They’re good friends now and have been for some time, yet back in 1982, Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney did not get along. At all. The epic, enormously hyped super fight Holmes and Cooney had will soon see its 40th anniversary – June 11, 1982.… read more “Larry Holmes And Gerry Cooney Headed To The UK For Speaking Appearances Ahead Of 40th Anniversary Of Their Epic Fight”
“I’m not Tommy Morrison!”
The above was former heavyweight king Larry Holmes’ rallying cry during his fight with an unbeaten, heavily favoured Ray Mercer. It was 30 years ago today when 42 year old Holmes – who was five fights into a comeback that had been launched three years after “The Easton Assassin” had been taken out by a peak Mike Tyson – met 30 year old Mercer.… read more “30 Years Ago Today: When Larry Holmes Shocked Ray Mercer”
Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes says today’s fighters Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder lack skills. Holmes doesn’t like what he sees from the flawed bunch, and he prefers the talented heavyweights during his era.… read more “Larry Holmes: Fury, Wilder & Joshua “have no skills””
Heavyweight legend Larry Holmes celebrates his 72nd birthday today. Arguably the greatest living heavyweight (you may pick George Foreman, or maybe Lennox Lewis), Holmes was a fantastic fighter in his prime, and even beyond.… read more “The Great Larry Holmes Turns 72”
Though the month of October saw the great Muhammad Ali do many great things – Ali turned pro in October, he began his epic ring return after being banished due to his refusal to serve in Vietnam in October, Ali gave us THE greatest heavyweight fight of all-time in October, and of course, Ali regained the crown by beating the “invincible” George Foreman in the month of October – the tenth month of the year also saw a faded (as in badly, severely damaged as well as faded) Ali try and do the impossible.… read more “The Fight That Should Never Have Been Allowed: Holmes – Ali”
Imagine prime George Foreman vs prime Larry Holmes?
This is the debut edition of the Dream Fight series, and a hypothetical fantasy match-up between Big George and The Easton Assassin is one that actually has an interesting backstory.… read more “Video: George Foreman vs Larry Holmes – Boxing Dream Fight”
The biggest heavyweight fight of the 1980s took place on this day in 1982, as heavyweight great Larry Holmes defended his crown against “Great White Hope” Gerry Cooney.… read more “39 Years Ago: Holmes Vs. Cooney – The Fight That Came A Year Too Early For Gentleman Gerry”
43 years ago, at the sports pavilion at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, heavyweights Larry Holmes and Ken Norton gave us one of the greatest heavyweight title fights of all-time – and arguably THE greatest 15th round in heavyweight history.… read more “43 Years Ago: When Holmes And Norton Went Through Hell; And Gave Us An Incomparable Heavyweight Classic”
It’s somewhat ironic that, in the career of Tim Witherspoon, his finest performance came in his first big fight; a fight plenty of people felt he was, at just 15-0, not ready or equipped for.… read more “38 Years Ago Today: When Tim Witherspoon Gave Larry Holmes A “Terrible” Time”
If heavyweight great Larry Homes was angry after being on the wrong end of a controversial decision to Michael Spinks in September of 1985, “The Easton Assassin” was downright ready to kill someone after it happened to him again in the return fight.… read more “35 Years Ago Today: When Larry Holmes Fell To Michael Spinks’ “Jinx” For A Second Time”