Hawg73
Mediocre with flashes of brilliance
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Holmes was pretty damn good. His rep just suffers because he had no good competitors and he came during the lull between Ali and Tyson.
That's about right. Larry Holmes had two other problems besides that: one, he was generally a whiny prick and he also just kicked the shit out of Ali when he was over the hill yet still hugely popular. I think most people wanted Ali to shut him up, but the opposite happened. Holmes just toyed with him from what I remember and it was pretty sad.
Holmes was a very good fighter, but was never the people's champ.