Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes, HBO Program
Recorded live via VHS January 1988. Includes entire HBO pre-fight program up until end of fight. Hosted by Barry Tompkins, Larry …
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Recorded live via VHS January 1988. Includes entire HBO pre-fight program up until end of fight. Hosted by Barry Tompkins, Larry …
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Larry had 8 MILLION good reasons to take this fight 💴. He would have been crazy not to. Had no chance though. Made a good showing.
Holmes wasnt Old in this fight. Usyk is 38 today and beat Fury.
Mike Tyson is one of a few fighters I think beat himself and would've went undefeated, but lost his edge once he lost to Douglas, after not taking the fight serious and eating whatever he wanted and not training properly, at least that's what he said, he still dropped Douglas with minimal training
Why did Mike move away from Rooney? 😢
2025 in the house 🎉
2025 Attendance 😮
Hp pak RT.
I would be embarrassed to post video of this quality! It's like someone was filming the tv during a thunderstorm!
2025
48:40
Что за потасовка?
Почему полицейский не даёт поднять Ларри?
Hp pak bupati.
Cus exact words to Tyson. You got up earlier, you ran further, you worked the bag more rounds than your opponent, and you always hit with bad intentions. The true Yoda of boxing. ❤️ 🙏 🙏
Ali "get him for me"
Tyson "say no more"
Holmes…………"oh s***" 😅
Larry Holmes' strategy for this fight:
Flinch, Hug, Hug, Escape……… repeat.
Mike got fed up in the 4th round and went for the blast.
Tyson was not the undisputed champion. Spinks was the Ring magazine champion, and the lineal champ.
Besides having good power and good head movement technical wise Tyson over commits, always off balance when punches. Boxing started to evolve technically in the mid 90’s that’s why Tyson had so much trouble with Holyfield and Lewis
Don't you all talk with respect about a convicted rapist.
I never liked way Larry fights.
Home try to bully with a wrong bull😊😮
And did a good job of it too.😂
i've always had a disdain for Larry Holmes, He was The Most ignorant Black Man, And Such a Poor embarrassing represenative of The African American People, Mike Tyson Was a Real Brother From Bed-Sty Brooklyn New York!!!!
Larry got STRETCHED…that nicca looking like he at home napping in bed 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tyson the most overrated of all times , he didn't beat anyone . Here Larry Holmes 38 years was already retired for 2 years and trained for 15 days before.
Tyson avenges Ali 🥊🥊 🏆🏆
sever lagging issues.
Evander Holyfield evolved Holme's strategy to beat Tyson
Does anybody know the reason why larry holmes had not all three belts, why he was not undisputed Champion
12/22/2024 34 yrs old
not a larry holmes fan but he did not deserve to lose those fights with spinks.
Nobody looked more stupid during this fight that Sugar Ray Leonard did.
Mike neck was like a 20in rim forgiato
That rope man f'ed him up… he was loading the right upercut and his hand got stuck in the rope
Don King killed his career and mind…
Unwatchable
“ Down the line he(Tyson) gonna destroy himself.”
Larry Holmes.
Boy what prophetic words.
If he never left these people he would have never lost.
47:53 bro changed sides so quickly 😂
40:56 💀
39:57 💀
I don't beleive Tyson would of had the same success had he fought a larry homes of the same age
HBO is the Best..
He knocked Larry the F#@$ out.😮😮
Dont think Rockey would've lasted 3 rnds with a young battleships onslaught with all its arsenal at precise calibration from every range and v. point!! "My punches are so precise"… Tyson.
Loooks rigged
o melhor que tivemos no boxe.
Please disregard that jp loss and strike it from the record..all in favor.. .
Tyson baddest man on planet . Iron Mike solid tough rock like punches got Holmes taken up in the whirlwind of power boxing .most feared boxer undisputed champ the legendary goat of boxing heavyweight Tyson