What's really sad to me that Saad Muhammed was abandoned on the streets as a kid and never got to know who his parents were.than he dies alone on the streets broke.all this to fight his heart out for us and he was a great champion..r.i.p my brother Saad.
Dwight worked at the Lighthouse, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey, with both adults and adolescents and is a patient advocate. He was a light Heavyweight precursor to Mike Tyson - concentrated power in both fists, head movement.
Can you believe that this great man Matthew Saad Muhammad became homeless and died alone 2 years ago, this is a guy who put it all on the line and took a tremendous amount of punishment in his career to entertain the fans, but unfortunatley this didn't help him after he retired because boxing is a cruel brutal sport with the worst fanbase ever, RIP brother Muhammad, I'll always remember you.
Boxing commission should have taken care of him. We need to attach a certain amount of money into a general fund that ALL past pros could tap into. If I am not mistaken there is something like this already in effect(might be wrong). With all the money that promoters,managers and others make off fighters there should be plenty of money to go around. That, of course, includes the purses of the boxers themselves.
And people wonder why certain modern day fighters are weary about taking too much punishment and fearing for their long-term health. Guys like Muhammad, Terry Norris, Meldrick Taylor, Gerald McClellan among so many others "put it all on the line" and wound up broke and permanently damaged without anyone caring for them. Where are those supposed "fans" now?
Hard to believe this is still an issue. I recall seeing announcements during matches from the early 1960s inviting viewers to contribute to a retirement fund for boxers. How has this not yet been put into place? All athletes in contact sports run the risk of career-ending injuries, but for boxers there are additional worries because of the cumulative damage they suffer in the ring over years of fighting, and not infrequently as they age, they become fully disabled, sometimes mentally as well as physically. This is a disgrace. If you can afford to spend hundreds/thousands of dollars for ringside seats to watch your favorite boxer in action, you can also afford to contribute to a fund so when your favorite boxer leaves the sport, he won't be in danger of dying in helpless poverty.
One of my favorite fighters. I saw him on broad street after this while he was getting ready for the rematch. I asked him ' you got Braxton'? He said 'I got it' . But there was nothing left. My man, thanks for all the wars.
If Braxton had stayed at light heavy, he would have been one of the top ten all time best in that division. He was a more intelligent, better skilled Joe Frazier, and he could jab. Further, he landed a remarkably big percentage of punches for being a short man. Plus he had good defense.
@Swedish American Reading this hurts my eyes... Yes, IF he stayed at LHW, but what makes you think he could continue to make the limit? His height? The closest he ever got to 175 after 83 was 89 and he was still 13 1/2 shy, never mind the fact he was 31 and only getting older. Joe Frazier was never about skill, Joe Frazier was will. He landed a remarkable amount of punches because he had an incredible reach for his height and timed his punches with his opponents, much like Evander Holyfield. If you're talking about IFS, how about that Qawi started boxing at 25 with no prior experience? Had the man started early with a great trainer who knows how far he could've gone
For a guy with the physical profile of a wade in slugger, Braxton/Qawi was a tremendously skilled boxer. Disciplined, focused.... Short arms but effective jabber...finishes combos with that one extra shot that saad couldn't block or slip.
Matthew Saad Muhammad had been through to many tough fights by the end of 1981 Dwight Braxton was good but if he fights Matthew Saad Muhammad between early 1977 and late 1980 he would get his ass handed to him Saad Muhammad was the best all around light heavyweight hit harder was in top shape the best chin and a heart with no equal during the best time the golden era of light heavyweights 1975 to 1982 miracle Matthew you where top dog champ you will never be forgotten
Both in their prime would've been a match for history, but I wouldn't automatically choose MSM. DMQ was very difficult to hit cleanly, & he could've kept a hard pace for 15 rounds. This' another What If fight that didn't happen.
I first saw Saad Muhammad very early in his Matthew Franklin days and read his story and followed his career he was a good solid champ for many title defenses he took some punishment but that was his fighting style. RIP Champion for ever!!
R.I.P.-Saad Muhammad champoin from 1979-81 in the hall of fame! I cannot believe how many HARD fights he had in that period of time with that style. Managers would NEVER allowed their boxers to fight the list of guys Saad Muhammad fought in a short period of time. You will never see this again. Mayweather and Klitschko fights like once a year. Saad fought almost every two months. Before this fight Saad fought Bull MArtin. This was when boxing was recognized as a real sport.
Yup and then look what happened to them? All the wars they were in for the fans benefit ended up severely deteriorating their long-term health and for what? Did these so-called "fans" do anything for fighters like Muhammad when they were in need? Nope, probably could not have cared less about him until they found out he died. And then so-called "fans" have the nerve to call guys like Floyd and Wladimir cowards for trying to avoid as punishment as they can. Boxing has the worst fan base PERIOD!
Its ammazing a guy that short was able by the 4th round to close the distance and get Saad right where he wanted him...he was truly a buzz saw...Matthew was a great champion also...nothing to be ashamed of....BUT nothing last forever...
