Who did Foreman say hit him hardest?

Well maybe he had a word with Zakman.

 

George talks a lot of **** but it's often because he says nice things about people. Ali often said lots of different fight were his toughest. Holmes is just a **** that discredits everyone.

 

I havn't heard Holmes discredit everyone. In his biography he spoke of his fight with Ali. He said when he sparred Ali, Ali was very strong in a clinch. He said he felt nothing from his during their fight. He even said he couldn't have beaten Ali at his best. That does not sound like discrediting.

In his comeback of the 90's, they rolled out a Mike Tyson statue type thing on USA, and asked Holmes about a rematch. He said he wasn't interested in that, he had enough the first time.

 

Jimmy Young.

 

Holmes doesen't discredit everyone. He spoke well about Norton and Ali in his autobiography.

 

My understanding, and of how Holmes comprared Tysons punch to Shavers, was how sharp Tysons punch landed, right on the point of the jaw. Shavers punch at the same point was like a sledge hammer.

 

Holmes discredited dozens. Potshots at a reformed Pinklon Thomas as a junkie to hammering away at Coetzee's heritage to plenty more. Hey, that was Larry.

 

One of his worst was to Witherspoon, who was just a young lad that fought his heart out and some very respected media members thought Tim had won (New York Times and Boxing News for a start). Holmes, as graceless as ever, spouted: "A couple of fight ago he couldn't have worn my socks". What a classless buffoon he was.

 

Yeah, and Rocky and the jockstrap etc. Love him or hate him as a fighter, he had some serious foot in mouth probs. Always claiming he never got any respect, whilst all the while disrespecting others.

 

I was actually reading the Rocky stuff the other day. Most of the post-fight press conference was reprinted in Ring. He even slags off Marciano to Rocky's daughter. What a *****.

 

Yeah i saw all that back in the day. Larry was a very bitter man with a very substancial chip. He seems to have settled a bit now, we can only hope :think

 

You need to keep things into perspective. First of all, Holmes clearly won the fight with Tim Witherspoon. In fact, he even won round 9 (as one judge had it). It was competitive no doubt but also very clear for Holmes (it as clear as 100 being higher than 90). People in the media just wanted to sell papers and spark controversary - I believe that. Anyway, to get to the point, Tim Witherspoon was being very mischievous and I saw the interview where both showed up to review the fight. Tim wasn't giving Larry the proper respect. Besides, Larry did speak the TRUTH. Can you really compare Tim to Larry when you look at achievments & greatness? No way.

As for Marciano - you conveniently ignore all the crap that Peter Marciano gave Larry Holmes before those comments were made. It was VERY provoked but people usually ignore these things. I don't blame Larry. Rocky Marciano - had he been alive - would have avoided that mess by stopping his brother from speaking so much crap when Larry was 48-0. Holmes spoke the truth about Tyson & Shavers. Usually fighters do discredit the guy that beat them and overcredit the guy that he beat but I believe Larry here. Tyson was more effective with his cumulation punching as he tagged old Larry repeatedly in that fight but effective is different from pure power.

 

Kinda true. The only thing I've seen him stay consistent with is his love for Lewis. He always says he loves a big man with a jab and Lewis is basically the best of a prime Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in one. I'd actually agree.

 

I don't care who he says hit him hardest. The guy actually DID hit him hardest was Ron Lyle. If you watch that fight you'll have no doubt about it.