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LogDog69
08-21-2007, 02:26 PM
Just like a lot of you I consider Holmes a top ten AT heavyweight, but I want to hear some opinions about some of his opponents during his 7 year run as the champ. Quite a few of his opponents either disappeared or did hardly anything significant after they were defeated by Holmes during his title reign. This includes fighters like Alfredo Evangelista, Lorenzo Zanon, Leroy Jones, Scott LeDoux, Gerry Cooney, Lucien Rodriguez, Scott Frank and David Bey. Do you think it was because they weren't really that good, Holmes just simply destroyed them, or it was just a weak division at the time? :think
A-50
08-21-2007, 02:34 PM
Very Weak Division.
Cachibatches
08-21-2007, 02:38 PM
Prime Tim Witherspoon is a very good aoopenent. Shaver, Weaver, Smith, and Norton are also notable.

Cooney has become a joke, but in the context of the times, he was a hell of afighter.

Holmes' competion was just fine. No worse that Joe Louis' or Dempsey's.

Hell, Dempsey's was by far the worst.
Titan1
08-21-2007, 02:39 PM
Weak Division, but also because a few of them had demons to battle outside the ring, like Cooney.
Chief_Second
08-21-2007, 02:40 PM
a peak cooney would have owned wladimir IMO
sues2nd
08-21-2007, 02:41 PM
Prime Tim Witherspoon is a very good aoopenent. Shaver, Weaver, Smith, and Norton are also notable.

Cooney has become a joke, but in the context of the times, he was a hell of afighter.

Holmes' competion was just fine. No worse that Joe Louis' or Dempsey's.

Hell, Dempsey's was by far the worst.

Amen, if Holmes was in his prime today, he is undefeated and undisputed. His competition was much better than it is today.

Was it Ali's era.....HEEEEEEELLLLLLL NO! But it wasnt weak either.
heerko koois
08-21-2007, 02:42 PM
:patsch a peak cooney would have owned wladimir IMO
Chief_Second
08-21-2007, 02:47 PM
:patsch

lol i've just returned from netherlands!!!!

i think cooney was a tall, big hitter and wlad hasn't fought anyone of that build or style. wlad won his last fight relying on distance and protecting his chin - however cooney had a great jab and a great right.
heerko koois
08-21-2007, 02:48 PM
lol i've just returned from netherlands!!!!

i think cooney was a tall, big hitter and wlad hasn't fought anyone of that build or style. wlad won his last fight relying on distance and protecting his chin - however cooney had a great jab and a great right.

Where have you been ? Amsterdam ?
2smart4u
08-21-2007, 03:30 PM
:patsch his competition was crap ! COONEY was a novice who had only fought a couple of minutes in the 2 years before he fought LARRY and also fought LARRY with an injured left shoulder ! SPOON only had about 12 pro fights so anyone claiming this was a prime SPOON is retarded ! and you can go on and on ! LARRY is grossly overrated latly and in fact struggled with even the mediocur competion he fought !:deal
2smart4u
08-21-2007, 03:32 PM
lol i've just returned from netherlands!!!!

i think cooney was a tall, big hitter and wlad hasn't fought anyone of that build or style. wlad won his last fight relying on distance and protecting his chin - however cooney had a great jab and a great right.:patsch COONEY wasnt close to VLAD talent wise and LARRY fought a very inactive and inexperienced version of him ! VLAD would have anniliated COONEY !