You really are being a bit slow to understand basic things. Don King didn't have a firm control of the heavyweight alphabet belts when Holmes was...
Weaver and Witherspoon are held up as good wins because Weaver and Witherspoon were rated among the top 2 within a few months of losing to Holmes,...
What's that supposed to mean? Holmes entered the rankings in 1977, won the title in 1978. Tyson entered the rankings in 1986, won the title at the...
We're comparing Holmes's resume to Tyson's. What have Foreman and Frazier and Quarry got to do with it?
I suspect people making their arguments against Larry Holmes really haven't looked into it. As I said before ..... Tyson's #1 contender in...
But no one Tyson beat was all that good either, so what kind of counter is that? They were the best around in '78 and '79. Yes, he was. But he...
I think the arguments put forward for Tyson's superiority over Holmes have been absolutely eviscerated on this thread. No need to prolong this...
Holmes beat Norton when he was most relevant. Holmes beat Shavers when he was most relevant. Holmes beat Cooney when he was most relevant. People...
Holmes shouldn't be given a pass. If you want to apply severe standards on Holmes, that's fair. But it is clear you are totally unprepared to...
Yes, and it's factual that Holmes came up in the 1970s and won the WBC title in 1978 when Tyson was about 11 years old. You completely ignore the...
"Tyson would've taken out Dokes in about a round" .... he should have fought him then, instead of going for lower-ranked fighters. :lol: I'm sure...
So, Mike Tyson in 1988, at what is cited as his peak, fought (RING magazine) : UNRANKED Holmes UNRANKED Tubbs LINEAL CHAMPION Spinks and...
Actually his trainer walked out on him before the fight and cited "lack of discipline" as the reason. If that happened to Tyson before a loss,...
Bruno was unranked by RING magazine in 1987, 1988, Tyson fought him in February 1989. when you want to critcize Holmes, you want to talk hard...
it seems Tony Tubbs is unranked at the end of 1987 RING rankings too. Tyson fought him in March 1988. Straight after fighting unranked 38 year old...
