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

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Howard Cosell appeared on The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers on January 13, 1987. He talked about his long involvement with boxing as a commentator over the years and declares that he now is no longer a fan of boxing as of Thanksgiving 1982. He mentioned the boxing matches of Ray Boom Boom Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim and Aaron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello as contributing to his decision.
Cosell also discusses Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Henry Tillman, steroids in sports, the upcoming Super Bowl & the New Jersey Giants, and Monday Night Football. He was also promoting his autobiography "I Never Played The Game", then out in paperback.
Larry Holmes vs Randall "Randy" 'Tex' Cobb November 27, 1982 last fight for Cosell.
Holmes vs Cobb
Howard Cosell quits boxing.

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@tadkingsbury79 Год назад

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

@s.o.gforlife1361 3 года назад

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

@johnmoore4714 Год назад

The greatest call in sports history 🙌

@bloke_19xx33 10 месяцев назад

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.

@dgoodolddays8223 2 года назад

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

@junebugg1927 3 года назад

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

@sugarsingh4951 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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

@jamesyu9926 Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@josephkelleher8820 Год назад

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

@sheldoncooper0 Год назад

@@josephkelleher8820 yeah and? This is a strawman

@dwevors 3 года назад

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

@depaola63 3 года назад

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

@jonathanhanser5914 3 года назад

Loved Howard on Nanny and the Professor

@FanaticForFanta 2 года назад

Howard Cosell is a talking dictionary

@nadarajantinagaran757 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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

@junebugg1927 3 года назад

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

@deandj109 2 года назад

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 10 месяцев назад

And left-wing lynch mobs.

@brianwilson415 9 месяцев назад

So true 👍

@untexan 9 месяцев назад

OK comrades

@GymMusic-xq4nu 8 месяцев назад

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

@jtj909 Год назад

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

@nickbarcheck1019 2 года назад

By God Howard Cosell was brilliant.

@Anidawehi 2 года назад

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.

@missumenimsatanass 2 года назад

He quit calling boxing matches after seeing tex cobb take so much punishment. He said that would be his last time calling a boxing match. He was disgusted he said...haha

@douglaslett7504 2 года назад

I remember Cobbs head became a punching bag !

@mikekeyz Год назад

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

@MascarasMil 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@hippy1002 Год назад

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

@bowattanga 28 дней назад

THE LEGENDARY HOWARD COSELL

@johnmoore4714 Год назад

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

@kimwestwood8840 8 месяцев назад

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 ...

@iamchrist1507 Год назад

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

@EyeTunz Год назад

The legend of Tyson is just that, a legend.

@douglaslett7504 2 года назад

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

@bloke_19xx33 10 месяцев назад

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.

@sakketin 14 дней назад

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.

@paulwilczynski6974 Год назад

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 Год назад

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.

@jeffmejia111 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

and Cosell made some enemies?

@jamespfitz 2 года назад

A corrupt business

@pbetftdi Год назад

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

@babym.j8527 11 месяцев назад

A great Jew of a great voice and thoughts

@davidlangley9933 Год назад

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

@surower Год назад

On boxing, speaking truth to power.

@hippy1002 Год назад

Good for you, Howard.

@rudycuk100 3 года назад

people know him by his voice

@VincentPhason Месяц назад

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

@anthonydelgiudice3245 10 месяцев назад

Howard was right giants 39-20

@h.r.858 21 день назад

He has a very distinctive voice

@martinkurtz9269 2 года назад

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

@gmoney8585 Год назад

He could make the phone book compelling

@richnibbler7731 7 месяцев назад

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

@danielmckrell6604 2 года назад

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 Год назад

💯💯💯

@Hellserch Год назад

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 Год назад

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.

@jeffdavad8297 2 года назад

I wonder what Cosell would have thought about MMA.

@brianwalsh1401 2 года назад

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 Год назад

Cosell would've thought of MMA as Human Cockfighting

@jamesyu9926 Год назад

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

@ahmad000almahdi Год назад

« 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 ...

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 10 месяцев назад

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.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 7 месяцев назад

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.

@VincentPhason Месяц назад

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

@rebelrog2870 23 дня назад

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.

@MartinMcCauslin Год назад

I miss Howard...

@jamesowens6471 3 года назад

Voice

@stepheng6748 Год назад

Tyson never beat anyone.

@Bub-ig4oc 2 месяца назад

2:40 Aaron Pryor's trainer had illegally juiced him with drugs in the late rounds, thus defeating Arguello who was winning the fight til that point. This was revealed later in investigations, so Cosell was unaware of it at the time.

@markross2124 Год назад

How's about the Olympic wrestler Dan Gable

@duncansmartt2107 11 месяцев назад

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 !

@ThefightingCelt Год назад

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.

@MrMenefrego1 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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?

@blastproces 11 месяцев назад

Down goes Frazier

@sheldoncooper0 Год назад

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 Год назад

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.