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Holmes vs. Frazier

When Larry Holmes signed to fight Joe Frazier’s son Marvis on November 25, 1983 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, many scoffed at the champ. The kid was only 23 and had a meager record of 10-0, with the most notable opponent on his record being shopworn Joe Bugner. Nevertheless, his father pushed for the

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Foreman vs. Lyle

The George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle bout set for January 24, 1976 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. George was out to restore his name after the loss to Muhammad Ali in October of 1974. His exhibition against five fighters in April of 1975 did little to do that, so this was his first

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Foreman Comes Back

After his devasting loss to Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974 in Zaire, South Africa, George Foreman went into a self admitted period of deep depression. That defeat crushed his spirit, since his whole identity had been as the ‘Heavyweight Champion of the World’. In April of 1975, George traveled to Toronto, Canada to fight

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Elvis the Boxer

I have been a huge Elvis fan since I was about 18 years old. To say I have been a fan of his movies would be anything but the truth, however. One of his movies I did enjoy was ‘Kid Galahad’. Elvis’ character Walter Gulick is fresh out of the service, and finds work as

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Mancini vs. Camacho

After losing to Livingstone Bramble for the second time in February of 1985, Ray Mancini went into retirement. The two difficult fights with the ‘Pitbull’ had taken a lot out of him, so he went into broadcasting, and became quite good at it. The one fight he had always wanted was with Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho,

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