Because Holmes was about to fight spinks, and equal marciano's record of 49-0. But he lost. Foot fully in mouth.
The other two were just filler so he could include his Hopkins/Calzaghe line, as he's such a hugger. Nothing wrong with Galento's line, either. About as bad as saying "I intend to win".
I remember watching a clip of his trash talking on sky/BBC news before the DLH fight because he was so raw.....and that fight was not that big a deL for the UK news teams as it was elsewhere mayorga got shut up good
You cant shut up a guy like Mayorga. He was talking **** to Tito and Mosley while getting his ass kicked. He truly doesnt care. Was probably still talking **** about Oscar that night at the bar. Mayorgas not a boxer. Just a guy who walked into a gym who learned he coudl make money kicking ass in the ring instead of out on the streets. Guys like Judah and Mayweather play gangsta. Mayorga was a true gangster in boxing gloves
And yet 99.9% of the mere 10% of US sport fans who even follow boxing anymore had no idea who Joe was and still think he looked and threw punches like a rank amateur. Talk about making no favorable impression at all ..
Ah right, forgot the context. Not tying the record still has no bearing on a mythical head to head matchup between the two whatsoever, so foot not really in mouth at all. A foot in mouth statement would have been "I swear on my mother's grave that I will not only equal but surpass 49-0". Simply making a head to head statement such as he did, even if there's implied meaning, does not itself qualify as a foot in mouth statement in that circumstance.
Anthony Mundine saying that Sven Ottke hits like a girl before they fought and then Mundine got knocked out cold for like ten minutes
May not have been foot-in-mouth, but it was totally classless. He made the remark in the presence of a Marciano family member. He was obsessed with overtaking 49-0. Marciano never said a thing about Holmes. He never even heard of him. But that was par for the course for Larry. He usually strikes me as a classless **** with a huge chip on his shoulder and an inflated view of his abilities and place in boxing history. (See his interview on "On the Ropes"). For the record, I think he was actually very good, and rank him 5 or 6 alltime, depending, ironically, on where I place Marciano.
"You know what the difference is between this mexican and that one? This one has balls..." Vargas before fighting DLH. DLH made a lot of fighters eat their words.
Larry has a chip on is shoulder the size of Ricky Hattons belly. But you would to if you were put in his position. The Klits get the same treatment they're just lucky enough they dont have to hear about how they arent as good as Tyson or Holyfield on a daily basis. Id imagine they'd be just as pissed