Was Larry Holmes's HW Era ''Weak''?

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[Spartacus Sully]

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the HW's have been weak since dec 1st 1956.

[JAB5239]

the HW's have been weak since dec 1st 1956.

Mid 60's thru the late 70's was excellent for heavyweights and the late 80's thru the late 90's was pretty good too.

[sonnyboyx2]

Larry Holmes era was fairly competetive and hugely better than the last 15yrs which we have suffered in Heavyweight Boxing, Holmes fought many tough opponent with those opponents being at the top of their game with many of them having little trouble being a champion today or even undisputed champion today.... Lets take a look at some of the fighters in Larry Holmes Era.

Pinklon Thomas
Tim Witherspoon
Tony Tubbs
David Bey
Greg Page
Bonecrusher Smith
Mike Weaver
Gerry Cooney
Tex Cobb
Ken Norton
Earnie Shavers
John Tate
Trevor Berbick
Renaldo Snipes
Leon Spinks
Carl Williams
Frank Bruno
Michael Dokes
James Tillis

Lets take a look at the fighters from the last 15yrs

Chris Byrd
John Ruiz
Sam Peter
Hasim Rahman
Sultan Ibragamov
Nicolay Valuev
Monte Barrett
Eddie Chambers
Andrew Golota
Calvin Brock
Shannon Briggs
Lamon Brewster
Wlad Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
Larry Donald
Ruslan Changaev
Tony Thompson
Ray Austin
Chris Arreola
Kevin Johnson
Albert Sosnowski
DeVarryl Williamson
Jameel McCline

[cooper5]

Larry Holmes era was fairly competetive and hugely better than the last 15yrs which we have suffered in Heavyweight Boxing, Holmes fought many tough opponent with those opponents being at the top of their game with many of them having little trouble being a champion today or even undisputed champion today.... Lets take a look at some of the fighters in Larry Holmes Era.

Pinklon Thomas
Tim Witherspoon
Tony Tubbs
David Bey
Greg Page
Bonecrusher Smith
Mike Weaver
Gerry Cooney
Tex Cobb
Ken Norton
Earnie Shavers
John Tate
Trevor Berbick
Renaldo Snipes
Leon Spinks
Carl Williams
Frank Bruno
Michael Dokes
James Tillis

Lets take a look at the fighters from the last 15yrs

Chris Byrd
John Ruiz
Sam Peter
Hasim Rahman
Sultan Ibragamov
Nicolay Valuev
Monte Barrett
Eddie Chambers
Andrew Golota
Calvin Brock
Shannon Briggs
Lamon Brewster
Wlad Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
Larry Donald
Ruslan Changaev
Tony Thompson
Ray Austin
Chris Arreola
Kevin Johnson
Albert Sosnowski
DeVarryl Williamson
Jameel McCline

I agree and if you compare to the lot now, it was a golden era in comparision.

[TheGreatA]

No, but Holmes never fought some of the best talent around.

[sonnyboyx2]

No, but Holmes never fought some of the best talent around.

quite true.. Holmes may well have struggled with guys like Tony Tubbs, James Tillis, Michael Dokes, Greg Page & Frank Bruno, Pink Thomas

[Daddy T]

Larry Holmes era was fairly competetive and hugely better than the last 15yrs which we have suffered in Heavyweight Boxing, Holmes fought many tough opponent with those opponents being at the top of their game with many of them having little trouble being a champion today or even undisputed champion today.... Lets take a look at some of the fighters in Larry Holmes Era.

Pinklon Thomas
Tim Witherspoon
Tony Tubbs
David Bey
Greg Page
Bonecrusher Smith
Mike Weaver
Gerry Cooney
Tex Cobb
Ken Norton
Earnie Shavers
John Tate
Trevor Berbick
Renaldo Snipes
Leon Spinks
Carl Williams
Frank Bruno
Michael Dokes
James Tillis

Lets take a look at the fighters from the last 15yrs

Chris Byrd
John Ruiz
Sam Peter
Hasim Rahman
Sultan Ibragamov
Nicolay Valuev
Monte Barrett
Eddie Chambers
Andrew Golota
Calvin Brock
Shannon Briggs
Lamon Brewster
Wlad Klitschko
Vitali Klitschko
Larry Donald
Ruslan Changaev
Tony Thompson
Ray Austin
Chris Arreola
Kevin Johnson
Albert Sosnowski
DeVarryl Williamson
Jameel McCline

well if you compare any era to right now it will look great by comparison but i think considering the period beforedirectly before it Ali, Frazier Foreman and the period directly after it Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis I think you could argue that it was a weak period

[Obama]

No, but Holmes never fought some of the best talent around.

But he fought Witherspoon, who was better than everyone else. Problem is he arguably lost (I had him losing) and he never gave Tim a rematch.

[r.burgundy]

it was no different from todays era.a solid champ and a bunch of contenders