I met Ali years ago working at a small town newspaper and found him to be a very kind gentleman. I spent the whole day with him taking hundreds of pictures and he never complained or even got tired. One of the best days of my life.
When Howard Cosell said Ali was running out of people to fight Ali said, 'I'll fight you'. Cosell said, 'I'll tear you to shreds'. Those two really respected and loved each other.
I don't think Ali really respected Cosell, he knew he was a bigot, but Ali played along for a while and always got a dig in on Cosell being an asshole.
@@TheSeeker1960 You are wrong about Cosell. Both individuals thought highly of one another and it sincerely showed. I saw a film clip of Cosell talking before the television audience wherein he stated that he loved Ali and urged him to remain the same honest courageous individual he had always been. The moment was historical and as far as I know never to be duplicated. It took guts to say that on national TV.
@uradragon cosell hated Ali. Its evident through all comments during matches. He always tried to put Ali down. He got his cheap publicity by talking down the great Ali. Cosell was a clown.
Boxing just isn't very popular in the USA anymore. Not like it was back then. Maybe it's been overtaken by the more brutal MMA bout and others. Not even any boxing magazines at the magazine stands anymore.
That was the unique quality of Ali. Ali told Paterson who started the Cassius Clay I'm gonna whup him, made Floyd pay dearly. Ali naturally preferred making his fights a show as he didn't carry with him personal animosity against his competitors that usually affects strategy like other fighters before him. Ali had showmanship quality and a true compassion for people.
@@johnalexander4940 I agree with you Ali was much bigger than boxing and I’m looking forward to October 30, 2024 I call it the nightmare before Halloween I love both boxers but this is the fight Ali couldn’t lose can you imagine how many millions of dollars people lost on this day? I’ve been celebrating Ali vs Foreman this year makes 20 years every October 30th I watch the fight constantly rewinding the final last moments of the perfect time Ali went into action and down went Foreman and this fight haunted Foreman 20 years can you imagine the PTSD AND NIGHTMARES FOREMAN HAD I will be watching this fight till I leave this world every October 30th this fight is 50 years old this year RIP MUHUMMAD ALI GOAT JOB WELL DONE 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
When you face a boxer who can rip you apart while asking you what his name is for a whole fight then you should know you'd be doing yourself no favours making him mad.
l'm 65, grew up knowing who Ali was, of course, but l did not know who Bonavena was until just now. Damn that man was a Rock ! Take a punch, give a punch and it seemed not to phase him too much. Ali just wore him down as he wore down many many opponents and in the final round put it away with knock downs. That was amazing, thank you to the poster, l'm always down to learn.
@@RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj The man could fight, l can't find much good on TH-cam about him though - sadly. He was a bull of a fighter and Ali was graceful and fast as lightning. Not good for Bonavena. Have a good night.
Oscar Bonavena is a name I haven't heard in a while. He was a tough boxer in his time. I remember him being brash outside the ring but a brawler and kind of unconventional inside of it. Thanks for the upload.
One of the toughest fights with Mohammed Ali I've ever seen.. There are a lot of boxers who just have a big mouth, but regardless of his big mouth, Bonavena was also a really tough opponent to fight.
@dusandragovic09srb Ali name the um Greatest Athlete an Boxer of All Times sitting and talking to leaders of Nations around the World not going to war for an unjust war for a lying racists government so with that being said he was Bigger than Boxing 🎉
It was a great fight. If Ali doesn't get the ko. He probaloses. It was the first fight. To show that Ali maybe wasn't the same as before the the draft layoff. Right before the loss to frazier
In Ali times heavyweight was defined completely different (approximately 40 pounds lighter than Nowadays) Ali won Olympic Gold as light heavyweight. Very few actually study the data to show that Half of Ali's fights weren't even heavyweight fights. In Ali's times "heavyweight" was defined as 176+ lbs which is lighter than today's female heavyweight division. Clay/Ali out-weighed opponents in approximately 75% of his fights and supposedly had his prime in the 1960s. His median weight during the 60s was 199 lbs. Nowadays Prime Clay wouldn't even be Allowed to box against Super Heavyweights Fury, Vitali, Lewis, Bowe, Ibeabuchi, Wladimir etc. Here's just a few of Ali's cruiserweight opponents: 190 lb Ellis, 188 lb Jones, 185 lb Cooper, 195 Patterson, 195 lb Mildenberger, 197 lb Quarry, 198 lb Blin, 180 lb Foster, 196 lb Lubbers, 197 lb Spinks, 177 lb Jimmy Robinson with 14 wins 30 losses and abysmal 13% KO's. Ali even fought 48 year old 190 lb Archie Moore in Moore's 219th fight. Ali scored only 5 KOs in real heavyweight fights during the Entire 1970ies of which 2 were against B-Level Journeymen Richard Dunn 33-12 and Coopman 36-16.
Bonavena trash talked to hype the fight. After the fight he gave Ali a tremendous hug and said - essentially - he was the greatest. Oscar was a very colorful and unusual character and led a pretty wild life. As far as his boxing his feet were very clumsy but he had a viscious left hook and an incredibly solid body.