So true. Qawi was a monster. He is one of those guys I'd definitely wouldn't want to fight because you know you'd have to work every minute of every round and even if you won you'd have looked like you lost.
light-heavyweight division was terrific back then,and provided terrific fights.......if only Chad and Bernard had watched a tape of this before their snoozer in Atlantic City!
Great fight Remember watching the highlights of this on world of sport Boxing Day 1981. Preferred the British commentary. The Camden buzzsaw was a tremendous fighter. Matthew Saad Muhammad was too but probably not so popular in the UK after John Conteh was hard done by in their first fight.
Dwight Braxton-Qawi should have stayed in light hvy division. he was so much quicker, punches and movement. maybe even down to sr middleweight or even middleweight. the light hvy fight he lost to Spinks, there are some weird things Qawi did. one, He was getting accupuncture every day. now everyone who has accupuncture knows it makes you so relaxed you feel like jelly. watch the spinks fight, you'll see how slow Qawi is. but even with the extra pounds at Cruiser weight he still gave future Hvy Champion Holyfield an amazing 15 rounds. lost on a split decision.
The first time I saw Saad Muhammad fight was against Marvin Johnson and it was a war! From then on, if MSM was in a televised fight, I never missed it!! RIP to a great fighter.
Saad was involved in far too many “fight of the year” and “round of the year” type of fights. His style like so many others is not designed to last long.
Yes I agree. What we saw was the build-up effect of taking so many shots from some of the best light heavyweights of all time. How do you fight the likes of Yaqui Lopez, Marvin Johnson and John Conteh twice and hope to stay on top for years? Saad should never have fought Qawi a 2nd time.
I disagree. Qawi had his number. Usually for Saad someone would hurt him, start tiring themselves out a bit and he would rebound for a late finish. Here we can see from the get go he had no plans for how to deal with Qawi. Qawi hurt him and kept on hurting him round after round. Consistent jabs to the head and body, countering Saad's best weapon, the straight right, with his own which made him reluctant to throw it, constant head movement so anything he was throwing was missing which in turn wasn't wearing Qawi out, only himself. You could see how discouraged he was. Qawi was also super durable, only being stopped by Foreman and Holyfield. Even if this was a Saad from, let's say the fight with Lopez, I reckon the only difference would be he might go the full 15 in a losing effort. The 2 fights did however take a tremendous toll on Saad, physically and mentally
Saad was matched tough pretty much from the start…... Brutal sparring seesions in between fights and after each war, fighting three months later…….. just does not lend itself for career longevity…… I am currently reading the book “Warrior” by Tris Dixon. It is no wonder he was finished by 30.
Thanks for posting this fight. In retrospect, Saad looked good in the first few rounds, but having to lose 3 pounds the morning of the fight didn't help at all. He just didn't have the crispness he did in earlier fights. Time just seemed to finally catch up to Saad. Braxton was determined though, and sure had a hard chin.
Great fights (1&2), I remember watching it live on cable. I honestly thought Saad Muhammad would come back as he usually does later in the fight. He was known to take a lot of punishment in the early and middle round before he came out strong 11th through the 15th round, but Quawi was a punisher. He was over his head with Quawi, the punishment he took was too severe to come back in the late rounds. They both were true warriors. Saad Muhammad was one of the most exciting light heavyweights of all time. Rest in Power!
Braxton vs Hagler!...Hagler should have tried the lightheavyweight division at least once. Hagler would have had the height advantage. Hagler didn't have the power to hold Qawi off, woulda been great!
Eventually, those wars Saad Muhammad had leading into this fight was going to catch up to him especially against a talented tough fighter like Braxton, Qawi. There rematch in August 1982 was sadly the end of Muhammad's magnificent entertaining career. Qawi would lose to Michael Spinks in their 1983 Light Heavyweight unification bout.
One of my favorite lines is from Dwight Muhammad Qawi: "I'm gonna hit Saad Muhammad so hard, I'm gonna knock an "A" out of his name. He will be called Matthew "Sad" Muhammad.
+Frederic Wells ground round: thats better than what you get in a mcdonald hamburger. you don't want to watch what mcdonalds puts into there burgers like beef cow organs and all this other synthetic shit. i eat at wendy's, but who knows maybe they too put shit into their burgers too. actually mcdonalds had its healthyist burger when it was half soy bean product and beef. but today all these chemicals and beef cow organs and other body parts: puke!
I remember this fight clearly, MSM was the 4-1 favorite. The thing is his decline was noticeable. Yes, he was getting KOs, but they were taking longer and he was absorbing even more punishmen than normal. I told some friends DB was going to slowly but surely chop MSH down, they didn’t believe me, but wouldn't bet on MSH at 4-1.
