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Larry Holmes: ‘I’d fight Wladimir Klitschko’

Legendary Holmes tells James Slater that Klitschko is no threat to him

John Dennen

21st July, 2015

Larry Holmes: ‘I’d fight Wladimir Klitschko’
Holmes vs Cooney was the biggest fight of 1982

WHAT do you think of today’s fighters, Wladimir Klitschko especially?

I’m 65 years old and I mean it when I say I’d get in there with [Wladimir Klitschko] and fight for the title. Because he’s no threat. Give me six months to get in shape. Would these guys have survived in my era? No. But good luck to them, they’re doing what they can with their talent.

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