Howard Cosell on Muhammad Ali, the dangers of Boxing, and more...in this 1987 Joan Rivers Interview

[@tadkingsbury79]

I could listen to Mr.Cosell anytime , always intelligent , always humerous , always entertaining ........we were lucky to have had him .

[@bloke_19xx33]

Say what you want about him, but in your heart, you know he's almost always right most of the time. The One and Only.

[@s.o.gforlife1361]

Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!! Down goes Frazier!!!

[@johnmoore4714]

The greatest call in sports history 🙌

[@dgoodolddays8223]

Cosell is to sports broadcasting while Ali is to boxing. #Legend #battleofthenetworkstars

[@junebugg1927]

The G.O.A.T in commentating. Howard Cossell.

[@sugarsingh4951]

Howard has a brilliant mind, he saw Tyson’s flaws immediately. Tyson became Tyson because of fear tactics and antics. Other boxers literally thought he was the baddest man on planet and a legit psycho, they lost the fight before the bell rang. When Tyson was confronted by real fighters with a game plan, he usually didn’t fare all that well. I love Tyson and think he’s one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, but Howard knew his shit

[@clairemadeinheaven]

Tyson fans are just mindless simps and will never admit any of that

[@jamesyu9926]

Ali was the greatest because he changes and adopts to the situation once he gets in the ring. Tyson has just one plan. Knock out the opponent but if he cannot, Tyson is in trouble as he was beaten by Douglas, Bruno, Lewis, and Holyfield.

[@sheldoncooper0]

people are normally scared for a reason... Tyson scared people BECAUSE of his skill, and did not have skill BECAUSE people were scared...

[@josephkelleher8820]

@@sheldoncooper0 Buster Douglas wasn't afraid of Tyson in the least bit.

[@sheldoncooper0]

@@josephkelleher8820 yeah and? This is a strawman

[@FanaticForFanta]

Howard Cosell is a talking dictionary

[@junebugg1927]

Probably the best voice ever in broadcasting, the g.o.a.t in commentating.

[@dwevors]

I grew up listening to Howard. I would love to hear him call one more game!

[@depaola63]

💪💥🥊RIGHT THERE ! I’m almost 58 and loved him ⭐️

[@jonathanhanser5914]

Loved Howard on Nanny and the Professor

[@nadarajantinagaran757]

Now we see this interview in 2021 and what I feel is Howard cossell is legendary icon who speaks from his hearts....he loved the fighters in boxing but he never loved the sports..what true man he is .🌟👏👏 He never afraid to talk the truth..

[@duftyboxing]

Lol, Dodgers never went back to Brooklyn. The New Jersey Giants? Who knew.😮

[@farouk7336]

Howard's analysis of Mike Tyson was honest and prophetic. Howard was the best for those who got to see him.

[@jtj909]

smart, honest and direct... how the media needs more Howards today!

[@inspiredbyFU]

Wow back in the day when people spoke their mind and weren’t afraid of being cancelled and silenced by big corporations and sponsors

[@swami1]

And left-wing lynch mobs.

[@brianwilson415]

So true 👍

[@untexan]

OK comrades

[@GymMusic-xq4nu]

Even then few spoke their minds. Cosel is an exception to the rule. Even then.

[@mikekeyz]

I Always Liked Howard Cosell Even When I Was A Kid He Was Funny In His Own Way

[@richnibbler7731]

The man spoke his convictions plain and simple. Always intellectual and respectful. Legend

[@baymaxc1647]

Loved this Great Man! My favorite memories of Football was always MNF with Howard, Don and Frank! Could not wait for Monday night! Watching Howard and Ali were priceless!! Thanks Howard! May God bless your soul!

[@kimwestwood8840]

HE WAS PART OF MY GROWING UP watching football and boxing. I miss the man, very very sharp here at 71 with a brain sharp as a tack ...

[@Anidawehi]

Boom Boom Mancini trained for a week in the gym I love in my hometown. He was friends with my grandpa and Sam Jones who is a well know fighter and trainer who trained my grandpa and many others. There is a picture hanging in that gym of Boom Boom Mancini and Sam and grandpa.

[@nickbarcheck1019]

By God Howard Cosell was brilliant.

[@bloke_19xx33]

My favorite line from the TV movie 'Monday Night Mayhem' (circa late 1990s / early 2000s): '....Howard, with you it's Monday Night Football...without you, it's football on Monday Night...' (quoting/paraphrasing) Sums it up perfectly for Mr. Cosell.

