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    Holmes is a racist. He said there would never be another white heavyweight champion because blacks are superior, and he disparaged Rocky Marciano.

    Holmes would have been schooled by prime Ali, and destroyed by prime Foreman and by prime Klitschko (either one). The division was weak when he had his run. I loved it when Mike Tyson knocked him out.

    Butterbean was robbed in his fight with Larry Holmes.

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    He did infamously say that Rocky Marciano couldn't carry his jockstrap. And..... he was always whining about how he didn't get his just due (a lie) because he was black. Could never stand the whining bum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
    Holmes is a racist. He said there would never be another white heavyweight champion because blacks are superior, and he disparaged Rocky Marciano.

    Holmes would have been schooled by prime Ali, and destroyed by prime Foreman and by prime Klitschko (either one). The division was weak when he had his run. I loved it when Mike Tyson knocked him out.

    Butterbean was robbed in his fight with Larry Holmes.
    Might be giving Wlad a bit too much credit

    But yeah I've never liked Larry just because he shittalked Marciano

    But it's real fitting that he went from 48-0 to 48-3 lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiac View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
    Holmes is a racist. He said there would never be another white heavyweight champion because blacks are superior, and he disparaged Rocky Marciano.

    Holmes would have been schooled by prime Ali, and destroyed by prime Foreman and by prime Klitschko (either one). The division was weak when he had his run. I loved it when Mike Tyson knocked him out.

    Butterbean was robbed in his fight with Larry Holmes.
    Might be giving Wlad a bit too much credit

    But yeah I've never liked Larry just because he shittalked Marciano

    But it's real fitting that he went from 48-0 to 48-3 lmao
    Then went on to school and beat an undefeated Olympic gold medallist (who had just recently smashed Tommy Morrison) to show what a truly great fighter he was in the heavyweight history of boxing.
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    Truly great.... yes.

    But man..... did I enjoy this.




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    I did not see the Spinks fights but I heard he should have got the decision and that is a shame if he was denied equally and beating the record because of what he said.
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    Actually, Holmes said that AFTER he lost to Michael Spinks. That's just the kind of prick he was.

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    To this day, he's always bringing up the fact that he was hated for beating Ali. It's been 40 years and he continues to hold on to this narrative. That's plenty of time to change your attitude and image. George Foreman reinvented himself as a person and public figure. Larry is still the same bitter prick he always was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Actually, Holmes said that AFTER he lost to Michael Spinks. That's just the kind of prick he was.
    I know you heard the skit, but this is the first time I saw the video.
    https://youtu.be/NZj9tNVjLEk
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    I would have liked to see George Foreman vs. Larry Holmes in the late 70s.

    Prime Ali would have schooled prime Holmes. Prime Frazier would have stopped him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Truly great.... yes.

    But man..... did I enjoy this.




    What makes this great for me, is how the old man kept getting up! LOL! Berbick chicken danced. Spinks tried to crawl up, Bruno II just collapsed the against the ropes. Had Cortez not ended it, who's to say Holmes wouldn't have gotten up again?

    Oh, he was done, but what a set of whiskers & will.
    All's lost! Everything's going to shit!

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