The video leaves the impression that Bonavena hated Ali. He admired Ali and the trash talk was part of the show. Actually, that was the way he got the opportunity to fight against Ali.
Bonavena definitely had some character and strength! But even though Ali was coming off of a few years out of the ring he showed how much of a warrior he was by getting that stoppage
The Bum against the Butterfly. That 8.27 punch was like all the bums punches- ineffective wild and weak. Look at Ali’s 9.57 punch- it whipped Bonavena’s head back like a jackhammer. And that Ali left in the last round just like the Rumble in the Jungle punch- clean and graceful and he doesn’t go in for a cheap second punch. Once and Always-- THE GREAT ONE FOREVER. ❤❤❤
If there is such a thing as a "mans, man", Ali would define it. I've seen every fight that is on real and tape, every interview, and dozens of comments from friends and those close to him. He was an intelligent tactician with the tools to get the job done. He didn't posses the bone crunching power of fighters like Ernie Shavers, Sam Langford, or Mike Tyson, but what he did have was the stamina to out-wear his opponent's followed by his incredible accuracy, good speed and the ability to read his opponents moves. Every now and again he did wind up dropping his opponent's with a well placed hay-maker, but the majority of his fights ended where he essentially put his opponent's into a state of punch drunkness with multiple well placed precision hard jabs. He really was an incredible fighter.
On 22 May 1976 Bonavena was shot dead at the age of 33 by a security guard at the Mustang Ranch brothel near Reno, Nevada, after having become involved in a conflict with its owner.
Bonavena was involved in a contract with a mobster called Joe Conforte that made with him just like ¨the coronel¨ Tom Parker made with Elvis career. They both ended up dead in the end...
The funny thing was during the interview when the interviewer asked Interviewer : I'm not sure that there's anybody left really for you to fight. Ali : You 😂😂😂
Wow......back in the days of 15 round fights! Kudos to these two warriors! They both could definitely take a punch as many of those Ali punches I'm sure didn't tickle and of course Oscar's had delivered many hard punches that somehow Ali managed to eat........by the 15th round it really became a battle of who was in better shape............NUFF SAID....and a GREAT ALL TIME FIGHT!
People argue about who was the greatest boxer of all time. But I say you can't watch Ali at his best and not know you're watching the undisputed GOAT. There's a reason Mike Tyson has infinite respect for him. Nobody did it better.
Oscar Bonavena. Man oh man. I remember Joe Frazier saying that fighting OB was like keeping a full refrigerator from leaning on you for 15 rounds. Smokin' Joe whipped him though. RIP Joe.
LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE I GREW UP WATCHING ALI HE WAS THE BEST IN MY LIFE TIME.THE MAN OWNED A STYLE OF BOXING LIKE NO OTHER IN BOXING HISTORY HE WAS THE GREATEST.
I respect the fact that Oscar apologized to Ali's face after the fight. We all know he was just trying to sell tickets, but some of it was too disrespectful for my taste.
Shame he undid that by going to harangue him at that later fight. Went from a bit too harsh showmanship to classy man to man right down to being a sore loser after the fact.
@@wwbuirkleFrazier too was very disrespectful to Ali by continuously calling him by his birth name in public - giving the nasty racists something to feed their disgusting minds with.
6:47 Anyone who ever boxed or sparred at any level with a semi-competent boxer knows how hard it is to connect a shot that has not set up the opponent for an opening. A punch travels quite a distance, the defense only requires to move the head or intercept the fist with your gloves or forearms. For Ali to get a combination in, a jab and a straight under these circumstances is incredible. What handspeed, what precision.
Damn...he set that counter left up for 14 rounds. Ali wasn't really known for his left hook. But the best counter to a left hook is also a left hook. Oscar was spamming left hooks, and Ali knew he'd be going for broke in the last round. Picked his spot and hit a homerun. Epic. Greatest ever.
Yet,he delivered massive brain damage to Ali with those relentless skull rattles throughout the fight. If he had been taller by a 4 or 5 inches, it would have been a different outcome.😊
@@brandonio_granger Ali was a physical specimen. He was bigger than Foreman or Frazer or Liston, all of whom were deemed as most powerful fighters of their times while Ali was deemed as underdog or softer guy. It doesn't make sense how he had the height, weight and reach advantage in almost every fight, and the other guy is considered a threat. Ali was the bully like when he taunted and threatened the opponents in and out of the ring. As for brain damage, he did that ropadope nonsense too much in his 30s. It's so dumb to take all the punches against to ropes and call it tiring the opponent.
Always enjoyed watching Bonavena fights as he was not afraid of mixing it up and provided a good showing. I thought he was a Hispanic Argentinean but later read that he was a fellow Italian from Argentina. Those pasta carbs must have given him that strength.
I was blessed to be a kid in the 70's and be a boxing fan. Most of the big fights were televised on network TV back then. Pay-Per-View brought bigger checks for the boxers but alienated the poor and the casual fans.
ali was landing good shots the whole way through that cosell didn't even notice, last round is my fav of ali's career, one fight he stood dead center and brawled
Me either. I was born in 71 and started watching all Ali fights by 77 or 78. They always showed the recent and older fights on wgn Chicago. I was familiar with them all. Mof most young boys back then was very familiar with Ali fights. I don't recall ever hearing about or seeing this fight.
