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I was thinking exactly the same 🥊

No he didn’t it was a closer fight than that. Holmes said after, and in the years after that Berbick gave him all he could handle.

Looking back, you can really see the influence Ali had on Holmes style. At the time, it would not have stood out as much because Ali had set the standards for heavyweights. Fourth years later and there were not really any HW fighters at that level that carried the Ali style. Holmes was unfortunate in the timing of his rise to the top because the dearth of competition in the late 70’s thru mid 80s meant he never received the respect his skills warranted.

Don't forget he was also a sparring partner for Joe Frazier. A lot of people forget that, for some reason.

He's at his peak prime here.

Maybe the best jab ever!

Would love to see a PEAK HOLMES against TYSON. I am 1000% sure it would not have gone down the way it actually did with a 37 year old HOLMES past his prime

@@salmonkill7 it wouldn’t have gone the way it did, but I think peak Mike beats peak Larry. It probably would’ve been a classic tho.

@Gordon Shumway I disagree. Holmes possibly had the best jab ever.

Why was he under rated? Why did he not get the credit he deserved?

@@michaelcraig9449 No classier or harder act to follow than Muhammed Ali, even when you whoop his ass while he's suffering from Parkinson's disease. Holmes was in the right place at the wrong time in boxing history, but he was still a great fighter. After beating Ali, Holmes went to his dressing room and wept.

Great breakdown of the Easton Assassin

The top 2 reasons in my opinion. 1. Holmes had the misfortune of being HW champ right after Ali and right before Tyson. 2. His fighting style was often more point based. He didn’t have the flash, presence or personality like Ali (who TF does ?) nor did he posses the dynamic power and intimidation factor of Tyson. Holmes just wasn’t an exciting champ for the fair weather fan base. But for those who are more educated in the “Sweet Science” we are all well aware that Holmes is a top 5 all time HW.

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Pete, Holmes was correct in his assessment of Marciano, he would have demolished the overrated, stumpy so called Rock.

@@paulweir5031 Absolutely agree.

media can destroy a champion

I live in easton kinda sureal he was from here

@@paulweir5031 listen he said the same about mike Tyson what happened Tyson run right through him in fact Tyson obliterated both Holmes & Berbick with devastating precision & power

Since 1998

You can watch the fight Ike Ibeabuchi vs David Tua. It's the match with the highest number of punches.

dont be a silly boy

@Leslie Dodds ...False! Tyson would have been stopped by a technical knockout.

@Alex Arthur That's exactly why we are here watching the glory days of heavyweight boxing 🥊🥊

Totally Agree. He was a great Boxer. 👍

He definitely was one of the greatest fighters of all time. Your list better have Lennox Lewis on it because Larry says Lennox is the greatest of all time.

Well, I think everyone took notice of Holmes as one of the greats.The problem came when Holmes took advantage of the greatest of all time,(Ali who was a old man with Parkinson's). Really Holmes never fought Muhammad Ali.That would have been a good fight.Im certain Ali would have won.So that was a curse Holmes lived with ( because of the love of money). So No one respected Holmes completely.It would have been better for Holmes not to take the fight with Ali.And just except he could never fought Ali because Ali's Time ran out To prove my theory is correct, Holmes got Karna.Not because Tyson beat him, but because of the circumstances.Holmes was reflecting on the Tyson fight he had saying " I was three years out of retirement , I was 38 years old etc.Well worse for Ali , 2 years without a fight , same age about 38, as well as Parkinson's.Ali was shot.So that is why Holmes never got the respect he wanted.He never fought the legend ,the greatest Muhammad Ali.

@@josephturner9012 yes I agree it did not make him look good and I think it hurt his career forever

@@josephturner9012 When a man professionally fights someone, a loss is a loss. Muhammad Ali being the greatest is an opinion. His stats say different. No one forced him to fight way past his prime and Don King was the only person that took advantage of him. Lennox Lewis was UNDISPUTED. PERIOD. He never ran from anyone and was the only boxer in history that scared a world champion enough to make him throw one of his belts in the garbage to keep from facing him. Holmes was a hell of a boxer. He was extraordinary. Don't degrade Holmes because of Ali's errors. Ali was far from perfect. His record as a boxer has nothing to do with how he stood up against the Government for refusing to join the Army in Vietnam. Those are too separate things. He gets points as a man for that but not as a fighter. Ali lost to fighters Lennox would have never lost to. Forman said it and so did Holmes and so did Holyfield. Lennox would have destroyed Frazier and the others too.

Yes, and a lot of other weapons to go along with it. Holmes is horribly underrated.

