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He ropes people in with is trolling skills though, gotta give him some credit for that. Not a whole lot, but a little bit. Poor people want to talk boxing, share a perspective or two, and people like that start fishing for a dance partner, dammed if he doesn't land one. Most troll types are lazy, but not that one. He's dogged. He earns his little rush.
To clear up the subterfuge of his last point, like it was also with Tyson, Lewis and Klitschko later down the road, collecting up THE world title was a multi step process for Larry Holmes as well. Holmes claim came from lifting one of the two (at the time) alphabet belts off of Norton, the top heavyweight at that time, then be beating Ali and Leon Spinks, the last two champions, and finally by amasing title defenses against Weaver, Withersoon, Smith: the best of the counter-champions, in addidion to a long parade if the highest ranking contenders available, as the counter champs kept losing that slippery WBA belt, often to a guy who Homes had already beaten. Between 1978 and 1985, Holmes was one of history's most dominant champions. Try as they might, Los Banditos were never successful in convoluting the lineage of the oldest, richest and most globally acknowledged title in all of sport. Thank goodness. The flagship championship of the only historically significant international pro sport that is neither a stunt or a game. The only one.
To clear up the subterfuge of his last point, like it was also with Tyson, Lewis and Klitschko later down the road, collecting up THE world title was a multi step process for Larry Holmes as well. Holmes claim came from lifting one of the two (at the time) alphabet belts off of Norton, the top heavyweight at that time, then be beating Ali and Leon Spinks, the last two champions, and finally by amasing title defenses against Weaver, Withersoon, Smith: the best of the counter-champions, in addidion to a long parade if the highest ranking contenders available, as the counter champs kept losing that slippery WBA belt, often to a guy who Homes had already beaten. Between 1978 and 1985, Holmes was one of history's most dominant champions. Try as they might, Los Banditos were never successful in convoluting the lineage of the oldest, richest and most globally acknowledged title in all of sport. Thank goodness. The flagship championship of the only historically significant international pro sport that is neither a stunt or a game. The only one.
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