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The great Hella (and Hecka) debate!Now this is a Quora topic I have extensive first hand experience with.I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970's and 1980's. As a term, "hella" (and the popular among younger kids afraid to swear, "hecka") originated somewhere in the Bay Area. Though born in Oakland, I mostly grew up in the very white town of Danville.Remember, the Internet did not exist back then. MTV was a brand new cultural phenomena. Culture and slang spread much more slowly. "Hella" spread, like much slang, through limited interschool activities like sports or scouting. Some little group of students started it (I think it would be impossible to discover who) and it went from there. Athletes or others would travel to new schools across the Bay Area for a game, and pick up new expressions from new kids. "Hella" "rad" "thrashed"... the words of the 70's and 80's did not spread nationwide quickly, but slowly and organically.But it was firmly immersed in the vernacular of my high school by the mid/late 80's.But here is the proof.When I arrived at UCSB Santa Barbara in 1990 (a school on the central California coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles with nearly equal numbers of students from both metropolitan areas) "Hella" was one of the primary methods to differentiate us NoCal kids from the SoCal kids. It was an immediate marker. As soon as it came out of your mouth, you were pegged. Which means by 1990 it had become ubiquitous in the diverse Bay Area, but still only known to our neighbors in SoCal as a way to differentiate us from them.Not on racial lines.Not on ethnic lines.On regional lines only.If you and your friends are using Hella, you are not appropriating any racial or ethnic lingo. Nope, you're just imitating us Bay Area kids of the 70's and 80's.On behalf of all the Bay Area kids of that era, that's hella cool by me.

Ran 2 km every day for 100 days, thereby completing the Adidas 100 Days of Running Challenge, ran a total of 237.8 km spending a total of 30 hours and 46 minutes, and ranked 2574 out of 10000 odd participants.Earlier this year, along with my husband (now-ex), I registered for my very first Hundred Days of Running Challenge this year (my husband completed it last year as well). Be it lapping up the beach waves, or strolling on the lakeside, or running a distance, or eating spicy chaat at the roadside, we prefer to spend our free time outdoors. Except of course, whenever India plays cricket, or any interesting sports event is aired. Our early married life was not this much active, but it is never too late to begin, right? Our first run together was the Ridley run of 2017, where my ex-husband, our 2 year old daughter and I ran together. Since then, my kid is a running lover (but refuses to go for her PET classes at school…).Life with a toddler is a marathon by itself, requiring strength, endurance, hydration (read caffeination), rests, and lots of energy. Needless to say, both of us have it in oodles for the past 3 and half years. However, the last three months had a new addition to our “marathon” – a new activity to keep us running at least 2 kms everyday. I registered this year along with my husband, after seeing him fight all odds to finish it last year. It was a great start for us, as on 28th of April we were on our summer vacation to Yercaud Hills. Imagine, running your first 2 kms over 1515 metres above sea level, with greenery all around you, fuelled by a cup of hot tea on a chilly morning? A dream start, indeed. The first thirty days gave us diverse experiences; we ran atop the Eastern Ghats, the Western Ghats, agricultural plains and grapevines of Coimbatore, the beaches of Bay of Bengal, the running track of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, narrow lanes of Pondicherry and within our residential colony in Chennai.The next two months was a bit of lull, we had to run within the same residential colony (vacation over, school started, sigh!!!). However, running 2 kms a day became a daily affair and it would give an odd feeling not to have done it by late evening. I would sometimes go for the run at night, after tucking in my kid to sleep. My husband, however, would be in a different level; for him 5 kms would be the norm. He is a champion cyclist, a Super