A surfeit of heavyweight titles and champions since the days of Muhammad Ali v George Foreman or Joe Frazier means the sport has fallen from the forefront of public attention
It is impossible to imagine the impact Muhammad Ali would have made on all our lives were he born into the current era of heavyweight boxing. Certainly, he would have put the world title fight in Los Angeles between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury into sharp relief.
The current combatants should clear more than £25m between them, way more than Ali ever earned for a single fight (he famously split $10m with George Foreman on his best payday, for the Rumble In The Jungle in 1974), but his worth could never properly be measured in cash. As Tiger Woods was once to golf, Ali was to boxing – and beyond. We all had shares in the most famous individual in the world.
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/30/boxing-tyson-fury-deontay-wilder-heavyweight-pantheon under the title “Where does Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury stand in boxing’s pantheon? | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
