Larry Holmes was in his prime when Tyson beat him(Read the post first)

Wow, I guess you really are a troll.

 

You'd be one to talk

 

I disagreed on the poll, but Holmes never beat an elite HW in his prime, i rate Holmes as 1 of the very finest HWs ever, HE is an elite HW

 

Holmes had a great record, i dont personally consider Norton ELITE, not at all in honesty, 1 of the best of his era though. Some elite fighters havent beaten other elite fighters simply because they were not around at the same time as each other.

 

Are you blind? roccomarciano said "PRIME Tyson did beat Holmes". I didn't see a "prime Tyson did beat prime Holmes." so I don't see what you're getting at here.

 

Chucky just started a thread about who we want banned, and I was going to offer you up because of stuff like this. You twist **** around and straight up LIE like you're doing right now. When the **** did I ever say Holmes was in his prime? ****ing troll idiot. The post you quited of mine didn't back up what you said at all. You're the ****ing idiot that was arguing that Mercer was better than anyone Tyson had ever beaten, when Tyson beat the Holmes that beat Mercer 4 YEARS PRIOR. ****ing idiot. Ban this lying piece of ****.

 

A lengthy layoff hurts anyone, especially though when they are in their mid-30s. Plus, Holmes had shown that he was slipping even when he was active. He was definitely slipping as of the Carl Williams fight. If you watch him against Spinks, in both fights, you will see that is not the same razor sharp guy that fought Leon Spinks, Ossie Ocasio, etc. in the 79-82 era. Those were his prime years. Quite frankly, after Cooney, Larry started to gradually slip, because I don't think he was ever quite as motivated again, did not see the huge mega-fight on the horizon. I think most of those subsequent defenses were just par for the course paycheck days at the office, nothing really special to him, and he was just going through the motions. When you make huge money in one fight, a lot of times it is hard to get "up" for the little ones. There just weren't the big ones back then, especially not once guys like Norton, Shavers, Leon Spinks, Ali, and Cooney were gone. None of the rest of those guys were "names" that the public would get really amped and excited about. Not saying those other defenses weren't against good fighters, and there were good fighters out there, but none of which really captured the public's imagination where he could look forward to an extravaganza. Plus, keep in mind that Larry didn't win the title until he was like 28 years old, so his prime years were not going to be that lengthy anyway. For him to reign for 7 years and have 20 defenses was wonderful, but you cannot expect him to be anywhere near as good in his mid to late 30s, especially not after a lengthy layoff.