Larry Holmes Quotes

[Trainer Monkey]

My favorite Holmes quote is on Don King...

“That man is the devil, that’s why he combs his hair that way, to cover the horns.”

Brilliant,and probably true

[C.J.Rock]

Witherspoon was a better fighter than Sanders, Brewster and Golota.
Snipes put Holmes down but hey he got up and won - something that Wlad didn't do against a similar fighter in Brewster.
I'm sure if Brewster and Sanders can spark out Wlad then Larry could. Wlad is pretty one dimensional and his skills are not in the same league as Larry Holmes.
Bowe just was too lazy to beat Larry and tended to fight much smaller, powerless fighters and Larry would have given Bowe a beating.

Lennox and Larry are closely matched but for me Lennox had that right hand to keep Larry respectful. Lennox on points.

Lennox and Larry are Top 10 Heavy's while Bowe is Top 20 but Wlad ain't Great and still has alot to prove even to break into the Top 20 - the guys robotic and chinless.

Larry Holmes wasn't a KO puncher (69 wins & 44 KO's)....Wlad IS a KO puncher (51 wins & 45 KO's), Lewis...let's not even go there, and Bowe (42 wins 33 KO's INCLUDING a KO win over Evander Holyfield).

You may very well remember Riddick being lazy but in his short prime he was as dangerous as they come, anytime you take a prime Evander Holyfield and just whip his ass 2 out of 3 times then you're doing something special. Also Larry never fought guys as strong as Wlad, Lewis, and Bowe...those guys are beasts

All-Time great status does not factor in to deciding who wins a 1 on 1 fight. Buster Douglas was a bad mofo when he beat Tyson and on that night he may very well have beat any person put infront of him.

Can't rep you again..... but that's a damn good way of putting it. Bowe was a monster in his very short prime. He put some serious beatings on Holyfield and I was rooting for Holy..... He took a damn good punch also. I can't see Holmes jab as good as it is having much affect on the Bowe that fought Holyfield first time around.

Bowe beat Holyfield once the first time they met. The third match Evander was a sick man and yet still held his own, till he ran out of gas. Bowe never posessed the balls of a champion he knew Lewis had his numberfrom the olympics

[ssss]

No,maybe,and no
None of them had Holmes jab or ability to move

Trainer whilst you believe whatever you want you must accept that Renaldo Snipes and Tim Witherspoon took it to Holmes and damn near beat him and of course Holmes did show he was resiliant vs Shavers but Earnie was a TEENY TINY heavyweight and if he could sit Holmes down like he did then Larry would be in DEEP shit vs the likes of Bowe, Lewis, and Wlad no matter what you might think about them.

Larry could jab like a mofo but Bowe worked on the inside and moved VERY well, Lewis had crazy power and was very athletic, Wlad is more athletic than people want to admit he's robotic because he sits on his punches but he's very accurate and doesn't risk much.

Larry won fights by controlling distance with the jab and controlling the pace vs the bigger stronger fighters of more recent times he would have trouble.

Did you miss Riddick Bowe getting outjabbed and outslicked by an old past his prime Tony Tubbs ? he gave Riddick Bowe a boxing lesson and Riddick Bowe was in his prime.......

Even Tyrell Biggs badly outjabbed Riddick Bowe and even had him badly stunned in the 3rd round and also look how he struggled with Evander Holyfield's outside fighting in there 2nd fight........

Or see how a man who was similar size to him Andrew Golota destroyed Riddick Bowe's jab even Riddick Bowe said it totally threw him off his game.........

Riddick Bowe always struggled with fighters who fought on the outside or fighters who had good jabs i think you need to watch the Tony Tubbs fight and see how a fat past his prime Tony Tubbs totally outboxed Riddick Bowe and should of won the decision quite easily but was robbed........

Alot of people actually have never seen Riddick Bowe's fights with Tyrell Biggs and Tony Tubbs but trust me when you see them your have a different opinion on Riddick Bowe a prime Larry Holmes who totally slaughtered Earnie Shavers in there 1st meeting would have gave Riddick Bowe a boxing lesson.

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mike weaver should have beaten him in 79.

he wasn't quite experienced enough, but he had holmes in trouble.

I don't really see what your trying to say every great fighter has had trouble with fighters they shouldn't have hell why don't you check up on Sugar Ray Robinson he was knocked down plenty of times by lesser fighters and got a few gift decisions he didn't deserve........

I think Larry Holmes took Mike Weaver lightly and to be honest that is understandable considering he just beat Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers and had just knocked down Ossie Ocasio with a LEFT JAB.......

The Mike Weaver fight was just meant to be a stepping stone for Larry Holmes next fight which was rematch with Earnie Shavers which was massive at the time because Earnie Shavers had just beaten Ken Norton in one round.........

And many people thought Earnie Shavers was an improved fighter but unfortunately for Larry Holmes he had bad off night against Mike Weaver and Mike Weaver fought the best fight of his life he did hurt Larry Holmes in the 4th, 10th, and early in the 11th where Larry Holmes look tired from obviously not training.........

Because if you watch his fights he always had amazing stamina and always pulled it out in the later rounds especially against Gerry Cooney Ken Norton Carl Williams but yes Larry Holmes was in trouble but he was still pretty comfortably ahead on points in my opinion but he set up a beautiful uppercut and really dug deep to win that fight and thats what real champions do.........

