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Originally Posted by TommyGunn
Lewis IMO is the best HW since Ali. He'd have knocked Holmes out with the right hand.
Holmes was faster but Lewis was smarter. It could be argued that Lewis jab was just as good as Larrys was too.
Although i have Lewis behind both Liston and Holmes as having the best jab in HW history.
Lewis size, strengh and power would have been to much for Larry.
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Cooney was bigger, stronger, and hit harder than Lennox and Larry used him as a punching bag. Larry's jab was better than Lennox's in every aspect. It was faster, more accurate, harder, timed better, and could be used to dominate, not just control. Holmes had an iron chin and only the hardest of shots dropped him, and 3 of the 4 people that dropped him (Butterbean didn't drop him, that was a BS call) was more to Larry getting careless because he was being completely dominant and he let his guard down. Larry IMO was the smarter of the two. Lennox chose to go toe to toe with a guy like Mercer, and that is just dumb. While Mercer was past his best, it can be argued that he deserved the nod in that fight.
Larry IMO was a step above Lewis in everything except power, strength, and size. Everything else, IMO Larry is a step above him.
Lennox Lewis vs Larry Holmes
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