Larry Holmes is VERY Underrated

[ROSEWOOD]

The guy defended his Title 20 times and was a world champion for 7 years, 1978-1985, yet people dont rate him that much...all of his losses came when he was out of his prime and he was the first person that could have broke Marciano's 49-0 record..and if you think about it he should only have 3 losses, Tyson, Spinks and Holyfield..

he is very underrated playa....i love the straight he dropped fraziers son with...man that was the punch...

[SnoopySmurf]

Shavers was like the Tyson of the 70's. Holmes was on unsteady legs when they fought but he went on to win. Prime Holmes would have won by UD over the shorter Tyson.

A good big man beats a good little man any day, as the old boxing addage goes.

[Run]

The guy defended his Title 20 times and was a world champion for 7 years, 1978-1985, yet people dont rate him that much...all of his losses came when he was out of his prime and he was the first person that could have broke Marciano's 49-0 record..and if you think about it he should only have 3 losses, Tyson, Spinks and Holyfield..

Yes, Yes he was highly underrated.

I think he's top 5 all time material, somewhere behind Louis, Ali and Foreman.

Or Ali before Louis, or whatever.



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[Yogi]

he was good but he was a very defensive fighter, and not in an ali way, thats why the masses think of him as boring and so dont pay him much attention

I found Holmes' fights with the likes of Norton, Shavers, Weaver, Cooney, L. Spinks, Snipes, Witherspoon, etc., anything but boring myself, and I don't think too many who saw those fights would use the term "boring" when describing them.

[K-DOGG]

The guy defended his Title 20 times and was a world champion for 7 years, 1978-1985, yet people dont rate him that much...all of his losses came when he was out of his prime and he was the first person that could have broke Marciano's 49-0 record..and if you think about it he should only have 3 losses, Tyson, Spinks and Holyfield..

Yes, he is. I personally rank him #3 on my All-Time list; but a case could be made for Larry Holmes being the G.O.A.T.

Oh, it's true....the case could be made if you look at his in-ring accomplishments.

[TheGreat1]

soooooooooooooooooo u wanna see more running i would tune into the summer olympics to see all the track stars

Prime Holmes would KO Tyson in 6

[brownpimp88]

If Holmes could get up from that right hand by Shavers, which looked more devastating than anything I've ever seen Foreman throw, he would not be at much of a risk of losing by a knockout to Foreman.

Holmes had the better jab, footwork, and ring smarts as well as an even stronger chin than Foreman IMO. I would favor Holmes in this fight for sure.

I finally agree with you, well maybe its cuz i'm a blind larry holmes mark.

[Hydro]

I won't say he's underrated. He gets plenty of credit from the boxing historians and fans.

he's just not that popular with the casual sports fans.

[brownpimp88]

I won't say he's underrated. He gets plenty of credit from the boxing historians and fans.

he's just not that popular with the casual sports fans.

In your opinion, what are larry's 10 biggest wins. Do you think he would beat foreman, i think he would have made a fool out of foreman.

[Hydro]

In your opinion, what are larry's 10 biggest wins. Do you think he would beat foreman, i think he would have made a fool out of foreman.

a top 10 list might take awhile, but a foreman-holmes prediction won't.

holmes ud.