Larry Holmes vs Jimmy Young

I wanted to see Holmes fight the guy in 76 or 77 instead of those mismatches against the likes of Young Sanford and Prater and all those guys. That era Young was a handful and he fought the best competition around at the time--Ali/Norton/Foreman and I'm sure if he's the guy that's the house fighter, he goes 3-0. And going 3-0, even arguably, against that level of competition is one helluva accomplishment.

And young had a real sneaky fast right hand in there that he landed clean. It wasn't telegraphed either and when it did land, it must've had some snap because it got the respect of Ali and Foreman & that's not easy to do.

 

Larry Holmes would beat the living crap out of Jimmy Young. Jimmy did nothing that would bother Holmes in the slightest. Very bad match-up for Jimmy.

 

I wouldn't say Holmes was the best in 83 by ease the best sure but its not like the other guys were ****. Whiterspoon arguably beat him in 83. Anyway Holmes would beat Young via decision.

 

In 1983 ONLY "Dokes, Page & Spooner" had any real chance of beating Larry Holmes at that juncture..... Pinklon Thomas was still green and unheard of for the most part in '83.... Mike Weaver was still a force, but slow as all hell...... '83 was Holmes' final year of his true prime, in my view of the world.......... Cheers........

MR.BILL:bbb

 

Pinklon Thomas was definately on the radar screen before 1983. He certainly had a few nice bouts prior to that title winning effort as well. He just wasn't the highly promoted guy and was the 2nd or 3rd fighter on the cards. Tubbs was just making his move around 83 as well & he's another guy capable of an upset.

 

Holmes was faster than the Ali who fought Young. Young lacked the power and agression to defeat Holmes. Holmes UD.

 

I was always a fan of Jimmy Young, even though he had a most negative, unexciting style. There is something about a guy like him and guys like Joey Maxim and Sammy Angott and a few others that appeals to me...the "cutie" spoiler types with that defensive type of style that frustrates the other guy. Dare I say it...uh oh...the bricks are gonna start flying when I say that I even have a sort of respect and appreciation for John Ruiz in his awkward, clutching style which he has been so successful with, often beating guys with more "talent" than him. Before they can climb all over poor Ruiz about the hugging and clutching, they should remember that Ali himself was quite a clutcher and grabber himself in the latter half of his career, and nobody bitched about him. I don't think he'd fare so well against Holmes however, like he did against Foreman or even Ali. Holmes had more pop on his punches than Ali, and was sharper offensively and would have won a wider decision than Ali did, and even wider than if Ali was in better shape than he was when he "outpointed" Young in '76.