Larry Holmes boxeador

Larry Holmes boxeador
combates
75
ganados
69
perdidos
6
empates
0
Estado
inactive
División
heavyweight
Debut
1973-03-21
Altura
6′ 3″/190cm
Alcanza
81″/206cm
Edad
-
Nacimiento
1949-11-03
Muerte
-
Nacionalidad
USA

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Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of the "Easton Assassin".Holmes, whose left jab is often rated among the best in heavyweight boxing history, held the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, the Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985, and the inaugural IBF heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985. Holmes is the only boxer to have defeated Muhammad Ali via stoppage.Holmes won his first 48 professional bouts, including victories over Ken Norton (the man he defeated in 1978 for WBC Championship), Muhammad Ali, Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver, Gerry Cooney, Tim Witherspoon, Carl Williams and Marvis Frazier. He fell one short of matching Rocky Marciano's career record of 49–0 when he lost to Michael Spinks in an upset in 1985. Holmes retired after losing a rematch to Spinks the following year, but made repeated comebacks. He was unsuccessful in four further attempts (against Mike Tyson in 1988, Evander Holyfield in 1992, Oliver McCall in 1995 and Brian Nielsen in 1997) to regain the heavyweight title. Holmes fought for the final time in 2002, aged 52, against the 334lb Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and ended his career with a record of 69 wins and 6 losses, with all of his losses coming in world title fights. He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and has been inducted into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame.Holmes was the fourth of twelve children born to John and Flossie Holmes. After the family moved to Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1954, Holmes's father went to Connecticut. He worked as a gardener there until his death in 1970. He visited his family every three weeks. "He didn't forsake us", said Flossie Holmes. "He just didn't have anything to give." The family survived on welfare.To help support his family, Holmes dropped out of school when he was in the seventh grade and went to work at a car wash for $1 an hour. He later drove a dump truck and worked in a quarry.When Holmes was nineteen, he started boxing. In his twenty-first bout, he boxed Nick Wells in the semifinals of the 1972 National Olympic Trials in Fort Worth, Texas. Wells, a southpaw known for unprecedently high knockout-to-win percentage for an amateur boxer, with a majority of knockouts coming in the first round, stopped Holmes in the first round. Nevertheless, Holmes was chosen by a selection committee of the National Olympic authorities to fight at the Olympic Box-offs in West Point, New York, where he had a match-up versus a fighting seaman, Duane Bobick. Holmes was dropped in the first round with a right to the head. He got up and danced out of range, landing several stiff jabs in the process. Bobick mauled Holmes in the second round but could not corner him. The referee warned Holmes twice in the second for holding. In the third, Bobick landed several good rights and started to corner Holmes, who continued to hold. Eventually, Holmes was disqualified for excessive holding.

