Larry holmes vs Razor Ruddock sparring

[potatoes]

how do you thik ruddock would do if he were fighting todays heavyweights?

.....alright, they are as mediocre as he was.

[Abe Attell]

As men get taller athletic ability tends to diminish. It is very difficult for a man 6'3" to fight small in the same manner that Tyson did. In today's heavyweight division 6'3" is a bad height. Too tall to fight small and too small to fight tall! Right now the divison is wide open for another short slugger like Tyson. These ovesized and overrated giants could be knocked down like bowling pins.

Ali and Foreman were 6'3, so you don't give them much of a chance if they were fighting in today's era of heavyweights?

[potatoes]

Ali and Foreman were 6'3, so you don't give them much of a chance if they were fighting in today's era of heavyweights?

What I meant was as men get taller they lose the broad range of athletic abilities that shorter men have. I seriously doubt that either Ali or Foreman had the talent to perform like a short slugger, at least not as well as Mike Tyson. In any case it wouldn't matter, they had the style to beat almost anybody! A man's style is largely determined by his body and what he can make it do.

[butterfly1964]

Great vid. Holmes jab was cat quick in those days!

[Abe Attell]

What I meant was as men get taller they lose the broad range of athletic abilities that shorter men have. I seriously doubt that either Ali or Foreman had the talent to perform like a short slugger, at least not as well as Mike Tyson. In any case it wouldn't matter, they had the style to beat almost anybody! A man's style is largely determined by his body and what he can make it do.

I was being an wise-ass, I know what you ment

It's like the Running Back position in the NFL, the best agility runners are the ones that are lower to the ground, except Bo Jackson was pretty dam good at stopping on a dime and going the other way even though he didn't need to...he was 6'1 1/2 though, not 6'3 so I don't know if it counts

[Derranged_]

Larry's the one with the red gloves right?

[K-DOGG]

k please or points..........

Got to spread k around, first. I'll get you something from the gift shop, though. Very cool, my man!

That had to have been when Larry was champ. Makes you wonder about how good Ruddock could have been had he stuck to "boxing", instead of trying to build his career on one punch.