Who here feels "Holy-Holmes" of '92 was good tactically speaking, or just boring?

"Very competitive".... how many rounds did you give Old Holmes?

I only thought Larry earned 2 of the 12 rounds.

 

It was almost 100 degrees that night, and under all of the ring lights, I'm sure it was over 100 in the ring, so I think that the heat just got to Larry, thus the chunks. People say it is because of Holy's body shots, but I don't believe this for a second.

 

Agreed. I don't think Holmes did enough to win many rounds. It was only competitive in the sense that Holmes blocked a lot of HOlyfield's shots and avoided being seriously hurt. But Holmes was not active enough to win many rounds.

 

Holmes won more rounds than Foreman did, at least in my opinion. And Holmes did finish the fight with minimal facial damage, which is a testament to his craftiness and solid defense.

 

It was a workman-like effort from both fighters, but nothing special took place. That's why Foreman-Holyfield will be remembered more even if Holmes made it arguably closer on the cards. The older man actually taking the fight to the younger champion was something to see, instead of Holmes's clever but ultimately too inactive efforts. Surely Holmes could not have counted on another Mercer occasion where the opponent is simply befuddled and discouraged by his rope tactics. Holyfield steadily went to work not caring whether he looked good or not in winning.

 

I don't know though. I thought Holy was trying to look impressive but it's hard when the heavyweight titles at state against a pure spoiler like Larry was in the 90's. All he did was try to draw him into a corner it seemed.

Larry Holmes just didn't have the body to match his mind at that point.

 

I thought it was boring. The best part was the end when Holmes threw up. It looked like a fire hose opened up in his mouth. Holy clearly won, but Holmes fought competitively. Holy was involved in quite a few boring fights in the early 90s. It was hard to make the transition from Tyson being the man to Holyfield. Bowe filled the gap for a little while though.

 

"Quite a few" ?

Gonna have to disagree with you there.

 

I would say that the boring fights took place in the mid 90s. After Holmes, the rematch against Stewart and the loss to Moorer weren't anything to write home about.

 

I wonder how Vaughn Bean got the title shots that he did. He never beat a single worthy opponent during his career.

 

That's right,because he was pissed off at Greer hitting him in the back of the head.He literally walked him down,hands down to his side,then guided him over to the corner and hammered him like a tent peg - which resulted in Greer falling face first into the canvas.



Palomino was one of the commentators.