Ali came over to the UK years ago to do a talk at Hyde Park. On the friday ( the day before his talk), I was at a cinema in Kingston-Upon-Thames, when I heard this continual laugh behind me. It was Ali with 2 bodyguards watching the film. I asked if I could get Alis autograph but one of his bodyguards said No....disappointed was the word and to this day, I've never forgot it 😢
Great fight! Bonavena reminds me of Rocky Marciano. Probably this is the closest thing to a hypothetical Marciano vs Ali bout. However, Rocky would be more powerful with that left hook. Anyway, excellent fight.
It never ceases to amaze me that Clay was anti war but as Ali he became a world boxing champion. I became interested in boxing after watching the TV with my Dad and he had the greatest respect for Ali.
@@jr8899 Boxers train slipping like they train punching. Every time you get hit doesn't mean you don't train slipping or that you need to train it more just like missing a punch doesn't mean you don't train punching techniques. You're not gonna slip every punch but that doesn't mean you can never slip a punch anybody with a brain knows that. Regardless it looked more like Bonavena should've done more training since he got hit with everything and lost the fight unlike Ali who you apparent don't think could dodge a punch for some reason...
@@mercistephens7325 I do know how boxers train as did boxing for five years, anyway for first comment wasn't supposed to be an insult to Ali as why I said in comment Ali was amazing ,was just saying after 15 rounds of a brutal fight ,where both fighters were exhausted,maybe Oscar more so as why he missed the left hook,if it connected could have one either way,there is an element of luck in boxing sometimes of making a connection sometimes but capatalizing on that connection is where talent skill and training comes it,Ali was and is and always will be a legend,
@@teleguy5699 definitely, and you can see the rustiness. By the Ali treatment, i meant verbally. It's rare that Ali was on the receiving end. Ali was still verbally undefeated at that point but Bonavena did pretty good. Watching other people makes you realize just how skilled Ali was.
Ali was and is the greatest ! The knock out didn’t kill Oscar he was mentally broken when he saw Ali standing over him without saying a word showing him he needed to respect him . That was powerful .
@@tombstone4986 He always has mine for not going to another country and deleting people defending their homeland. A true champion inside and out the ring.
@joelhenry5489 our boys didn't have a choice. Obviously you don't see the point. We're in foxholes, you're on the couch and in bed each night. You'll never understand. Enjoy your freedom
Muhammad Ali had ring rust. 3.5 years of exile took away his speed & reflexes. Even the sharpness in his punches was gone. Here in his early comeback fight he was just doing it for quick money in case he gets sent to jail.
More like 3 years and 8 months when he started training again and got back in the Ring 4 years later Ali is the Greatest Athlete an Boxer of All Times nuff said period
Argentinian/Australian here. I had heard about this fight a long long time ago but had never seen it. Geez, Oscar giving away too much height. A lot of effort spent reaching up.
I remember this fight when it happened. We were scared at a point for Ali. He hadn't fought in a while and though we never heard of Bonavena and wrote him off , he turned out to be quite a tough contender. In the end Ali pulled out the stops and stopped him
"Muhammad Ali had a loud mouth that was impossible to ignore, yet his craft in the ring made him ironically breathtaking" 3:00 Too smooth and a perfect description of Ali.
It's called self-promotion. No social media back then so he had to get people interested in his fights and he did that with his magically poetical words.
That chump got disrespectful and was put on his knees by the greatest....of all times...That pictures eched in the memory of all his haters like so many others Ali towers over them with his hands raised...winner ...champion......KING!!!
I was sitting on my father’s lap, there was so much cigarette smoke in the living room I could barely see the black and white television set. My father’s friends would always come to watch Ali fight. Hardest I ever saw my father laugh was when Ali took Cosells toupe off.😂🤣
Bonavena is such a hardnut. 9:56. That uppercut snapped his head back. It was a shot where Ali put in hip rotation and weight. Bonavena recovers instantly and keeps fighting. Some people are built differently.
Per boxing rules, Ali is supposed to go to the furthest neutral corner which he never does. Also, Bonavena knocked down Ali but was ruled a slip. The punch caused him to slip.
I was wondering the same thing. It took me a bit of googling to figure it out, but I think he said morgath upon the nolder. Morgath is basically the first coming of sauron, and nolder were the first elves in the original lord of the rings book.
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I met Ali years ago working at a small town newspaper and found him to be a very kind gentleman. I spent the whole day with him taking hundreds of pictures and he never complained or even got tired. One of the best days of my life.
I.met him as a 10 year old child on a nyc show for kids called wonderama.I sat right next to.him.
You're so blessed. Wish i could have met him. GOAT!!!
رحمه الله . كان ذو اخلاق عالية اعتمدها من أخلاق نبي الإسلام محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم .
@@kennethjackson1771 You are a lucky person. Ali was the one to be respected not only for his prowess but as a caring human also.
@@pennygiessinger6340 the GOAT!
When Howard Cosell said Ali was running out of people to fight Ali said, 'I'll fight you'. Cosell said, 'I'll tear you to shreds'. Those two really respected and loved each other.