The best

One of the best jabs EVER

You ain’t seen many

Hahahahhaha tattooing his ass

True, except the power of Holmes was never that great.

@@gdog3finally LOL! Look who’s talking like you ever got hit by Holmes . I would bet my last dollar that a female boxer would knock your Fu?king head clean off your shoulders. Have you ever been hit with boxing gloves ?

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Speed too, learned his lessons well from Ali.

I will say Holmes never received the credit he deserved. He was a tuff sob. He beat Ray Mercer after he got some age on him and Mercer maybe wasn't a real technical boxer but he had power and damn good chin , he also gave Holiefield a good fight.

Berbick not only ended Ali's comeback but pretty much wrecked the careers of Greg Page, Pinklon Thomas and John Tate as well as ending Holmes' KO streak as champion. He was a handful right up to the time he met Tyson.

@@johnjamele Trevor just barely out boxed Pinklon to hand him his 1st loss but I wouldn't say he wrecked his career .

He had an iron chin that night. Dude was tough as nails.

He had a great like towel snapping jab yo in his prime he was an assassin TB took a beating they both let it hang on the line here

LARRY HOLM!!

@@jg6698 Holly HOLM

Who underrates Holmes? Please do tell

He could also take a punch.

@@rsoria64 he sure could

Power and chin, too

@@SamoaVsEverybody814 yep for sure

Ppe

Hell yeah man. Never knew Holmes could drop kick like that, it was some wild shit, lol.

I do that shyt was funny as hell man

It was in early 90`s? He was using suit at that moment.

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@@joukomoilanen9356 it was before the fight

Well said

If Berbick had a better head on his shoulders and a bit better training he could have gone further. Holmes had a great jab but was more or less an imitator as far as Im concerned.

Footage reveals the comparative punching power between Holmes and Mike Tyson.

In life out of the ring, Berbick was an asshole who bullied so many people.

Berbick was Built Alot Better earlier in his pro carear. So Much Difference in his Physique in this bout, as compared to his smooth flat flabby Physique that he had against Tyson in 1986. His footwork is also clearly quicker,as well as the handspeed. Makes me wonder if this version of Berbick would've gone the distance with Tyson.

His timing was wrong. Coming off the great ali.

@@danrichardson60 Of course Ali's shoes were impossible to fill, but Larry was definitely one of the most skilled heavyweights of all time. He had great boxing skill, power and he could take a punch.

Larry holmes is definitely one of the all time greats. I would have loved to see him fight 1987 tyson

Yeah Larry was dog for sure. 💪😎

@Michayal Valder Facts 20 titles defenses seems like they don't acknowledge that.

They had a very simmilar style

so true, Ali was more slick and Holmes had more power. Both great champs!

I agree 😄

I agree 100%

@@mychannel9403 Who was in the team?

Top 3 for me up there with Lewis and Ali

BINGO!!!!

@@LUKERs1196 Ali was no match for Holmes at his best.

@@markwood9987 Holmes never beat Norton convincingly when Norton was way past his best, although Ali never did either Ali put up much tougher contests against a prime Norton Shavers put Holmes down twice while he couldn't do the same to a 35 year old Ali Ali also fought Foreman, Lyle, Young and Frazier Names missing from Holmes list of defeated foes Alis Olympic standard amateur career also far succeeds Holmes 19-3 record where he got knocked out by Duane Bobick in qualifiers Ali was the one champion Holmes was the WBC champion Both legends in their own right

@@markwood9987 Ali had wayyyy better hand and footspeed. Better reflexes head- and upperbody movement. They had an equally good jab Holmes was more powerfull and stiff, while Alis was more versatile. Imo Ali wins by clear UD.

One of the greatest rounds in heavyweight history.

It's coz Berbick talked a lot of sh*t pre-fight and even included Holmes family. Holmes honestly didn't like the man and still doesn't.

he is the greatest

He fought everyone with supreme skills, his downfall was simply the level of competition compared to the 70's

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@@ontarionagasaki1441 and he looked bad against DAVID BEY, MIKE WEAVER, BONECRUSHER, WITHERSPOON, CARL WILLIAMS, and SNIPES..... . ..MICHAEL SPINKS beat him twice....... And TYSON destroyed him in 4 rds...... ... Holmes was great, but I seriously beleive you people OVERRATE him a great deal..... MIKE TYSON easily beat the same 80s Heavyweights that gave HOLMES hell

@@anythinggoesvideospart-2242 they along with Larry, was old by then

He had a good chin too

Yes. Behind Louis and Liston.

