Just how good was Larry Holmes?

1 win short of tying Marciano, Spoiler Spinks Jinx came to Rocky's rescue 🤣.
How good was the Easton Assassin?
Here's some boxers' opinions: [I personally rank him for sure Top 10]
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Holmes to me is the 3rd best heavyweight in history. He had a fantastic jab, great chin and heart of a lion. He fought huge punchers, record number of defences and was in fantastic contests. Holmes is not appreciated enough for what he achieved because he came after Ali, had controversial opinions and had no huge rivalry.

At his best he was good enough to beat the other greats in the division.

Larry had the toughness to beat Foreman, Lennox, Vitality, or Wlad, jab to keep Rocky, Frazier or Tyson at bay, skills to out box Holyfield, Usyk or Liston.

It depends on who you ask. If you ask Larry, he'll tell you he was one of the greatest ever. He certainly was the biggest whiner in boxing. I'll give him that. He had his signature fights, most notably his war vs Norton, and his beatdown of Cooney. But rarely have I enjoyed seeing someone get KTFO'ed like Holmes was by Tyson. To me, he could possibly sneak into my Top Ten (although I try very hard to look for 10 other fighters to push him out of the list). But that's pushing it.

For the record, I think he loses to a prime Ali, Lennox, Foreman, Wlad, Vitali, and of course the fighter who crushed him... Tyson.