Larry Holmes Quotes

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

I have experience of boxing. I know what it is like to be hit. Half my life is boxing. I start fighting when I am 16.

All my jabs, they're all different. I have a million different jabs.

I remember I did a boxing class. I remember sparring one time, and the guy smacked me right in the nose, and I was just like, 'What is this? No. No. None of that.

I am one of the hardest-hitting light-middleweights they've had for centuries.

I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like

It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious... knocked out cold before... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row.

As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.

I learned a lot from the Holmes fight. I learned about styles and the pressure. I'm more prepared now.

Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.

Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different.

I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.

Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.

If an MMA fighter is going to call out a boxer it's got to make sense.

I thought this was the UFC and we're supposed to be the best and toughest fighters in the world.

I've been boxing for a while now, and I probably could fight a little bit if I wanted to.

You can improve your punching power, but only to an extent. If you can punch hard, then it's just god-given, that's just nature, not nurture and there's not much you can do to develop punching power.

I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.

You don't compare a guy with 30 or 40 fights with a guy who had 200 fights and fought over 25 years.

My punching power passes any other heavyweight.