Holmes vs Mercer

Recently watched this fight again. Really good fight I thought. And obviously a great performance by a 42 year old Holmes. But does anyone think Mercer deserved the decision? It was definitely close. And some good stuff from Holmes. But I thought Mercer landed the better stuff.

 

Are you actually curious as to what people thought of this fight or is there another agenda?

 

What the hell could possibly be my agenda here? Yes. Interested.

 

Best part of that fight is Holmes during the fight looking at the camera and saying "I sure ain't Tommy Morrison!"

Holmes won it clearly BTW

 

Holmes was such a boring f*cker despite his skills. Just a zero personality with no real charisma. Even Lennox had more charisma than Holmes.

 

There was little to no controversy when Lawrence Holmes defeated Raymond Mercer.

 

Holmes had more charisma than Lewis...by a long shot.

 

The last part of my favorite Larry Holmes fight:

 

Ray Leonard: great fighter, AWFUL commentator

 

Sly ya know you gotta read from a teleprompter to be a commentator, right?

Certain fighters wouldn't be cut out for the job...

 

Lol! There you go again. No, I’m not pushing for Floyd to be a commentator, he doesn’t speak clearly enough (clearer than his father and uncle though....as I don’t understand what the fuck they’re saying half the time)

 

Holmes must have had massive fucking shoulders for those chips he carried.

 

"Look at the jab. "

Yes. Look at it., missing and falling short.

Twat.

 

I don't blame him... he had to put up with a lot of media bullshit

 

word.

 

Holmes meltdown post Spinks {part 1} would be probably be one of the greatest pieces of TV ever if it happened today.

Back in the 1980's, sports and the planet in general seemed to handle these crises so much better and they are remembered more fondly, if remembered at all.

That's a major downside of the internet, which IMHO is responsible for so much of the over reaction and overall bad blood and what-not.

It seems to me impossible that in the current era a fight like Holmes vs Cobb would be capable of giving rise to the infamous Cobb roast of Holmes years later.