Larry Holmes Says The Toughest Matchup For Him Would've Been Marciano!

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  1. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Podcast Interview with Brian Kenny

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/player?id=4586799

    Around 7:42

    Who would've thought it.

    Holmes, "Well, I'd say Marciano right now because he throws punches from anywhere, from anywhere, from any direction. And he was strong and he took punches. Only difference from now and then is they would've stopped the fight because he be cut, he be bleeding, you understand so they would've stopped the fight, so I'd be victorious. But because he's short and throws punches from left field, from right field, from center field, I mean he just throws and keep coming. He takes the licking and keeps coming."

    This interview was from yesterday. Just to note, Holmes has previously said that he would've over-powered Marciano because he was too small but he seemed to give him huge respect by saying he would be his toughest fight out of all the legends past and present. He credits Wlad for his offensive and size, I guess but thinks he would whoop him. I guess he couldn't hold on to that size argument after talking about Wlad being 6'6 and 250 pounds or something.
     
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  2. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    This is so shocking my news has silenced all of you!
     
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  3. The Kurgan

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    There's something to be said for that. A pressure fighter with an excellent overhand right who can work inside and is hard to hit cleanly would be the boxer you'd design to beat Holmes.
     
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  4. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The irony of this is almost mind blowing.
     
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  5. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Exactly lol. But it's 25 years later so it sort of speaks a little on Holmes re-evaluation of some fighters/things. His comments were really just reactionary to begin with.
     
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  6. BENNY BLANCO

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    I doubt that Holmes himself actually believes his own words. Were talking about a 6'4 220 pound man versus a 5'10 180 pound man.
     
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  7. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No biggie..... Talk is cheap............ Holmes is merely trying to score some points by being polite in public......... Holmes took a verbal beating for his 1985 remark about Marciano...... In a time machine, Holmes batters Marciano good for a late round TKO victory........ Afterward, Marciano goes to the hospital for stitches and a blood transfusion...... Word.....

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  8. The Kurgan

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    True. It's like saying that Mike Tyson could beat Tony Thompson: utterly absurd.
     
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  9. BENNY BLANCO

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    Please man that's apples and oranges, Tyson was 5'10 or 5'11 depending on who you ask but was a 220 pound heavyweight, the parallels are not the same.
     
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  10. The Kurgan

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    He was ONLY 220 lbs, at BEST. Tony Thomspon can weigh up to 260 lbs if he tries hard enough. No 220 lb fighter is going to be competitive with a peak Tony The Tiger.
     
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  11. KOTF

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    Especially if Tony The Tiger had his Frosted Flakes... hell, they're GRRREAT
     
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  12. The Kurgan

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    Frosties in this country.
     
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  13. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    More like a 6'3 1/2 209 pound man vs a 5'10 1/2 187 pound man. Holmes admits he got a bit too heavy when he was past 215. If 220 is your prime Larry then Marciano beats that version. :D
     
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  14. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Yes, he's trying to make good after lost time. :lol: Besides, Holmes has said otherwise previously but now it seems he reverted on his stance. I'm beginning to think he's had time to watch some of the older fighters more. On Ringside HW he just said "I don't know Joe Louis because he wasn't in my era." Now he's talking about how Rocky punches from all angles.
     
    PetethePrince, Oct 24, 2009
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  15. sauhund II

    sauhund II Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Co sign , the level of absolute ignorance on this so called classic board is mind boggling when it comes to reality. On one end a crude but extremly proud and tough guy who build his entire reputation on beaten stone old washed up starving and broke beansticks who knew no other way to make a buck despite having left their expiration date several years earlier and then he needed to walz endless rounds with them before they succumbed and on the other end we h ave a true heavyweight with immense natural talent who as witnessed in the Cooney fight, when pride and ego is on the line against a white man he will pull out all the stops. The same guy who fought extremly competitive when he was a methusalem and even beat top contenders at that advanced age, that is god given talent combined with the right mind, fact not fiction.

    Anyway, Holmes by bloody, I mean drenching bloody TKO.
     
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