Larry Holmes's arrogance.......

He is a proud man with a big ego. Imagine to be able to do what he can do inside that ring. To be in trouble with Norton, Shavers and Witherspoon and winning by toughing it out.

Can't help but get a little high on yourself. Still, I get your point, he isn't exactly charismatic.

 

Larry has insecurity issues.

 

Holmes is okay.
I don't see why he grates on people.
I find Lennox Lewis more arrogant and aloof - but Lewis is okay too.

 

holmes just feels that he was unappreciated when he was at the top of the sport .
that would **** most people off

 

I notice over the years though how loyal and respectfull he is of Joe Frazier, perhaps hes right about the others, bit harsh on lewis though. There are plenty of people out there that agree with him. I would say that big george is a bit of a phony though the way he flashes that smile as soon as a cameras on him, very fake..He got frazier right anyway, leader of the pack for me, a real honest to the core mans man

 

I got tortured on a previous thread for suggesting that he comes across as self absorbed and arrogant so I won't go on - but I agreec with you pretty much - obviously just my opinion and only really based on a gut feeling of the vibe I get from the way he comes across - but I don't know the guy so who knows? But as i said on the previous thread pretty much everyone I know hates George Bush but none of them know him personally

 

To be that good, you have to have self confidence, and be in denial, if something goes wrong.

It could be worse, look at Holyfield.

That ability to deny the odds against him, meant amazing performances and victories against Tyson and Bowe, but also has led him to believe, he can still compete with the very best as he approaches his 50th Birthday.

 

Having to deal with being one of the most forgotten boxing champs despite a long reign can be frustrating.

He wasn't as charismatic as Ali.

Wasn't as spectacular as Tyson.

He was in between those two titans of the heavyweight division. When it comes down to it Larry was a great champion with one hell of a jab and a chip on his shoulder (a la Ali).

 

Ahh, so thats why the Jab was so good. I want one of them chips!

 

Then listen to Cosell on a loop saying, "Just a crude copy of Ali" (paraphrasing there).

 

The irony being that Muhammad Ali, the fighter was very special; Muhammad Ali, the gimmick was "just a crude copy of Gorgeous George" (The Wrestler); (paraphrasing there).

 

I called and talked to Larry last week and he was quite nice, of course I did feed his ego abit. I was looking for old amateur footage of my father and him , he was quite receptive and told me that he was in the same pursuit. He did speak of the Bobbick fight on the web and I told him those are the kinds of fights I have been looking for. He said that thanks to the beatings my father dished to him in the amateurs made him the great pro that he was and made him learn how to fight.
My best bet so far has been with Bert Sugar and Brent Musburger , I do believe that some headway has been made , the roadblock is that they are all on 8mm film and need conversion. I also talked to Lou Duva yesterday about the same thing.
All in all yea Larry is arrogant as **** at times, but he has every right in the world to be, look what he has done.

 

why do people hate on larry so much it confuses me , why dont people hate tyson for some of his past behaviour or lennox for being a smug ******* or ali for disrespecting frazier like he did , holmes is no worse than the other heavyweight greats

 

larry is the man he whips ali and tyson prime 4 prime. george bush is the man also