[@EyeTunz]

The legend of Tyson is just that, a legend.

[@johnmoore4714]

Howard cossell was the greatest sports journalist ever. Nobody will ever be the great Howard cossell.

[@iamchrist1507]

I didn't know Howard Cosell was a ladies man. He got game!

[@douglaslett7504]

I always was a fan of Howard Cosell, he speaks the truth ! I also thought Joan Rivers was funny !

[@MascarasMil]

I grew up and won Golden Gloves for my age/weight. I stopped fighting when I was 17. Now in my 50s, I cannot watch boxing. Howard was right.

[@joshythehand2960]

My gpa was a very well known golden gloves champ. They didn't go into what Howard really said.. he said. All boxing is fixed.. and the mafia controls the outcome of al boxing matches

[@brianwalsh1401]

I bet you're glad you made that call. good for you. No sport is worth losing your brain over.

[@hippy1002]

At age 17. You had a good coach. I knew one guy who won GG at 17 and he is Fred Fuller from Vancouver.. about 1965

[@paulwilczynski6974]

I disagree with alot of what Howard said, but his opinions were articulated clearly. Boxing puts alot of bread on the table for young guys who don't have many options.

[@BBQFanNo1]

He was right about boxing and no one was a bigger boxing fan in the 1970s than I was but the haunting reality of it shocked me years later when I became older and less ignorant of the consequence dangers of boxing. After Ali came back in 1980 in a fight he should have never been legally sanctioned boxing that ended my interest in boxing after that.

[@bowattanga]

THE LEGENDARY HOWARD COSELL

[@davidlangley9933]

Howard loved the fighters and didn't want them to get permanent damage and lose of life

[@NachoHatSD]

On boxing, speaking truth to power.

[@sakketin]

Incredible that Sugar Ray Leonard not only went on to win the fight against Hagler, but is also one of the healthiest great boxers after retirement.

[@jeffmejia111]

Read his books. They're fascinating and he pulls no punches. I Never Played the Game is the book that severed the ties between Cosell and his MNF team Gifford and Meredith. Cosell gave his view on the two 'jocks' and the two 'jocks' pretty much ostracized Cosell until his departure from MNF. There's a lot of gems in those books that really open up your eyes on how much of a business professional sports are.

[@MrMenefrego1]

and Cosell made some enemies?

[@jamespfitz]

A corrupt business

[@hippy1002]

Good for you, Howard.

[@babym.j8527]

A great Jew of a great voice and thoughts

[@h.r.858]

He has a very distinctive voice

[@rudycuk100]

people know him by his voice

[@VincentPhason]

LAST. Well, so far. Yes, that was his voice. Blessings to you and be safe out there.

[@martinkurtz9269]

"Boxing, if there were headroom, would be held in a sewer." Rod Serling from "Requium for a Heavyweight".

[@anthonydelgiudice3245]

Howard was right giants 39-20

[@pbetftdi]

Not one single um or stutter. How a human could flow from thought to speech so concisely is quite remarkable.

[@danielmckrell6604]

I love Howard Cosell, but he covered boxing when the mob was involved in it. Boxing and his involvement with Ali put Cosell on the map. Also, I disagree with him saying that Arguello shouldn't have been fighting. He pushed Pryor to the absolute brink. The ref stopped it too late. Why didnt Cosell quit boxing when Ali was wrongfully allowed to fight Holmes in '80? And after Leonard upset Hagler in 87, he fought for years after that with no further damage to his eye. Cosell became disillusioned with sports in general and he became very difficult for his colleagues to work with at the end. That being said, he was brilliant at his craft. He deserves to be recognized and respected for his unparalleled contribution to sports journalism.

[@billyreaux3606]

💯💯💯

[@bobbywise2313]

Alexis Arguello was still very good and seemed more than ready against Pryor. The fight was very close at the time of the stoppage. And of course there was controversy concerning the bottle Panama Lewis "mixed" in that fight.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Howard William Cosell (25 de marzo de 1918-23 de abril de 1995) fue un escritor, periodista deportivo y actor de cine y televisión estadounidense. Fue conocido por su rol de comentarista de deportes y por sus apariciones en Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, Bananas, Fol-de-Rol, y en Sleeper.

[@gmoney8585]

He could make the phone book compelling

[@jeffdavadcreativeartistry]

I wonder what Cosell would have thought about MMA.

