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Originally Posted by dig420
No, Holmes is pretty well respected too, just not as respected as he would LIKE to be. He wants to be considered the best ever, truth is I could name half a dozen HW fighters off the top of my head that I think would smash him on his best day. He was the absolute ruler of a weak division, not his fault, but facts is facts. There were no monsters lurking for him to prove himself against when he was at his best. Larry also got taken right to the wall by some pretty marginal guys, Reynaldo Snipes comes to mind.
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Reynaldo Snipes only got one lucky punch that stunned Holmes for a while so I don't
count that.
Maybe he wanted to be "the best ever" but I think it was more like he wanted to
be given his just respect for missing the Marciano record by one fight and that
fight was a farce because Holmes won it for sure. And people celebrated that
Holmes didn't break the record. Now that's lack of respect.