I was at this fight walking around ringside. I, believe it or not, was a Bunny Aid (basically helped the girls in the show rooms) at the venue Playboy in Atlantic City. I saw Mohammed eating very light meals trying to lose weight the week before the fight. Knew he had no chance. After the fight I was back in the employee only area where then Braxton headed to the elevator. As he was getting in the guy I was with yelled at Braxton, "Braxton, you ain't shit" Braxton was still so pumped he lunged towards us as the elevator closed. The guy I worked with was pretty much a dick and it would have been awesome to have had those doors open. At one of the shows I worked I witnessed a juggler invite a heckler back stage to them beat him down with a freaking bowling pin. Messed him up pretty bad. Split his head open. He was taken away in cuffs. Funny thing was the juggler who's name was Joey Jordan was teaching me to juggle and the show producer actually asked me if I was ready to go on stage. No way. Good times.
That's a sad story that he died like that. Always a great action fighter to watch win or lose Mathew Saad Muhammad Dwight Braxton back then had a style Saad Muhammad had trouble with. But Sad had so many tough fights. He was reaching the end of his championship light heavyweight run
Saad literally had nothing left going in to this fight, yet he still would have clobbered most light heavyweights of that time. Dwight Braxton was a total savage at 175 lbs. Only the greatest light heavies, Tunney, Charles, Moore, Foster and Spinks beat him.
I followed them both in the day. I thought they were two of the most exciting boxers of their time. Braxton was a much shorter fighter who was still able to get inside. Reminded me of a min-Joe Frazier.
Saad was one of m favorites back in the day. He always tended to go to war and come on late. Qawi's defense was just too much and that's why he defended his title successfully so many times.
That was the most vicious knockdown I've ever seen! That knockdown punch landed so cleanly it would have put an elephant down. (...I'm being sarfacetous.)
I have to say that this was not your ordinary ass whipping I mean it was a beat down total destruction.dwight Braxton or qawi was just as they called him"the Camden buzzaw'relentless brutal and no mercy as he would just keep coming n excellent head movement..his fight plan just perfect execution inside work from body to the head.this man was a Savage n yet no one ever speaks of Dwight Braxton n definitely one of the greatest of all time.braxton was a machine in his prime an animal in the ring.
How could Hearns fight one of these gus? He was good in the wleterweight division. He was k.o-out by Marvin Hagler in the middle weight division. Dwight Mohhamad Wawi was not only very strong but tcehnically sound. Look at his defence skills against Saad. He went seven rounds against George Foreman! Excellent fighter! He would easily dominate the light heavy weight division today!
Hearns at 175 wouldn't be, and wasn't, the same as Hearns at 147 or 154. If he had been a natural LH, he couldn't given both of these guys a good fight.
Saad weighed 181 the morning of the fight and after jogging weighed 178. Then he had to do more aerobic stuff to finally make 175. He looks dried out here. He doesn't have the muscle definition of earlier fights. I think he and his camp took Braxton lightly. You can hear his trainer saying during the first round, "Go home early." Also, Saad is ameteurshly holding his left hand by his side, ala Hearns. He hardly did this in earlier fights. Some of Hearn's bad habits apparently rubbed off on him in his sparring with Hearns. Braxton had no amateur experience and was just 15-1-1 entering the fight. What Braxton had that none of Saad's previous title fight opponents, except Conteh, was a sound defense. Saad couldn't land the overhand right - his best punch. Why he didn't try more uppercuts is a mystery. The short, squat Braxton would prove to be vulnerable to uppercuts in his fight with Eddie Davis. I think the combination of many tough fights, losing 6 pounds the day of the fight, and poor strategy and Braxton's defense proved too much for Saad. In reprospect, Saad should have fought someone safe like Mustafa Wassaja or Jerry Celestine, then he would have fought Spinks in a unification fight in 1982. It's unfortunate that Saad reigned for nearly 3 years an never got a unification fight. Such fights with Mustafa or Spinks in 1980 or 1981 would have been good, competitive fights.
I sympathize with fighters having to make weight (well, back before the 24 hour window). But accurate scales have been around for centuries, he should've monitored his weight.
Saad was amazing but he had a predictably short career at the top...so physically strong and could take so much punishment. It looked to me like he went down in the 10th from exhaustion and acceptance that it was over. Their next fight wasn't nearly as competitive. Saad was shot as a top light heavyweight. It all left him in this fight.
The referee warned Qawi about a low blow early in round #5. The fans booed, but Howard Cosell said the fans don't know what they're talking about. He said Arthur Mercante is the best referee he has seen going back 30 years. Mercante might be a good ref, but he was wrong this time. I watched the replay, at the beginning of the 5th round, and qawi threw a short jab that would have been a foot above the waist if it had landed. The punch didn't come close to landing and if it had it wasn't even close to being a low blow. Mercante was right there; he saw something that didn't happen. Qawi was angry, he said something mocking the ref later.............
If you look at Saad's fights, he was never the same after the second Lopez fight. Every fight after that he only fought evenly until a big punch would bail him out (Mwale, Johnson, Sutherland). In this fight, however, it all came to an end. I think the thing that really gets me angry is that after taking all of that punishment and after entertaining all of those people, Miracle Matt still ended up poor and homeless. How is that even possible? Ugh....
