Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes says today’s fighters Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder lack skills. Holmes doesn’t like what he sees from the … read more “Larry Holmes: Fury, Wilder & Joshua “have no skills””
Heavyweight legend Larry Holmes celebrates his 72nd birthday today. Arguably the greatest living heavyweight (you may pick George Foreman, or maybe Lennox Lewis), Holmes was … read more “The Great Larry Holmes Turns 72”
Though the month of October saw the great Muhammad Ali do many great things – Ali turned pro in October, he began his epic ring … read more “The Fight That Should Never Have Been Allowed: Holmes – Ali”
Imagine prime George Foreman vs prime Larry Holmes?
This is the debut edition of the Dream Fight series, and a hypothetical fantasy match-up between Big … read more “Video: George Foreman vs Larry Holmes – Boxing Dream Fight”
The biggest heavyweight fight of the 1980s took place on this day in 1982, as heavyweight great Larry Holmes defended his crown against “Great White … read more “39 Years Ago: Holmes Vs. Cooney – The Fight That Came A Year Too Early For Gentleman Gerry”
43 years ago, at the sports pavilion at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, heavyweights Larry Holmes and Ken Norton gave us one of the greatest … read more “43 Years Ago: When Holmes And Norton Went Through Hell; And Gave Us An Incomparable Heavyweight Classic”
It’s somewhat ironic that, in the career of Tim Witherspoon, his finest performance came in his first big fight; a fight plenty of people felt … read more “38 Years Ago Today: When Tim Witherspoon Gave Larry Holmes A “Terrible” Time”
If heavyweight great Larry Homes was angry after being on the wrong end of a controversial decision to Michael Spinks in September of 1985, “The … read more “35 Years Ago Today: When Larry Holmes Fell To Michael Spinks’ “Jinx” For A Second Time”
Larry Holmes had a career that was in some ways quite similar to that of Marvin Hagler. Like Hagler, Holmes went pro to zero fanfare, … read more “48 Years Ago – The Great Larry Holmes Went Pro”
42-year-old Larry Holmes, having reeled off five wins against so-so opposition in a comeback that had followed his crushing 1988 KO loss to Mike Tyson, … read more “Holmes vs. Mercer: Larry Holmes’ Last Great Win”