Making a Best I Faced for Larry Holmes

Every category is Tyson, and Holmes would be the last guy to admit it.

 

Holmes would say he was the best in every category and not give credit to anyone .

 

I think when it comes to best jab, Carl Williams may be the best he faced. Weather or not he thinks that I don’t know

 

Larry would give all his money to Don King and declare himself bankrupt before he would say Spinks is the best at anything. He is still convinced that he won both fights especially the second one and remains bitter that they stole the chance of matching Marciano's historic unbeaten record from him. Spinks is the last man on earth that he will give any credit to.

 

Not really.

How Tyson ranks among Holmes' opponents:

Best Jab : Nope. Nowhere near. Norton had a better jab, have to give it to him. Williams was better, too.

Best Puncher : Nope. Tyson was never an Earnie Shavers. His hook wasn't even as heavy as Cooney's.

Best Defense : Mike might make that, though Norton was really great in their fight.

Fastest Hands : Tyson. I have to give Mike that, he surprised Larry.

Fastest Feet : Ha ha. Not Mike.

Best Chin : Definitely not Mike. Neither Douglas nor Holyfield were known as heavy punchers...we'll forget the later knockouts due to his age.

Strongest : Mike. He was young, in his prime, kicking bootay all the time.

Best Boxing Skills : Not Mike. Mike couldn't move or continually keep changing his game plan like Spinks

Smartest : Not Mike, see above. Spinks kept changing his look so Larry never got a grip on his style. Holyfield was certainly more intelligent.

Overall : I have to give Mike this one. Mike at the time was sensational. Holyfield wasn't far off.

I'm actually surprised you made such a sweeping statement, @NoNeck. You're smarter than that.

 

It’s cute when you’re mad.

 

It's cute when you pretend to be silly.

 

My apologies. Let’s put Williams, who Tyson knocked out in one, as the best jab, and Bonecrusher, who hugged Tyson for 46 minutes, as the strongest.

 

Lol true

 

Knowing Larry as we do, I strongly suspect he'd follow that pattern that a lot of guys do on the 'Best I've Faced' articles: nominate all the guys they beat, but never the guys they lost to.

 

Yeah, Williams held his own and even outjabbed Holmes for much of their fight. Good call.

 

Why not just...ask him, instead of making up guesses?

Man's still very much alive.

 

Bonecrusher? ok, now I KNOW you're being silly.

I put Norton ahead of Williams on the jab, but Williams had an excellent jab in general, and poked Larry silly with it. Larry barely took the win on that, and only because Williams faded.

I get the feeling I'm feeding into your silly. I think you know most of this already, and are poking fun lol.