Who saw and recall's "Holmes-Bey" from 1985 on HBO?

i did see the fight and still have the poster .. Hand grenade hands was doing ok until Larry turned up the pressure.. Larry was almost at the end.. i agree..


Bey was a friend of mine , he worked construction in Nevada for a while and i used to see him hangin around Dons trailer if a King show was on at caesars or mirage.. I remember him almost beating TYrell Biggs on a cut at the old Hilton Car park.. when Tyson beat Smith in the unification series.......

 

Why did Bey fade so quickly after the Holmes fight? Based on the ability he demonstrated against Holmes, Bey should have remained a contender for several more years.

 

I saw this fight & Bey fought okay for the first 5or6 rounds & then got whaled on after that. I would not say that this was a great fight for holmes. Bey was not a very good fighter... he was slow and ponderous which left him open to the holmes jab & straight right hand. the holmes-bey fight was alot like the holmes-jones fight in 1980.

 

I remember this fight but not too well.... I recall Bey as a tough as heck and willing but limited fighter ability wise... Was Bey thumbed in this fight? Bey had some modest success and then Holmes started to take command. Did it go the distance? Gotta go to youtube and check it out because, like I said, it was back in 1985 and the details of this fight are murky at best for me now.

 

Oh, thanks Bill, Bey was stopped in the 10th! Was it from his eye being swollen shut?

 

When ever i ran into David in the late 90's he was always walking with a nasty limp like he needed a knee replacement or hip replacement too, i did run into him at the Thomas & mack a few years back when Holy fought Moorer in a return fight , he had a gorgeous woman on his arm and was dressed it top to toe versace.. with a classic walking cane.. he was pimped to ****, hell we almost pissed ourselves laughing , David was so much fun, he just said , i got out of bed and felt funky like dat... But that limp made him walk very badly indeed.. i hope he is ok....

 

Bey had just upset Page and a lot of people thought the 35 year old Holmes was rip for the taking by a big, young , strong, hard hitting contender. However, Holmes still had to much in the tank and took over the fight. Bey never really came back. He did always have a fine woman or two around him, even back then.

 

Awkward question Bill.

I thought he had noticably slipped in the Witherspoon bout. I thought he was still great vs Cooney and Cobb. Cobb was an awkward fighter even if a bit limited but Holmes made him look like an absolute plonker.

I thought a good chunk of Witherspoons energetic showing was attributable to Holmes slippage.

Depends what you class as great i guess. TBH i thought he was ordinary by his standards vs Bey and had quite a bit of trouble along the way. His GREAT heart and sheer will to win came thru as always. It was readily evident vs Witherspoon, Smith, Bey and Williams.

 

In the buildup to the fight, Holmes played it up that it was his last fight. They really played that angle up. It should have been. Holmes had struggled against bonecrusher after a yr. layoff and people actually thought bey could pull a leon spinks due to Holmes agae and bey beating Paqge. NOONE expected him to be tore up and ko'd by Larry.:viking