EASTON, Pa. -- Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes said he is furious about what he considers lenient charges against two men accused of a racist assault against his son and two of his son's friends.

"They're lucky I didn't find them because I'd probably be in jail," Holmes said from his Easton office Monday. "Nobody should be able to hit somebody with a baseball bat and get away only being charged with simple assault."

Larry Holmes Jr., Jason Black and Sean Burgio were assaulted with a baseball bat in Nazareth on Saturday, according to police. Black and Burgio were both hospitalized and Black has suffered some hearing loss.

Nickoles Lambert, 18, was charged with two counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Charles Kaufmann, 52, was charged with one count of simple assault and one count of disorderly conduct.

Holmes Jr. said Kaufmann got out of his vehicle and taunted him with a racial slur before hitting him in the arm with the bat. Police said Lambert then picked up the bat and struck both Burgio and Black in the head.