Who would give Holmes the most problems?

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  1. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Vlad also a huge problem for Holmes and possibly Vitali with those big right hands
     
  2. ticar

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    i think wlad is a tougher match for holmes than lewis
     
  3. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think you entirely over exagerate Larry's right hand problems. If I had never seen Larry fight before you'd have me believing that either one of us would stand a good chance of catching Larry with a right hand and dropping him.
     
  4. Kalasinn

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    1. Mike Tyson
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Lennox Lewis
    4. Joe Frazier
    5. Sonny Liston

    Marciano bulked up to 210lbs would perhaps go above Tyson.
     
  5. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Witherspoon gives Holmes a tough fight 10/10 times.
     
  6. ticar

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    what about greg page?
     
  7. Kalasinn

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    Vitali & his big right hands. :lol:

    Holmes would toy with him.
     
  8. ticar

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    i agree.vitali is no match for holmes
    however,holmes-wlad would be an interesting fight
     
  9. RockysSplitNose

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    I think any Tyson beats any Holmes young or old - Holmes wasn't that good?? Prime Norton would've beaten him and Prime Ali absolutely beats him - I thought Witherspoon beat Larry. Marciano, Dempsey, Johnson are in another stratosphere as fighters in my opinion - they don't lose to Larry - it's just not happening - i really don't understand it when I here some people going on about how he'd beat Ali - thats ridiculous - he wouldn't beat Sonny Liston in my book?? Tyson absolutely destroyed him - and with relative ease really - and Larry was 38 - it's not that old?? Millions of fighters at 38 have been amazing fighters - i relly think that people brush off the Holmes comeback against Tyson as though Larry was a creaking veteran - he wasn't - he just wasn't that good - if Tyson had've fought the Larry of 5 years previous he would've kayoed Larry just as easily - Larry was a champion and a fine fighter but he really doesn't come close to being in the same bracket as Rocky/Demps/Louis/Ali/Johnson - Larry against the Foreman of Frazier/Norton I think would be 50/50
     
  10. red cobra

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    I agree with this..esp. the right handed chances of the two Maxes...particularly Schmeling, who's right was quicker, though less torqued.
     
  11. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Schmeling would counter LArry’s jab in my opinion, with that big right hand
     
  12. Bill1234

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    How many people countered Larry's jab wiht a right hand with any prolonged success?
     
  13. reznick

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    I think its

    Johnson
    Ali
    Liston
     
  14. Stevie G

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    I'll always think that the Muhammad Ali between 1965-1974 would have beaten Holmes. Tough fight though. Others that would have given him problems were Joe Louis,Lennox Lewis and Joe Frazier. A larger version of Marciano would have stood a good chance too.
     
  15. Foreman Hook

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    Lewis , Foreman And W-Klit.