{"id":234886,"date":"2025-10-30T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234886\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:19:08","slug":"heavyweight-who-was-beaten-by-larry-holmes-says-one-legend-was-surprisingly-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234886\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight Who Was Beaten By Larry Holmes Says One Legend Was Surprisingly Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Possessing one of the best left jabs in the sports history, Larry Holmes<\/a> made his mark during one of heavyweight boxing\u2019s greatest eras.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Easton Assassin\u2019 reigned as the world heavyweight champion for a seven year period between 1978 and 1985, making no less than 20 consecutive defences of his crown during this time.<\/p>\n

Holmes racked up victories over an abundance of legendary heavyweights<\/a>, including the likes of Tim Witherspoon, Trevor Berbick and \u2018The Greatest\u2019 \u2013 Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n

He was eventually dethroned of his heavyweight championship in September of 1985 however, falling short to countryman Michael Spinks in a bruising 15-round battle at the Riviera in Nevada.<\/p>\n

Another highly-rated heavyweight that was beaten by Holmes was former WBC heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who lost his title to \u2018The Easton Assassin\u2019 when they clashed back in 1978.<\/p>\n

Despite feeling the strength of Holmes first hand, Norton made a surprising admission in a resurfaced interview with ESPN Radio that he felt Muhammad Ali was actually stronger, having shared the ring with both men during his own career.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh Ali definitely, Ali was very strong but because he wasn\u2019t a one punch KO artist it is overlooked. Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ali\u2019s outstanding legacy speaks for itself. The late, great three-time world heavyweight champion is considered to be not only the greatest heavyweight of all time, but the best fighter to have ever laced up a pair of gloves.<\/p>\n

Ali changed the landscape of the sport in more ways than one<\/a>, proving himself to be an influential figure for generation after generation of young fighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Possessing one of the best left jabs in the sports history, Larry Holmes made his mark during one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-234886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}