrotar a un grande como Peralta por el nacional argentino y pedía una chance mundialista, pero le tocó enfrentar a verdaderos monstruos, hasta que le llegó el turno de vérselas con Alí y alli dejó todo lo qeu tenía, nunca volvió a ser el mismo.
Na luta contra o Ali o Bonavena já estava em fim de carreira. O auge de Bonavena no meio da década de 60.
Just like Marciano, Bonavena came from Italian parents. One born in the US, the other in Argentina. Both tough as nails. By the way Bonavena was robbed. Had they fought in Argentina Frazier would have had his first loss.
This looks like a choreographed movie fight. Two tough customers in there banging away.
Thanks for uploading it... I really enjoyed in this fight... Mr. Frazier almost being stopped in the 2nd round, but managed to win a split decision in the end... Some rounds were pretty close imo, but I believe that Mr. Frazier's aggressiveness won him the fight on two scorecards... R.I.P. to both of those legends.
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Inceible que el arbitro permita ir con la cabeza en punta a Frazier. Pareciera que Ringo tenía otro ritmo o cardio. El segundo round lo tira dos veces y termina más entero Frazier q ringo. Ahora cuando Ringo sacaba esa derecha con buen recorrido, parecía la patada de un caballo y un corazón impresionante
Frazier had an incredible left hook and a tremendous will in his prime but was extremely small for a heavyweight. It was evident by what George Foreman did to him twice that the super sized heavweight fighters of recent times would have destroyed him. For all intents and purposes he should have fought as a light heavyweight. Frazier was fortunate to have fought Ali after his 3.5 year layoff. Prime Ali of the mid 60's would have picked Frazier apart with ease.
Gamboli the only judge with eyes, i scored the exact same result, 7-5 with the 2 knock downs for Bonavena
Frazier was always a slow starter and most vulnerable in the early rounds.
without a doubt, I love when he gets smokin though in the mid rounds.
But Joe clearly lost the last round
joe was dominated in the championship round//Oscar won
I t was not a championship fight.
Bonavena was one more of an excellent crop of HW contenders in boxing's golden age, the 60s and 70s. He could have beaten some champions in the past. Frazier was superb physically here, but you can see how he continued to evolve, especially in his 3 fights w/Ali.
How was this the golden age? you gotta be kidding! you think either of these 205lb heavyweights would survive in the modern age?
@@johns7272 They would thrive
@@johns7272 these guys were trim and carried very little weight. Conditioning and Endurance level mattered a lot and made the difference. When Fraser fought Daniels and Stander he was overwhelmingly overweight, slow and pondering. Once you loose your conditioning it makes a massive difference. Look at Pre-Exile Ali he was awesome to watch. But with 3 & 1/2 year layoff with no real training his weight ballooned and he could never get himself back to that level of condition. So he stared to rely on his chin more and more while he would get away with it by relying on other advantages like hand speed.
@@johns7272 overall my answer these men would handle the modern heavyweight boxers well.
@@johns7272 ESTA PELEA A LO MAS ERA PARA EMPATE...FRAZIER SE VIO EN APUROS..SI BONAVENA FUERA MAS DIRECTO...LA COSA HUBIERA CAMBIADO MUCHO...
So different seeing Frazier so young and unrefined. It’s like watching a prototype of the man we saw in 1971. Every once in awhile you catch a glimpse, but his signature head movement and gazelle hook are just being learned here
Ali would have starched him had they met at that time.
Buena pelea de bonaveda, ganó por puntos en Argentina, perdió por puntos en EEUU
Early in Bonavena's career, he was trained by Marciano's old trainer, Charlie Goldman.. But unlike Marciano, Oscar would not listen to Goldman and the two parted company early. Bonavena used to say "what can this old man teach me?". He could have taught him a hell of a lot.
Ringo was know for being a little hard headed....and that was too bad....ultimately lead to his demise.
"RINGO" BONAVENA Y ARTURO GODOY, HAN SIDO LOS MEJORES BOXEADORES LATINOAMERICANOS DE LOS PESOS COMPLETOS QUE HA HABIDO HASTA EL MOMENTO, GODOY PELEO EL TITULO ANTE JOE LOUIS ( PERDIO POR PUNTOS, MUY DISCUTIBLE) Y BONAVENA QUE ENFRENTO AL GRAN CASIUSS CLAY., EN UNA "BATALLA ESTOICA".
I always wondered what a younger primed Frazier would do against Foreman, but watching these earlier fights of Joe, It's obvious Foreman beats Joe 10 out of 10 times.
Awesome material. Thanks for sharing this video 🏆
♫ ♪ We are from the neighbourhood, the neighbourhood of The Burnin'; we are from the neighbourhood of Ringo Bonavernin' ♫ ♪
Joe such a good hearted guy!
Joe Goes Down Twice In The Second Round .................. But He Is Still Moving Forward For Most of The Round .................. Its What He Always Did ................... The Fight Announcer
Has To Be A Boxing Hall Of Famer ................... Cannot Think Of His Name ............... ANYBODY ????........
Oscar almost got him.
Joe hit low again and again, with no formal warning, to say nothing of a point deduction. Mark Conn was quite generous that night.
Thank you for stating the obvious. There is a type of box fan that would never see those details according to his background preferences
This oscar guy is one tough cookey never heard of him till today and this is his 3rd fight am watching .
In these old boxing matches, they usually allowed some scrub to announce the scoring who did not know how to deliver a proper rendering.
Oscar came close and I can see 94-94 (6-4 Joe) but I had it 95-93 for Joe
7-3 Joe in rounds
You understand of fight of boxe congratulation for you Victória
Amazing to see someone beat joe at his own game. Stood his ground and only got a split decision, I believe that this fight being in NY had something to do with the decision.
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El Rocky Balboa Orgullosamente latino Argentino
Italian 🇮🇹
@@raulheredia464Si, madre criolla *(nativa)* argentina🇦🇷. Como Horacio Pagani, Alejandro de Tomaso, Maradona, Ginobili, Messi, Gabriela Sabatini, etc etc etc.. ninguno es 100% italiano, todos están crisolados.
@@raulheredia464 Nacidos en argentina obviamente. Born in Argentina obviusly.
Notice most of the audience is well dressed in a suit and tie.
An all-white jury
Different time obviously.
thanks for upload.
Bonavena didn't know how to finish or set up his man. He just rushed in and allowed Joe to hold on and survive the round.
Gosto de assistir à lutas em que os boxers se respeitam... terminaram abraçados como dois grandes atletas. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Não gosto quando juízes roubam. Bonavena ganhou claramente. Boxe sendo Boxe.
I'm 62 years old I just learned about Sam Langford the Boston bonecrusher about two or three weeks ago how crazy is that
Joe Frazier in this fight looked relatively inexperienced compared with the Frazier in the first Frazier-Ali fight when he defeated Ali, and much unlike the relentless punching Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila epic fight that he lost to Muhammad Ali by a TKO. RIP Joe.
Joe, was great. But beat a rusty Ali(4 year layoff).
Of course he wins that fight.
@@jeffriessman9693 nah ali wasnt rusty. He had to fight for contender, Ali just underestimated joe. Truth be told, he wouldve beaten ali in the third fight had they not threw in his towel. Ali had nothing left on the last round and joe fraizer was still ready to go.
@@sorakazama7031 Ali was rusty when he fought Frazier in fact when he fought quarry and bonavena shows how rusty he is.
5:15 - Knockdown 1 - Frazier
5:32 - Knockdown 2 - Frazier
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Frazier proves here in only his 12pro fight that he was a future champion. Getting off the canvas twice to rock back like the tiger he was told us he was the goods.
Disclaimer: I am not Argentinian. I'm just an educated box fan.
My take on this fight: it should have been a draw. Why?
1-Oscar won 3 rounds. The second round should have been scored 10-7
Frazier was the aggressor bur he never had Bonavena hurt. Two rounds were even.
2- Frazier came back on the third the same way Pryor did after the infamous drink he had on the Arguello fight. Nobody can tell me that Frazier could come back like nothing happened on the 3rd round the way he did without some corner "help".
3- I counted about 24 intentional low blows from Frazier and just 3 from Oscar. Oscar also hit Frazier 2 times behind the head intentionally. Oscar only complained about a low blow in the 7th round. I can't imagine any of today's boxers going without complaining for 1 round after repeated low blows.
Frazier was good but he cheated big time on this fight and the scoring was old style. Oscar's corner didn't give him any special juice during the fight and that was obvious
Bonavena won this fight. And he was leading against Ali until Ali dropped him in the 15th. So many good heavyweights at this time, Chuvalo, Quarry, Boneveana, Ingo. Even Patterson was competitive. And Foreman and Holmes and Norton coming up in a few years. Wow, there should have been an international Heavyweight title for guys not fighting the big 3 heavyweights.
(Ali, Frazier, Foreman). Round out the group with Ron Lyle and Ernie Shavers and keep them busy with a lot of great fights headlining just the core talent which was so deep.
Because the money was on just these three we have some serious gaps in matchups that never happened. Think about it:
Ken Norton never fought Joe Frazier. That should have happened!
No rematch between George Foreman and Ali??? The champ always gets a return bout right?
Foreman never fought Larry Holmes?
Because of this, you cannot rank a few of these fighters against the all-time great. You can have an opinion, but you need to prove it in the ring!