Randonneur for the 2017-2018 brevet year, a regular 10 K runner, a Half Marathoner, Trail Runner, and a Du-athlete, who commutes to office by cycle every day. I, however, am content with doing 2 km every day, and dropping my kid to school in my cycle, for I am the prime player in the “marathon” with my kid, and I need energy for it.One person to whom we dedicate this 100 days of run is my daughter. Nearly 50 out of the 100 days, she has run with me (She can share Side A of my medal. Or Side B). Sometimes we run the full 2 km and even more, sometimes we run only 100 metres, (I run the balance later). Every evening, we run, walk, skip, hop, jump, sit, ask countless questions, blow soap bubbles, and play. This 100 day challenge has given me the opportunity to bond with my child outdoors. She discovers new things every day, a sunflower, cats, dogs, touch me not plants, bougainvillea flowers, seashells, and what not. She feeds her curiosity, and I, my target for the day. She has participated in many running events – the Ridley Run, Kids Marathon, Summer Kiddathon, Decathlon Run Series, and Anniversary runs, where we run alongside her. It was great time spent together, which we obviously do continue even after the completion of the challenge. (“marathon”, remember?)I feel this 100 Days challenge is a great initiative to make people spend at least 20 minutes outdoors, where you run 2 kms minimum. When I feel demotivated, I think of the fact that the 42.2 kms of a marathon begins with the first kilometer. Crack your first kilometer, do it again, and again, and again.Happy Running!!!

Larry would be a threat to, or beat, the best of the era.Larry Holmes managed to go the distance with Holyfield and was competitive when Holmes was 42, so a young Holmes would have beaten his hindparts.A young Holmes could have handled 1990’s Tyson as well.Larry and Lennox Lewis in their primes would have been a chess match between two master pugilists, and Larry had a fair to good chance of winning.The most difficult match for a Prime Holmes would have been Riddick Bowe with Eddie Futch, and I wouldn’t write him off even then.CREDIT PICTURE CRESENT CITY SPORTSLarry Holmes is a generationally great heavyweight who has never gotten the respect he deserves. If Holmes had fought in his prime in the 1990’s, he would have been more than competitive. He managed to give Holyfield fits at 42, and his defeat by Tyson at 38 showed how corrupt Don King was to make sure Larry had less than 6 weeks to shake off 2 years of retirement and ring rust, and lose 40 pounds!Look us look carefully at the age of the Lion, Lennox Lewis, and then how Holmes would have done against each of the four Hall of Fame fighters from that time, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Evander Holyfield, and Iron Mike Tyson.Larry Holmes is a great, and very underrated, heavyweight championLarry was a classic outboxer, who used first rate hand speed, good foot speed, outstanding footwork, timing, movement, jabbing, combinations and technique to win his fights.It is notable however that the Norton fight proved conclusively that Larry could fight on the inside if he had to.Holmes was 6′3″ but had almost the same reach, 81 inches to Wlad’s 82 inches, and crucially, had 3 inches of reach on Vitali.Holmes in his prime had one of the three best jabs of all heavyweight history, that is generally ranked 3rd in heavyweight history behind Ali and Sonny Liston.Holmes’ jab was taught to him by Muhammad Ali, but was a heavier, more powerful jab, and Holmes had considerable punching power when you use his numbers to age 36.Larry, counting his best years as up to the Spinks fights, when he was 36, had a 48–0 record heading into Spinks, and a KO rate of 78%.Lennox Lewis is a generationally great championLennox Lewis, almost two decades after Larry entered boxing, joined him in the conservative boxer’s club, and he also joined him as best of his era.Lennox Lewis is without question, a deserving member of the Hall of Fame and an all time great.Emmanuel Steward once said that Lennox Lewis had the potential to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.He beat every man he ever faced, avenging his two knockout losses with emphatic destruction of both men in the rematches. Lewis defeated every professional opponent he faced, one of only three World Heavyweight