George Foreman Vs. Larry Holmes: Who Wins?

06/12/2019 James Slater

Between them, these two all-time greats compiled astonishing numbers: 145 wins, just 11 losses, and a staggering … continue

Respecting The Great Larry Holmes

05/25/2019 James Slater

There was a time, quite remarkably when we look back now, when the great Larry Holmes, as … continue

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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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