Larry Holmes chin - what a recovery

[Mark TKO]

Someone posted the final round of Holmes v Norton the other day on Facebook and I watched it having not seen it before - wow what a round.

Anyway this lead me to looking at some of Holmes other fights and in particular the knockdowns he recovered from - Shavers and Snipes.

Check these out if you haven't seen them. What amazing recoveries - would he have been stopped by a ref if this happened today ?

[Mark TKO]

I do recall Larry saying in an interview he was actually asleep when Shavers hit him but he hit the canvas so heavily it woke him up !

[Bill Paxtom]

Larry Holmes

Bouts in which Larry was 'shaken', but not 'stirred'.

* Kevin Isaacs
* Roy 'Tiger' Williams
* Tom Prater
* Ken Norton
* Mike Weaver
* Earnie Shavers 'II'
* Renaldo Snipes
* Gerry Cooney
* Tim Witherspoon
* James 'Bonecrusher' Smith

[Master]

Holmes had an awesome chin to take that punch probably from the hardest single puncher in history.

Probably the best chin or just below Ali for a heavyweight champion.

[Mark TKO]

just read he also went down against Isaacs

Can't find a video

Still impressive recovery - Frank Brunoesque

[Bill Paxtom]

just read he also went down against Isaacs

Can't find a video

Still impressive recovery - Frank Brunoesque

Leon Spinks also 'rattled' Larry in Round 2.

Larry did say that he was surprised by Leon's power, speed and sharpness.

Larry Holmes >
"Leon was damn quick. He also had real good power for a 200 lb. fighter. But he just
wasn't big enough {naturally}. He just wasn't built for the long-haul, because he took
too many punches, and he paid absolutely 'Zero' attention to defense."

[Dean Duke]

Thought Snipes was very unfortunate in that fight stopped way to early.