Like everyone else, heavyweight great Larry Holmes was an interested viewer a week ago, when Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder clashed in their eagerly anticipated but ultimately one-sided rematch. And … Read more
Forget the “Geezers at Caesars,” this one would be a heavyweight match-up between two stars with a combined 133 years! And it might happen, in exhibition form. According to a … Read more
Born 70 years ago today in Cuthbert, Georgia, heavyweight legend Larry Holmes saw a long pro career begin with a points win over a guy named Rodell Dupree in March … Read more
If you believe in fate, in the alignment of the stars, in destiny, etc, etc, then you will know how the date of September 21st, today’s date, is a very … Read more
Former heavyweight world champion Larry Holmes is the featured boxer in this edition of the Top 5 Notable Wins series. The Easton Assassin dominated the heavyweight landscape as the heavyweight … Read more
A big fight that attracted millions almost began before the first bell. Rewind to the early 1980s if you will: There was a time when Howard Cosell was very much … Read more
Imagine if he’d fought him when he was in his prime. This was the feeling a good number of fight fans had at the conclusion of the heavyweight world title … Read more
Between them, these two all-time greats compiled astonishing numbers: 145 wins, just 11 losses, and a staggering 112 KO’s – George Foreman and Larry Holmes – two of the greatest … Read more
There was a time, quite remarkably when we look back now, when the great Larry Holmes, as he often lamented himself, never got his “just due,” his “respect.” Holmes, a … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp2ZeNEPNlA At the time of his rendering an ageing Larry Holmes unconscious, in disturbing fashion, not too many fans, experts or historians took too much notice of the Mike Tyson … Read more
