Never been a big fan of the way Ali, Leonard and Mayweather fought. All great boxers, but not necessarily great “fighters”. Give me a Duran, Hagler, Holmes or Tyson type of attacking fighter for exciting matches.

Holmes would have decimated ali...

Thats wen unfrienship started to much time sparring ali and ali promisero helping out become pro.

like a ballet dancer and holmes wasn't anyones fool.

Great interview

Great clip BELOW of Ali and Holmes from the When We Were Kings documentary. The first few seconds are more like a fight than a spar [the rest is Ali conditioning himself for Foreman]. THAT Ali comfortably beats Holmes, even in his prime. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIOahXuonddkqa8

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Ali is working on conditioning here.

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Ali had the most beautiful style of all times.

Two great fighters

He'd have, absolutely killed Holmes in his day!!!

Holmes didn't get the recognition he deserved good footwork iron jaw ramrod jab and ko power

Larry Holmes jab is like a damn shotgun firing off!! Still haven't seen a jab like that from a heavyweight. Geeez

This Ali whoops any Holmes.

Ali should have learned since the first time that he entered the ring with Larry Holmes that he shouldn't have returned in there for a real time. He wasn't as smart as many people think.

He was a better boxers in 70 had more experiance sill fantastic reflexers just not as fast on his feet thats all and he could take the hardest punch from anybody and never been knocked out just knocked down there is a differance

I would've much rather seen this version of Ali vs. Holmes than the one we actually got

Ali would "work" with his sparring partners on defense and moving .If him and Holmes fought when Ali was like he was in 1975 (when Ali was 33 .)Ali would be able to hit him with the right hand over Holmes jab and he would stop Larry.

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The great Ali never wanted to hit Holmes for some reason. Maybe because he was a sparring partner? There's no points for blocking and ducking. Anyone good enough to take the fight up to the great Holmes found that he wasn't invincible.

LARRY HOLMES fought in the 70's, but never once fought a Prime Great Fighter in the 70's . He never fought GEORGE FOREMAN, RON LYLE or JOE FRAZIER. He fought a 35 Year Old Past Prime KEN NORTON in 1978. He fought an extremely faded PAST PRIME MUHAMAD ALI in 1979. And even EARNIE SHAVERS was 34 and 35 the 2 times HOLMES fought him, and SHAVERS is not even an ALL TIME HALL OF FAME GREAT. So HOLMES was a "great fighter" , but people really overrate his resume a little too much.

Holmes qui non riesce a prendere Ali': e parliamo di un' Ali' in declino ma ancora il piu' forte tra i pesi massimi e ancora discretamente mobilr rispetto al prime-Ali' che era imprendibile! Holmes e' stato un grande pugile ma quella notte, incontro' un Ali' gia' malato di Parkinson privo di riflessi, di forza e di mobilita' (ed anche non troppo lucido se uno fa caso ai suoi occhi). Ed un atleta malato non si manda mai a combattere: di conseguenza, Holmes non ha mai battuto Ali' ma ha battuto un signore malato. Chi lo mando' a combattere fu' veramente pessimo: avrebbero dovuto ritirar lui la licenza. Ali' non doveva dimostrare piu' niente a nessuno: anzi, Ali' si sarebbe dovuto fermare (o, meglio avrebbero dovuto fermarlo), prima d' incontrare Spinks. Anche se poi vinse l' incontro successivo: Ali' non era piu' lui e non c' entrava solo l' eta' come poi purtroppo abbiamo potuto tutti appurare. Tra l' altro il Parkinson viene anche a chi non fa' sport da combattimento: viene e basta e chi stava a fianco di Ali' pur non potendo fare immediatamente una diagnosi come medico penso che si sia accorto che in Ali' stesse succedendo qualcosa. Semplicemente, hanno sfruttato Ali' fino all' osso per soldi poiche' Ali' era ormai una macchina da soldi per tutti quelli che gli stavano intorno. Holmes, quella sera dopo qualche round essendo stato lo sparring partner si Ali' probabilmente si accorse che Ali' non stava bene e diminui' ad un certo punto la sua intensita' che poi doveva riprendere perche' pur da malato Ali' quando poteva cercava di colpire Holmes e non voleva saperne di mollare. Un incontro tra una persona malata ed un pugile non puo' mai esser considerato un incontro solamente perche' l' evento era ufficiale: Holmes (grande pugile), che si comporto' bene quella sera con Ali' non fu' mai onesto nel dire la verita' e cioe' che quella sera non aveva affrontato una persona sana ma una persona malata ancor prima che un atleta. In questo non e' mai stato troppo corretto poiche' lui lo sapeva che Ali' non si muoveva come quando si allenava con lui facendo lo sparring partner. Ali', anche prima d' iniziare l' incontro barcollava e sembrava non reggersi in piedi con uno sguardo perso nel.vuoto e con pochissima lucidita' (e 0 riflessi). Ecco, Holmes avrebbe potuto dire: "non ho combattutto contro il vero Ali' ma contro una persona non in salute". Non dico all' epoca ma anni dopo l' avrebbe anche potuto dire invece non l' ha fatto: si sarebbe meritato un incontro nemmeno con l' Ali' sano degli anni 70' ma direttamente con il prime-Ali' degli anni 60. Le cose, con tutto il rispetto per un Campione come Holmes sarebbero andate assai diversamente!