I disagree. Ali had the greatest jab but not the most powerful one. Ali's jab was so fast and lethal. Holmes jab was more powerful. In my humble opinion

LISTON for me

@@Bismarck.1871 YES You're RIGHT...Liston did have like a 84 inch reach

Agreed. Berbick just didn't have the boxing skills to hang with Larry but he could take a punch

Didn't look too good against Tyson.

@@markwood9987 he was 38 when he fought Tyson...

Good, fair comment. Thumbs up. You’re right: Holmes seems to finally be getting the credit he deserves. One of the top 5 heavyweights IMO.

@@fifthbusiness1678 Holmes was a bum. A stooge.

Interesting bit of trivia there , well observed

Yeah, at 2:42

That's very sad......I didn't know that.....crazy the way one minute he's ringside for a heavyweight championship fight and the next minute gone😐

At least he had his faculties enough to be able to enjoy watching what he loved doing until the very end of his life, a true legend. RIP the great Joe Louis.

@@alexwillis7093 i still wonder who was greater, him or Ali. RIP Joe Louis

You missed it because it was so fast

@@Echo-mz6tz nice touch lol

And then he face Tyson.

@@joukomoilanen9356 I was a big Tyson fan, Larry was a little passed his prime when he fought tyson. Primed Larry would have given Tyson hell, and I'll just leave it at that..

@@professorFG yeah, they always talk about Tyson's greatness, but they forget that Tyson is not in top 10 greatest Heavyweight of all time

Larry had fuck all power. Couldnt knock berbick once. Tyson had him out cold in 2 rounds

@@johncreedon1833 Yeah, Ali had all fuck all power, could not knockout Frazier once. Foreman had him outcold in 2 rounds

NOT

@@jg6698 no

@@victoralbertovergaralizarr9008 you think Holmes is an all time great? I don't. He never had to fight Foreman, Ali, Frazier in their prime. He beat bums and then let little Spinks beat him. Overrated.

Yes and he was smart got more money than all of them

Loved Larry Holmes everget hit by a heavy weight

Robert Horton what you mean

Я поздравляю всем с. Проздником.

@@gagikzalinyan5096 What's this mean? Clarify in English sir.

Him and Riddick Bowe.. 💯

Tyson still would have caught him. Even in his prime because of Tyson s speed and power. Earnie shavers had Holmes close to being stopped both fights. Renaldo Mr Snipes had Holmes down and hurt. But Larry deserved to be mentioned in the top 10 or 15. Best heavyweight list. I also think Lennox Lewis would have beat Larry in a close fight.

Never! A true warrior.

I grew up during larry Holmes era. Watch.him held the title for 7 years. Besides ali my favorite heavy weight.

The GOAT.

@@danrichardson60 Very original to have Ali as you favorite lol

@@emzid5105 Ali is also my favourite but I honestly have Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes as better heavyweights Ali top 3 nó doubt though Lewis had the size to compete with modern heavyweights which Ali and Holmes didn't have as much

@Bobby true. He loves atheist, baby killers instead

@@moshecohen5551 you put atheist and baby killers in the same sentence?

@@mr.t658 God does

@whoopie. to not kill ? Or to worship no God other than me ? I think that's commandments 1 and 6, if I'm not mistaken. Besides, it's kind of pointless having this debate with a godless heathen such as yourself

Haaaaa was referring to TB as ugly. LOL!!

Haha yeah that was great

Yeah no doubt.💪😎

Peter Jansen

Loved watching him fight. And as a white Irish man, i loved it when he smacked the shit out of Gerry Cooney in 81. My dad was so pissed,haha.

@Great Lakes He actually fought him better than I thought he would. Stunned Holmes a few times. Think he got tko'd on the 13th.

Holmes and Bowe are not talked about enough in great HW talk.

A great fight.

This Holmes would school Mike Tyson, start to finish

Prime Iron Mike would still walk through this version of Holmes. Tyson had too much power he would've damaged Larry, & cut the ring off, & took his jab away going into his body early. Although This form of Holmes would've fought a better fight Tyson still would've dismantled Larry. Samething with Berbick, Tyson still destroys him too. Young Iron Mike was something out of a laboratory with both speed & explosive power.

@@oldschoolhiphop2275 I disagree, a prime Tyson struggled with Mitch Green who if you look at his boxing record was average at best, Tyson struggled against big opponents (Bone Crusher Smith), Holmes was not only a big guy but his skills were significantly better than that of Mitch Greens.

@@SiLoMixMaster Tyson would have list against this Holmes. Tyson would have been worn down by Holmes jab, body punches and stamina and a 15 round fight

This Holmes would have beaten Tyson. Mike was just very lucky that he was in his absolute prime when he fought a completely well past his best Holmes.