Right after that to close the show Ali gave Howard a hand and said 'stay in shape!' 😂😂😂
I don't think Ali really respected Cosell, he knew he was a bigot, but Ali played along for a while and always got a dig in on Cosell being an asshole.
@@TheSeeker1960 You are wrong about Cosell. Both individuals thought highly of one another and it sincerely showed. I saw a film clip of Cosell talking before the television audience wherein he stated that he loved Ali and urged him to remain the same honest courageous individual he had always been. The moment was historical and as far as I know never to be duplicated. It took guts to say that on national TV.
@uradragon cosell hated Ali. Its evident through all comments during matches. He always tried to put Ali down. He got his cheap publicity by talking down the great Ali. Cosell was a clown.
@@IKRAMKHAN-wc2pd nonsense
A 15 round hard fight and yet 2 months later he fought Fraser.
None of these guys , today would do that😮
Frazier 🙄
Yes, they are doing that again these days.
@@batsnackattackno they aren’t, not one fighter
Boxing just isn't very popular in the USA anymore. Not like it was back then. Maybe it's been overtaken by the more brutal MMA bout and others. Not even any boxing magazines at the magazine stands anymore.
@@ruffknight9549 the politics of boxing killed the sport…and fighters scared of losing
RIP both. Thanks for giving us good fight to watch.
Oscar would have destroyed Low-Power Ali in the street without gloves. Ali was just a points boxer. Run Forrest Run.
@@Rowdy-r2d2-John.3.16😂😂😂😂 you hate him cause he's black and a Muslim and wrecked your racist heroe😂😂
@@Rowdy-r2d2-John.3.16weak bait. Try harder goofball 😂
@@Rowdy-r2d2-John.3.16... Only one person got KO'd here. And it wasn't Ali. So who's low powered? 🤡🤡
this 🤡 doesn't know boxing
One thing about Ali, he would laugh and joke and have fun outside the ring, but when you PISSED him off, look out...
Right on ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That was the unique quality of Ali. Ali told Paterson who started the Cassius Clay I'm gonna whup him, made Floyd pay dearly.
Ali naturally preferred making his fights a show as he didn't carry with him personal animosity against his competitors that usually affects strategy like other fighters before him.
Ali had showmanship quality and a true compassion for people.
@@johnalexander4940 I agree with you Ali was much bigger than boxing and I’m looking forward to October 30, 2024 I call it the nightmare before Halloween I love both boxers but this is the fight Ali couldn’t lose can you imagine how many millions of dollars people lost on this day? I’ve been celebrating Ali vs Foreman this year makes 20 years every October 30th I watch the fight constantly rewinding the final last moments of the perfect time Ali went into action and down went Foreman and this fight haunted Foreman 20 years can you imagine the PTSD AND NIGHTMARES FOREMAN HAD
I will be watching this fight till I leave this world every October 30th this fight is 50 years old this year RIP MUHUMMAD ALI GOAT JOB WELL DONE 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
When you face a boxer who can rip you apart while asking you what his name is for a whole fight then you should know you'd be doing yourself no favours making him mad.
@@nm202 BUT, Foreman learned from that fight and used the same tactic to defeat Michael Moorer twenty years later.
Ali came back as a champ as he always was. I great fight to watch.
l'm 65, grew up knowing who Ali was, of course, but l did not know who Bonavena was until just now. Damn that man was a Rock ! Take a punch, give a punch and it seemed not to phase him too much. Ali just wore him down as he wore down many many opponents and in the final round put it away with knock downs.
That was amazing, thank you to the poster, l'm always down to learn.
Same here, this is the first time I'd ever heard of him or this fight.
@@RaulMAnderson101-pr6cj The man could fight, l can't find much good on TH-cam about him though - sadly. He was a bull of a fighter and Ali was graceful and fast as lightning. Not good for Bonavena. Have a good night.
I’m 64. Of course I remember Oscar. It wasn’t like he was an unknown
I'm 52 and also never heard of this fight. I give Oscar a ton of credit.
same here!…
Oscar Bonavena is a name I haven't heard in a while. He was a tough boxer in his time. I remember him being brash outside the ring but a brawler and kind of unconventional inside of it. Thanks for the upload.
Yeah, he was like an early version of Tommy, the boxer in Rocky.
Bonavena (great boxer) was shot in Some ranch - kinda dance club in las vegas . A warrior. Alí one of the greatest
😂😂 he looks like Conor McGregor
One of the toughest fights with Mohammed Ali I've ever seen..
There are a lot of boxers who just have a big mouth, but regardless of his big mouth, Bonavena was also a really tough opponent to fight.
Bonavena was strong but lacking in any real skill. He was never going to outbox or outthink Ali.
He certainly gave Ali a workout, that's for sure !
Tough as nails that bloke, and he landed quite a few punches, particularly left hooks, on Ali.
Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing.
No one is bigger than Boxing.
@AlanBrando-s6y Su(o)n of God☀
@dusandragovic09srb Ali name the um Greatest Athlete an Boxer of All Times sitting and talking to leaders of Nations around the World not going to war for an unjust war for a lying racists government so with that being said he was Bigger than Boxing 🎉
Boneveda was a muscle bound gorilla with no skill.
