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 … read more
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 … read more
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 … read more
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. At the … read more
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 … read more
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, … read more
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 … read more
Larry Holmes had a career that was in some ways quite similar to that of Marvin Hagler. Like Hagler, Holmes went pro to zero fanfare, picking up just a few … read more
42-year-old Larry Holmes, having reeled off five wins against so-so opposition in a comeback that had followed his crushing 1988 KO loss to Mike Tyson, had returned for one last … read more
It was awful. It has been widely referred to as the fight that never should have happened. It was a brutally one sided fight that brought grown men to tears. … read more