Larry Holmes on Lennox Lewis' jab (Sept. 19, 2011)

[Master]

Holmes had the best jab only Ali and Louis come close. Lewis was certainly good with it but not as good as Holmes. Larry was the better and greater fighter. If they fought Holmes would feel the Lewis jab for sure as he knew how to use his height and reach.

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Far and away the best jabber Lewis ever fought was Ray Mercer, who gave him a VERY close fight working mostly behind his jab, although having a much shorter reach. A while later the CORPSE of Larry Holmes was able to beat the same Mercer quite handily working behind his own jab. I think it's really quite unlikely Lewis wouldn't get his ass owned by a peak Holmes, who nearly matched his size and clearly did have a better jab. Holmes had big trouble with some guys he was better than as did Lewis, but Holmes(despite getting hit more often and with better shots) always got up. I think Lewis actually get's a bit of a pass for his losses due to the nature of them. People assume oh he got caught it happens.. Who's to say that he wouldn't have taken a further beating against McCall and Rahman had he had Holmes recouperative powers and fought on I know Lewis didn't have a bad chin, but aside from Shannon Briggs he never beat anyone who was able to dent it. Lewis never clearly beat a good fighter who had a jab that gave him problems either. Even Evander had a lot of success working his way inside with it in their rematch.

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I forgot the fight with Bruno. He gave him a lot of trouble with his jab early on and LEwis beat him, but that only makes me more confident Holmes would've owned him although Lewis became much better than that.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

[VictorCharlie]

Anybody else here the voice of the barber from "Coming to America" when they read that interview? Anyway I'm taking Larry in a gut-wrenching UD.

[Mars_ax]

I like Holmes well enough and he was a hell of a fighter, but he had about as much charisma as a potato, and I can't ever remember getting excited about watching a Larry Holmes fight. I believe Ali in his prime would have schooled Holmes, and Tyson would have knocked Holmes out even in his prime. As for Lewis vs prime Holmes, i'd give the nod to Lewis.

[ICB]

Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

Larry Holmes had a torn bicep, and beat Ken Norton more convincingly than Muhammad Ali ever did. He was hit by possibly the hardest hitting Heavyweight of all time, right on the button and he was up within 4 seconds. Shook it off and then handed Earnie Shaver's his ass.

Larry Holmes would outpoint Lennox Lewis quite clearly.

[BIG H]

Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

Larry Holmes had a torn bicep, and beat Ken Norton more convincingly than Muhammad Ali ever did. He was hit by possibly the hardest hitting Heavyweight of all time, right on the button and he was up within 4 seconds. Shook it off and then handed Earnie Shaver's his ass.

Larry Holmes would outpoint Lennox Lewis quite clearly.

The word 'Convincing' when talking about Holmes' win over Norton should never be used.

[ICB]

Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

Larry Holmes had a torn bicep, and beat Ken Norton more convincingly than Muhammad Ali ever did. He was hit by possibly the hardest hitting Heavyweight of all time, right on the button and he was up within 4 seconds. Shook it off and then handed Earnie Shaver's his ass.

Larry Holmes would outpoint Lennox Lewis quite clearly.

The word 'Convincing' when talking about Holmes' win over Norton should never be used.

I said more convincing than Muhammad Ali in his 3 fights with Ken Norton, but i still think its overrated as a close fight i had Larry Holmes winning 9-6. And i think you'd have to be bit biased to Ken Norton to have him winning.

He lost too many early rounds atleast 7 of the first 9 rounds, and didn't win enough late rounds.

[brocktonblockbust]

Larry Holmes always found a way to win. Perhaps his greatest most exciting wins were against Witherspoon and Weaver, as he was in some serious shite several times, Angelo Dundee screaming at the top of his lungs to Gil Clancy, high drama no doubt.
Larry Holmes was the Man. Greatest chin ever maybe, greatest jab ever maybe, and determination galore. He definitely beats Lewis. Definitely. Even if he gets knocked down. He DEFINITELY beats Lewis. Check this out---I for one ALWAYS loved his fights.

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Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

Reading that actually made me cringe... He was LUCKY to get off the deck after being hit with that punch? How in the hell does one even think to write shit like that. He was hit with a wrecking ball by one of the best HW punchers of all time. In any other instance where a man takes that kind of trauma to the head, if he's walking upright within hours, hell within days, you'd think holy christ that guy is tough as nails. MEanwhile Holmes gets up in SEVEN SECONDS, goes on to defend himself from further bombs, survives the round and wins the next one and the fight. Where does good fortune come into play exactly Einstein?

[Master]

Agreed Holmes had an amazing chin second only to Ali, how he got up is a miracle, same when Tyson caught him with that right hand. Holmes got up and took a fearful beating. Holmes chin and recuperative powers was what made him great, whereas it failed with Lewis.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Larry 'Mr Humble' Holmes...mmm was very lucky to beat Ken Norton, was incredibly lucky to get off the floor after Shavers nailed him. Holmes was a great HW and i believe he would beat Lewis, but Larry please stop blowing your own horn will ya?

Reading that actually made me cringe... He was LUCKY to get off the deck after being hit with that punch? How in the hell does one even think to write shit like that. He was hit with a wrecking ball by one of the best HW punchers of all time. In any other instance where a man takes that kind of trauma to the head, if he's walking upright within hours, hell within days, you'd think holy christ that guy is tough as nails. MEanwhile Holmes gets up in SEVEN SECONDS, goes on to defend himself from further bombs, survives the round and wins the next one and the fight. Where does good fortune come into play exactly Einstein?

Well Professor Genius, sorry to be questionable when i should have consulted you first. Obviously the forum should shut down as you know the whole fucking box and dice!
Holmes was LUCKY to get up from that punch! There is no suggestion at all of his ability to go on and win the fight, can you fucking read? Scorecards at the end of 14 rounds with Norton were all tied up, he won the final round and the fight by SD. Shavers hit him with a punch that would knock out 99 out of 100 opponents. It didn't knock out Larry Holmes and to his credit he went on to win the fight, that is why he is regarded as one of the best HW champions ever. Do you think you can try and be a little more anaylitcal with your posts? Holmes was mighty fortunate in this fight with Shavers, later in his career he was not! "You don't know shit about boxing" ~ Floyd Mayweather jr

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I don't think either of us know the first thing about boxing technically chief, just pointing out that it's moronic to say any fighter getting up from a punch is lucky to have done so. My arguement was that anyone who isn't indeed quite thick should be able to respect that, thanks for cementing it.