Canelo is bigger than boxing
That image of Ali standing with his hands standing over Oscar took all the steam outa that dude. Ali is the greatest
That's was Bonavena's moment of truth... lol
Ali sure knew to pose for the perfect image shot at the end :)
It was a great fight. If Ali doesn't get the ko. He probaloses. It was the first fight. To show that Ali maybe wasn't the same as before the the draft layoff. Right before the loss to frazier
If this was a 12 round fight Oscar would have easily won! Oscar is destroying extremely low-power Cassius Clay.
In Ali times heavyweight was defined completely different (approximately 40 pounds lighter than Nowadays) Ali won Olympic Gold as light heavyweight. Very few actually study the data to show that Half of Ali's fights weren't even heavyweight fights. In Ali's times "heavyweight" was defined as 176+ lbs which is lighter than today's female heavyweight division.
Clay/Ali out-weighed opponents in approximately 75% of his fights and supposedly had his prime in the 1960s. His median weight during the 60s was 199 lbs. Nowadays Prime Clay wouldn't even be Allowed to box against Super Heavyweights Fury, Vitali, Lewis, Bowe, Ibeabuchi, Wladimir etc.
Here's just a few of Ali's cruiserweight opponents: 190 lb Ellis, 188 lb Jones, 185 lb Cooper, 195 Patterson, 195 lb Mildenberger, 197 lb Quarry, 198 lb Blin, 180 lb Foster, 196 lb Lubbers, 197 lb Spinks, 177 lb Jimmy Robinson with 14 wins 30 losses and abysmal 13% KO's. Ali even fought 48 year old 190 lb Archie Moore in Moore's 219th fight.
Ali scored only 5 KOs in real heavyweight fights during the Entire 1970ies of which 2 were against B-Level Journeymen Richard Dunn 33-12 and Coopman 36-16.
I met Ali in Glasgow in 1993 when I was 15 ❤ one of the greatest days ever!!!!
Muhammad Ali is the man. I love watching his old fightd and even his interviews. He had SWAG.
Bonavena trash talked to hype the fight. After the fight he gave Ali a tremendous hug and said - essentially - he was the greatest. Oscar was a very colorful and unusual character and led a pretty wild life. As far as his boxing his feet were very clumsy but he had a viscious left hook and an incredibly solid body.
One of the best boxing matches ever, two great boxers two legends but there is only one winner,bless them both 🙏🙏
The video leaves the impression that Bonavena hated Ali. He admired Ali and the trash talk was part of the show. Actually, that was the way he got the opportunity to fight against Ali.
Mr Ali you was a true hero thank you for the representation for our people you will always be remembered rip my brother
Lol “you were” learn some grammar before you post nonsense.
@hlecaros Your reply was much more lame.
@@holeemolee8323 you probably can’t spell right either little kid.
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr
RIP Muhammad may your memory continue to bless us all.
The picture of Ali rising his hands are iconic - My scool books had that cover back in 1978.
Muhammad Ali … This man was a true man. A Hero of a whole Generation. Sportsman… a big salute from Germany
Bonavena definitely had some character and strength! But even though Ali was coming off of a few years out of the ring he showed how much of a warrior he was by getting that stoppage
More like 4 years Ali 👑 got back in the Ring and dominated it like he never left that is why he's da G.O.A.T 🎉
@@shemereali551 Dominated a small Argentinian ???
@c64flash But he was label a Heavyweight boxer point blank period
Not a stoppage, a TKO .
He had amazing stamina in his prime it seems. Hate a war cost him his prime.
❤thank you, this is a good documentary. RIP Ali, RIP Bonavena. Both are great boxers🌷
What a gem of a fight!
This should be on Netflix bruv. Excellent work ❤. Peace from Dagestan ❤
The Bum against the Butterfly. That 8.27 punch was like all the bums punches- ineffective wild and weak. Look at Ali’s 9.57 punch- it whipped Bonavena’s head back like a jackhammer. And that Ali left in the last round just like the Rumble in the Jungle punch- clean and graceful and he doesn’t go in for a cheap second punch. Once and Always-- THE GREAT ONE FOREVER. ❤❤❤
If there is such a thing as a "mans, man", Ali would define it. I've seen every fight that is on real and tape, every interview, and dozens of comments from friends and those close to him. He was an intelligent tactician with the tools to get the job done. He didn't posses the bone crunching power of fighters like Ernie Shavers, Sam Langford, or Mike Tyson, but what he did have was the stamina to out-wear his opponent's followed by his incredible accuracy, good speed and the ability to read his opponents moves. Every now and again he did wind up dropping his opponent's with a well placed hay-maker, but the majority of his fights ended where he essentially put his opponent's into a state of punch drunkness with multiple well placed precision hard jabs. He really was an incredible fighter.
Thank god he said no to joining the military. Ali is one of the few greats we got to see live to a ripe old age and he left this world gracefully.
On 22 May 1976 Bonavena was shot dead at the age of 33 by a security guard at the Mustang Ranch brothel near Reno, Nevada, after having become involved in a conflict with its owner.
Wow
Man, his behaviour seems ended bad for him.
I just read that on Wikipedia
Bonavena was involved in a contract with a mobster called Joe Conforte that made with him just like ¨the coronel¨ Tom Parker made with Elvis career.