A similar thing happened during the 1950s with middleweights: Champs Robinson, Fulmer, Lamotta, Graziano, Basilio, and Zale.
All 6 were champs, But Robinson would not fight Tony Zale, even after comedian Jerry Lewis offered Robinson $300,000 dollars in 1956 money to fight Zale.
And Tyson should have fought Foreman for lineage rights.
Lmao leading against ali he only won like 2 rounds are you blind
To be fair, Norton and Frazier didn’t fight cus they both trained w Eddie Futch
Exactly did he win any rounds
@@juandumois5337 jimmy Ellis and Ali boxed..also were sparring partners and same gym
Oscar wasn't leading it was close but Ali was outboxing Oscar
Yancey Durham proved his worth as a boxing trainer in this fight. He knew what to do to assist his fighter to overcome and win.
Yancey Durham for me was one of the greatest in his job.He made from Joe smokin' machine.
Without Durham Joe could of been ruined. Managed him brilliantly.
Juízes roubaram a luta para ele.
Oscar won, 4 rounds each 2 even Oscar dominated round 2 and the championship round .
Nah bro Oscar won 1,2, and 10, Joe won the rest
agree Oscar won this bout
Oscar was a clear winner. After a two knock down against Frazier and led more punches and yet lose the fight is ridiculous. Frazier won on popularity and influence of an unbeaten record.
Frazier was in only his 12th fight, had never gone more than six rounds and they put him in there with a much more experienced fighter, a tough fighter--and it nearly was a disaster. I'd say Frazier won more rounds, but Bonavena had Frazier in bad trouble in the second and in moderate trouble in the 10th. This could have gone either way depending on if there could have been two-point rounds for Bonavena.
The squeaky voiced Bonavena was not a polished boxer, but he was one tough hombre.
Grown as mens calling them boys when the real men's on canvas battling the real boys talking about the fight.
Un fenómeno Ringo . Como olvidarlo ? ❤❤
Joe was moving differently here. He hadn’t perfected his bobbing & weaving style that was so effective in later fights.
Joe is one of the greatest heavyweight champs of all time 🥊
Joe said Boneva was like fighting a refrigerator, he simply was a very awkward fighter and made everybody look bad at times during his fights. Bonevena was a tough rugged fighter with a lot of strength, if he didnt clinch so much he would have been great to watch. Smokin Joe showed early a heart of a lion, not to many fighters would have made it off the mat after that first punch he walked into. That was a sledgehammer. Good tough fight and i thought Joe clearly won on his aggresiveness and willingness to push the fight to Bonevana. Thats one thing that the New York fighing establishment always gave points for was the fighter that was the aggressor that pushed the fight. Fighters that clinched and broke off the action were not a big point collector in New York scoring of fights.
That’s how it should be viewes
lol, bonavena was beating the shit out of joe in the clinch, ringo was clearly being more aggresive and with the 2 knockdown lead he should have won confortably. but well, north american judges are not going to betray one of their own.
@@micalzoncillo249 - yeah right, black men being so loved in america back in the 1960's. DUH!
Low Blows didn't cost Frazier much in this fight. There were about 24 of them. I don't know how Bonavena could walk.
I'm certain Joe was given to drink the same juice Pryor had in his 1st arguello fight at the end of the 2ond
@@hammer44head there aren't any colors when it's a yanki fighting a south american. north american protect their own even if they are black. watch charlo vs castaño if you don't believe me.
1966 Young Ali in his prime
Would ko both within 10 to 12 rounds yes that means Fraiser too!!!!!
Nah fraizer would have kept getting up. Ali wouldnt be ready for someone who can just keep coming at you like fraizer did here. He wasnt ready for it in part 3 either
First lie . Joe Frazier was not the " Former Olympic Heavyweight King . He won in 1964 . This fight was in 1966 and the next Olympic Heavyweight King would be George Foreman in 1968 .
Imagine Ringo against Berbick or Shavers. Wildly entertaining I think.
No Bonavena never win
Never
FOREMAN kill Bonavena
@@ernestoe.chavezt.54 Really. I would predict a very entertaining match. Others like Gil Clancy have wondered about this bout that never happened.
Styles do make for interesting or uninteresting matches.
Funny watching him made me think of Berbick as well. Strong and effectively awkward.
Si Ringo supira tirar ganchos como Foreman, la victoria era indiscutible. Grande Ringo👍👍
Seguro .. foreman era letal así lo destruyó a Norton para mí más peligroso que Frazier ..
mike would run thru joe look how easy oscar dropped him would be no way for joe to stop mike from hitting him
he should be considered to be Hall of Fame...
Here in argentina he is a legend and very popular in his time
@branded beast He took a beating against Frazier not against a nobody, it was Frazier
GANO BONAVENA ...UN ROBO
September 21,1966...MSG...NYC.
