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ICB
Like i said earlier im not really bothered how long he sparred with Ali, Monkey always implies about Ali giving Holmes his first shiner implying thats what would happen if they met as pro's. When the fact is Holmes was a novice at the time where as Ali was an experiened professional boxer, and was only slightly past his peak at that time. I think its just unfair to Larry Holmes using a sparring match as an example of how a prime for prime match up would of gone, when the fact is every great boxer has been whooped in sparring.
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