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Larry Holmes

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I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.


— Larry Holmes


#dirt #farm #filthy #i #i came

I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.


— Larry Holmes


#era #fighting #i #joe #joe louis

I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.


— Larry Holmes


#canada #down #fact #fan #fans

I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.


— Larry Holmes


#best #feel #fights #i #i am

I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.


— Larry Holmes


#different #even #every #fan #fighters

I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever.


— Larry Holmes


#ever #foreman #gained #george #george foreman

I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.


— Larry Holmes


#because #comes #fight #how #i

I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.


— Larry Holmes


#feel #fine #get #guys #hurt

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.


— Larry Holmes


#because #been #combinations #could #fast

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion.


— Larry Holmes


#could #fighters #good #greatest #hand






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Did you know about Larry Holmes?

In their fight previews Sports Illustrated and Time put Cooney on the cover not Holmes. On October 2 1980 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Holmes defended his title against Ali who was coming out of retirement in an attempt to become the first four-time World Heavyweight Champion. Lastly boxing tradition dictates that the champion is introduced last but the challenger Cooney was introduced last.

Holmes retired after losing a rematch to Spinks but made repeated comebacks and was unsuccessful in three further attempts to regain the title the last in 1995. He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. He grew up in Easton Pennsylvania which gave birth to his boxing nickname The Easton Assassin.

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