You know something. I may have watched one Larry Holmes fight. I rank him high based on resume and reputation but I cannot for some reason get interested in his fights. This is...until your write up. Thank you.
He was really masterful. The only thing he hadn't developed fully at the time was the technique of bending at the waist a little more and stepping into the right hand for more power. That didn't really become part of his arsenal until his first title defense, against Evangelista.
Calzaghe vs Lacy. I had never seen Calzaghe and gave him zero chance against Lacy. But what happened was a modern masterpiece of boxing.
JMM-Jandaeng Duran-Leonard I Duran-Moore Mayweather Jr.-Corrales Whitaker-Haugen Whitaker-Ramirez II Ali-Liston I Toney-Barkley Harada-Jofre I Louis-Baer McGirt-Brown Rigondeaux-Kennedy Locche-Fuji
Off the top of my head.... Ali vs Liston 1 Ali vs Foreman Hopkins vs Trinidad Duran vs Barkley Rose vs Harada Napoles vs Cokes Hagler vs Hamsho 2 Cheers All.
Arguello v Escalera 1&2 Holmes v Norton Frazier v Quarry 1&2 Franklin v Johnson 1&2 + Kate's Boza v Chacon series Barrera v Morales series Marquez v Diaz 1&2 Duran v Palomino & DeJesus 3 + Moore Napoles v Lewis 2 Hagler v Mugabi Mancini v kim Benton v Carter Toney v Barkley Benn v McClellan Fenech v Villasana Chavez v Taylor + Rosario McGuigan v Laporte Tyson v Thomas Holy v Bowe 1 Little Red v Ayala Pedroza v Ford Cooper v Mercer Hearns v Schuler
Lennox Lewis' performance in the rematch against Hasim Rahman was classic. It was probably the best version of Lennox we ever saw (on pair with first Holyfield fight) Wladimir Klitschko's performance against Ray Mercer was great, althought Mercer was old and washed up. It was probably the best offensive performance in Wlad's career Pacquiao vs Cotto - that was just something incredible Mosley vs Margarito - long-lasted destruction of the young favorite by old and supposedly shot fighter
