Larry Holmes

thumb|I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949, in Cuthbert, Georgia) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion. Noted boxing historian Bert Sugar has listed Holmes as one of the greatest boxers in history. Quotes If you want to get technical about it, Rocky couldn't carry my jockstrap. Comparing himself to Rocky Marciano. Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs. On former champion Joe Lewis. It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million. On beating Gerry Cooney, billed as "the great white hope" When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next time I will fight my fight without that doubt. After the Cooney fight, as quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982). I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world. As quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982). I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought the fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off. As quoted in "Sport: Larry Holmes: I Still Have It" by Tom Callahan in TIME (21 June 1982). External links Category:Boxers from the United States Category:African Americans Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:People from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:People from Pennsylvania Category:International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees