Larry Holmes on Fighting Leon Spinks for the Heavyweight Championship of the World (RIP Leon Spinks)

In this VladTV Flashback from 2020, Larry Holmes started out by speaking about his fights against Leon Spinks and Ronaldo Snipes, and then he transitioned into speaking about his highly publicized fight against Gerry Cooney. Larry explained that the fight against Gerry was being played out as a white vs Black fight in the media, with Gerry’s team wearing “Not the White Man, but the Right Man” shirts. He also spoke about each of them having a $10 million purse for the fight, the biggest of his career. After winning the fight, Larry explained that he is still friends with Gerry, and he added that he won’t stand for people dissing Gerry around him.