Larry Holmes vs Ingemar Johansson

Ok, I been wanting to make this thread for a while. Ingemar has a real shot in this one stylistically despite being inferior to holmes. Ingo's Bingo was not just deadly powerful, it was accurate and most importantly cunningly sneaky! Ingemar had cautious standup boxer style with fast hands and good jab and very high guard, just waiting for the right moment to unleash that right hand. Larry Holmes an ATG, but if you watch his filmed fights throughout his prime his biggest weakness was his tendency to get hit with big right hands, and it nearly cost him a couple fights. Ingemar has the goods to put holmes away if he tags him. Odds are Ingo will probably land his right at some point in this fight, what is going to happen to holmes? Holmes wont have a problem landing his jab on ingo, and will probably bust him up badly with his fast straight punches...but what will happen in that 7th round?

 

So holmes gets hit with right hands throughout his career nearly kayoed by one renaldo friggin snipes right hand, yet a man with one of the most devastating right hands in history doesnt have a shot?

 

What does toughness has to do with anything? Ingemar's right hand was far more devastating then renaldo snipes right hand, and ingo was more more cagey and skilled than renaldo

Ingemar made up for lack of top handspeed with trickery and accuracy. His hands were also decently fast. Also if 6'0 200lb Mike Weaver has the range to hit holmes with many right hands throughout the fight, then 6'0 200lb ingemar johansson can do the same.

He fought alot like Eddie Machen

now your just making things up. i have seen countless holmes fights and fighters like Michael Weaver, Ken Norton, Renaldo Snipes, Tim Witherspoon, Bonecrusher Smith all tagged him with right hands throughout the fight and hurt holmes badly.

Like I said, Holmes would probably win this fight but to say Ingemar has "no shot" when guys like mike weaver and snipes almost pulled it off is untrue.

 

I didnt say with one right hand, but i suspect a situation can happen where ingo can floor holmes with one right hand, holmes gets up groggy and ingo knocks him down 3 more times before the ref stops the fight with holmes out on his feet. Shavers did not have enough timeleft in the round to finish off larry. Snipes had time, but he was was renaldo friggin snipes in his first championship fight adrenaline high for the knockdown he had no idea in hell what to do when holmes got up. Weaver and Spoon had him on ***** st, ingo was better finisher than both, check the machen fight on youtube.