A long time ago I read that Matthew well his real name was Maxwell was riding around in Philadelphia in a Rolls-Royce. The minute I saw the words Rolls-Royce, I knew he would end up broke.
That was a stupid trend in the late 70s and into the 80s in the light heavyweight division of everyone calling himself Mohammed. The losers real name is Maxwell Antonio Loach. The winners name is the Dwight Braxton.
I don't understand way Muhammad fought Dwight like this by trying to box...His best work was when he went forward backing up fighter and knocking them out!!!
never could stand cossel calling a fight.. he had never been in a fight in his life, he never played a sport in his life, he was a lawyer.. one annoying person to say the least..
the worse corner in boxing history.. soloman didn't know how to train a fighter, the worse trainer, EVER!! and then his management was disgusting.. they were going to let him get killed, but it was the white cornerman that came into save his fighter and friend.. the black management and trainer were just looking at their paydays..
In fairness, Cosell was not always an idiot. He was, in fact, among the first commentators to accept and use "Muhammad Ali," at a time when many of his colleagues insisted on "Cassius Clay." However, by the time of this fight, I suspect that his brain may have ossified a bit.
Holy Shit I did not know I was shaming him for losing the fight. Mathew was a good fighter, but I've seen better including this fight where he had a huge height and reach advantage.
attilathehun0 The point I'm trying to make is yes the taller longer guy has the advantage of keeping a guy away but those short stocky guys have easy access to the body and have a more steady base to take shots while taller guys tend to have a weaker root and less compacted mass to absorb the shots. I'm not trying to bust your balls but their is give and take to everything and it isn't so much about what tools you have, but how you use them. DWQ was very elusive and stifling and even if you did hit him it was probably at an awkward angle which he didn't care. I think people thinking that a guy should undoubtedly beat a guy because he's taller or bigger is shallow and it is very common idea and kind of a pet peeve of mine.
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What's really sad to me that Saad Muhammed was abandoned on the streets as a kid and never got to know who his parents were.than he dies alone on the streets broke.all this to fight his heart out for us and he was a great champion..r.i.p my brother Saad.
Dwight worked at the Lighthouse, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey, with both adults and adolescents and is a patient advocate. He was a light Heavyweight precursor to Mike Tyson - concentrated power in both fists, head movement.
Any idea on Dwight's current whereabouts and contact information? I can't find anything up to date on the internet.
Braxton was a Beast 💯👍👍👍
No..he was not a Tyson precursor. Lmfao. This guy in his prime would have mauled Tyson. Sorry mighty Mike nut lovers..but facts
@@charlesrussell6305 I wouldn't doubt it. Braxton. Gave a Prime Holyfield a tough tough time.
@@charlesrussell6305 Are you insane? Dwight was a light heavy, Tyson would've eaten him for breakfast
RIP Saad, you were truly one of the best.
Can you believe that this great man Matthew Saad Muhammad became homeless and died alone 2 years ago, this is a guy who put it all on the line and took a tremendous amount of punishment in his career to entertain the fans, but unfortunatley this didn't help him after he retired because boxing is a cruel brutal sport with the worst fanbase ever, RIP brother Muhammad, I'll always remember you.
I always thought he was lucky !!...certainly lucky against John conteh when Saad corner put superglue into fight ending cuts !!
Boxing commission should have taken care of him. We need to attach a certain amount of money into a general fund that ALL past pros could tap into. If I am not mistaken there is something like this already in effect(might be wrong). With all the money that promoters,managers and others make off fighters there should be plenty of money to go around. That, of course, includes the purses of the boxers themselves.
And people wonder why certain modern day fighters are weary about taking too much punishment and fearing for their long-term health. Guys like Muhammad, Terry Norris, Meldrick Taylor, Gerald McClellan among so many others "put it all on the line" and wound up broke and permanently damaged without anyone caring for them. Where are those supposed "fans" now?
Hard to believe this is still an issue. I recall seeing announcements during matches from the early 1960s inviting viewers to contribute to a retirement fund for boxers. How has this not yet been put into place?
All athletes in contact sports run the risk of career-ending injuries, but for boxers there are additional worries because of the cumulative damage they suffer in the ring over years of fighting, and not infrequently as they age, they become fully disabled, sometimes mentally as well as physically.
This is a disgrace. If you can afford to spend hundreds/thousands of dollars for ringside seats to watch your favorite boxer in action, you can also afford to contribute to a fund so when your favorite boxer leaves the sport, he won't be in danger of dying in helpless poverty.
It was "newskin" - a form of over-the-counter liquid plaster. Superglue is neither sterile and takes a while to set!
Matthew Saad Muhammad was one of the greatest light heavys ever. Much respect, RIP!! I love Qawi's style constant pressure, good defense!!
One of my favorite fighters. I saw him on broad street after this while he was getting ready for the rematch. I asked him ' you got Braxton'? He said 'I got it' . But there was nothing left. My man, thanks for all the wars.
