Larry was not a popular champion and he always had his foot in his mouth. Him being mouthy and dissing the fans of Marciano ("couldn't carry my jockstrap") pissing off judges ("they go out and get drunk" before fights) and my personal reason, beating a shopworn Ali managed to make him a champion people hated.
I recall with lots of amusement how I'd sit with my stepdad and just hope like hell one of the Witherspoons or the Bonecrushcers or the David Bey's would beat his ass. My stepdad knew this and would rub it in when Holmes knocked his man out yet again, my stepdad would get up off the couch, clap loudly and say, "alright larry Holmes!" and then he'd grab my shoulder and say, "see, I told you he'd win!" I hated Holmes and the Spinks losses weren't punishing enough for my taste. Only the Tyson destruction would do for me.
