larry holmes, the greatest

well,,,I thought holmes won the 2nd spinks fight but I had spinks up by a point in the first encounter and holmes did get a gift win over witherspoon. holmes is a top 10 all timer in my opinion but I wouldnt put him any higher than 5 on the list. you have to remember it was a relatively weak division he dominated,,,but he did have excellent skills and tremendous heart. he fought hurt many times in his career Dempsey, Johnson and Joe Louis dominated weak eras man. They were ahead of thier times but you cant compare thier title runs compared to the guys in the 60s and 70's. Billy conn and john henry lewis were joe's top challengers, they were light heavyweights for gods sakes. Imagine if earnie shavers clocked those two, they would die.

Larry was either 49-1 or 50-0 when he fough tyson, he didnt lose those fights to spinks, its a joke, the politics of this sport is a joke. You want that *** italian to keep his undefeated record, good for him. Larry beat far more ranked contenders than rocky marciano could ever dream of. Larry Holmes at the age of 46-48 was robbed against nielson and arguably beat mccall. Larry Holmes at the age of 43 won 4 rounds out of 12 against holyfield. Hell he didnt even train against tyson, yet he managed to win round 3. Just look at his reflexes and speed, it was clearly gone by the time he fought tyson.

What if he was given the decisions against spinks and retired at 50-0. There is no doubt he won the 2nd fight against spinks, the first one is debatable. Larry Holmes vs ken norton may have been the best heavyweight fight ever, i loved all 15 rounds. Its what i call prizefighting, not crap that you see today with oleg, shannon and others like rahman and peter. well,,,I thought holmes won the 2nd spinks fight but I had spinks up by a point in the first encounter and holmes did get a gift win over witherspoon. holmes is a top 10 all timer in my opinion but I wouldnt put him any higher than 5 on the list. you have to remember it was a relatively weak division he dominated,,,but he did have excellent skills and tremendous heart. he fought hurt many times in his career

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Larry Holmes is the man even at the old age he still could kick ass

no, everyone thinks norton was robbed in the third fight, its the 4th most controversial title fight ever. They didnt want norton to win the trilogy, it's as simple as that. Norton was robbed, there is no other way to it. Ring magazine agrees with me anyways, you can check out the magazine from that year yourself. Norton had ali's number! Again it's your and a magazines oppinion. Ali of that time was too static for my tastes and that often let him down. He couldn't dance for 15 like he could in the 60's. But you obviously have fused oppinions that won't be changed so I'm not going to bother to debate with you on the subject as it would be like trying to teach a dog to start a fire - a waste of time!

I definatly have Ali winning 2 of the fights but yes Norton gave Ali hell. His aggressive counterpunching style was a handful for boxers who worked off the jab. no, everyone thinks norton was robbed in the third fight, its the 4th most controversial title fight ever. They didnt want norton to win the trilogy, it's as simple as that. Norton was robbed, there is no other way to it. Ring magazine agrees with me anyways, you can check out the magazine from that year yourself. Norton had ali's number!

Yeah and norton arguably beat ali all 3 times, no one gave ali more trouble than ken norton. I definatly have Ali winning 2 of the fights but yes Norton gave Ali hell. His aggressive counterpunching style was a handful for boxers who worked off the jab.

If he was given the decisions against spinks then people would still be debating about how controvershal they were. If he retired after that then I would have him lower as he didn't face great competition in the early 80's. His longevity through the 90's though have given him a higher spot on my list. Yes he is better than all the shit we have today heading the division. Holmes v Norton was a very exciting fight, not the best ever but exciting none the less. Shows how even a past his prime Norton gave Holmes lots of trouble. Yeah and norton arguably beat ali all 3 times, no one gave ali more trouble than ken norton.

What if he was given the decisions against spinks and retired at 50-0. There is no doubt he won the 2nd fight against spinks, the first one is debatable. Larry Holmes vs ken norton may have been the best heavyweight fight ever, i loved all 15 rounds. Its what i call prizefighting, not crap that you see today with oleg, shannon and others like rahman and peter. If he was given the decisions against spinks then people would still be debating about how controvershal they were. If he retired after that then I would have him lower as he didn't face great competition in the early 80's. His longevity through the 90's though have given him a higher spot on my list. Yes he is better than all the shit we have today heading the division. Holmes v Norton was a very exciting fight, not the best ever but exciting none the less. Shows how even a past his prime Norton gave Holmes lots of trouble.

no I never liked the guy. Definatly a top 10 all time heavyweight though without a doubt, but the greatest he ain't. What if he was given the decisions against spinks and retired at 50-0. There is no doubt he won the 2nd fight against spinks, the first one is debatable. Larry Holmes vs ken norton may have been the best heavyweight fight ever, i loved all 15 rounds. Its what i call prizefighting, not crap that you see today with oleg, shannon and others like rahman and peter.

no love for the most fundamentally skilled heavyweight of all times, he might have surpassed his own teacher, who nows? no I never liked the guy. Definatly a top 10 all time heavyweight though without a doubt, but the greatest he ain't.

no love for the most fundamentally skilled heavyweight of all times, he might have surpassed his own teacher, who nows?