Larry Holmes- Championship run needs revisiting?

[TitoFan]

Now, I don't wanna shit on Holmes. But he talks too much shit, and his record as a Champion needs a little revisiting. He always talks about not having his "just due", but just take a look at his record post winning the title against Ken Norton- a fight that could have gone either way and a fight where he never gave Norton a rematch:

Evangilista, Occasio, Weaver, a young and inexperienced Bonecrusher, Zanon, Ledoux, Ali when Ali was near brain dead, Spinks (when Spinks couldn't beat a brain dead Ali the second time around), Berbick before time, couldn't stop Tex Cobb, Scott Frank, David Bey, and a host of other spotty shit fights.

He nearly got knocked the fuck out vs Witherspoon, the best out of the lot before he got to Mike Spinks, and should have lost that one.

Holmes talks a lot of shit, but the guys he is bragging about on his record can't get in the ring with Ali in his prime, let alone get past the first 5 rounds.

Hey I shit on Holmes all the time. He's nothing but a bitter, whiny, racist, "nobody loves me" jerk, who gets too much credit for what he did during his career. His shining moment came against Great White Hope Gerry Cooney... and he's never let anyone forget that. He as much as anyone made everything about race. F*ck Holmes.

Oh.... and he didn't have lethal power in both hands. (Private joke between Bean and me).

[SlimTrae]

Go Larry- Edit

[El Kabong]

Point of clarification gents.....who was Larry Holmes' rival? People go on and on about how a great fighter needs a rival, well who was Larry's biggest rival? Same question for Mike Tyson while we are at it.

[Beanflicker]

People go on and on about how a great fighter needs a rival

Anyone who says a great fighter NEEDS a rival is a dipshit cunt tit.

[beenKOed]

People go on and on about how a great fighter needs a rival

Anyone who says a great fighter NEEDS a rival is a dipshit cunt tit.

"dipshit cunt tit" That's one I haven't heard before! It works, it works!
I find it hard to criticize a heavyweight champion who defended the title as many times as Holmes.

[Bill Paxtom]

Larry Holmes

Fun Fact #22

Larry was supposed to face Stan Ward in the Semi-Finals of the Don King/ABC-TV
United States Boxing Championships, with the bout scheduled for May 1977.

Larry Holmes

Larry had defeated {W Dec 8} Tom Prater on January 16, 1977 in the First Round of the Tournament.

Larry {Age; 27 years, 4 months} now had a record of 23-0-0 {16 KO's}.

Stan Ward

Stan had defeated {W Dec 10} Jody Ballard on January 29, 1977 to gain entrance into the Tournament.

In the First Round of the Tournament, Stan defeated {W Dec 8} Kevin Isaac on March 6, 1977.

Stan {Age; 27 years, 10 months} had a record of 8-0-2 {4 KO's}.

[Master]

Fun Fact

Watching Tyson knock out Holmes?

[Master]

Point of clarification gents.....who was Larry Holmes' rival? People go on and on about how a great fighter needs a rival, well who was Larry's biggest rival? Same question for Mike Tyson while we are at it.

Spinks

[Beanflicker]

Eddie Murphy




MAH NAME AH LARRY HOLME. MY FAVORITE SOUP.... AM THE CAMPBELL SOUP.

[SlimTrae]

Eddie Murphy




MAH NAME AH LARRY HOLME. MY FAVORITE SOUP.... AM THE CAMPBELL SOUP.

Too Funny !!

[SlimTrae]

Eddie Murphy




MAH NAME AH LARRY HOLME. MY FAVORITE SOUP.... AM THE CAMPBELL SOUP.

Great way to start the boxing day- Eddie On Larry.

[SlimTrae]

F- you.
F- him
& F- the judges hahahaa

[El Kabong]

Spinks

So Larry Holmes, the legend that he is has a LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT as his biggest rival? And he had what to say about the champions that followed him again

[Master]

Spinks

So Larry Holmes, the legend that he is has a LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT as his biggest rival? And he had what to say about the champions that followed him again

I was on about Tyson. People actually thought he had a chance against Tyson. Biggest fight in history at the time.

[ykdadamaja]

Point of clarification gents.....who was Larry Holmes' rival? People go on and on about how a great fighter needs a rival, well who was Larry's biggest rival? Same question for Mike Tyson while we are at it.

Holmes had two: Spinks and Weaver. He beat Weaver twice and lost to Spinks twice.