Ambos gladiadores demostraron gran caballerosidad clase y educación
Oscar really was the winner, i think the referee was not honest at all
Bonavena gave a punish to Frazier. Bonavema won the fight.
No
Agree bonavema won but very close fight.
Dame right
Of course Bonavena won!!!!!
Que grande ringo enfrentó y complicó a las leyendas más grandes del boxeo.
Looks like Oscar was bigger, stronger and gifted with a lot of natural ability but Frazier trained harder for the fight, which made All the difference in the second round!
Two warriors. What a fight !!!!!
Smokin Joe Frazier all the way!
Bonavena definetly won this fight. Those judges were very biased against him. He outpunched Frazier and seemed to his 2nd wind as Joe seemed to slow down and get more sluggish in his form.
Oscar Bonavena was like a heavyweight version of Roberto Duran.
He didn't have none of defensive
Don't you dare say that he did not have none of the defensive steals of Roberto Duran
Ciara Hall. His aggression reminds me of Duran . He was also hitting Frazier at some good angles.
Oscar won this bout //split rounds with Oscar dominating the champ round 2 knockdowns
ali got his jaw broken then he stopped all that trash talk
I watched this fight on the one T.V. in my fraternity house. Seeing him get up and come on made me believe he’d do the same against Big George as it was happening. It’s still shocking.
@uncjim
Frazier was a basically a one dementional fighter..He wasn't scientific with his method of boxing..I don't know why he thought he could stand toe to toe against Foreman's big azz!! He kept approaching Foreman the same way over, and over and got beat down..You gotta have different tactics for different fighters...It's more than one way to skin a cat..Frazier was a one dementional fighter..
SweetAzzPie W
Agree
@@sweetazzpiew8490 Well the first fight he didn't really take foreman seriously and the 2nd fought he was past prime and health issues were taking its toll.
@@trey4323
Joe got up after every knockdown in both fights with Big George. Chin of steel and heart of a champ.
@@albanyorganics3030
Without question..great fighter was Smokin’ Joe Frazier.
Siempre admiré a Ringo, por su rudeza, su valentía y hasta por su personalidad.
This bout was not close, the exception being the 1st, 2nd and 10th rounds ; " Ringo" showed NOTHING but holding and clinching, and occasionally a punch.
I had the same card but that makes it 95-93 which is pretty close
Clinches are legal ,,low blows are not and don't count as landed punches ..
@@3rdpersonality48 A certain number of clinched are allowed and the definition of a low blow is pretty vague
@@BlakeHardisonMMA modern pugilism boxing rules ..I'll go by that
@@BlakeHardisonMMA lennox lewis and Ali 2 of the greatest pugilist to ever do it ...joe Frazier definitely one of the best fighter boxers ever
Did the announcer stubble , calling out the black trunk wearer?
What a battle :)
Bonavena's problem is getting outworked. Counterpuncher only fighters can get outpointed by boxers that are aggressive rather than passive or beaten by aggressive accurate punchers really easily. Frazier was the latter. These kinds of fighters just aren't active enough, if they can't get the stoppage against aggressive fighters!
Now that was a good fight two warriors
I Stallone got a lot of his Rocky characteristics from Oscar and Joe. You can see a lot of Rocky in the way Oscar moves.
When Bonavena fought Frazier in this fight. the fight went to Frazier because they judged Frazier had outboxed him. But when Bonovena fought Jimmy Elis. another close fight, but Bonavena appeared to have the upper hand in the fight, went to Elis, cause he knocked Oscar down twice. Go figure.
Although the commentator keeps saying that Frazier was "knocked down" twice, the second one was clearly a push to the floor that the referee didn't see and called a knockdown. Frazier was NOT "almost knocked out" by either of the knockdowns, the first of which was only a flash knockdown. Bad refereeing and a lousy call of the fight. Both fighters mauled each other, but neither beat the other up. Frazier didn't look as good here as he did later in his career. No "Smokin' Joe" bobbing and weaving, just plodding forward, squared up, and missing with a lot of wild, sweeping left hooks.
Bonavena was 1 knockdown away from having a completely different life.
Exactly like Buster Mathis... but he broke his thumb and Joe become a legend.. you can watch about that story on our channel. Thx for comment.
Wasnt a strong knockdown, 2nd was more off balance
@@realworldwarriorstreet1395 History wouldn't care.
@@heyhuey4429
Clowns that dont know wont care, you tube experts, real fighters will know
Bonavena got shot dead at a massage parlour when he decided to take one of the girls with him
Joe frazier had such a great style great fighter. Bonavena was a fine fighter but not in joe's class.
Ringo was awkward at times, but very powerful.