Thanks for sharing that.
Nothing left ? He never would of beaten Braxton
@@cd1168exactly. There isn’t one single thing that he did better than Braxton if they fight 100 times he gets beat to a pulp 100 times.
Saad Muhammad had absolutely no quit in him! one of my favorite fighters to watch. RIP champ.
RIP SAAD.A great fighter to watch.
no Miracle for Matthew on this day. RIP Matthew Saad Muhammad a true fighting champ.
R.I.P M.S.MUHAMMAD
A TRUE WARRIOR and A BIG HEART.
Two of my favorite fighters. True Champions!
If Braxton had stayed at light heavy, he would have been one of the top ten all time best in that division. He was a more intelligent, better skilled Joe Frazier, and he could jab. Further, he landed a remarkably big percentage of punches for being a short man. Plus he had good defense.
@Swedish American Reading this hurts my eyes... Yes, IF he stayed at LHW, but what makes you think he could continue to make the limit? His height? The closest he ever got to 175 after 83 was 89 and he was still 13 1/2 shy, never mind the fact he was 31 and only getting older. Joe Frazier was never about skill, Joe Frazier was will. He landed a remarkable amount of punches because he had an incredible reach for his height and timed his punches with his opponents, much like Evander Holyfield. If you're talking about IFS, how about that Qawi started boxing at 25 with no prior experience? Had the man started early with a great trainer who knows how far he could've gone
@@chriswelcome8102 great post man!!!
@@coreystewart5939 Thank you :-)
Still put him top ten light heavyweight all time.
Higher than top 10. Once he changed to quai. He fked it all up. How make 175? Stop eating. No business fighting guys like foreman
For a guy with the physical profile of a wade in slugger, Braxton/Qawi was a tremendously skilled boxer. Disciplined, focused.... Short arms but effective jabber...finishes combos with that one extra shot that saad couldn't block or slip.
Cefcecdfs He actually had long arms for his height, assuming that he really is 5ft 6.
Agreed. One tactic and knew how to pull it off.
Matthew Saad Muhammad had been through to many tough fights by the end of 1981 Dwight Braxton was good but if he fights Matthew Saad Muhammad between early 1977 and late 1980 he would get his ass handed to him Saad Muhammad was the best all around light heavyweight hit harder was in top shape the best chin and a heart with no equal during the best time the golden era of light heavyweights 1975 to 1982 miracle Matthew you where top dog champ you will never be forgotten
Both in their prime would've been a match for history, but I wouldn't automatically choose MSM. DMQ was very difficult to hit cleanly, & he could've kept a hard pace for 15 rounds. This' another What If fight that didn't happen.
a classic of the golden era.
I first saw Saad Muhammad very early in his Matthew Franklin days and read his story and followed his career he was a good solid champ for many title defenses he took some punishment but that was his fighting style. RIP Champion for ever!!
Qawi was a beast! It's amazing that a guy that short fought so well at light heavy and cruiserweight.
R.I.P.-Saad Muhammad champoin from 1979-81 in the hall of fame! I cannot believe how many HARD fights he had in that period of time with that style. Managers would NEVER allowed their boxers to fight the list of guys Saad Muhammad fought in a short period of time.
You will never see this again. Mayweather and Klitschko fights like once a year. Saad fought almost every two months. Before this fight Saad fought Bull MArtin. This was when boxing was recognized as a real sport.
Yup and then look what happened to them? All the wars they were in for the fans benefit ended up severely deteriorating their long-term health and for what? Did these so-called "fans" do anything for fighters like Muhammad when they were in need? Nope, probably could not have cared less about him until they found out he died. And then so-called "fans" have the nerve to call guys like Floyd and Wladimir cowards for trying to avoid as punishment as they can. Boxing has the worst fan base PERIOD!
@@jasonmoody7378 Real talk!
Its ammazing a guy that short was able by the 4th round to close the distance and get Saad right where he wanted him...he was truly a buzz saw...Matthew was a great champion also...nothing to be ashamed of....BUT nothing last forever...
Saad was every bit as exciting as Gatti or Ward,just didn't have enough left after all those incredible wars.
For Matthew too many wars(Yaqui Lopez,Marvin Johnson) and a large weight loss
made him much weaker taking nothing away from Braxton.
Never could of beaten Braxton
So true. Qawi was a monster. He is one of those guys I'd definitely wouldn't want to fight because you know you'd have to work every minute of every round and even if you won you'd have looked like you lost.
See Qawi pinning Saad's RH with his left shoulder!
The battle of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge
R.I.P. champ.
Excellent fight, thanks for uploading it.
light-heavyweight division was terrific back then,and provided terrific fights.......if only Chad and Bernard had watched a tape of this before their snoozer in Atlantic City!
Great fight
Remember watching the highlights of this on world of sport Boxing Day 1981.
Preferred the British commentary.
The Camden buzzsaw was a tremendous fighter.
