Larry Holmes NEVER fought...

[ykdadamaja]

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

Yea. I remembered this. lololol...

[Spicoli]

I dunno, I've never been a fan of Holmes and only watched him 'live' when he launched his Tyson and then 90's comeback but he always struck me far more a bitter prick with a chip on his shoulder than some racist. Street smart shat talker who came up very very rough. When did he proclaim blacks 'superior'..sure we're not talking about Jimmy the Greek? He said what he said about Marciano but it was more derisive of Marcianos merit and record than his race? Fans and detractors fused that part, unless I missed something more direct. Yeh it was disrespectful but boxing doesn't groom choir boys, especially in the moment with some chuckle head putting a mic in your face. Didn't he later apologize and say it was trash and him running his mouth? Just trying to look at it from a guys POV who was sandwiched in between the two heavyweights, Ali and Tyson, who are the core of so much fan, media and society focus. Holmes could be a grade A asshole who said exactly what entered his mind, he pulled no punches but you gotta consider where this Country was and just look at the tribal divide that became the Holmes v Cooney promotion/fiasco to see that the writers, blocks of "fans", promoters and personalities were every bit as responsible for making that black vs white and made sure we all knew it. Cooney and Holmes left that pretty close friends from what I gather.

[Freedom]

I missed something more direct.

When he was talking about Marciano, Holmes said there would never be another white heavyweight champion.

He made similar comments years later when disparaging Wladimir Klitschko.