All Ali did was jump up and down and run around the ring for no reason. No way Ali could beat Larry Holmes. He couldn't win against boxers who can jab and counter as he showed during all three of Norton fights, which by the way, he lost them all. As great as Ali was, the two foes that he could not beat in his life time. Kenny Norton and the greatest of all time, Larry Holmes.

Ali sparring with Holmes before the 3rd Norton fight. 1976

So when Ali fought using the whole ring and contenly moving they say his boxing but when (Floyd Mayweather, Shakur Stevenson or Devin Haney) does it they say they are Boring🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm sure Larry was pushing the envelope that much.

Ali in his prime against Holmes in his prime would have been a very close fight. They both had basically the same style and speed. It may have ended in a draw. Ali should have retired for good after winning the title back from Leon Spinks. Ali's last two fights against Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick were sad to watch.

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Nice footwork from Ali. Holmes would've been a big problem for a prime Ali. Ali struggled with good jabbers like Norton and Holmes was considerably better than Norton...a little taller with longer reach as well.

The fool comments... Larry was always the sharper. More efficient as well. If you dont see that here, you are as feeble minded as Ali was 😂

The sparring was on point with purpose

As usual, Ali is running.😂

Larry was clever by avoiding all those good fighters in their prime especially Ali Foreman and Frazier. He played a waiting game until they all faded away.

Shit! I’d like to see any bad mouth on this comment section step in with Larry Holmes today. Ali was using Larry up, this little bit of video. Trying to increase his defense. And Larry Holmes wasn’t enough. Then Ali got extremely sick and beat Ali up! What a man. Tyson kicked Larry’s ass! Badly. He got taken out of that ring in a stretcher

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That is not Larry Holmes

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This is Larry Holmes sparring Ali

That's why sparring isn't the same as an actual fight coz shortly after this sparring these two faught in a real boxing match and Ali failed to replicate what he was doing in sparring and couldn't Dodge Holmes lethal jabs and he was badly whooped and people started to blame Holmes is total absurdity. Ali was great but some victories against Sonny Liston leaves much to be desired and I wouldn't be surprised if the mob didn't urge Liston to lose against Ali. If it was in the 60s Holmes would have been told to lose by the mob to this past prime Ali coz before the 80s, the mob did decide the winner of some fights they had an interest in and failure to dance to their tune would result in catastrophic consequences if you beat their guy and the worst victim was Liston

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Ali wasn't as much a boxer as he was a dodger.

Ali was finished after they tried to to force him to Vietnam, robbed the world of true greatness during ‘67 - ‘’71

Ali and HOlmes had history and it wasn't always good. Ali let Holmes go as his sparring partner because Holmes had become World Champion Material, and Ali knew it, couldn't afford to keep that man in camp, Ali was getting older and Holmes was getting better especially with the jab! Holmes also had bad feelings against Ali for the way he had treated Frazier. Although he worked for Ali and got his style from Ali, Frazier too was his hero, that Philadelphia connection! That's why during there title fight an over the hill Ali had no chance against a stronger, fresher and less battle worn Holmes. Holmes punished Ali in that fight to show him he was better, and to get back at him for Frazier! Bad Blood was between the two and you could see it each time Holmes hit Ali in that corner. That night Cus D Amato who loved Ali like a son called Dundee and had him put Ali on. Crying and yelling at Ali for allowing Holmes who Cus refereed to as "That Bum" to let him hit him that way. With Cus sitting there was a young Mike Tyson, and Tyson didn't like the fact that Cus was upset or that Holmes had beaten Ali. Tyson asked to speak to Ali and once on the phone he promised Ali he would revenge Ali! Fast forward 8 years later and Tyson who was the current champion and Holmes the challenger would stand in the ring across from each other and then one lone figure was introduced, the announcer called out the name Ali, and the crowd shows their appreciation. Ali, who now was battling the effects of wars in the ring and the onset of Parkinson's Disease walked over to Holmes and shuck his hand, he then walked over to Tyson and whispered in, what he said you would have to ask Tyson but it has been speculated that he told Tyson to "Get Him" Tyson would affix his gaze into Ali's face and nod his head up and down in acknowledgement! Tyson brutally avenged Ali by knocking Holmes out! Holmes had referred to Tyson as a "Thug" and said he would end up in jail prior to their fight! Tyson made him feel those comments in the ring, battering Holmes in the finals rounds of their fight. Unfortunately Tyson would end up in jail, but years later from the fight and the jail stint Holmes and Tyson would sit down in an interview together and discuss their fight. They were friendly now but that was only at the surface! Holmes jokingly asked Tyson why did he hit him so hard, and Tyson responded "I don't know, Why did you hit Ali so hard?" Holmes laughed it off but he never looked Tyson in the eye during that exchanged and he never answered him! Years later in an interview Holmes would asked if Tyson would have survived during the 70's when Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Lyle, Norton and Shavers walked the land and Holmes replied "No disrespect to Tyson, but No!" I don't know if Ali and Holmes ever resolved their issues!

All Ali did was run away he never threw a punch, how are you going to win a fight doing that ???