Why was Larry Holmes' body so sloppy?

[butterfly1964]

it really didnt matter cause look what he did in history. plus ali and frazier didnt have an magnificient body neither and look at what they turned out to be. so ppl dont need the looks i guess

are you friggin' seroius? arguably the best proportionally built boxing body in history mystyal2k5, was muhammad ali in his prime, or cassius clay. he had a massive back that ripped and flexed and contracted every time he bounced around in the ring (just watch ali-mildenburger), big t****zeous muscles, ripped forearms, deltoids and biceps, strong ripped legs, the strongest legs in history, and abs and a midsection of steel (no one could punish ali's body, even in his prime, watch the chuvalo and liston fights) watch all his fights in the 60s, and a large amount of his fight even in the 70s! his body was extremely cut and trim!


yeah, real flabby!

also, look at my avatar. enough said!

[bassing68]

You dont need an athletic/muscular body to be a good boxer. being ripped does not guarantee KO power.

First this is absoutely true; which is why the phrase don't judge a book by it's cover is so true.

Second, I love the smurf gettin some nips. That's awesome.

[hollister]

Holmes was pretty trim when he fought Norton, and also when he fought Cooney (I simply haven't seen that many of his fights), why not target Jess Willard, he didn't look that great. Holmes just didn't have quite the difference between his shoulders and his hips that say Tyson had, that's all.

[Da Iceman]

because he didnt understand the concept of a situp , you could say the same about dempsey he had *******.

[ROSEWOOD]

Even when he was young. He had a nasty looking body.
He didn't have an intimidating looking body.
He had an ugly looking body, man.
He was fat and sloppy.

Why didn't he work harder to get a nicer looking body before fight time?

that didnt stop him from whippin fools...that body looks **** dont got nothing to do with you winning and losing fights...

[Mistadobalina]

what bothered me is the fact that holmes had a very womanly physique.

this is something that him being in shape wouldn't have solved...his hip bones were just wider than his shoulders. very strange...

[Bea5T]

holmes at one point wasnt that bad

[Pico Hollywood]

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