Champions to do so, with Rocky Marciano and Ingemar Johansson being the other two.Three fighters retired after losing to Lewis, Andrew Gerrard, Noel Quarless and Zeljko Mavrovic.Lewis recorded five first-round knockouts and 15 knockouts within three rounds.The Olympic Gold Medal Winning Lennox Lewis is in the Hall of Fame, and as Emmanuel Steward said:“is the most complete big man to ever compete in boxing."The first of the "super-heavyweights," Lewis was 6'5" tall, a rock solid 250, with an 84 inch reach, an inch longer than Wilder's. He was a truly outstanding boxer, with athletic ability, excellent fundamentals, great footwork, an educated, heavy, vicious jab, and power in both hands.Like Sonny Liston, and to some extent Larry Holmes, Lewis was an ultra-cautious boxer-puncher who used his 84 inch reach to keep opponents at bay with a pole axe left jab, and a potent, deadly, counter right. (He also used his gigantic size) However, he was highly adaptable. When Vitali Klitschko was beating him to the punch in his last fight before retirement, he moved inside and beat the hell of Klitschko with a vicious inside fighting style.Lewis faced, among others, Hall of Famers Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko, Mike Tyson, and then highly respected contenders like David Tua, and Henry Akinwande, and former champions, Shannon Briggs, Frank Bruno, Tony Tucker and Razor Ruddock, among others.Lewis is undefeated (3-0-1 (2 KO's) against fellow Hall of Fame members: he won against Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and Vitali Klitschko. He faced a wide variety of styles in his career, and defeated every opponent he ever faced. Even those two, who, before Emmanuel Steward improved his defense, who had knocked him out, he beat up, and knocked both out in rematches.But he was twice knocked out in his prime, and though he handily avenged both losses, those KO's count against him in the all time rankings. But I think this is an unfair slur - of the "all time greats" only Rocky Marciano can claim to have never lost, and among the other heavyweight champions of history only Marciano and Gene Tunney have never been stopped. Every other heavyweight great has at least one stoppage.My biggest note against Lewis is that he didn't always fight with the same intensity for every opponent. When he came in shape, and focused, he was impossible to beat in his era and would have been a load for any fighter in any era.The Lion was a great fighter.Iron Mike TysonAn important part of this analysis is to remember that Mike Tyson in the 1990’s, in the period where Lewis, Bowe and Holyfield fought, was not the Mike Tyson who dominated the period 1985 to 1988.That Tyson was gone.Mike Tyson stopped being Iron Mike, and started being Party-24–7 Mike after he fired Kevin Rooney and his entire team in 1988.Mike Tyson stopped being Mike Tyson as people remember him after he beat Michael Spinks to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. He fell into the clutches of Don King, fired Rooney and his entire team at King's insistence, and, to make things even worse, he had met, and married Robin Givens. (their marriage is most famous for her convincing Tyson to go live on national television, say like a zombie he was mentally ill and was being medicated)Anyone who tries to claim that King and Givens were not part of the reason Tyson lost his way and his title are simply wrong. They were an integral part of it.Mike stopped training except brief training camps before fights, and started partying 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even worse, Tyson stopped bobbing and weaving, and instead of volume punching, looked for single punch knockouts. As Teddy Atlas said later, bobbing and weaving, and volume punching, require a great deal of energy and stamina, stamina you can't get if you are out partying all night, and energy you don't have if you stop going to the gym in between fights.Most people, the ones who didn't intimately follow boxing, thought Mike was the same fighter he always was. Smarter people knew differently. Angelo Dundee said:“He is standing still now, and if he does that in front of bigger, better conditioned, men, he is going to be in trouble."Evander Holyfield was the “Real Deal”Evander can box outside or rumble inside.Few fighters ever, at any weight class, could