I think the world is changing. And it's changing so fast that people have to change with it. Larry Holmes More Quotes by Larry Holmes More Quotes From Larry Holmes 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 with boxing exhibitions. Larry Holmes boxing fighting thinking 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 fly. Larry Holmes boxing light wings 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 time I will fight my fight without that doubt. Larry Holmes distance fighting talking 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 because management and fighters take advantage of fighters. Larry Holmes champion careers should-have All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps Larry Holmes pimp fighter boxing 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 knew I won but they didn't give me that fight. Larry Holmes fighting loss giving 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 I won't be a slave or puppet for him. Larry Holmes sweat kings blood Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green. Larry Holmes boxing kings white 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 against each other but we get charged for it and that comes out of our purses. Larry Holmes boxing fighting kings Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion. Larry Holmes champion want people Oliver McCall was someone who I never really got to know too well, and he had some well-publicized problems. Larry Holmes wells problem knows Tex Cobb would call me every day after we fought, I got sick of talking to him. I liked him a lot as a fighter, and as a person, and feel that sometimes he was misunderstood. Larry Holmes misunderstood sick talking That guy [Floyd Mayweather] is throwing his money around like there is no tomorrow. Larry Holmes floyd-mayweather guy tomorrow 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 am trying to get out of it altogether, I am just tired. Larry Holmes tired real goal Don King ain't a bad guy. He cut my earnings, but I don't hold any hard feelings toward him. Larry Holmes cutting guy kings I did a job, [Don King] took money, probably more than he should have. If I was supposed to get $10 million, I was lucky to get $6.5 million. It happens and you can't do much, you decide whether to take it or leave it. King was a promoter, and he was good at it. Larry Holmes kings should-have jobs Leading up to the fight [Trevor Berbick] took every opportunity he could to badmouth Larry Holmes and I just blew up. After I beat him in the ring, he tried to get me going again, saying he deserved another fight, wasn't happening. Larry Holmes beats fighting opportunity I don't know if I have any regrets, I have had a pretty successful life. I have learned good, bad, and ugly. Larry Holmes ugly regret successful 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 be able to look into boxing situations - as far as if you're getting what you should be getting, whether you're being managed, not being managed, etc. Larry Holmes etc boxing thinking The only thing I'd like to see is to give fighters an option to wear a small headguard, a one-ounce headguard. Some fighters might not want that option. But you know - you're training all the time, you're boxing all the time, and you've got a headguard on, you're using big gloves, and you're getting hit. And you observe that your face is better protected that way. Now they're doing it with ten-ounce gloves and no headguard. I think if they have a one-ounce headguard on to protect some of those brain cells in the head, it would be beneficial to the fighter. Larry Holmes cells giving thinking
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