Larry Holmes vs Mike Tyson

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Whattabuncha bull. The shell of Holmes troubled Tyson and made it to the fourth before getting his arm stuck in the rope.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    He would've made it to the next round. His arm getting stuck was a very critical part of the fight. You're acting as if it was irrelevant. It might have even been the difference between winning and losing.
     
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  3. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Like he slipped Douglas's jab with no trouble at all right? :lol::lol:
     
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  4. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    How original :roll:
     
    Pugilist_Spec, Dec 20, 2015
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  5. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Obviously know nothing about boxing...
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    How about refuting what I said?
     
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  7. YesMySon

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    Right because who else stopped Larry again? He got up from shavers, dropped by Norton....won both.

    Also, an even older Holmes beat a prime Mercer and gave a prime holyfield all he can handle.

    But somehow Larry was old only against Tyson. And you say i don't know anything about boxing. Smh
     
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  8. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Every argument about Tyson boils down to Douglas as if that fight defines his whole damn career.

    Look at his fights with Biggs, Thomas and Tucker where he displays absolutely elite head movement and jab slipping.

    But I'm sure you're one of those luminaries that thinks "prime" Tyson is a myth and the first guy that fought back "exposed" him. :roll:
     
    Pugilist_Spec, Dec 20, 2015
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  9. swagdelfadeel

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    Prime Tyson went life and death with Buster Douglas... and lost.
     
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  10. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Holmes battled a very game Mike Weaver when he had a cold, and he knocked him out while he was still leading the score cards by about 2 rounds.
     
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  11. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    You're missing my point. I'm saying Douglas showed that jabs troubled Tyson.
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Styles make fights. You point out everyone Holmes troubled and beat when he was older. You won't however, say how many tune up fights he had before each fight. Don't worry, I'll save you the trouble. :good His last fight before Tyson was two years earlier. He had 5 fights before he faced Mercer and 6 fights before he faced Holyfield.
     
    swagdelfadeel, Dec 20, 2015
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  13. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shavers and Snipes showed that right hands troubled Holmes.

    Do you think Holmes was better at 42 than he was at 38?
     
    Berlenbach, Dec 20, 2015
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  14. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    They outreached Tyson by almost ten inches. Holmes would more then negate Tyson's left with the jab.
     
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  15. lufcrazy

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    Tyson knocked Holmes out in real life.

    Close Thread.
     
    lufcrazy, Dec 20, 2015
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