Larry Holmes: I'm proud of Pacquiao, disgusted by Mayweather

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  1. killa_

    killa_ New Member Full Member

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    Former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes must have felt like the guy who was called on stage to sing after Frank Sinatra just wowed an audience.

    The "Easton Assassin" nobly ruled the (back then) most important weight division in boxing for seven, solid years but unfortunately his predecessor was the charismatic Muhammad Ali.

    So, during his reign, Holmes never got the appreciation his exquisite ring skills merited.

    Retired since 2002, the 61 year old Holmes, whose has only been living in the small Pennsylvania city since 1957, looks better with the passage of time.

    But, at least, Holmes is getting his props, smelling the roses, while he's still above ground.

    Holmes does not believe America's top boxer of today, controversial Floyd Mayweather Jr., will enjoy such reverence in his later years.

    "I don't think so." Holmes told me in a face to face conversation. "This guy is a little assh----.

    "I don't know what his problem is really but Mayweather has got a big chip on his shoulder. He conducts himself like an ass in public, flashing money and all that. These are hard economic times, lot of people can't find jobs and he's flashing all that cash?"

    "Could he be as popular like Sugar Ray Leonard was? Yeah, if he didn't come as such an an assh---. He just comes off as a bad guy. The way he talks, all that ***** this and ***** that, I don't go for that, either. No one's going to call my sister a *****, call h    er out of her name, at least not in front of me," Holmes said.

    Holmes doesn't expect Mayweather to listen to him. He said that L'il Floyd doesn't even acknowledge that his boxing skills are mainly inherited from his ex-boxer father and former world champion uncle.

    "Yeah, he's a good fighter but he got his ability in boxing from them, from his family. But you don't ever hear him speak on that. You got to be humble. You got to be someone who people can like, who they can admire.

    Switch the topic of Manny Pacquiao and Holmes lights up.

    "I'm proud of Pacquiao for all he's doing. I think Manny brings a lot of excitement to the ring and makes people want to see his fights. Best thing Manny ever did was getting connected with Freddie Roach as his teacher, his trainer."

    Holmes said Roach laid the fistic foundation for Pacman just as his own early career tutors did for him.

    "Freddie Roach...he's been there," Holmes said. "Freddie was trained by Eddie Futch. I was trained by Ray Arcel and by Freddie Brown. I also had Eddie in my corner sometimes. I had the greatest minds in boxing working with me. Richie Giachetti, he knew boxing but he couldn't demonstrate it like those other guys could.

    "That's why we got no heavyweights in America now...we got no teachers like those guys. It's not just the fact that a lot of big guys are playing pro football or basketball."

    Nobody taught Holmes how to take the hammer blows of Earnie Shavers, hit the canvas and rise again to fight on to victory.

    With a 69-6, 44 KOs record, Holmes is the voice of authority.
    He cheers Pacquiao and jeers Mayweather.

    Is anyone surprised by that at this point?

    http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-national/larry-holmes-i-m-proud-of-pacquiao-disgusted-by-mayweather

    :deal

    i've always respected and admired holmes and this only reinforces my opinion of him. he's not some punk ass ***** who acts all ghetto thinking it makes him tough. he's intelligent and has the balls to call mayweather out on his ***** antics.
     
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  2. horst

    horst Guest

    Anyone with any integrity knows that Mayweather is a liar, a coward, and a disgrace for the way he hid behind fake drug allegations to avoid someone he didn't want to fight. He is the opposite of all that boxing was and all that boxing should be.
     
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  3. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    ...outside of the ring. inside of the ring, he is "all that boxing was and all that boxing should be," no doubt about it, A true practitioner of the sweet science. and therein lies the dilemma
     
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  4. horst

    horst Guest

    Too often he has been practising his sweet science on stiffs inside the ring though. It's all very well looking fabulous against the likes of Gatti and a welterweight Hatton, it's another thing looking fabulous in a lww/ww tour featuring Tszyu, Williams, Cotto, Margarito, a younger Mosley, and Pacquiao.
     
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  5. ViktorVaughn

    ViktorVaughn Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Breaking news again: Mayweather is is a *****!! Really?? Who gives a ****?! I dont. Can't stand the guy but I love watching him fight. He's retired to me. Bradley - Alexander to start the year with a bang! That's a fight right there! Donaire - Montiel.

    BTW lack of teachers in boxing?? I dont think so. U got many guys with a lot of knowledge about boxing right now. Big athletic guys are just not interested in boxing and that's ok bc u got smaller guys right now who are on the way to greatness.
     
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  6. boxsensei

    boxsensei Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    People pick and choose which Mayweather they want to pay attention too. They get outraged when they see him talking trash and flashing money, but they don't get heartwarmed when they see him giving back and expressing love for his used to be estranged father and family.

    By all accounts I've heard Mayweather is pretty humble in person with people and his fans. Even Freddie Roach said that May is respectful and always calls him Mr. Roach in person.
     
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  7. boxsensei

    boxsensei Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Could have seen most of these fights if Arum wasn't such a greedy, selfish **** promoter.
     
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  8. Delroc

    Delroc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather's "legacy" is only gonna get worse as time goes on.
     
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  9. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    :lol: Stiffs.
     
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  10. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    None of these guys deserve to be spoken up for IMO, you got to give it both ways.... ANYONE with half a brain knows that none of these guys want to face each other because if they did the fight would be done & dusted... both are content to share the limelight knowing full well that dumbass fanboys will always take their side no matter what.

    If the whole boxing world turned against both of these guys then they would have no option but to fight each other, its actually the fanboys of both that are giving them all the ammunition in the world to sit pretty fighting guys not on their own level while avoiding their only true threat... each other.

    They are a disgrace to previous p4p greats IMHO.


    `Botswana`
     
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  11. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    People calling Larry Holmes the beacon of professionalism and character lol.


    Larry ****ing Holmes. Guy wouldnt give credit to his momma for giving birth to him lol. He jabbed his way out of her womb himself.
     
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  12. LondonW2

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    Always loved Holmes, one of the best heavyweights of all time, i have always though a peak Holmes would have beaten a peak Ali, people have laughed at me with this comment but i rellt think so. If he comes to London again to speak i would love to be there. Nobody likes Mayweather!.
     
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  13. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    Larry Holmes drop kicks people.



    Goddamn what a guy. Clearly the authority on decent behavior.
     
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  14. Cael

    Cael Claudia Cardinale Full Member

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    Lol i could never forget the "Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap" one.
     
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  15. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    larry holmes?

    must be some white boy *******.
     
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