Larry Holmes Speaks
D. Flynn
ddc...@yahoo.com
> http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7145131
A forgotten fact is that Larry was a Joe Frazier sparring
partner prior to Ali s/p. He would often complain:
"Joe hurt me."
ne...@millions.com
Hmmm, I wonder . . . Larry Holmes was Joe Frazier's sparring partner?
Are you really, really sure?
DCI
ne...@millions.com
wrote:
>http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7145131
Larry Holmes: what you see is what you get. Damned good chammpion!!!
DCI
D. Flynn
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:35:15 -0800 (PST), "ddca...@yahoo.com"
>
> <ddca...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Dec 22, 4:47 pm, "D. Flynn" <gu...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7145131
>
> >A forgotten fact is that Larry was a Joe Frazier sparring
> >partner prior to Ali s/p. He would often complain:
> >"Joe hurt me."
>
> Hmmm, I wonder . . . Larry Holmes was Joe Frazier's sparring partner?
> Are you really, really sure?
>
> DCI
I knew Larry sparred w/Ali but Frazier?
One thing I've always appreciated about Holmes was his honesty. BTW I
didn't know he had such bad blood w/Foreman.
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Walter Mitty
ne...@millions.com
wrote:
Who you callin' punchy? ;D
Season's Best to you and yours!!!
DCI
ddc...@yahoo.com
>
> <ddca...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Dec 22, 4:47 pm, "D. Flynn" <gu...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7145131
>
> >A forgotten fact is that Larry was a Joe Frazier sparring
> >partner prior to Ali s/p. He would often complain:
> >"Joe hurt me."
>
> Hmmm, I wonder . . . Larry Holmes was Joe Frazier's sparring partner?
> Are you really, really sure?
>
> DCI
Before Larry was convinced to dump Ernie Butler, he most assuredly
worked as a s/p for Joe Frazier.
SkippyPB
Indeed before Larry Holmes turned professional he was hired as
sparring partner for Joe Frazier, 1971. He became a professional
boxer, 1973 and was hired as sparring partner for Muhammad Ali,
1973-75 according to Homes' biography.
Regards,
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Steve
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> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:55:19 -0800 (PST), "ddca...@yahoo.com"
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Thanxx, Steve. And btw, Larry is right: many of us who
saw him fight as an amateur still can't believe what he
accomplished. Then again, we have no alternative but
to believe. The "Easton Assassin"--to be sure.
Ruddell
(in article <9mp4j5t95booiibpj...@4ax.com>):
> Who you callin' punchy? ;D
>
> Season's Best to you and yours!!!
Speaking of Joe Frazier, I actually saw him when he came to our fair city
with Bert Cooper to fight Willie deWitt. Never met him but I saw him...
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Cheers!
Dennis
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D. Flynn
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I just saw the full interview on the YES network and Holmes mentioned
that when he was a young contender Don King got him work as Ernie
Shavers' sparring partner. Talk about a brutal job!
Still, there's no doubt that his previous sparring w/Shavers and Ali
aided him immensely when he faced them later.
ne...@millions.com
<ruddell'Elle-Kabong'@canada.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:54:22 -0600, ne...@millions.com wrote
>(in article <9mp4j5t95booiibpj...@4ax.com>):
>
>> Who you callin' punchy? ;D
>>
>> Season's Best to you and yours!!!
>
>Speaking of Joe Frazier, I actually saw him when he came to our fair city
>with Bert Cooper to fight Willie deWitt. Never met him but I saw him...
I saw joe Fraziers when he fought at the Olympic Auditorium in Los
Angeles, CA.
He was very destructive! :)
DCI