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Quote Originally Posted by Majesty View Post
seriously if boxing was all about technique.

Lets all follow Larry Holmes and be robots that fight the same way.

Ali used to beat him up in sparring in his mid age years, so how Larry could call him overrated is beyond me
A robot that fights the sameway are you kidding me seriously ? Larry Holmes relied on the jab alot but he could also brawl which he showed in many fights, he could also use movement very well like Muhammad Ali, and he could be the aggressor.

And he was a very good athletic Heavyweight, i think you need to watch more Larry Holmes fights before you make a comment like that again. And lastly Larry Holmes was a novice when he sparred with Muhammad Ali in 1972, he wasn't even a pro yet i don't believe. He was half the fighter he then compared to his peak in 1978.
You do realize my comment wasn't even about Larry Holmes fighting style right?

My comment was about Holmes statement saying because of Ali's style and not using the basics that he was overrated. So I said lets all follow what he said and fight the same way. Boxing is about styles and what makes a boxer unique and just because a fighter fights with his hands down or leans back with his hands down doesnt make him overrated which is what Holmes was basically saying. Thats why i made the lets all be robots comment.

I wasn't talking about his style i was talking about how close minded his statement about Ali was.