match Evander Holyfield for heart, determination and will to win. The Real Deal was fiercely proud and he displayed that each and every time he entered the ring, becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion and undisputed heavyweight champion.Holyfield was an excellent amateur, beating out rival Ricky Womack to earn a spot on the 1984 U.S Olympic team. However, the Real Deal was controversially disqualified in the semi-final when he struck Kevin Barry with a left hook as the referee called breakRonnie Shields, former fighter and now trainer, says:“He was the fastest heavyweight; he had the best handspeed, he had the best footspeed. There was nobody in the heavyweight division who could match him in speed and he knew this, that’s is why he was able to become champion of the world and he got away with it for so long.In addition Holyfield had good power for his size.Most of all, Holyfield, who had speed and skills, was known for his heart.Manager Shelly Finkel said that best:“Evander is a very special human. He has more determination than any person I ever met. Think about the giants he fought, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson.”Riddick Bowe, “Big Daddy”A prime Riddick Bowe, one in shape and trained by the great Eddie Futch, would be a challenge for any fighter in history.Bowe is one of the saddest stories in boxing. Physically, he had it all, size, strength, speed, power, and a solid chin.6′5″ with an 81 inch reach, an in-shape Bowe weighed 235, was an excellent fundamental boxer, and would have been a stern test for any fighter who ever lived.Bowe’s career numbers are impressive on their face - 43–1 with 33 KO’s for a 74% knockout rate, and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, defeating Hall of Fame and #3 on Boxrec all time heavyweight Evander Holyfield in two out of their three meetings.But he could have been so much more…Eddie Futch said sadly:“At one point I thought he could be the best heavyweight I ever trained, I'm disappointed."Futch left Bowe after the first Golota fight. Eddie had been 78 when approached to train Bowe. At first he refused, feeling he was too old to deal with another temperamental kid. But Bowe had called him, and begged the old trainer to work with him, promising to do anything Futch asked of him.And at first he did.But then, as Eddie Futch would recall:“I guess the other voices began to reach his ears, and after that, it was downhill. Slowly at first, but then momentum picked up. I don't need the aggravation. I don't need the stress. I just decided the obstacles were insurmountable."https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/10/04/bowes-trainer-futch-leaves-after-8-years/71c265e4-c32e-4bf1-9024-30daba706ff6/When Futch left, all discipline left with him, and Bowe’s enormous talent and promise would go forever unfulfilled.Lewis-Holyfield-Tyson-Bowe are all already in the Hall of Fame, as is Larry Holmes.Ponder this:All four of the 1990’s great heavyweights, Lewis, Bowe, Tyson and Holyfield, are in the Hall of Fame,3 of the 4, Lewis, Bowe, Tyson are ranked in the top 10 of all time, andthe 4th, Holyfield, is ranked in the top 12 of all time!Larry Holmes is also in the Hall of Fame,he is ranked in the top 15 of all time, and would be higher except for late career defeats - all of which occurred after he was 36, and all but one after he was 42!Max Kellerman called the Age of Lewis-Tyson-Holyfield-Bowe the second greatest everThe ESPN expert also said:“The second greatest heavyweight era in history began and ended almost exactly 20 years after the first. It began in February 1990, when Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas. A division which seemed dull because of Tyson's extreme dominance suddenly blossomed. The end of the era (at least the Holyfield-Tyson era) seems to be Lennox Lewis' demonstration of superiority over Evander Holyfield in their first fight in December 1998, which was scandalously ruled a draw. So we begin the era with the biggest upset in the history of boxing, and we end it with one of boxing history's biggest controversies. In between we had Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe and Lennox Lewis on top, supported by come-backing champions George Foreman and Larry Holmes, and dangerous contenders Ray Mercer, Razor Ruddock, Michael Moorer and Tommy