Thread: You DO know Larry Holmes had limited power, right?

This is what makes his championship run and his win column look even more impressive for the heavyweight division. He won with limited power. lol...

I always remark on Holmes's power- it was not a grenade, not an atomic drop, not a missile, but more of a "flash bang" that scared the daylights out of you from advancing.

The only person that took a Holmes shot and walked through it like a man on a mission was Iron Mike Tyson. No one else had stood up and didn't run from Larry when he popped you or "flash banged" you.

When Mike Tyson his you, it was like an atomic bomb dropped on you.

When Ali hit you, it was like a stinging shot from a sniper riffle. Crisp, clean and effective.

When Evander hit you, it was like someone pelting you with beanbags in your head and stomach until you cringed and wanted no more.

When Lennox hit you, it looked like a damn anvil dropped on your head. You were not getting up.

When Riddick hit you, it looked like someone pounding you with a sledgehammer.

But, when Holmes hit you, you stood up and rethought what you wanted to do. It was a good little flashbang strategy for Holmes. And, more often than not, more were coming with it. Just little flash bangs until you decided to stop or just not want to finish strong with him.

He (like Ali) had just enough power for his opponent to respect it.

No, Larry just pulled his punches all the time because he was such a sweet guy. If he feared for his life, his power was in fact unlimited, I thought everyone knew that. When he fought Shavers, he was cautioned by leading theoretical physicists not to match his infinite strength, in case they would connect at the same time, creating a black hole killing everyone on the surface of the earth.

What's the next thread Damaja? "Did anyone realize that Mike Tyson was African American?"

Holmes obsession week?

Originally Posted by p4pking

No, Larry just pulled his punches all the time because he was such a sweet guy. If he feared for his life, his power was in fact unlimited, I thought everyone knew that. When he fought Shavers, he was cautioned by leading theoretical physicists not to match his infinite strength, in case they would connect at the same time, creating a black hole killing everyone on the surface of the earth.

What's the next thread Damaja? "Did anyone realize that Mike Tyson was African American?"

Lololo… good one sir! We don't need another black hole, we already had one in Calcutta.
Love the sarcasm, seriously!!

This IS a boxing forum, right? No one ever said we can't discuss the old fights and fighters too. Get off me!!

Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

This IS a boxing forum, right? No one ever said we can't discuss the old fights and fighters too. Get off me!!

ykdadamaja is the new bill paxtom.

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

This IS a boxing forum, right? No one ever said we can't discuss the old fights and fighters too. Get off me!!

ykdadamaja is the new bill paxtom.

No!

69 wins only 44 stoppages....wouldn't call him a power puncher. Above average power yes, but nothing shocking. Holmes was an all around great boxer, he didn't have any big flaws but he wasn't just wrecking opponent after opponent either, he had some good tough fights he gutted out vs some fighters who never really improved after the fact despite being young and part of that has to do with the era and how a lot of fighters at the time had drug problems.

Larry Holmes

A} Suffered a bad injury to his right-hand {1976}.

B} Hampered by a nagging strained muscle in his left bicep {1977 thru 1981}

C} Prone to bone injuries in his right-fist {1978 thru 1981}.

I wasn't under the impression that he was a huge banger?!

I'm confused as I think this thread basically states common knowledge.

I really wish your keyboard would break.

Originally Posted by Vendettos

I wasn't under the impression that he was a huge banger?!

I'm confused as I think this thread basically states common knowledge.

I really wish your keyboard would break.

I really wish you would just walk into a gas chamber looking for truffles. But we all can't be so lucky!

Muhammad Ali before fighting Larry Holmes >

"Larry can't break an Egg. He has a decent left-jab, but he has nothing in his right-hand. Nothing."


Angelo Dundee to Muhammad Ali during the fight with Larry Holmes >

"Muhammad, stay away from Larry's right-hand. It's murderous"

Bill so much hate, what a waste of your life.

Muhammid Ali was a beautiful man that was the greatest sportsman ever and there is nothing you can do to demean what he achieved.

EVER.

Larry Holmes had very sharp stinging power but he was definitely not a one punch knockout artist. Larry could knock you down with one straight right hand but it would take several hooks and upper cuts to finish the job