Matthew Saad Muhammad was too but probably not so popular in the UK after John Conteh was hard done by in their first fight.
Dwight Braxton-Qawi should have stayed in light hvy division. he was so much quicker, punches and movement. maybe even down to sr middleweight or even middleweight. the light hvy fight he lost to Spinks, there are some weird things Qawi did. one, He was getting accupuncture every day. now everyone who has accupuncture knows it makes you so relaxed you feel like jelly. watch the spinks fight, you'll see how slow Qawi is.
but even with the extra pounds at Cruiser weight he still gave future Hvy Champion Holyfield an amazing 15 rounds. lost on a split decision.
There's no money in light heavyweight, that is why light heavyweights fighters, after a while in that weight class they move on up to heavyweight.
The first time I saw Saad Muhammad fight was against Marvin Johnson and it was a war! From then on, if MSM was in a televised fight, I never missed it!! RIP to a great fighter.
Two absolute legends. Styles make fights,
Saad was involved in far too many “fight of the year” and “round of the year” type of fights. His style like so many others is not designed to last long.
Yes I agree. What we saw was the build-up effect of taking so many shots from some of the best light heavyweights of all time. How do you fight the likes of Yaqui Lopez, Marvin Johnson and John Conteh twice and hope to stay on top for years? Saad should never have fought Qawi a 2nd time.
Great point.
I disagree. Qawi had his number. Usually for Saad someone would hurt him, start tiring themselves out a bit and he would rebound for a late finish. Here we can see from the get go he had no plans for how to deal with Qawi. Qawi hurt him and kept on hurting him round after round. Consistent jabs to the head and body, countering Saad's best weapon, the straight right, with his own which made him reluctant to throw it, constant head movement so anything he was throwing was missing which in turn wasn't wearing Qawi out, only himself. You could see how discouraged he was. Qawi was also super durable, only being stopped by Foreman and Holyfield. Even if this was a Saad from, let's say the fight with Lopez, I reckon the only difference would be he might go the full 15 in a losing effort. The 2 fights did however take a tremendous toll on Saad, physically and mentally
@@chriswelcome8102 What do you disagree with?
@@christophermcmihelk6231 That he was spent as a fighter at this point
Saad was matched tough pretty much from the start…... Brutal sparring seesions in between fights and after each war, fighting three months later…….. just does not lend itself for career longevity…… I am currently reading the book “Warrior” by Tris Dixon. It is no wonder he was finished by 30.
Thanks for posting this fight. In retrospect, Saad looked good in the first few rounds, but having to lose 3 pounds the morning of the fight didn't help at all. He just didn't have the crispness he did in earlier fights. Time just seemed to finally catch up to Saad.
Braxton was determined though, and sure had a hard chin.
I have always been impressed with Qawi as a Great Fighter! Hell,he even whipped Leon Spinks!
A lot of fighters beat Leon Spinks. Leon was a worn out journeyman when DMQ destroyed him.
DMQ's height worked to his advantage. MSM was throwing punches, DMQ ducked down lower and smothered him which took away the height advantage.
Great fights (1&2), I remember watching it live on cable. I honestly thought Saad Muhammad would come back as he usually does later in the fight. He was known to take a lot of punishment in the early and middle round before he came out strong 11th through the 15th round, but Quawi was a punisher. He was over his head with Quawi, the punishment he took was too severe to come back in the late rounds. They both were true warriors. Saad Muhammad was one of the most exciting light heavyweights of all time. Rest in Power!
My Goodness what a Killer. Truly a all time Great. 1love
Love Ali .dwight qawwi .Eddie mustafa. And. Saad Mohammad.rest in peace my brothers
Braxton vs Hagler!...Hagler should have tried the lightheavyweight division at least once. Hagler would have had the height advantage. Hagler didn't have the power to hold Qawi off, woulda been great!
Eventually, those wars Saad Muhammad had leading into this fight was going to catch up to him especially against a talented tough fighter like Braxton, Qawi. There rematch in August 1982 was sadly the end of Muhammad's magnificent entertaining career. Qawi would lose to Michael Spinks in their 1983 Light Heavyweight unification bout.
One of my favorite lines is from Dwight Muhammad Qawi: "I'm gonna hit Saad Muhammad so hard, I'm gonna knock an "A" out of his name. He will be called Matthew "Sad" Muhammad.
Hahahahah. I also laughed when he said Michael Spinks had “primitive skills“
This was HEARTBREAKING!! Dwight Braxton(Qawi) turned POOR SAAD into GROUND ROUND!!!!!
+Frederic Wells ground round: thats better than what you get in a mcdonald hamburger. you don't want to watch what mcdonalds puts into there burgers like beef cow organs and all this other synthetic shit. i eat at wendy's, but who knows maybe they too put shit into their burgers too. actually mcdonalds had its healthyist burger when it was half soy bean product and beef. but today all these chemicals and beef cow organs and other body parts: puke!
+John Doe moooooo!@ .. haha cant be serious.