Fecha Oponente Resultados últimos oponentes Lugar Resultado
2002-07-27 Eric Esch DWWLWW Scope Arena, Norfolk WIN
Unanimous decision
2000-11-17 Mike Weaver WWWWWL Coast Coliseum, Biloxi WIN
Technical knockout
1999-06-18 James Smith WWWWLW Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville WIN
Technical knockout
1997-07-29 Maurice Harris WLWLWW Madison Square Garden Theater, New York WIN
Split-decision
1997-01-24 Brian Nielsen WWWWWW Brondby Hallen, Brondby LOST
Split-decision
1996-06-16 Anthony Willis WLWLLW Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
KO
1996-04-16 Quinn Navarre WWWWLL Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Unanimous decision
1996-01-09 Curtis Shepard WWWWLW Moody Center, Galveston WIN
KO
1995-09-19 Ed Donaldson WWWLLW Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Unanimous decision
1995-04-08 Oliver McCall WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1994-08-09 Jesse Ferguson LWLWLL Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-03-08 Garing Lane WLLWWL Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-09-28 Jose Ribalta LLLLLW Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-05-18 Paul Poirier WWWLLW Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Corner retirement
1993-04-13 Ken Lakusta LLLLDW Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Corner retirement
1993-03-09 Rocky Pepeli WLWWLL Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis WIN
Corner retirement
1993-01-05 Everett Martin LLLLWL Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi WIN
Unanimous decision
1992-06-19 Evander Holyfield WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1992-02-07 Ray Mercer WWWWWW Convention Center, Atlantic City WIN
Unanimous decision
1991-11-12 Jamie Howe LWWLLL Coliseum, Jacksonville WIN
Technical knockout
1991-09-17 Art Card LWLWL Marriott World Center, Orlando WIN
Unanimous decision
1991-08-24 Michael Greer LLWWLW Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu WIN
KO
1991-08-13 Eddie Gonzales LLLLLW Hyatt Regency, Tampa WIN
Unanimous decision
1991-04-07 Tim Anderson LLWWLW Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood WIN
Technical knockout
1988-01-22 Mike Tyson WWWWWW Convention Center, Atlantic City LOST
Technical knockout
1986-04-19 Michael Spinks WWWWWW Las Vegas Hilton, Hilton Center, Las Vegas LOST
Split-decision
1985-09-21 Michael Spinks WWWWWW Riviera Hotel & Casino, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1985-05-20 Carl Williams WWWWWW Lawlor Events Center, Reno WIN
Unanimous decision
1985-03-15 David Bey WWWWWW Riviera Hotel & Casino, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1984-11-09 James Smith WWWWWW Riviera Hotel & Casino, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1983-11-25 Marvis Frazier WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1983-09-10 Scott Frank WDWWWW Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1983-05-20 Tim Witherspoon WWWWWW Dunes Hotel & Casino, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Split-decision
1983-03-27 Lucien Rodriguez WWWWWW Watres Armory, Scranton WIN
Unanimous decision
1982-11-26 Randall Cobb WLLWWW Astrodome, Houston WIN
Unanimous decision
1982-06-11 Gerry Cooney WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1981-11-06 Renaldo Snipes WWWWWW Civic Arena, Pittsburgh WIN
Technical knockout
1981-06-12 Leon Spinks LLWDWW Joe Louis Arena, Detroit WIN
Technical knockout
1981-04-11 Trevor Berbick WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1980-10-02 Muhammad Ali WWWWLW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Corner retirement
1980-07-07 Scott LeDoux WWLDLW Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington WIN
Technical knockout
1980-03-31 Leroy Jones WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1980-02-03 Lorenzo Zanon WWWDWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1979-09-28 Earnie Shavers LWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1979-06-22 Mike Weaver LWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Technical knockout
1979-03-23 Ossie Ocasio WWWWWW Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas Hilton Pavilion, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1978-11-10 Alfredo Evangelista WWWWWW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1978-06-09 Ken Norton WWLWWW Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas WIN
Split-decision
1978-03-25 Earnie Shavers WWWWWL Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1977-11-05 Ibar Arrington WLWWLW Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1977-09-14 Fred Houpe WWWWWL Caesars Palace, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1977-03-17 Horace Robinson WWWLWW Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan WIN
Technical knockout
1977-01-16 Tom Prater WWDWWW Aboard USS Lexington, Pensacola WIN
Unanimous decision
1976-04-30 Roy Williams WWWLWW Capitol Center, Landover WIN
Unanimous decision
1976-04-05 Fred Askew WWWWWW Capitol Center, Landover WIN
Technical knockout
1976-01-29 Joe Gholston WWWLWW Kirby Field House, Easton WIN
Technical knockout
1975-12-20 Billy Joiner WLLLLL Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan WIN
Technical knockout
1975-12-09 Leon Shaw LLWLWW DC Armory, Washington WIN
KO
1975-10-01 Rodney Bobick WWLWLW Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City WIN
Technical knockout
1975-08-26 Charlie James LWWLLW Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Unanimous decision
1975-08-16 Obie English LWWWLL Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1975-05-16 Ernie Smith LLLWWW Convention Center, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1975-04-26 Robert Yarborough WLLWLW Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto WIN
KO
1975-04-09 Oliver Wright LLWLLL Honolulu International Center, Honolulu WIN
Technical knockout
1975-03-24 Charley Green LLLLLL Richfield Coliseum, Richfield WIN
KO
1974-12-11 Joe Hathaway LLLWW Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1974-05-29 Bob Mashburn WWWLLL Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1974-04-24 Howard Darlington LLLLLL Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1973-11-28 Kevin Isaac WW Arena, Cleveland WIN
Technical knockout
1973-11-14 Jerry Judge WWLWLW Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Points
1973-09-10 Bob Bozic WWWWWL Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1973-08-22 Don Branch WLLLLL Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Unanimous decision
1973-06-20 Curtis Whitener LL Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1973-05-02 Art Savage debut Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Technical knockout
1973-03-21 Rodell Dupree LWLW Catholic Youth Center, Scranton WIN
Unanimous decision

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