Morrison in the first half of the decade, and Ike Ibeabuchi, David Tua, and Andrew Golota towards the end of the decade. The second greatest heavyweight era ever.”As heavyweight eras go, this one is very good:Looking at the respective competition of the Lewis era and Larry Holmes…Anthony Mason, boxing writer, said:“I think the only way to fairly rank a boxer's place in history is by comparing their résumés. And that does not mean just wins and losses - it is too easy today to fight only has beens or never will be's, and run up the record.”You compare the level of a fighter’s competition, when he fought them, and the results.What about who the fighters faced?The Lion, Lennox Lewis, fought 10 top 100 fighters, beating all of them at least once.Holyfield fought 10 top 100 fighters, beating 7 of them at least onceMike Tyson fought 8 top 100 fighters, beating 5 of them onceRiddick Bowe fought 4 top 100 fighters, beating all of them at least onceLarry Holmes faced 8 top 100 fighters, beating 4, BUT beating every one he faced before he turned 36, and 3 of his losses occurred after he was 42!The fighters of the 1990’s had more top competition in the heavyweight division, they fought more top competition, and they beat more top competition than any era except the Golden Age.Skills analysis:Lennox Lewis: the most complete big man to ever box, 6′5″ 250, quick, strong, 84 inch reach, great fundamentals.Riddick Bowe: had it all, size, an inside and outside game, and a solid chin. 6′5″ with an 81 inch reach, an in-shape focused Bowe weighed 235, and was an excellent fundamental boxer.Mike Tyson: 5′10″ tall, but great hand speed, in the 1990’s was not his peak self, but he still had power and deadly speed, and great fundamentals when he chose to use them. .Evander Holyfield: the “Real Deal” was a great boxer, could fight inside or out, had the second fastest hands of that generation, a solid chin and a warrior’s heart.Larry Holmes, the Easton Assassin, was one of the best technical boxers of history, a master pugilist who preferred to use his boxing skills and jab but could bang inside when the occasion demanded.So let us look at Larry against the best of the Lewis Era:Tale of the Tape:Size:Lewis is 6′5″ tall, with an 84 inch reach, and weighed 245Bowe is 6′5″ with a 81 inch reach, and weighed 235Mike Tyson is 5′10, with a 71 inch reach, and weighed 220Evander is 6′2 1/2 78 inch reach, weight 210Larry Holmes is 6′3″ tall, with an 81 inch reach, and weighed about 210 in his primeSize advantage: Larry with reach over Tyson and Holyfield, even with Bowe, Lewis over everyoneSpeed:Lewis was surprisingly athletic and quick for a big manBowe was surprisingly athletic and quick for a big manHolyfield and Tyson both had great hand speed, Tyson was a bit fasterLarry had great speed, hand and footSpeed advantage: Holmes over Lewis and Bowe, Holyfield and Tyson over himStrength:Lewis is one of the strongest heavyweightsBowe was an extremely powerful fighter with Eddie FutchHolyfield was extremely strong for his sizeTyson was extremely strong for his sizeHolmes was a very powerful fighterAdvantage: Lewis over everyone, Bowe at his best very close, Holmes over Holyfield and TysonPower:Lewis hit extremely hard, but had to guard his chinBowe had incredible power and a better chinHolyfield could bang, but he more rarely had KO power as a heavyweightTyson had power, but had stopped volume punching, and was one shot head huntingLarry, counting his best years as up to the Spinks fights, when he was 36, had a 48–0 record heading into Spinks, and a KO rate of 78%. He could bang with both handsPower advantage: Holmes over Tyson and Holyfield, no need to protect his chin, Lewis and Bowe over LarryFundamentals and technique:Lewis has great fundamentals and techniqueSo did Bowe with FutchEvander had great fundamentalsMike had them once, but in the 1990’s had lost a lotLarry was a master pugilistFundamentals and technique: Holmes by a hair over Lewis, Holyfield and Bowe, by more against 1990’s MikeDefense:Lewis when he uses his size, jab and strength to protect his chinBowe has a good defense backstopped by a chin of the finest wrought ironHolyfield had a good defense backstopped by a good chinMike had lost a lot of his once great defenseHolmes had a truly great defense and a great chin that only failed him once in his long careerDefense