Larry Holmes Quotes

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• All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps
• Yeah, I thought I could be heavyweight champion of the world when I was working with Ali and Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers and all…
• We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to…
• I won't say I won't fight again but I don't think anyone wants to fight me so I am finished and I will just continue…
• People think that I reached the top overnight; well, it took me fourteen years. I was twenty-nine before I really made it. I've had my…
• Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.
• The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
• With a record of 75 fights and 6 losses, some of the losses were very questionable including Brian Nielsen when we fought in Denmark. I…
• You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
• Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.
• When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next…
• I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I…
• I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought th fight for the people. We're all God's children. I…
• Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy…
• Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations…
• When Don King's fighters lose their titles they come back fighting on the undercard for peanuts. King owns all the top heavyweights and we spar…
• If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on.
• Don King is a hip exploiter, an intelligent flesh peddler
• Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a…
• I don't owe Don King anything. I got things with my own sweat and blood. I don't know if I'll be associated with Don but…

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