Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb

[DEATH ROW JOE]

"This is as brutal a mismatch as I think I have ever seen." = Howard Cosell

part 1:
http://youtu.be/yOqZ1Q9OHkQ

part 2:
http://youtu.be/CWGFzz-d7_8

part 3:
http://youtu.be/p55__n8cfOE

part 4:
http://youtu.be/xswSNKUj6qk

[John Simon Ritchie]

"This is as brutal a mismatch as I think I have ever seen." = Howard Cosell

part 1:
http://youtu.be/yOqZ1Q9OHkQ

part 2:
http://youtu.be/CWGFzz-d7_8

part 3:
http://youtu.be/p55__n8cfOE

part 4:
http://youtu.be/xswSNKUj6qk

I'm betting the house on Cobb.

[Crazy Levi]

Howard retired from calling professional fights after this night.

[shocked_the_monkey]

Randall Tex Cobb quotes....

"All I do is hit somebody in the mouth. It's a whole lot easier than working for a living. Don't make anything noble out of what I do." When asked how he viewed his boxing career.

"Sure, I'd love to fight him. But I have my price, twenty-five cents and a loose woman." On if he'd like to fight Gerry Cooney.

"You run for 45 minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you just hang out and talk tough." On the typical day of a pro boxer.

"This fight will be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I've been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious." On his upcoming fight with Michael Dokes.

"If you screw up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass, darling!" On how tough fighting can be.

"I miss having bottle fatigue. Abstinence is for monks - not for me. This kind of life is really over-rated. I mean, I'm actually getting to sleep before I have breakfast." On keeping sober during training.

"I've always thought the greatest crime a man can do is take himself too seriously. I mean, something like fighting is pretty ridiculous to take seriously. What I do is hit people, I'm not promoting anything that is real or valuable." On how he looks at fighting for a living.


On the Larry Holmes fight, Cobb's biggest ever bout.

"No, Larry don't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. No-one hits as hard as Shavers. If there was a fighter that hit harder than Shavers, I shoot him!"

"I wasn't talking to Holmes in there. Every time I felt like saying something to him I found it hard because he kept putting his left hand in my mouth."

"Hey, you're a white guy, do something about this!" To the ref in the Holmes fight.

"I'd have been more active in there, if only I'd been a little more sober."

"I don't think his hands could take the abuse." On a possible rematch with Holmes.

"I can do my sport no greater service." On being informed that commentator Howard Cosell had hung up his mike after being so appalled at the one-sidedness of the Holmes-Cobb fight.

"Boxing writers are the only people out there who have less constructive jobs than what I do. I don't do nothing but hit people, and those mothers don't do nothing but write about what I do!"

"Yeah, I've been KO'd. Once. By a Mexican bantamweight. How come? Six of my buddies were swinging him around by the heels at the time."

“When I got up I stuck to my plan — stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.”

[John Simon Ritchie]

^
Awesome.

[demolition23]

Those quotes are awesome!

This bout was not long after the Mancini/Kim fight, correct?

[shocked_the_monkey]

Those quotes are awesome!

This bout was not long after the Mancini/Kim fight, correct?

About a week afterwards I think.

More Randy Cobb quotes....

"It was nice to wear a robe and not having to worry about bleeding" - When receiving an honourary degree.

Asked about fighting Holmes again "Only if it's held in a phone booth"

"I'll go another 15 rounds with Holmes if Howard will quit announcing football!"

"They called me a fat, cowardly, cocaine-snorting, fight-fixing
cheat," Who they calling fat!"

"Larry Holmes didn't beat me he just won the first 15 rounds"

During the referee's instructions prior to his bout with Shavers, the ref asked the customary "Any questions"? Cobb replied "Can I bite him"?

Mills Lane stopped the action to ask Cobb if he was okay in a fight in Reno. When Cobb replied that he was, Lane asked him, "Do you know where you are?" Cobb replied, "I am in Reno, getting the shit kicked out of me."

Versus Larry Holmes, the action was stopped so the ref could check on Cobb. He asked him, "Do you see me?" Cobb replies, "Yeah. You're white. It's the black guy I'm worried about."