That's deep

Not deep for someone with brain damage.

@@ensar2805 who has brain damage ?

Nostalgia is one of the greatest enemies of the truth.

His ability to Parry and frame off his opponent to brush off punches is truly overlooked.

Wow I guess you didn't see Ali box. Ali's footwork, hand speed, boxing IQ and technical skills are second to none was unmatched

Larry was a superb fighter,didn't get the recognition he deserved!

@Unanimous Yeah,you can tell he studied Ali's fights to get the jab perfect👌

@Unanimous He Would Knock Wilder Out Within 3 Rds..

@@The_M0st_High Wilder is better then shavers who pressed holmes for 15 rounds and even flattened holmes, like i said wilder is better then shavers and hits just as hard, maybe even harder

2 massive sweaty black guys is what we love to see

@@jg6698 Desperate for attention, I see.

@@jg6698 Yeah, okay.

@@jg6698 Sounds like the Tyson era.

Thinkerz 8tipitina well said...!

Sliced up with a machete by his nephew, charming.

Thinkerz 8tipitina bóxer yes ...warriors come on ...those WW2 soldiers bro now they were warriors !!!

I agree. Put up a great fight here.

Jammyfish, I believe it was a lead pipe.

In most fights. He was overshadowed by Ali. He was my favorite champion.

@@danemount6113Larry Holmes... A Great Heavyweight Champion!!! 😊

Seven years champ almost what straight wins

Larry was his sparring partner

And that bouncing around the ring,we know who he wanted to be like.

How many hall of fame did he beat ?

Holmes taunting Ali? Bullshit, he spared Ali punishment.

Ali promoting the fight.. he needs money and Holmes was helping him he promote to get more money and yeah so Ali was old at that time too but still boxed

He arguably lost to tim witherspoon and he lost to carl williams

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX Both of them put up better fights against Holmes than Michael Spinx did.

@@vincent15641 then how did spinks get the more convincing win to take the belt

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX white folks didn't want Holmes to be the first and only one at 50-0

@@vincent15641 spinks schooled holmes in 1st fight

Truth and nothing but the truth

Absolutely not true so many better heavyweights

@@teezycain759 that’s why he said one of the greatest

@@stylescasino1006 he ain’t even top 10 and what would it matter to be ranked the 15th best of all time 😂

@@teezycain759 15th not bad either. You saying 15th like it’s only 50 heavyweights ever. It’s been hundreds of boxers. It’s also about likability that gets people extra praise. I mean T.0 wasn’t a first round hall of famer because of his character. But if they went off numbers

wilder overrated as a boxer//

right, but he barely hit Holmes real good once in the fight. He put a big pressure but didn't really scored.

Busby, Larry Holmes, dosen't get the credit he deserves

Alot of people knock him but I think he could whip any heavyweight today. Could stick and move plus he had a hell of a heart.

@@l.cruces2223, great chin also.

@@l.cruces2223 Top ten heavyweight of all time for sure.

@@l.cruces2223 The only guy out there who would give Larry a good fight would of been Tyson fury but Larry still would of come out on top,In my opinon.

I dunno, "because he's ali" didn't work on Norton

He would stand no chance against a Ali in his prime. Ali had way to much speed and great footwork and boxing IQ

@@crunkgrunk5183 Ali was old and an idiot for not trying hard. A 60s Ali kills Norton

70s ali Norton himself said 60 s ali would have been different

60's Ali was awesome and though his defence was actually pretty risky (as he relied almost entirely on movement) he had almost everything and would probably beat anyone. Though that 1 weakness would have been most exposed by a fast long jab-which Holmes had 70's Ali relied more on spoiling, heart, a solid chin and clever tactics. Ali was better THEN against fighters who wanted to get in close, where he could tie them up and hit them with short, fast combinations. A boxer who stayed at range like Holmes would probably have got the decision on ring control and punch output

Derrick Wells. Yeah going 15 rounds definitely separated, the men from the boys huhh? 💪

Yes, and he could take a punch!

@@torvilasulvstle362 Yes Holmes could a punch, but he never took that much trough his career cause he has this science to move all around the ring.

Larry Holmes was the man between the fighting styles of Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. Berbick could take Holmes' Stinging jabs anytime

I love Tyson but gimme a break.

Larry didn't take the fight too seriously and came off a pretty long layoff from boxing. Didn't even take a tune up before Tyson.

not exactly the same but of course great similitudes. Greg Paige looked much more to Ali but wasn't as great as Holmes. I also think that the jab of Holmes seems more fast and powerful than Ali's, maybe i'm wrong, but that's what i noticed.