He can't?
I remember this fight clearly, MSM was the 4-1 favorite. The thing is his decline was noticeable. Yes, he was getting KOs, but they were taking longer and he was absorbing even more punishmen than normal. I told some friends DB was going to slowly but surely chop MSH down, they didn’t believe me, but wouldn't bet on MSH at 4-1.
Braxton walked him into the right hand beautifully the whole fight.
I was at this fight walking around ringside. I, believe it or not, was a Bunny Aid (basically helped the girls in the show rooms) at the venue Playboy in Atlantic City. I saw Mohammed eating very light meals trying to lose weight the week before the fight. Knew he had no chance. After the fight I was back in the employee only area where then Braxton headed to the elevator. As he was getting in the guy I was with yelled at Braxton, "Braxton, you ain't shit" Braxton was still so pumped he lunged towards us as the elevator closed. The guy I worked with was pretty much a dick and it would have been awesome to have had those doors open. At one of the shows I worked I witnessed a juggler invite a heckler back stage to them beat him down with a freaking bowling pin. Messed him up pretty bad. Split his head open. He was taken away in cuffs. Funny thing was the juggler who's name was Joey Jordan was teaching me to juggle and the show producer actually asked me if I was ready to go on stage. No way. Good times.
That's a sad story that he died like that. Always a great action fighter to watch win or lose Mathew Saad Muhammad Dwight Braxton back then had a style Saad Muhammad had trouble with. But Sad had so many tough fights. He was reaching the end of his championship light heavyweight run
If qawi was over 6 ft he could of been one of the best heavys ever
Mike Tyson was 5'11
a 5'6"buzzsaw Braxton/Qawi sure was.
Saad literally had nothing left going in to this fight, yet he still would have clobbered most light heavyweights of that time. Dwight Braxton was a total savage at 175 lbs. Only the greatest light heavies, Tunney, Charles, Moore, Foster and Spinks beat him.
I followed them both in the day. I thought they were two of the most exciting boxers of their time. Braxton was a much shorter fighter who was still able to get inside. Reminded me of a min-Joe Frazier.
Saad was one of m favorites back in the day. He always tended to go to war and come on late. Qawi's defense was just too much and that's why he defended his title successfully so many times.
IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MIKE TYSON, "EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE"! GREAT FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The great Mike Tyson? Lol
I believe Dwight v Holyfield was last fight to go 15 in '87
Jose Alfredo Flores vs Eric Holland 7/6/96
Great fight Braxton's defense is tight he rolled a lot of Saad shots.
golden age of boxing....
Both greats
BRING BACK THE FIGHTERS MAN!!!!
That was the most vicious knockdown I've ever seen! That knockdown punch landed so cleanly it would have put an elephant down. (...I'm being sarfacetous.)
Hearns didnot start fighting at lightheavy until 1990
I have to say that this was not your ordinary ass whipping I mean it was a beat down total destruction.dwight Braxton or qawi was just as they called him"the Camden buzzaw'relentless brutal and no mercy as he would just keep coming n excellent head movement..his fight plan just perfect execution inside work from body to the head.this man was a Savage n yet no one ever speaks of Dwight Braxton n definitely one of the greatest of all time.braxton was a machine in his prime an animal in the ring.
No clinches in this fight .
Thats how boxing should be,, floyd "clinch" mayweather should use his philly shell defense more like this
How could Hearns fight one of these gus? He was good in the wleterweight division. He was k.o-out by Marvin Hagler in the middle weight division.
Dwight Mohhamad Wawi was not only very strong but tcehnically sound. Look at his defence skills against Saad. He went seven rounds against George Foreman! Excellent fighter! He would easily dominate the light heavy weight division today!
Hearns at 175 wouldn't be, and wasn't, the same as Hearns at 147 or 154. If he had been a natural LH, he couldn't given both of these guys a good fight.
I knew him and his family member's , when I worked in Camden.
Saad weighed 181 the morning of the fight and after jogging weighed 178. Then he had to do more aerobic stuff to finally make 175. He looks dried out here. He doesn't have the muscle definition of earlier fights. I think he and his camp took Braxton lightly. You can hear his trainer saying during the first round, "Go home early." Also, Saad is ameteurshly holding his left hand by his side, ala Hearns. He hardly did this in earlier fights. Some of Hearn's bad habits apparently rubbed off on him in his sparring with Hearns. Braxton had no amateur experience and was just 15-1-1 entering the fight. What Braxton had that none of Saad's previous title fight opponents, except Conteh, was a sound defense. Saad couldn't land the overhand right - his best punch. Why he didn't try more uppercuts is a mystery. The short, squat Braxton would prove to be vulnerable to uppercuts in his fight with Eddie Davis. I think the combination of many tough fights, losing 6 pounds the day of the fight, and poor strategy and Braxton's defense proved too much for Saad. In reprospect, Saad should have fought someone safe like Mustafa Wassaja or Jerry Celestine, then he would have fought Spinks in a unification fight in 1982. It's unfortunate that Saad reigned for nearly 3 years an never got a unification fight. Such fights with Mustafa or Spinks in 1980 or 1981 would have been good, competitive fights.
