Larry Holmes

I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.

— Larry Holmes

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

I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now,…

— Larry Holmes

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…

— Larry Holmes

I cursed [Larry Merchant] out once, and I told him that he was a phony.

— Larry Holmes

Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is…

— Larry Holmes

I'm not a guy who counts cards. I'm a guy that plays with feeling. Because I feel that if something is going…

— Larry Holmes

I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty…

— Larry Holmes

I don't think boxing needs to be regulated. I think boxing needs to have a complaint board. And I think the complaint…

— Larry Holmes

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

— Larry Holmes

I think gambling can be a good thing if you don't take it too seriously. Take it and have fun with it,…

— Larry Holmes

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

— Larry Holmes

Mike Tyson is a sharp puncher. Earnie Shavers was a PUNISHING puncher. There was a difference between the two. Because when Shavers…

— Larry Holmes

Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas…

— Larry Holmes

I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought th fight for the people. We're all…

— Larry Holmes

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

Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw…

— Larry Holmes

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up…

— Larry Holmes

I think the world is changing. And it's changing so fast that people have to change with it.

— Larry Holmes

One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best.

— Larry Holmes

If you don't follow Don King, you get stepped on.

— Larry Holmes

You never heard of any of the fighters [in heavyweight division]. It is very hard to watch. It upsets me to turn…

— Larry Holmes

Leading up to the fight [Trevor Berbick] took every opportunity he could to badmouth Larry Holmes and I just blew up. After…

— Larry Holmes

I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties.

— Larry Holmes

Don King is a hip exploiter, an intelligent flesh peddler

— Larry Holmes