Larry Holmes - Still lacking class!! and wrong.....

Watched the ESPN greatest heavyweights of alltime and I wanted to talk for poor old Larry!!!

He's still the greatest of alltime...Cooney would've beaten anybody else that night....he beat Norton etc........Shavers etc..

1. You sneaked a thrashed by-Foreman...Norton...(split remember)

2. Shavers was beaten by an old Ali.....and he still came a whisker from beating you...

3. A declining Ali thrashed Foster..........you lost to the further down the list Spinks..(shocking defeat)

4. No one touched Ali in his prime bar Frazier who is close to top 10 great...

5. Novice Witherspoon beat you in mine and many eyes.......and he was no Frazier...

6. You lacked Ali's longevity and NAMES!!!

By the way it's self destructive to keep arguing your case for being no 1 while poo-pooing everybody elses opinion...Because you look stupid and classless....

Take a leaf out of Georgie's book..

However you'll still always have a place in my heart!! Time to grow up Son....We all know your great you don't have to tell us!!

and you're not no 1................

Larry still puzzles me, Truss. Sometimes he comes across as a great fella, funny and genuine, and then others he can be the biggest and most classless fool going.

Certainly didn't get the full recognition and respect that was due to him during his career, for sure, but he needs to let it go now. As the years have gone on, perception of him and his achievements has become much more flattering. I really don't see what he has to complain about anymore, particularly as he's kept all his money and remains as sharp as a tack in his head.

COMPLAINING WON'T GET HIM THE...recognition.......

needs to forget it............

The man has a point.

He was for me the greatest heavyweight champion after Louis because he reigned for so long.

Yeah the compertition was not that of the previous era but they were not as bad as people make out.

Holmes in his prime would beat ANY heavyweight champion in their prime including Ali, Tyson, Dempsey and Louis.

He used to be a more humble than this. Think the fact he has been starved of recognition has gotten to him. Great fighter though. Came along at the wrong time possibly. Think Frazier, Ali and Foreman would have all beaten him mind

Steffan wrote:He used to be a more humble than this. Think the fact he has been starved of recognition has gotten to him. Great fighter though. Came along at the wrong time possibly. Think Frazier, Ali and Foreman would have all beaten him mind

If you had the kind of career he had and you were viewed down in the pecking order you would feel bitter also.

Larry had it all except character. He never warmed to the public and his frustraions boiled over in the Donald and Cooney fights. I mean the vast majority of the American public wanted Cooney to win against him yet Holmes was the champ, that must of hurt.

Many so called critics do not have him in the top 5 heavyweight champions of all time. When you sacrifice as much as Larry did to get to the top you want to be rememberd amongst the greats. Larry seems to have been forgotton and that is sad because he was the greatest heavy. Put him in any era in his prime and tell me who could beat him.

Frazier? struggled thrice with an older version of Ali.
Forman? Could not handle a 32 year old Ali when he was in the prime of his fighting life at 25.
Tyson? Gets found out by a prime Holmes who would be too quick and too skillful.
Louis? Way to slow to mix with Holmes. That jab would destroy him.