Who beats Larry Holmes of the Norton Fight?

Hell of a lot of detail revealed AT THE TIME with names of doctors, physical therapists, exactly what the treatment was, with Richie Giachetti, Holmes and others quoted:

https://www.si.com/vault/1978/06/19...-round-to-wrest-the-wbc-title-from-ken-norton

But, nah, what really happened was right after the fight Larry and Richie went into a back room and concocted a story, made up names of doctors and took a wild guess at the type of treatment for such an injury, just to tell Sports Illustrated after he won the title.

Makes complete sense, JT.

 

No need to be a smart arse about it. I'd never seen this article before.

So looking at the article -

"Can he fight?" Giachetti asked.

"If he wants to," Garrick said. "When the fight starts, his arm should be 100%. It's later the trouble will come. In the late rounds he will lose 6% to 8% effectiveness. And if he gets hit on the tear he could lose as much as 40%."

So the doctor says it will be 100% fight time and will lose 6%-8% in the late rounds.

Actually looking at the fight he certainly didn't lose more than that 6-8%. His jab had it's usual authority and certainly wasn't used sparingly.

Was he in pain? No doubt, who isn't at the end of a grueling 15 round war. I'd say the injury didn't influence the bout much at all if any. It's becoming legend that Holmes fought Norton with a severely handicapped left arm. Simply not true and more than confirmed by your link.

 

I think Holmes was the greater fighter between him and Tyson, but I think Tyson's style was good for Larry. That punch he landed in 1988 might have landed in 1982 since it was between the gloves and Larry could be hit at times and was.

 

Cool, if he won them, I just know he didnt restate his position after Tyson, Holyfield or the 2 Spinks fights, to which I scored the first one for Holmes.