he says he was–and he has every right to think so–48-0. says it all. he beat cooney,shavers and norton–3 big names–and the biggest name ali–however a 39 yr old, prescription drug, early stage of parkinsons–it still took larry --11 rounds to put him away–
larry holmes was 1 of the greatest , but how would he far against the greats
vs prime tyson–tyson ko 10
vs ali–ali UD
vs foreman–could go either way
vs frazier–frazier ko 12
vs marciano–holmes tko 11—rocky’s the man–but holmes would be 2 much (they would prob stop the fights on cuts)
vs tunney—holmes ud 12
vs dempsey–holmes ko 12
vs louis–holmes ud 12
vs patterson–holmes ko9
just an opinion-
so larry u r one of the greatest—just not the greatest
He was a racist pig, But he has to be mentioned as one of the best to hold the heavyweight title. Beating Cooney and a old frail Ali was nothing special. And then he lost to a much smaller Spinks.
Larry holmes was a bum, most footage you see of him his getting whipped and going down like a bag of spuds,greatest of all time? stop smoking crack and start getting interested in boxing, larry holmes was a good fighter but he got beat too many times too be mentioned on the same page with some of them fighters. ???
:cwm36: dont know what that tirade was about but OK...Larry was far from a bum....Most of the abuse you refer to is to the Larry making a comeback not the prime Larry that had that piston jab that made him great....Larry a top 5 Heavy of all time with out question...Greatest ever no but a bum......That should not even be in the same sentence when you mention Larry and boxing
stop comparing joe louis he is too friggin small hed lose to many lighty heavies and cruizers your comparing a guy from way too many years ago, yes hes a great but in heads p matches hed lose huge
I’m not certain he was the greatest, but he couldn’t be too far behind.
He was, and still is, the most underappreciated heavyweight champ ever. The media never gave this guy full props, but his greatness was undenyably. The ultimate face slap being when he was introduced first in the Cooney fight, although he was the defending champion.
Just before holmes got knocked out by tyson…he was on his toes and was jabbing quite well…then just stopped. Prime holmes would keep this up and outbox tyson. Tyson had trouble at this point of the fight but holmes couldnt keep it going. BUT i reckon holmes is a fuckwit ;D
A prime Holmes would’ve outboxed Tyson for 12 rds like he was doing at the start of that 4th rd. He was bouncing on his feet and hitting Mike with jabs, even the crowd was getting into it. But at his age for that fight, he tired quickly.
How many times did you see Holmes fight? He wasnt stupid like most of Mike’s early opponents, standing there to be KO’d. Holmes had a great jab and he stood 6’2".
Obviously you havent seen many Tyson Fights!!!Were not talking about the Tyson who lost to Williams,Lewis and McBride… 6’2 is perfect for Mike, his head movement and lateral movement was phenomenal he wouls slip and negate the jab and rip those signature hooks to the body then to the head..
Until he went corrupt and Jaded NO ONE and I mean NO ONE in heavyweight boxing history had the combonation of blinding handspeed and explosive power he possesed and you know what I mean!!! you can see as soon as Don King leached on and influenced his career and he parted ways with rooney, atlas he went from Beautiful Welterweight style combo’s to no head movement always trying to land the big one…Holmes would never have run into such a Buzz saw as A Young Mike Tyson
Dude, I’m 32. I’ve seen almost all of Holmes’ prime career fights and I saw all of Tyson’s. We garee that Mike went downhhill when he left Rooney, no doubt. But Holmes is better than anyone Moike has ever faced, includiing prime Evander and Lennox. He would outbox and frustrate Tyson, and beat him, easily.