Better Resume: Larry Holmes or Joe Frazier

Holmes by a country mile. Besides Ali, Jimmy Ellis beat the same guys that Frazier did

 

Yeah, definitely Holmes.

 

It's really close, but Holmes' longevity edges it for me.

 

Love both these guys but my hearts saying holmes. Been at the top as long as he was takes some doing and second to Louis for title defence s sums up how good his resume is. But frazier s doesn't come far behind.

 

Nah, he didn't beat himself. The win over Ellis is Frazier's second best imo.

 

With the exception of the Ali win for Joe they're pretty much level in quality but obviously Larry takes it in quantity.

 

Holmes.

 

larry has the longer and therefore more packed resume but joe has the best wins.

 

I would say Frazier's best wins were:

TKO11 Buster Mathis
W15 Oscar Bonavena
TKO7 Jerry Quarry
RTD4 Jimmy Ellis
KO2 Bob Foster
W15 Muhammad Ali

IMO Holmes best:

W12 Earnie Shavers I
W15 Ken Norton
TKO12 Mike Weaver
TKO13 Gerry Cooney
W12 Tim Witherspoon
W12 Ray Mercer

 

Did Ellis knockout himself out in the 4th round? JK. I agree Holmes had the longevity and consistency and he had the overall better reign.

 

I'll take Frazier. Holmes was one of the great bum-seekers of all time and he accidentally stumbled into several resume builders like Weaver, Williams, and Witherspoon who never looked as good as they did during their title quests. Frazier gets points for intent and also knocking off the best of his time. Holmes loses points for somehow missing Coetzee, Page and Thomas and never rematching Williams, Weaver or Witherspoon.

 

Holmes

 

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