Close but i think that larry's looked a bit more solid, you needed a harder clean shot to drop Holmes. My opinion
So by that you are agreeing they are very close. I know where you are coming from. What do you think of Joe taking dozens and dozens of good right hands off Schmeling before eventually succumbing when a tad green, overhumped and undertrained? Some hold this against him but imo it's actually an asset in his durability rating.
I'm embarrassed there are some voting 5 and under on classic i must say. The usual suspects no doubt.
It is also worth noting that his chin never actually lost him a fight. If his chin had been like Uzcdun's, his record would have been the almost indistinguishable.
He's a 9. An 8 at least. He was stopped just twice in 70 fights, in a 17 year career. And he was fighting legit contenders in just about every year he was active.