If Holmes beat Ali in 1978

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  1. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kicking off at age 77 isn't all that bad in the Y2K era........ That is what's expected from human life in 2011.... Christ, back in 1911, human life was expected to last 55 yrs on the average....
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    I'm 44, I'd be stoked to see 77, but unless my health and meds get better, I'm doomed.....
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  2. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    It always would have been sad but Holmes would have stopped Ali in 1978. He would also have beaten Spinks if given the chance. Larry would have been accepted as THE champion much earlier.

    Not getting Spinks and ali in 1978 effected Larry Holmes's credibility and left him the bitter champion who the public could never warm to.
     
  3. MRBILL

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    Anyone remember that Larry Holmes actually made a commercial for KFC in the early 1980s??? I think its the first and last TV commercial Holmes ever made, too.....

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  4. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I remember holmes on "the fall guy" with lee majors. The episode was written around the scott frank fight. anyone got that?
     
  5. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holmes has plenty of charisma. He's very honest and very entertaining to listen to. I actually find him much more interesting to listen to than Ali, who tended to use the same phrases and jokes endlessly.

    Larry was made to wait while the Big Four sorted things out, plus Young, Shavers, Lyle, Bugner, and lots of other very good guys.

    Yes, I believe Larry would've kicked Ali's ass anytime from about '75 or '76 onwards, and it would've helped him, but he didn't get his title shot until age 28 and then didn't meet Ali til he was 30. Larry deserved an Ali fight more than Spinks did at that time, and though Leon beat the hell out of Ali, Larry would've gone even further. He'd have been lineal champ then and there.
     
  6. Bill1234

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    :rofl
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    Save your ears from some agony in this one and skip to 1:50 for a commercial he did with Sugar Ray Leonard:

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  7. Primadonna Kool

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    wow Muhammad Ali fought Michael Dokes.!!!!!!!!!
     
  8. lufcrazy

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    Ali in 78 wasn't even the same ali from 76. None the less it would have been a unification fight and he'd be undisputed champ.
     
  9. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Im glad larry could fight......wow was that bad!
     
  10. Vince Voltage

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  11. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No... I used to like and watch the "Fall Guy.":deal

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  12. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    they dont make em like that anymore.
     
  13. Stevie G

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    I liked that show too.