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To this day, he's always bringing up the fact that he was hated for beating Ali. It's been 40 years and he continues to hold on to this narrative. That's plenty of time to change your attitude and image. George Foreman reinvented himself as a person and public figure. Larry is still the same bitter prick he always was.
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
What makes this great for me, is how the old man kept getting up! LOL! Berbick chicken danced. Spinks tried to crawl up, Bruno II just collapsed the against the ropes. Had Cortez not ended it, who's to say Holmes wouldn't have gotten up again?;)
Oh, he was done, but what a set of whiskers & will.
I know you heard the skit, but this is the first time I saw the video.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
https://youtu.be/NZj9tNVjLEk
Actually I think I had seen it, but it was a long time ago. Eddie Murphy didn't do skits like that on too many people, so to do one on Larry he must've seen the same prick personality the rest of us did.
Larry was a world-class whiner and a prick.
Eddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
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Originally Posted by MasterEddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
Those are two characters that are hard to resist. ;D
yeah, Mr. T was kinda of a slight, but as TitoFan said, Eddie went to town on Larry. F the fighter, F the judges, F my fans too! LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterEddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
As much as I dislike Larry, he was one of the greatest heavyweights of all time with arguably the greatest jab in heavyweight history. Holmes is underrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterThen went on to school and beat an undefeated Olympic gold medallist (who had just recently smashed Tommy Morrison) to show what a truly great fighter he was in the heavyweight history of boxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiacMight be giving Wlad a bit too much creditQuote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
But yeah I've never liked Larry just because he shittalked Marciano
But it's real fitting that he went from 48-0 to 48-3 lmao
Yeah the sour pissbag lmaoQuote:
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Originally Posted by SlimTraeyeah, Mr. T was kinda of a slight, but as TitoFan said, Eddie went to town on Larry. F the fighter, F the judges, F my fans too! LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterEddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
;D I thought for a minute he was going to say F Campbell Soup too... but in Eddie's skit they were paying him for the commercial, so it wouldn't have been cool.
Holmes used to say the only color he cared about was green..... but he sure didn't act like it. He was one racist son-of-a-bitch.
Mike Tyson went up a million points in my book when he demolished Holmes, much like Barrera went up a million points when he humiliated Naz, and Mosley went up a million points when he KTFO'ed Margarito.
3 for 3; you're still on your game!Quote:
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Originally Posted by SlimTraeyeah, Mr. T was kinda of a slight, but as TitoFan said, Eddie went to town on Larry. F the fighter, F the judges, F my fans too! LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterEddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
Mike Tyson went up a million points in my book when he demolished Holmes, much like Barrera went up a million points when he humiliated Naz, and Mosley went up a million points when he KTFO'ed Margarito.
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Originally Posted by SlimTrae3 for 3; you're still on your game!Quote:
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Originally Posted by SlimTraeyeah, Mr. T was kinda of a slight, but as TitoFan said, Eddie went to town on Larry. F the fighter, F the judges, F my fans too! LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterEddie has done Michael Jackson and Mr T as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
Mike Tyson went up a million points in my book when he demolished Holmes, much like Barrera went up a million points when he humiliated Naz, and Mosley went up a million points when he KTFO'ed Margarito.
You know what they say about great minds..... ;D
I would have liked to see George Foreman vs. Larry Holmes in the late 70s.
Prime Ali would have schooled prime Holmes. Prime Frazier would have stopped him.
Holmes v Foreman would have been a great fight in the 70's and a novelty in the 90's. Foreman knows that Holmes jab would disfigure his face like Alex did.Quote:
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I love Joe Frazier but think Holmes would beat him too.
A prime Holmes had an incredible chin.
Yea. I remembered this. lololol...Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimTraeI know you heard the skit, but this is the first time I saw the video.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
https://youtu.be/NZj9tNVjLEk
I dunno, I've never been a fan of Holmes and only watched him 'live' when he launched his Tyson and then 90's comeback but he always struck me far more a bitter prick with a chip on his shoulder than some racist. Street smart shat talker who came up very very rough. When did he proclaim blacks 'superior'..sure we're not talking about Jimmy the Greek? He said what he said about Marciano but it was more derisive of Marcianos merit and record than his race? Fans and detractors fused that part, unless I missed something more direct. Yeh it was disrespectful but boxing doesn't groom choir boys, especially in the moment with some chuckle head putting a mic in your face. Didn't he later apologize and say it was trash and him running his mouth? Just trying to look at it from a guys POV who was sandwiched in between the two heavyweights, Ali and Tyson, who are the core of so much fan, media and society focus. Holmes could be a grade A asshole who said exactly what entered his mind, he pulled no punches but you gotta consider where this Country was and just look at the tribal divide that became the Holmes v Cooney promotion/fiasco to see that the writers, blocks of "fans", promoters and personalities were every bit as responsible for making that black vs white and made sure we all knew it. Cooney and Holmes left that pretty close friends from what I gather.