I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
The only thing I'd like to see is to give fighters an option to wear a small headguard, a one-ounce headguard. Some… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
You never heard of any of the fighters [in heavyweight division]. It is very hard to watch. It upsets me to turn… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Kenny Norton hit me so hard that it still hurts. Now there was a case of two fighters who did not like… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
When Don King's fighters lose their titles they come back fighting on the undercard for peanuts. King owns all the top heavyweights… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Boxing is already stable, as far as the opportunity to fight, opportunity for fighters to step inside the ring and make some… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Fighters DON'T know how to jab. You take Roy Jones, for instance. He paws his jab. He throws it out, it don't… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think Roy Jones is a great fighter, a great puncher. But you know, he doesn't use the jab. But he's got… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I don't see anything happening [in heavyweight division] when I watch these fights, they are very boring. Not only that, but you… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Tex Cobb would call me every day after we fought, I got sick of talking to him. I liked him a lot… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think a trainer is very important at the beginning of a fighter's career. A fighter needs to know how to throw… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm happy with my career but I could have been happier if I could have been treated like a champion should have been treated… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now, but I… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I cursed [Larry Merchant] out once, and I told him that he was a phony. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm not a guy who counts cards. I'm a guy that plays with feeling. Because I feel that if something is going to come… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I don't think boxing needs to be regulated. I think boxing needs to have a complaint board. And I think the complaint board should… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
I think gambling can be a good thing if you don't take it too seriously. Take it and have fun with it, and don't… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
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