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“ class act / never complained “ are you kidding ?

Very racist in several of his interviews especially after the first Michael Spinks fight when he denigrated Rocky Marciano and his family. Loved it when Tyson beat the living hell out of him.

Definitely not !

@@serenityinside1 he was underrated, meaning he was one of the greatest fighters never to get respect or credit, I think you took that the wrong way.

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Surviving against Shavers in the ring is like surviving a car accident and he did it twice! Larry is a true legend.

Peter Stelling That case can be made.🥊

You guys are utterly ridiculous...and know nothing about boxing....embarrassing

@@ratcliffepipeman1561 God that was dumb...

Larry doninated when the heavyweight division was in a decline in alignment with pro boxing's popularity after the Ali era past which includes Ali's last years in clear decline. Larry had a great record & did dominate the division's top fighters in those years so he should be recognized historically as an exceptionally great heavyweight. Who holds impressive records no more so the the most title defenses & longest divisional reign. But it also must be recognized that he fought several great fighters well beyond their prime & dominated in a period of weaker high end talent boxers. That's not saying he never fought any quality fighters & he did have a great jab, but grestest he wasn't. Rocky beat 5 hall of famers after starting fighting just 2 years before becoming champ. Young Larry sparred with the great Ali for some time early in his career so he was well versed & a smart boxer, but no where near the greatest ever conversation!

He jumped off the top turnbuckle.

That’s correct! He became a legend!

Trevor was legit scared of Larry Holmes. He had lost every one of the 15 rounds in their fight, and the street fight with Larry charging him turned on the sweet painful memories of their previous encounter.

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Kings of the 80's.

Muhammad Ali

@@icecolditachi3304 no

@@paoloalcantara2465 hope u saw the rumble in the jungle

Yeah he was man..... Holmes was not a joke. One of the greatest ever.

I always thought that was short for "Home Team". A call-out we gave to people in the Army that were from your home state?

@@gopherstate777 Well, I can remember being a young teenager in the streets of NY, and people using that expression at a time when Larry was on the RISE. Who knows? Things change over time. Many things lose the original meaning and purpose. That's maybe what happened in this case.

U tell no lies take my money

Great fighter , but NOT those qualities you mentioned! Take your blinkers off !

You started out good but then you drifted back into the "Ali myth". Ali was good but he had a lot of help from judges, referees, and the press. Larry Holmes had none of that help. He won the old fashioned way - by actually beating his opponents. You can go down the list of Ali fights where he got the decision, but in your heart you knew he lost. When Larry won - you knew Larry won. No question. He wasn't awarded any bad decisions. In my opinion, Larry Holmes was a better boxer and a better Champ than Ali. Much better.

@@9019dd I said: people were blinded by the Ali persona...I didn't drift off into nothin! I told it...like it was! I mean it when I say, now we cant wait for all these fighters who "think" they're great....lose!

@@9019dd And Holmes was not better than Ali! He was just younger and, had not been stripped of his rights for 3 years! Ali would have killed everybody he "ever fought" if...he had not been stripped of his title and denied his right to make a living!

People just fail to realize that, the powers that be, saw the potential that ALI had to break Rocky Marciano's record! And those same powers that be, saw to it that, Mr. Holmes Wouldn't do it neither! Remember when he said: Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jock strap? Whether he could or, not...He could have kept that thought to himself! He didn't have to say that! The man was 48-0 and, they (The powers that be) literally disrespected him...IN HIS FACE! Mike Tyson...when he began to self destruct and lost his focus...they sent his ass to JAIL and, they knocked him down too! So we may ask ourselves: What is this really about? Me and you, arguing over who was actually better than who among the BLACK MAN, while overlooking the fact that the WHITE MAN is always sayin, aint NONE of you, all of you...put together...is better than our WHITE ITALIAN STALLION!!😳😳

I hope it doesn't happen. It would be a sad thing to see.

100%. He didn't have Ali's charisma and he didn't have Tyson's menace so he never really caught on with the public.

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Sure Larry didn't had that charisma, charming personality but he sure was a decent, class act great champion 🥊💯

@@stayingalivewithsaad5351 Absolutely. I liked Holmes. He always conducted himself in the way that a champion should. Except when he made that remark about Marciano but he was always very respectful to his opponents.

Idk. Young larry against say tyson true prime which was against berbick. Idk. Definitely would have been a better fight than what they had. Tysons head movement spooked old man larry

For real in that 4th round we saw a bit of Prime Larry dancing flicking his famous Jab Mike had nothing no answer for Larry signature style but then Larry gasses out because he was old and mike caught him... Young Larry could have done that all night long... and Mike would have no answer...

Agreed but ali would have to be serious amd focused with the same frame of mind and focus he had against liston in the first fight

@@chrisbennett6260 Exactly!!

Well he sure as hell didn’t actually beat Carl Williams, and his fight with renaldo snipes definitely stopped too early after he himself had been given longer to recover earlier.

Facts!!!

Don king? I’m curious.

@@Hito856 King and the rest of them. What people may not realize is that every single fight was controlled and governed by the Mob who also controlled ALL the betting establishments!!!

Schmeling smeared Louis first. Marciano would've easily beat down Holmes due to pure POWER/STAMINA/GUTS. Shit, even Tyson Fury would've smoked Larry Mondello err Holmes. zzzz next?!?

@@atheistleopard618 lol

@@atheistleopard618 ...you're not all there, are you? 😂

@@atheistleopard618 Tyson Fury rates Larry Holmes as one of the top 5 heavyweights of all time. He studied Holmes and wanted to have a kab as good as him.

Mine are klitzschkos, Marciano, Tyson

yeah, a lot of people know about the Ali fight and villainize Holmes over it. Ali shouldn't have been in the ring, but we can't blame Holmes for that. He even cried after the fight. Nobody ever gives Marciano shit for beating a mummified version of Joe Louis.