Larry Holmes- Championship run needs revisiting?

[AdamGB]

I take no joy in Muhammad Ali's illness.

Bullshit, your actions say otherwise.

[Bill Paxtom]

Larry Holmes

"People always say to me, well you didn't knock out Muhammad. But my answer is,
I ruined him instead."

"There would be no real joy in Knocking him out in a Round or two. That way, he would
have gotten off Scott-Free."

"The beat down is always better. Because you can embarrass the guy Round after Round."

[TitoFan]

Larry Holmes

"People always say to me, well you didn't knock out Muhammad. But my answer is,
I ruined him instead."

"There would be no real joy in Knocking him out in a Round or two. That way, he would
have gotten off Scott-Free."

"The beat down is always better. Because you can embarrass the guy Round after Round."

Yeah...... good try, Billy.

Next time you post a bullshit quote, provide some proof instead of just putting quotation marks around it to make it sound legit.

[SlimTrae]

Regarding Holmes: Isn't it lovely we have technology at our disposal to review and critique modern day athletes? Some of you guys would be on a 24/7 bitch-fest if Dempsey's era had ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Boxingscene, Fightnews & friggin' Twitter to echo their every sentiment about not fighting this guy 'cause he's black or that guy cause I'm too pretty. Yeah Holmes didn't have a great attitude, so what.
Thank goodness we don't have footage of all of Benny Leonard to Lamotta's fights & post fight interviews. Based on what I'm reading here: their resume would be reduced to late-night talk show fodder-if we re-access their careers' they way we are doing Holmes'.

20 defenses in any era be it Tunney, Marciano, Holmes & even Wlad's is a testament to longevity & mastering one's craft. Holmes was a master of his craft, period.

Regarding Ali:
Ali took an almost American sport exclusively whose genesis in England- & made it global.
Looking @ who he struggled with and who beat him doesn't even fuck with what made him great.
Because of Ali, boxers got to make money in the 7 figures. ALI DID THAT.
They got to do commercials & endorsements, globally- ALI DID THAT.

And the near billion Muslims to various nations that didn't speak English KNEW who Ali was. Philippines to Kinshasa Zaire.

Facing Ali debunks all the Ali-haters.
R.I.P: Who would Frazier had been without Ali? A dude that won a title, then got his ass bounced like a ball by Forman, that's who he would've been. Yes I agree Ali talked bad about him. I hate he did that, but where would Frazier be in the history book (WITHOUT) Ali?

Ken Norton R.I.P doesn't cry about his loss the way Ali-haters do. He simply said him & his son at best would eat a hotdog or two, but because Ali's pompous attitude to keep fighting him until he could get a 1/2 ass decision: Norton could feed his family: well.

Ron Lyle R.I.P said it best: "Should I complain about the loss? What for? Be-4 Ali I was an inmate doing a thousand pushups a day off a bowl of spinach. So if it hadn't been for Ali...would I be here talking to you?
'bout what?"