On This Day In 1988: Mike Tyson KO’d The Hitherto Unstopped Larry Holmes – does this mean Tyson would also have taken out Foreman?

01/22/2019 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp2ZeNEPNlA At the time of his rendering an ageing Larry Holmes unconscious, in disturbing fashion, not too many fans, experts or historians took too much … continue

George Foreman Vs. Larry Holmes, January 23rd, 1999 – The Fight That Bounced

11/15/2018 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMqZ_aieok George Foreman and Larry Holmes, two of the greatest heavyweights of the 1970s, in fact of all-time, somehow managed to avoid one another during … continue

Happy Birthday To The Great Larry Holmes

11/04/201811/03/2018 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7fKNkCp3aw Former world heavyweight king Larry Holmes celebrates his 69th birthday today. Over the years, Holmes’ reputation as one of the absolute greats has grown … continue

Larry Holmes: Is He Top-Five All-Time?

06/09/2018 James Slater

https://youtu.be/R7fKNkCp3aw?t=7s Most lists you come across, practically all top-10 greatest heavyweight champions lists, have Larry Holmes in there somewhere. Whether the former champ is in … continue

40 Years On: Recalling The Great Holmes-Norton Battle

06/08/201806/08/2018 James Slater

June 9, 1978 – Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Unbeaten and, to his own disgust, largely ignored heavyweight contender Larry Holmes was getting a shot at … continue

The four world heavyweight champions who got to 40-0, and what happened to them afterwards

03/02/2018 James Slater

If he wins tomorrow night, against the dangerous Luis Ortiz, reigning and defending WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder will, as fans know, reach 40-0 as … continue

The night Larry Holmes gave Howard Cosell a bloody mouth

01/09/2018 James Slater

There was a time when Howard Cosell was very much the voice of boxing; the man on the microphone whenever the big, big fights took place. Cosell, though, was far from the most popular sports commentator in the world, with some people, be it fans or active fighters, feeling the ABC man was just a little bit too big-headed and pompous for his own good.

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Tyson Fury compares his ring exile with that of Muhammad Ali; comes out with a line borrowed straight from Larry Holmes

12/06/2017 James Slater

Former heavyweight ruler Tyson Fury insists his time out of the ring, his exile if you like, is comparable to the enforced inactivity the great Muhammad Ali had to undergo back in the 1960s. As fight fans know, “The Greatest” was stripped of his world title, and prevented from earning a living by boxing, for a little over three and a half years.

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Video: Who is the greatest heavyweight since Muhammad Ali?

12/03/201712/02/2017 Rummys Corner

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) is widely viewed as the greatest heavyweight of all time. During his long and illustrious career, Ali has the unique distinction of being the only three time lineal heavyweight champion in the rich history of professional boxing.

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Heavyweight great Larry Holmes says Anthony Joshua “would have knocked out a prime Mike Tyson”

10/25/2017 James Slater

Heavyweight legend Larry Holmes has heaped a ton of praise on new heavyweight star Anthony Joshua while at the same time he has surely annoyed a whole lot of Mike Tyson fans. Speaking recently and quoted by The Express, Holmes came out with the claim that prime-for-prime Joshua would KO Tyson.

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