Just how good was Larry Holmes?

[zoley]

i have larry about sixth but if i included some old times he might not scrap into the top ten

Yes sometimes I don't have him at number 3 because I think Prime George Foreman would smoke him and I also think Prime Lennox Lewis and Sunny Liston would smoke him.

And also he didn't do good against really big guys he struggled really hard against Tim Witherspoon and Jerry Cooney

No body smokes Holmes at his peak. Foreman never went near Larry when they could have fought.

Larry had a faster jab than Liston and Lennox. He didn’t quit or get knocked out at his peak.

True. Foreman got beat by Jimmy Young so imagine what Holmes would do. Also true that Liston and Lewis BOTH got knocked out at their peaks [though Liston was NOT at peak when Cassius Clay/Ali beat him/knocked him out].