My favourite

n 1980 or so, there was a big dinner honouring heavyweights of the past and present. Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes were all there. So were Renaldo Snipes and Tex Cobb. In his usual fashion, Tex Cobb got up to give a toast. He said, "I'm honoured to be in the same room as some of the baddest niggers ever." Renaldo Snipes stood up, and said, "I'm not going to stand here and let you call me a nigger!" Cobb said, "Relax. I wasn't talking about you."

[Crazy Levi]

My favourite

in 1980 or so, there was a big dinner honouring heavyweights of the past and present. Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes were all there. So were Renaldo Snipes and Tex Cobb. In his usual fashion, Tex Cobb got up to give a toast. He said, "I'm honoured to be in the same room as some of the baddest niggers ever." Renaldo Snipes stood up, and said, "I'm not going to stand here and let you call me a nigger!" Cobb said, "Relax. I wasn't talking about you."

Holy shit that's hilarious. I hope he actually said it. Any citation?

[eddie lee roth]

Boxing is easy to bet on...Never bet on the white guy.

[Crazy Levi]

Boxing is easy to bet on...Never bet on the white guy.

The Rock would like a word with you...

49-0

[WTF]

[shocked_the_monkey]

Boxing is easy to bet on...Never bet on the white guy.

The Rock would like a word with you...

49-0

Funnily enough, all the retired champions who are undefeated, aside from two(asian and hispanic), are white.

[John Simon Ritchie]

Those quotes are awesome!

This bout was not long after the Mancini/Kim fight, correct?

About a week afterwards I think.

More Randy Cobb quotes....

"It was nice to wear a robe and not having to worry about bleeding" - When receiving an honourary degree.

Asked about fighting Holmes again "Only if it's held in a phone booth"

"I'll go another 15 rounds with Holmes if Howard will quit announcing football!"

"They called me a fat, cowardly, cocaine-snorting, fight-fixing
cheat," Who they calling fat!"

"Larry Holmes didn't beat me he just won the first 15 rounds"

During the referee's instructions prior to his bout with Shavers, the ref asked the customary "Any questions"? Cobb replied "Can I bite him"?

Mills Lane stopped the action to ask Cobb if he was okay in a fight in Reno. When Cobb replied that he was, Lane asked him, "Do you know where you are?" Cobb replied, "I am in Reno, getting the shit kicked out of me."

Versus Larry Holmes, the action was stopped so the ref could check on Cobb. He asked him, "Do you see me?" Cobb replies, "Yeah. You're white. It's the black guy I'm worried about."

My favourite

n 1980 or so, there was a big dinner honouring heavyweights of the past and present. Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes were all there. So were Renaldo Snipes and Tex Cobb. In his usual fashion, Tex Cobb got up to give a toast. He said, "I'm honoured to be in the same room as some of the baddest niggers ever." Renaldo Snipes stood up, and said, "I'm not going to stand here and let you call me a nigger!" Cobb said, "Relax. I wasn't talking about you."

Holy shit!

[cantstopthemusic]

In January 2008 at age 57, Cobb graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management. He remarked that it was odd to hear the cheers of a packed arena without being in a boxing ring. "It was nice to have that opportunity to wear a robe, to step up there and not have to worry about bleeding," Cobb said.

[Crazy Levi]

Boxing is easy to bet on...Never bet on the white guy.

The Rock would like a word with you...

49-0

Funnily enough, all the retired champions who are undefeated, aside from two(asian and hispanic), are white.

Do you mean absolutely no-loss champs, or people who retired as champion?

I'm impressed that Lenox Lewis retired champion and has stuck with it.

[shocked_the_monkey]

Do you mean absolutely no-loss champs, or people who retired as champion?

I'm impressed that Lenox Lewis retired champion and has stuck with it.

No loss champions. Marciano, Ottke, Calzaghe, Valero (albeit by suicide) and some Asian guy who's name escapes me.

Lewis knew his time was up. Struggled to get into shape and he was on his way to a fairly comprehensive points loss. Although you can't argue with the stoppage, it was a horrendous cut that Vitali had.

[Blizzard of Cos]

Love Tex. That degree was no honorary. Graduated Magna cum laude. Another great quote:

"I love acting. It's easy for me. All you do is look in the camera, smile, and lie with charm. I learned how to do that watching Don King promote fights."