They both ended up dead in the end...
@@shalahuddinumar3386 But the funeral director couldn't wipe the smile off his face....
The funny thing was during the interview when the interviewer asked
Interviewer : I'm not sure that there's anybody left really for you to fight.
Ali : You
😂😂😂
The timing. The quick wit. The Greatest.
The timing. The quick wit. The Greatest.
"The interviewer"? Howard Freaking Cosell, man. One of the most famous sports commentators ever.
Wow......back in the days of 15 round fights! Kudos to these two warriors! They both could definitely take a punch as many of those Ali punches I'm sure didn't tickle and of course Oscar's had delivered many hard punches that somehow Ali managed to eat........by the 15th round it really became a battle of who was in better shape............NUFF SAID....and a GREAT ALL TIME FIGHT!
After round 10 it was a warm bath for Ali 🍿
The Greatest, Ever👑 Floated like a 🦋 stung like a 🐝
My DEEPEST RESPECT to Muhammad Ali, the GOAT
Yes that's what he called himself but he did say that Joe Louis was the greatest of all time.
(He) was the edit
Muhammad Ali- the G.O.A.T.
RIP Champ.
People argue about who was the greatest boxer of all time. But I say you can't watch Ali at his best and not know you're watching the undisputed GOAT. There's a reason Mike Tyson has infinite respect for him. Nobody did it better.
Muhammad ali king of boxing
Oscar Bonavena. Man oh man. I remember Joe Frazier saying that fighting OB was like keeping a full refrigerator from leaning on you for 15 rounds. Smokin' Joe whipped him though. RIP Joe.
LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE I GREW UP WATCHING ALI HE WAS THE BEST IN MY LIFE TIME.THE MAN OWNED A STYLE OF BOXING LIKE NO OTHER IN BOXING HISTORY HE WAS THE GREATEST.
I respect the fact that Oscar apologized to Ali's face after the fight. We all know he was just trying to sell tickets, but some of it was too disrespectful for my taste.
Shame he undid that by going to harangue him at that later fight. Went from a bit too harsh showmanship to classy man to man right down to being a sore loser after the fact.
Ali was pretty disrespectful himself especially with Joe Frasier
@wwbuirkle Yes he was.
@@wwbuirkleFrazier too was very disrespectful to Ali by continuously calling him by his birth name in public - giving the nasty racists something to feed their disgusting minds with.
@@wwbuirkle Absolutely.
6:47 Anyone who ever boxed or sparred at any level with a semi-competent boxer knows how hard it is to connect a shot that has not set up the opponent for an opening. A punch travels quite a distance, the defense only requires to move the head or intercept the fist with your gloves or forearms. For Ali to get a combination in, a jab and a straight under these circumstances is incredible. What handspeed, what precision.
Damn...he set that counter left up for 14 rounds.
Ali wasn't really known for his left hook. But the best counter to a left hook is also a left hook.
Oscar was spamming left hooks, and Ali knew he'd be going for broke in the last round. Picked his spot and hit a homerun.
Epic. Greatest ever.
Bonavina had heart, he took so much punishment against bigger, faster, more skilled guy and still kept coming forward.
Rocky Balboa in real life lol
Yet,he delivered massive brain damage to Ali with those relentless skull rattles throughout the fight. If he had been taller by a 4 or 5 inches, it would have been a different outcome.😊
@@brandonio_granger Ali was a physical specimen. He was bigger than Foreman or Frazer or Liston, all of whom were deemed as most powerful fighters of their times while Ali was deemed as underdog or softer guy. It doesn't make sense how he had the height, weight and reach advantage in almost every fight, and the other guy is considered a threat. Ali was the bully like when he taunted and threatened the opponents in and out of the ring. As for brain damage, he did that ropadope nonsense too much in his 30s. It's so dumb to take all the punches against to ropes and call it tiring the opponent.
I see new Ali video I click immediately.
First time seeing the Bonavena fight despite knowing about it for decades. Didn't realize he connected against Ali as much as he did.
That left hook was phenomenal from Ali
Always enjoyed watching Bonavena fights as he was not afraid of mixing it up and provided a good showing. I thought he was a Hispanic Argentinean but later read that he was a fellow Italian from Argentina. Those pasta carbs must have given him that strength.
Bonavena was born in Argentina, with Italian ansestry!
@@manueldi928 The best of both worlds!
Argentina is 30% Italian. Lionel Messi is Italian-Argentine, his mother born in Italy.
@@mnhsty When you're born in Argentina, you're Argentinian through and through:" Es un sentimiento! No puedo parar!!!"
@@manueldi928 Sure.
Back when we had REAL championship rounds.
Those last 3 rounds to 15 changed a lot of fights.
That left hand that Oscar was blasting Ali with was the blueprint for Joe Frazier when he beat Ali in the first fight.
Naw, that was always Joe Frazier’s best weapon, 90% of his knockouts are because of his left hook.
@@A-FrameWedgeyup
very few people will survive a good left hook
@@cashrjr23 True, but Joe Frazier right was just a set up for his left hook, his right was not a weapon.
@@A-FrameWedge his right was not a weapon 😅.
You could take it?😮
I was blessed to be a kid in the 70's and be a boxing fan. Most of the big fights were televised on network TV back then. Pay-Per-View brought bigger checks for the boxers but alienated the poor and the casual fans.
My amateur boxer uncle worshipped Mohammed Ali. He boxed in the British Army in the 1960s.
Oscar Bonavena
"What is he Superman?"
Yes he was Oscar😅👍🏻 yes he was.
ali was landing good shots the whole way through that cosell didn't even notice, last round is my fav of ali's career, one fight he stood dead center and brawled
Ali was the king of rope-a-dope. He just sits back and takes the hits.. wearing you out. Then he pounces.
I cant believe i have never heard of this amazing fight. Big props to oscar. That guy had one tuff chin and he could throw like a champ.
Me either. I was born in 71 and started watching all Ali fights by 77 or 78. They always showed the recent and older fights on wgn Chicago. I was familiar with them all. Mof most young boys back then was very familiar with Ali fights. I don't recall ever hearing about or seeing this fight.
Ali came over to the UK years ago to do a talk at Hyde Park. On the friday ( the day before his talk), I was at a cinema in Kingston-Upon-Thames, when I heard this continual laugh behind me. It was Ali with 2 bodyguards watching the film. I asked if I could get Alis autograph but one of his bodyguards said No....disappointed was the word and to this day, I've never forgot it 😢
Great fight! Bonavena reminds me of Rocky Marciano. Probably this is the closest thing to a hypothetical Marciano vs Ali bout. However, Rocky would be more powerful with that left hook. Anyway, excellent fight.
Not a great comparison Marciano was something else
Ali, man could we use a classy guy like that today.The talent he had. The best of the best.
We do but white america disrespects them till they die as always
Man I love listening to Ali Talking , He is so much more intelligent then anyone.
Preaching intelligence while not understanding the difference between "then" and "than". That's something..
@@Gameboy-Unboxingswell he didn’t say he was intelligent 😂just Ali
@@Gameboy-Unboxings probably not his first language anyway, look up
They slugged it out and then had mutual respect after the fight. Never heard of Oscar Bonavena, but respect if you go 15 with Ali.
This video was toppers nochers boys! I’m here for it 👌
It never ceases to amaze me that Clay was anti war but as Ali he became a world boxing champion. I became interested in boxing after watching the TV with my Dad and he had the greatest respect for Ali.
12:20 That's Ali the greatest
Float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee.
The hands can't hit
What the eyes can't see.
He was sure lucky he just dodged the left just before that,looked close to luck but Ali was amazing,
@@jr8899 Don't be goofy dodging a punch isn't luck it's skill. Boxers practice slipping punches for a reason.
@@mercistephens7325 there certainly was alot of punches in that fight ALI didn't dodge , maybe by your logic Ali should have done more training?
@@jr8899 Boxers train slipping like they train punching. Every time you get hit doesn't mean you don't train slipping or that you need to train it more just like missing a punch doesn't mean you don't train punching techniques. You're not gonna slip every punch but that doesn't mean you can never slip a punch anybody with a brain knows that. Regardless it looked more like Bonavena should've done more training since he got hit with everything and lost the fight unlike Ali who you apparent don't think could dodge a punch for some reason...
@@mercistephens7325 I do know how boxers train as did boxing for five years, anyway for first comment wasn't supposed to be an insult to Ali as why I said in comment Ali was amazing ,was just saying after 15 rounds of a brutal fight ,where both fighters were exhausted,maybe Oscar more so as why he missed the left hook,if it connected could have one either way,there is an element of luck in boxing sometimes of making a connection sometimes but capatalizing on that connection is where talent skill and training comes it,Ali was and is and always will be a legend,
Bonavena supported like an old Kia Sorento! Hahaha. That's a funny description
Muhammad Ali, greatest heavyweight champion, strongest black man in sports...
why black man? Simply strongest man.
@@kfrfansub because he was a black man!!!
@@CarlYork-wi7hl He is the strongest man, black and wite included man!!!
@@kfrfansub I won't tell you what to say, so don't ever try and tell me what to say,or what to do.
Ali was clearly a gracious statesman when that flattering comment about the boxing life of Oscar. His loved ones must have been warmed by it.
It wasn't often that someone gave Ali the Ali treatment. You have to appreciate the effort 🐥
Ali might well have lost the fight save for his height and reach advantage.
@@rcnelson yeah, I was surprised at the before and after ban differences.
@@rcnelson😲🤷🏿♂️
@@frustrateduser9933 3 years is a long time to be away from boxing.
@@teleguy5699 definitely, and you can see the rustiness. By the Ali treatment, i meant verbally. It's rare that Ali was on the receiving end. Ali was still verbally undefeated at that point but Bonavena did pretty good.
Watching other people makes you realize just how skilled Ali was.
He was a beautiful man, a great champion and the most loved athlete of all time.
Ali was and is the greatest ! The knock out didn’t kill Oscar he was mentally broken when he saw Ali standing over him without saying a word showing him he needed to respect him . That was powerful .
Ali was a crappy human being and extremely dumb
But he'll always be a draft dodger... so he does NOT have my vote
@@tombstone4986 He always has mine for not going to another country and deleting people defending their homeland. A true champion inside and out the ring.