advantage: Holmes over all of themIntangibles:Lewis fought 3 in the Hall of Fame, beating them all, as he beat every man he faced at least once. In the Klitschko fight showed enormous heart, and in going inside, he showed he would and could come out of his comfort zone if he had to.Bowe at his best was a match for any heavyweight who ever lived.Tyson never beat a Hall of Fame heavyweight in their PrimeHolyfield had a fighter’s heart, a great chin, a good ring IQ, and unbelievable drive, ferocity and intensityLarry fought 3 in the Hall of Fame, beating 1, but, and as noted earlier, all of his legitimate losses were after he was at least 36. He was the ultimate tough and seasoned professional, and was fearless as well. His getting off the canvas after Earnie Shavers hit him with a punch which would have knocked out Godzilla is especially impressive. Larry is one of the few fighters in history who would not be intimidated by anyone.Intangibles advantage: Holmes by a hair over Lewis, Holyfield and Bowe, more over TysonA Holmes versus Lewis fight:Holmes was a truly great fighter, who never would have quit, but…Which jab would have prevailed? They both had jabs of extraordinary quality, probably two of the best of all time. Larry’s was probably quicker, Lewis’ was longerWhich master boxer would make a mistake?On the outside, the two would cautiously circle each other, and unusually for Lennox, he would only have had 2 1/2 inches of reach on Larry. Larry was quicker, both of hand and afoot and reasonably could have moved in jabbed, and circled back.If Lennox was in top shape - because he had a habit of sometimes not being - then it becomes a boring chess match. BUT, I don’t write Larry off, and if Lennox was in less than his best form, the Lion would be humbled in defeat.If they fought three, I would favor the Lion to win one, Holmes to win one, and one a draw - this is a close one. The styles simply don’t make for an exciting fight.Toss upBut what about Bowe?Holmes vs. Big DaddyStyles make fights…Bowe was a huge powerful man who could box, inside and out, with a chin of cast iron.Size alone does not determine boxing - skill does. BUT, when a much bigger man also has skill, as Bowe did, then size does become a real factor.HOWEVER, Holmes was quicker, and a true master in the ring. I believe Holmes would avoid an inside clash if he could, and rotate outside, using his heavy jab, an equal reach, and greater hand and foot speed to keep Bowe at bay. Holmes could beat him off the jab, which would be crucial.Make no mistake though, Bowe would come forward and try to get inside, he didn’t fear any kind of fight. If he got inside, it would be a war, and the advantage would lie with the bigger man, though Larry was tough as old shoe leather, and could fight inside.I think this is the toughest match for Larry, and he would be lucky to pull out a points winToss up fight, during that time Bowe was Bowe, with Futch, advantage BoweAnd then Evander…Holyfield vs HolmesHolmes at 42 gave Holyfield fits with his skill. At 30 against the best Holyfield Holmes beats him. Holmes had at least equal skills, a better, longer, jab. A better chin, and in his prime,Holmes by decisionand finally…Holmes vs TysonEven a 38 year old Holmes, was troubling Mike in the first three rounds with his jab, which was Holmes best punch. But the out of shape and old Holmes - he had been retired 2 years, and was given 6 weeks by sleazy Don King to lose over 40 pounds - simply could not keep out of Tyson's range, and was dropped in the fourth round.I believe with a Prime Holmes, it would be different.Length, reach, technique, and a truly historically great jab versus and power. If Holmes stayed outside, stayed on his bicycle, he would jab Tyson all night long, controlling distance with that long, hard, jab. James Tillis showed a blueprint for a Prime Larry Holmes to win. Tillis, slower than Holmes, with an inch less reach, 2 inches shorter, stayed outside and boxed Tyson, and on two of the cards, he only lost 6–4.Holmes by UD.And in closing…Larry Holmes would have competed very well, thank you, in any era ever. In the 1990’s, he would have eaten the lesser lights alive, and been a favorite over Holyfield and Tyson, a toss up match with Lewis, and a live dog against Bowe…CREDIT TO:Boxrec for records, stats, historical ratingsRing for rankings