I think Holmes schools him prime for prime but what happens when the grandpa version fights Ruddock? Oh, and I put '92 because that's when Holmes starts getting relevant again with the win over Ray Mercer.
'92 Ruddock knocks out Grandpa Holmes and Prime Holmes decisions a prime Ruddock, with both men tasting the canvas at least once.
Holmes & Ruddock in 92 is an interesting proposition. I would probably lean toward Holmes, but if Ruddock decks him & puts the old man in trouble, challenging his ego to a fight, it could swing in the younger lion's favour. I have Holmes dominating most of the fight peak-for-peak, but Ruddock gets lucky with a heavy knockdown in the sixth. Holmes gets up, dusts himself off, & wins most of the rounds thereafter, decisioning the somewhat-limited Ruddock fairly wide.
yeah, prime for prime I agree, but I dont know about the knockdown... the punch that Holmes always had the most trouble with in his prime was the straight right, that wasn't a big shot in Ruddock's arsenal... he liked that "hookercut" and I dont see Holmes having as much trouble negating that shot I think he dominates Ruddock with his jab and chops him up
Even in 92 Larry wins. Though he'd have to survive some very scary moments to do so. Prime for prime it isnt much of a contest to speak of. Holmes would sharp shoot Razor to death, and force a late mercy stoppage.
Never. He'd be killed to death. Beating hapless Ray Mercer and beating powerful Ruddock are two different things.
That's one way of killing somebody, to death. However Ruddock could not do it. He had trouble boxing against Bonecrusher Smith
Ruddock pushed a (relatively) prime Tyson all the way, knocked out Dokes easily and stopped Smith, stopped Page, Jackson etc. Holmes was old in 92, had already been KO'd by Tyson 4 years earlier, proving he didn't have the recuperative abilities of his youth, unlikely those abilities improved in '92. You are overrating the Holmes of '92.