@joelhenry5489 our boys didn't have a choice. Obviously you don't see the point. We're in foxholes, you're on the couch and in bed each night. You'll never understand. Enjoy your freedom
I admired Ali for standing up for his convictions, one of the greatest of all time!
They stole the best 4 prime years from Ali. Like Tyson
Muhammad Ali had ring rust. 3.5 years of exile took away his speed & reflexes. Even the sharpness in his punches was gone. Here in his early comeback fight he was just doing it for quick money in case he gets sent to jail.
We never got to see prime Ali 😢
Oh get lost with that wierd apologetic.
Yeh behave your self. Why would he fight in war for the man behave true brothers don't do such stuff.
@@Skip-qr2ocAbsolutely 💯
More like 3 years and 8 months when he started training again and got back in the Ring 4 years later Ali is the Greatest Athlete an Boxer of All Times nuff said period
Argentinian/Australian here. I had heard about this fight a long long time ago but had never seen it. Geez, Oscar giving away too much height. A lot of effort spent reaching up.
Ali kept him constantly off balance and missing.
My respect for Bonavena
Almost 55 years later, with a well known outcome, and I’m still caught up in the moment. This was one of the most amazing fights I’ve ever seen.
I always respected Ali for standing up to Uncle Sam and refusing to help him make war on people who had never wanted war with the United States.
GOAT. Took a lot of shots in his life though, lot of punishment but won through.
This fight was like a Rocky’s and Apollo Creed first fight
I remember this fight when it happened. We were scared at a point for Ali. He hadn't fought in a while and though we never heard of Bonavena and wrote him off , he turned out to be quite a tough contender. In the end Ali pulled out the stops and stopped him
For Bonavena’s height and lack of reach Oscar did an awesome job.
To keep your face intact, do not provoke the legend.
"Muhammad Ali had a loud mouth that was impossible to ignore, yet his craft in the ring made him ironically breathtaking" 3:00
Too smooth and a perfect description of Ali.
Never too smooth, always legit! Mindfulness
It's called self-promotion. No social media back then so he had to get people interested in his fights and he did that with his magically poetical words.
@@IceManLikeGervinAnd, with boxing skills that were second to none.
A LOT of people couldn't stand him back in the day.
@@PageMarker1 Couldn’t stand who?
Wow I've never seen this, thank you so much. Awesome
Ali almost lost that one. But like all the greats, he stayed in the fight, kept punching, and didnt waiver 👏👍
That chump got disrespectful and was put on his knees by the greatest....of all times...That pictures eched in the memory of all his haters like so many others Ali towers over them with his hands raised...winner ...champion......KING!!!
I was sitting on my father’s lap, there was so much cigarette smoke in the living room I could barely see the black and white television set. My father’s friends would always come to watch Ali fight. Hardest I ever saw my father laugh was when Ali took Cosells toupe off.😂🤣
Ali was not just a great boxer, he was also a beautiful human being.
Not to Joe Frasier who helped him
Very devoted to his, wife as well; well, maybe not.
Giving up the three primest years of his career out of principle was both honorable and a tragic loss to boxing history
One great person.
@@Scott-fy7fmhe stood up for what he believed in.
That left- it came right from the hip and Oscar lunged right into it, catching it full force+
GREAT EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mohammed Ali was such a gentleman.❤
Bonavena is such a hardnut. 9:56. That uppercut snapped his head back. It was a shot where Ali put in hip rotation and weight. Bonavena recovers instantly and keeps fighting. Some people are built differently.
He was knocked out on his feet and still kept swinging, the man was solid.
That definitely rung his bell
Bonavena encajo un gran volado de derecha justo en la cara de Ali en el 11 round, la cabeza de Ali casi vuela por los aires , pero siguio luchando !
I was one year old when this fight happened, I was just old enough to see him fight Leon Spinks
Bonavena wasn’t just all talk though, dude could throw hands.
Ali, was Beaten at Least 5 Times.....Says it All !
This was awesome...🥊🦾
"Like Morgoth upon the Noldor" - *chefs kiss*
0:21 He is looking like conor's grand father
I was thinking the same thing! Clean shaved and tattoo-less version of McGregor. Similar attitude as well. Lol
Absolutely
You gotta admire the courage of Bonevena. Clearly outclassed but never gave up
I very much liked Bonavena's attitude. Like a true Roman gladiator!
Ali will forever be the Greatest!!
Per boxing rules, Ali is supposed to go to the furthest neutral corner which he never does. Also, Bonavena knocked down Ali but was ruled a slip. The punch caused him to slip.
Cosell with that call! "OHHH THAT LEFT! CAUGHT HIM!"
Oscar Bonavena was the real Rocky
Ali needed a tough opponent like Bonavena after his exile to show that he still had it/ Oscar was fearless and came to fight !!!
1:52 LIKE WHO UPON WHAT😂
I think Morgoth? Lord of the Rings reference? Lol
I was wondering the same thing. It took me a bit of googling to figure it out, but I think he said morgath upon the nolder. Morgath is basically the first coming of sauron, and nolder were the first elves in the original lord of the rings book.