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Joe Frazier had been heavyweight champ for almost 5 years when he met the undefeated 1968 Olympic champion George Foreman on January 22, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica. I was only in the 7th grade at the time, but was still interested in who won the fight, especially since Joe Frazier was from Philadelphia and a […]

The first time Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met on June 20, 1980, Ray Leonard tried to fight Duran’s fight by going toe to toe. Duran bullied and mauled Leonard against the ropes and by the time Ray tried to box, it was too late. Sugar Ray vowed to fight ‘His fight’, in the

After defending his heavyweight title twice against 42 year old ex heavyweight champions, Evander Holyfield finally faced a top contender in his prime when he met Riddick Bowe on November 13, 1992 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Bowe was fresh off his 7th TKO of Pierre Coetzer on July 18 in

Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard talks began as early as 1982, mostly because Hagler was looking for a huge payday. Ray Leonard was a welterweight at the time and the idea of him bulking up to middleweight seemed ridiculous to me, since was slightly built and moving up the 154 was a stretch. When

After his huge upset of Ray Mercer on February 7, 1992, Larry Holmes signed to meet Evander Holyfield on June 19 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. My brother and I went to see the fight on closed circuit at the Pavilion in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I was actually pulling for Larry to win,

After losing an unjust decision to Michael Spinks on April 19, 1986, Larry Holmes announced his retirement a few months later. However, when Mike Tyson won the heavyweight title in November of 1986 over Trevor Berbick and unified it, Larry decided to return to the ring late in 1987. When Holmes asked promoter Don King

,On May 20, 1985, Larry Holmes accepted the challenge of Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams in Reno, Nevada. The bout was live on NBC tv in prime time, and it would be the last time it happened on one of the three major networks. Larry struggled with the 25 year old Williams, but in the end

Larry Holmes fought for the first time in his career in Atlantic City on September 19, 1983 at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino. The bout on NBC saw Holmes stop Scott Frank in five rounds when a right hand closed Frank’s eye. I was happy to see the ‘Easton Assassin’ at his best again, with his

Larry Holmes returned to the ring on November 26, 1982 to face Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It had been more than 5 months since his knockout of Gerry Cooney and this time he picked a much easier opponent in Cobb. The live broadcast was on ABC tv the night after

On November 6, 1981, Larry Holmes went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to face Renaldo Snipes. The Friday night bout was broadcast live on ABC tv, what was routine back then but unheard of today. After throwing my nerf football around under the street light in front of my house, I settled in front of my 11″