I sympathize with fighters having to make weight (well, back before the 24 hour window). But accurate scales have been around for centuries, he should've monitored his weight.
Braxton was great at this weight!!
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Braxton could not be denied
Saad was amazing but he had a predictably short career at the top...so physically strong and could take so much punishment. It looked to me like he went down in the 10th from exhaustion and acceptance that it was over. Their next fight wasn't nearly as competitive. Saad was shot as a top light heavyweight. It all left him in this fight.
SAD, SAD, SAD FOR POOR SAAD!!!!😞😞
The referee warned Qawi about a low blow early in round #5. The fans booed, but Howard Cosell said the fans don't know what they're talking about. He said Arthur Mercante is the best referee he has seen going back 30 years. Mercante might be a good ref, but he was wrong this time. I watched the replay, at the beginning of the 5th round, and qawi threw a short jab that would have been a foot above the waist if it had landed. The punch didn't come close to landing and if it had it wasn't even close to being a low blow. Mercante was right there; he saw something that didn't happen. Qawi was angry, he said something mocking the ref later.............
Qawi was very tough!
If you look at Saad's fights, he was never the same after the second Lopez fight. Every fight after that he only fought evenly until a big punch would bail him out (Mwale, Johnson, Sutherland). In this fight, however, it all came to an end. I think the thing that really gets me angry is that after taking all of that punishment and after entertaining all of those people, Miracle Matt still ended up poor and homeless. How is that even possible? Ugh....
A long time ago I read that Matthew well his real name was Maxwell was riding around in Philadelphia in a Rolls-Royce. The minute I saw the words Rolls-Royce, I knew he would end up broke.
His decline was noticeable, but many people overlooked it because he was winning by KOs.
That new camera sucks.
I thought l heard Shannon Briggs at
ringside COM ON CHAMP.
Man network TV could be annoying with their microphone placement having to hear his corner. The whole time was painful and very irritating.
And it was the same thing when Braxton foot, Leon Spinks you could hear the spinks corner of the whole damn fight, yelling, and screaming
Great fighter Dwight qawi is the truth!!
I just have 2 questions, what's this muhamadd thing lool ?? and why were the two brothers fighting ??
That was a stupid trend in the late 70s and into the 80s in the light heavyweight division of everyone calling himself Mohammed.
The losers real name is Maxwell Antonio Loach. The winners name is the Dwight Braxton.
Tommy Hearns wanted no part of these two. For the record.
Robert Good Different weight class sir.
Qawi is a warrior
I don't understand way Muhammad fought Dwight like this by trying to box...His best work was when he went forward backing up fighter and knocking them out!!!
Do you think that Qawi would beat Virgil Hill,"Prince" Charles Williams and Michalczewski?
Yes
George Havenhand I still doubt but it's interesting to have your opinion.
Frédéric Avalli Yes
never could stand cossel calling a fight.. he had never been in a fight in his life, he never played a sport in his life, he was a lawyer.. one annoying person to say the least..
Matthew never had a chance in this fight. Bad style for him here.
Howard isn’t biased is he? Jeez. Terrible
the worse corner in boxing history.. soloman didn't know how to train a fighter, the worse trainer, EVER!! and then his management was disgusting.. they were going to let him get killed, but it was the white cornerman that came into save his fighter and friend.. the black management and trainer were just looking at their paydays..
I thought Qawi had already changed his name. But Cosell keeps calling him by his birth surname Braxton. i don't know
Cosell was an idiot.
In fairness, Cosell was not always an idiot. He was, in fact, among the first commentators to accept and use "Muhammad Ali," at a time when many of his colleagues insisted on "Cassius Clay."
However, by the time of this fight, I suspect that his brain may have ossified a bit.
He was billed as just Dwight Braxton. I was there.
Lol There were some fights that were just given to mathew. He loses to guy who is only 5'6.
What does that have to do with anything?
It has to do with the fighter in this video.
attilathehun0 Why does the fact he is only 5'6" make it shameful to lose to him?
Holy Shit I did not know I was shaming him for losing the fight. Mathew was a good fighter, but I've seen better including this fight where he had a huge height and reach advantage.
attilathehun0 The point I'm trying to make is yes the taller longer guy has the advantage of keeping a guy away but those short stocky guys have easy access to the body and have a more steady base to take shots while taller guys tend to have a weaker root and less compacted mass to absorb the shots. I'm not trying to bust your balls but their is give and take to everything and it isn't so much about what tools you have, but how you use them. DWQ was very elusive and stifling and even if you did hit him it was probably at an awkward angle which he didn't care. I think people thinking that a guy should undoubtedly beat a guy because he's taller or bigger is shallow and it is very common idea and kind of a pet peeve of mine.
Făcătură de meci, totul Fals, meci vândut.