evaluating the greatest ever fights is complex variable of several factors including not only the quality and excitement of the action but the political , social and cultural undertones , the scale of expectation and outside influences .
where money man vs pacman comes to rank among the most important fights in ring history will depend upon what happens that coming night in the mgm grand garden arena .
although herr hitler was trumpeting max schmeling as a hero of the third reich following his knock-out victory over joe louis two years earlier .