I've never seen Wladimir Klitschko ever really dig deep in fights except against Samuel Peter but he mostly dominated that fight except for the bullshit rabbit shot knockdowns in which only one of those knockdowns should of counted technically.

[Trainer Monkey]

No,maybe,and no
None of them had Holmes jab or ability to move

Trainer whilst you believe whatever you want you must accept that Renaldo Snipes and Tim Witherspoon took it to Holmes and damn near beat him and of course Holmes did show he was resiliant vs Shavers but Earnie was a TEENY TINY heavyweight and if he could sit Holmes down like he did then Larry would be in DEEP shit vs the likes of Bowe, Lewis, and Wlad no matter what you might think about them.

Larry could jab like a mofo but Bowe worked on the inside and moved VERY well, Lewis had crazy power and was very athletic, Wlad is more athletic than people want to admit he's robotic because he sits on his punches but he's very accurate and doesn't risk much.

Larry won fights by controlling distance with the jab and controlling the pace vs the bigger stronger fighters of more recent times he would have trouble.

Did you miss Riddick Bowe getting outjabbed and outslicked by an old past his prime Tony Tubbs ? he gave Riddick Bowe a boxing lesson and Riddick Bowe was in his prime.......

Even Tyrell Biggs badly outjabbed Riddick Bowe and even had him badly stunned in the 3rd round and also look how he struggled with Evander Holyfield's outside fighting in there 2nd fight........

Or see how a man who was similar size to him Andrew Golota destroyed Riddick Bowe's jab even Riddick Bowe said it totally threw him off his game.........

Riddick Bowe always struggled with fighters who fought on the outside or fighters who had good jabs i think you need to watch the Tony Tubbs fight and see how a fat past his prime Tony Tubbs totally outboxed Riddick Bowe and should of won the decision quite easily but was robbed........

Alot of people actually have never seen Riddick Bowe's fights with Tyrell Biggs and Tony Tubbs but trust me when you see them your have a different opinion on Riddick Bowe a prime Larry Holmes who totally slaughtered Earnie Shavers in there 1st meeting would have gave Riddick Bowe a boxing lesson.

The other thing
Spoon was a GREAT fighter in the wrong era,and for some reason Snipes is grossly underrated,he had some serious chops in his prime. If you really want the full measure of Holmes,watch him figure out where his baby makers are against Cooney,and turn around and whup him

[ICB]

No,maybe,and no
None of them had Holmes jab or ability to move

Trainer whilst you believe whatever you want you must accept that Renaldo Snipes and Tim Witherspoon took it to Holmes and damn near beat him and of course Holmes did show he was resiliant vs Shavers but Earnie was a TEENY TINY heavyweight and if he could sit Holmes down like he did then Larry would be in DEEP shit vs the likes of Bowe, Lewis, and Wlad no matter what you might think about them.

Larry could jab like a mofo but Bowe worked on the inside and moved VERY well, Lewis had crazy power and was very athletic, Wlad is more athletic than people want to admit he's robotic because he sits on his punches but he's very accurate and doesn't risk much.

Larry won fights by controlling distance with the jab and controlling the pace vs the bigger stronger fighters of more recent times he would have trouble.

Lyle Renaldo Snipes never come close to beating Larry Holmes, i've asked Larry Holmes himself about the punch he was knocked down with against Renaldo Snipes.

And he said he was caught sleeping/over confident and as soon as he was knocked down. He knew he had to take him out and he did, 20 seconds after that knockdown he had already recovered and had Renaldo Snipes hurt.

Except for that brief moment Renaldo Snipes was dominated throughout most of the fight, and against Tim Witherspoon. Well Tim Witherspoon was a heck of a fighter as at his best who was very similar to Ken Norton. No shame in having a close fight with Tim Witherspoon probably one of the most skilled Heavyweights, who never achieved what he should have very similar to Riddick Bowe.

And Lyle are you kidding about Earnie Shavers ? he put everything into that overhand right against Larry Holmes. Thats one of the hardest punches i've ever seen, Larry Holmes hit the canvas with a thump for crying out loud. If your trying to say that wasn't one of the most devastating shots ever, then i really don't know what to say.

If Wladimir Klitschko had been hit with that shot he would of left the ring in a stretcher, and the fact that it only took 4 seconds for Larry Holmes to get up, was incredible and shows how good his recovery powers were.

[The Fightfan]

I like Larry Holmes as a fighter but as a man he is a real piece of s**t. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[Trainer Monkey]

I like Larry Holmes as a fighter but as a man he is a real piece of s**t. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

The entire city of Easton would disagree heartily with you, he poured most of his money in to resurrecting it

[DaxxKahn]

Just a few quotes from the Easton Assasin.
"It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor."

"I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich."

"Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green."

“People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my jaws and hands broken. One arm is out of place. I've paid my dues in this business.”

“I don't want you guys to write, "Larry Holmes fought one too many."”

“All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps.”

"I decided to box my way out of the ghetto"

"There is no quit in me."

"King is an equal opportunity dirty bag, he screws everybody."

Larry was a great fighter but have you ever read his autobiography?...I have never heard a man sound so bitter while being so self serving....

He has a serious attitude problem

[CGM]

For a guy who strung together so many title victories, he was decidedly unpopular. And he did take a lot of racial crap, especially leading up to the Cooney fight, So I don't blame the guy for being a little bitter.