Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmesis an American former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, the "Easton Assassin"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth3 November 1949
CityCuthbert, GA
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't want you guys to write, "Larry Holmes fought one too many.
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Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing.
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You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
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The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
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Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.
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Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys.
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Many activists around the country have been discussing this date.
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I didn't want to go after him until the fifth or sixth round, after I had taken away some of his strength, ... But I had to open up a lot sooner than I wanted.
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I don't feel that I ever got the chance to show my very best. I felt like I was lacking something. I don't think I showed my best.
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When I was over there they tried to poison me and I wasn't feeling good anyway but I really felt I beat him but didn't get the decision.
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The police are finding more and more excuses to inhibit, prohibit demonstrations, build pens that you can't even see over to put demonstrators in.
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One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best.
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I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever.
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.