larry holmes--what do u think about him

[ICB]

yea i was very impressed with hes slickness what happened to him britkid because he looked great in that fight

[SimonH]

yea i was very impressed with hes slickness what happened to him britkid because he looked great in that fight

In no particular order...

Drugs
Don King
Lack of motivation

[ICB]

shame what a waste of talent

[El Kabong]

Hopefully Chazz can have the career success Tim never did (when compaired to what people expected from him)

[Lords Gym]

Like everyone he had his faults, but I feel he was under appreciated as Champion, He was a sound boxer , with lots of heart and determination , Holmes defended his title for many years . I thought he wooped Spinks’s running ass.

[ICB]

yes me too i think first fight with spinks was very close to hard to judge but 2nd fight larry definetly won without a doubt. and another thing i like about holmes is that when he wasnt in wars i liked hes tactical fighting like fight with witherspoon i watched that today and i really enjoyed it.

[The Promoter]

yea but in larry holmes prime 78 to 85 im talking about only went down twice while foreman went down twice against roy lyle koed by ali and was down against young

That's RON Lyle and no one said Foreman's defense was good! I'm just saying if Holmes was a defensive guru then why did he get rocked all the time? We all know George just swung for the fences and sometimes got countered...so he went down vs Ron Lyle, he's a harder puncher than Renaldo Snipes AND shortly there after Big George put him to sleep.

As for Cooney he was trying to make a comeback...it was in 1990 and Holmes didn't fight that year, he laid off from 88 to 91

Cooney was looking for a pay day nothing more...if he were planning a comback why would he take on Foreman after a 3 year layoff? That fight was a joke...

Rocked all the time by who Snipes did knock Holmes down and then got TKO'd in the 11th...Larry was also knocked down by Shavers and TKO'd Ernie in the 11th....Larry was knock down by a no name Kevin Isaac and then KO'd him in the next round...How many times was Larry holmes KO'd in his prime years after facing hitters like Shavers, Smith, Witherspoon and Norton? Answer: none

If you want to keep bringing up Renaldo Snipes you have to accept the fact that George was dropped by the far lighter hitting Jimmy Young...And if you compare the two you have to look at the competition they faced while Holmes faced something like 11 undefeated fighters in his first career going 48-1 Foreman only faced 3 undefeated foes and except for Frazier the other two names are unrecognizable...

[pacdog]

To be honest I dont like holmes but.. you hold the title that long and well your up there with the best, also had he fought tyson at his best he may have... may have beaten mike by decsion he had a great jab and it frustrated tyson slightly, in his prime you can increase reflexes speed accuracy, whether or not he could keep mike off all night I dont know but it would be a pic em fight. He was a great fighter just not miy type

[Galaxy]

I gotta give Holmes his props for the amount of time he held the title. Holmes was a brillant fighter with one of the best jabs ever. I feel if he had of fought in another era amoung other greats in their prime he would have held a much hiher standing today. It is not Holmes' fault he fought in a weak era but it does make it hard to compare his best wins with others because there was no one really syellar on Holmes' record.

The thing that makes me dislike Holmes these days is he always whines about being under-appreciated. He should just shut that sh*t up, we all know he was a great fighter, he just never had a dance partner to prove it!