[@brianwalsh1401]

He would probably think it was worse than boxing. I would agree with him. Brutal sport. I grew up in the 70's and my dad watched boxing and so did I because we only had one tv. I remember watching all the big fights with Ali, Frazier, Foreman and being very enthusiastic. Now I can't watch any of it knowing the damage being done in not only boxing, but football as well. I've never really watched mma.

[@mongoslade277]

Cosell would've thought of MMA as Human Cockfighting

[@jamesyu9926]

MMA is disgrace to martial arts. They cannibalized it with no respect to opponents and art of fighting.

[@ahmad000almahdi]

« إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا » 🥰 سبحان الله ... الحمد لله ... لا إله إلا الله .... الله أكبر .... لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله ...

[@Hellserch]

I respect his commitment to his own opinions, against vehement opposition but he should have come out against boxing as a dangerous sport earlier, if he wants my respect. He waited until retirement to speak up. Why? He bottled it and although I agree with his thought about the obvious dangers I think he needed to re-examine his integrity.

[@LeeKav]

That's not quite fair. He didn't 'wait until he retired' to speak out against boxing; rather, his disgust with (and opposition to) boxing brought about his retirement.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Joan Alexandra Molinsky (Nueva York, 8 de junio de 1933-ibídem, 4 de septiembre de 2014), conocida profesionalmente como Joan Rivers, fue una comediante, actriz, presentadora de televisión, guionista y autora estadounidense. 90 AÑOS 81 AÑOS 09 AÑOS.

[@MartinMcCauslin]

I miss Howard...

[@VincentPhason]

Poor Joan. She pissed off OBOMBA and it's husband. Kaput. Fantastic presentation. Thank you and blessings.

[@stepheng6748]

Tyson never beat anyone.

[@rebelrog]

Howard was a legend and I still love listening to his old calls. But I disagree with him on this one, everyone knows the risks people take as professional athletes, no sport is safe. It's a good thing he passed before the UFC was born, he would really hate it.

[@duncansmartt2107]

Isn't it hypocrisy to ban a sport he made hisxname from and millions from..Boxing is a choice. People can make an informed choice !

[@MrMenefrego1]

I've admired Howard Cosell ever since the 1960s. However, he is wrong about boxing, if they made it illegal they would indeed fight in caves. They made booze illegal, did anyone pay attention to that law?

[@km6344]

This is true but the fighter wouldn't ever come close to the pay days they have now. So in that aspect, who will spend the time and money in training just for the same kind of fights they have in the movie Every Which Way But Loose?

[@miketokles9451]

Joan Rivers invented trolling

[@markross2124]

How's about the Olympic wrestler Dan Gable

[@jamesowens6471]

Voice

[@blastproces]

Down goes Frazier

[@ThefightingCelt]

A fascinating man but he is wrong about unlicensed fighting . It does go on and would continue whether or not licensed boxing ceased to exist.

[@mrabrasive51]

Sleeping in the same bed with Joan!?..YIKES.😱

[@sheldoncooper0]

Cosell is such a limited boxing expert. LOL "He lost to Tillman at the olympic trials therefore he is not great"... BIG difference between olympic boxing and professional boxing, the nuance which Cosell did not acknowledge. Tyson MURDERED Tillman as a professional in a matter of seconds in the first round...

[@johnwhyte2638]

Cosell said Tillman beat Tyson by using good movement and a strong jab. Both Tucker and Tillis went the distance and gave Tyson trouble with the same game plan. Douglas did it for 9 of the 10 rounds they fought. Howard was also right in saying Tyson should be a star in the heavy weight division because there's no talent in it at the time.

[@wakeup8922]

No one had a bigger ego and thought he was so important than Howard

[@ryanomahony2060]

HOWARD MADE A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH MOHAMMED ALI - NOW A DIFFERENT STORY NOT LIKED -- AT LEAST AS I WAS HANGING UP HE PRAISED MOHAMMED FROM IRELAND

[@Denise23451]

And now boxing is rigged! I stoped watching it 20 years ago.

[@Lava1964]

I wonder what Howard would say about men masquerading as women and shattering their sports records.

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

💯 disagree about JR

[@bobrau830]

Howard was always so full of himself

[@thecawdsquad875]

I don't blame Joan's husband for killing himself.

[@keithbradley1197]

I can see why Johnny Carson never spoke to her again, her stage setup is exactly like hi and on top of that she I not funny and is extremely obnoxious and annoying