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.
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 bucks for his first few paid bouts.
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 run at the title and the big payday that would come with it.
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.
Meeting at The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in September of 1985, 35-year-old Larry Holmes and 29-year-old Michael Spinks put on a fight that Ring magazine later called the 1985 upset of the year.
Bored with lists yet? Just lately, during the lockdown, many people have come out with lists, these lists compiling their greatest this, their greatest that in boxing.
The Greatest Final Round In Heavyweight History
The fight that took place 42 years ago today, between heavyweight greats Larry Holmes and Ken Norton, is a much-celebrated classic; a superb fight older fans watch as they reminisce how truly special the heavyweight division once was, younger fans as they attempt to fully understand how special it was back then.
Larry Holmes had some great nights in Las Vegas. Holmes beat Gerry Cooney in the biggest heavyweight fight of the 1980s in Vegas.
It’s a sad thing that gifted heavyweight Carl Williams is best known among fight fans for his 93-second blitzing at the hands of Mike Tyson.
Former heavyweight and cruiserweight champ David Haye was a guest on the BBC podcast “Greatest Fights,” with Steve Bunce and Mike Costello, and Haye listed his top-five greatest heavyweights from history.