Exactly! And if Larry felt that he deserved more money to fight Page, then the next question should have been, why? What was it about Page that...
I don't necessarily agree with your forecasted outcome between a Foreman/Lewis fight, but I definately share your awe of the 1974 Foreman. I used...
And rightfully so! All Holmes had to do was fight Page and be done with it! And I'm not even saying that Page would have beaten Larry(although he...
Short, sweet, and to the point!
I agree. I'm not stating that Holmes' reign was weak overall and that all of his opponents were garbage, I'm just stating that Holmes did not...
Exactly! To an unbiased observer that should be plain to see.
Lewis looked good in the 240's. He seemed to carry his weight much better than Riddick Bowe did.
I feel that Larry Holmes beat Ken Norton more convincingly than Muhammad Ali ever did. I thought that Larry won enough of the early rounds of his...
So, Scott Frank, Marvis Frazier, Lucien Rodriguez, and Scott Frank were not disappointments? Only Greg Page was? And, what you fail to address is,...
I have to disagree a little with what you said regarding Page, Thomas, e.t.c. While it's true that those guys were very inconsistent and...
Holmes would probably price himself out of a fight with Lennox in the 80's. Or ditch his belt if Lennox were his mandatory.
That part is true. He hopped after he was hit with a monster shot. But over the years, so many people have built up that one shot from George to...
A lot of the guys who turned out to be good fighters - Witherspoon, Williams, Smith - were green and inexperienced when Holmes fought them. Tim...
I would dispute Ali being 6'3". Both Larry Holmes and George Foreman were listed as 6'3" in their primes, and both of them were taller than Ali. I...
Liston was listed as being 6 foot even in his Missouri Penitentiary file. It's possible that he was 6'1" with his boxing shoes on.Maybe there was...
