Quote Originally Posted by ross
Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Earnie was for my money the hardest puncher of all time, and that was one of the hardest punches I've ever seen him land, so for Holmes to get up from that and go on and win the fight is just a testament to how great Larry Holmes was. One of the best ever IMO
So where does that put Mike Tyson ?

Holmes knew exactly what Mike was all about and what he was capable of, Mike has always been a known quantity

Mike put Holmes down and kept him there, the only man to do so
yes and douglas put tyson down and out but tyson wasnt ready for that fight same thing happened here holmes hadnt fought for like 2 years and was on losing streak losing two decisions which should of gone his way and holmes had two weeks to train and was shot thats difference mate and to be honest i have no idea why holmes not being fully prepared and not having any warm up opponent would take on animal like tyson was then if he was going challenge him id made sure id have couple of warm up fights first this decision from holmes still puzzles me


tyson hits very hard prolly top 5 hardest hw puncher of all time but for me shavers and foreman hit harder