When the bell rings, your trainer can't help you. Larry Holmes More Quotes by Larry Holmes More Quotes From Larry Holmes I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with papers and studies what he writes, he just pisses you off. Larry Holmes writingsportsthinking The media loves to take things like that [Rocky Marciano couldn't hold my jockstrap] out of context. There was no harm meant when I said that, but plenty of harm came from it. Larry Holmes harmmediasaid I have learned that promoters can love you, hate you, then love you again. Larry Holmes i-have-learnedhatelove-you 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 Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me. Larry Holmes boxingfightingkings The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one. Larry Holmes guylandstrong Don King is a hip exploiter, an intelligent flesh peddler Larry Holmes boxingintelligentkings 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 and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion. Larry Holmes missinghandsmoving 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 Tillis. Larry Holmes fighterhearingfaces 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. Larry Holmes heavyweightsboxerskind You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters. Larry Holmes guyclasstoday I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter. Larry Holmes fighterkillershard-work Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys. Larry Holmes fighterbeatsguy Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations. Larry Holmes sparring-partnermuhammadfighter My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all. Larry Holmes holmesfansnames I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out. Larry Holmes earthwould-beworld Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped. Larry Holmes umpiresdoctorsfighting 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 those guys. Because they were older than me and I was doing my thing. Larry Holmes championboxingguy I still feel that I am in my prime right now but I think my best fights were in my thirties. Larry Holmes primefightingthinking Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem. Larry Holmes bobguykings I always felt good about myself. I was just an average person. I always felt I could do anything anyone else could. If an average person makes up their mind to do something, they can. Larry Holmes persongoodmyselfmind
