The most viral Larry Holmes moment

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  1. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We all agree that Larry Holmes wasn't the most likable person around. But he had some moments that would become viral if they happened today. Which one was better:

    Yelling "I'm not Tommy Morrison" straight to the camera while cornered by Ray Mercer in the fight suceeding the massacre of The Duke:

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    Drop kicking Trevor Berbick right in front of the cops:

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  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most viral moment? When Larry went superfly off a car and attacking Trevor Berbick in the parking lot. Badazz,,,,
     
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  3. USFBulls727

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  4. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes in his 50s giving Butterbean a boxing lesson.

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  5. The one

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    The drop kick off the car.
     
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  6. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holmes at the press conference saying "Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jock strap!"
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Larry eeez a legend.
    We'll miss him when he's gone.
    Same goes for big George.
     
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  8. The Professor

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    When he said Rocky Marciano "couldn't carry his jockstrap" deserves a mention. We can only imagine the explosion on the internet over that one!
     
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  9. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The dropkick was amazing. I will give the sad sack of pettiness his due. Ditto the Morrison comment. Pretty funny.

    On the other hand, you had the Marciano remark. It doesn’t get made if Holmes beats Spinks. That was just true Larry - bitter, resentful, miserable.
     
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  10. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nothing beats a boxer launching a drop kick off the roof of a car. Pretty epic.
     
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  11. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't forget the vomiting at the bell to end the Holyfield fight.

    Man was a GIF that kept giving.
     
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  12. clum

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    The most viral moment of his career in real time was probably when he said that the judges or whoever could kiss his big, black behind after... I think it was the Spinks rematch. That was the line that made it into an Eddie Murphy bit when Murphy was at his peak.
     
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  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Seem to think you know him pretty well. Ever meet him? Perhaps you used to be neighbors?
     
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  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It was the dropkick.
     
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  15. USFBulls727

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    This is what he said just after the "jock strap" comment...

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