Comments Thread For: Larry Holmes: Current Heavyweights "Couldn't Stand A Chance" In My Era

[Thuglife Nelo]

Holmes once claimed Parker had a better jab then him and would dominate this era . That went south and so did Larry once again so here we are again ,it’s led us here . He did say A.J would defeat Mike Tyson easily but Mike would defeat anyone he fought so he’s very confused. So that would put A.J over everyone he named which makes his claim here another head scratcher discrediting today’s fighters because it implies Mike Tyson wasn’t that good . Ha

Holmes was referring to form more so the complete package. Technique is useless if not implemented 100%. Holmes had a completely different style.

[Eff Pandas]

What's he supposed to say? Everyone is supposed to think their era was The Era.

And fantasy cross era fights are fooking a dumb ass debate anyway cuz of all the intangibles & insanity involved in time traveling boxers or fighting in some sorta time vacuum prime vs prime not to mention the rule changes & preferences in eras towards certain styles & other attributes.

[Buggy bear]

Shut up you deluded punchy old idiot

very disrespectful to a very good past champion , what is your resume , he's been there , done it qualified to comment ..have you ? No need for insults , surely your better than that ..

[Marvlus Marv]

Holmes wasn't really in the era he talks about but most of the 70s guys would literally kill the current crop probably except for skillful Fury.

[Jab jab boom]

The only advantage today's fighters would have that could make it tough for past generations is size. Otherwise, the skill and toughness of the fighters from the past eras greatly surpass what we see today. Fury is the most skilled of today's hw's and he's a goof in comparison to past heavyweights who boxed and moved like middle weights.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Shut up you deluded punchy old idiot

Why? He's not wrong.

Even Michael Spinks, who wasn't really even a full heavy, runs through every current fighter except Fury.

[Bronx2245]

In most of the major sports in the U.S., I would say today's athletes are much better than the "Ol' Skool" with the exception of Boxing, and the Center position in the NBA!

[Greenfield02]

In most of the major sports in the U.S., I would say today's athletes are much better than the "Ol' Skool" with the exception of Boxing, and the Center position in the NBA!

Maybe in the heavyweight division in boxing that holds true, but guys in lighter weight divisions are as good as past fighters. The biggest difference is top fighters don't face each other at the rate they did in the past.

[Greenfield02]

Talking about heavyweights, that statement holds water.

[Mindgames]

very disrespectful to a very good past champion , what is your resume , he's been there , done it qualified to comment ..have you ? No need for insults , surely your better than that ..

To be fair Larry could take the high road and say what Tyson did about the Klitschkos, "different era, who knows? “. Not, everyone in my day was better than everyone in theirs. It's disrespectful in itself. And he was the king of complaining about being disrespected for following the champions he did.