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″

In April 1981, Larry Holmes returned to ring action to face Trevor Berbick, the Canadian heavyweight champion. The April 11th bout would be the last time Joe Louis would be ringside for a live bout, because he would pass away the next day. It would also be the first time Larry would be forced to

After his big win over Earnie Shavers on September 28, 1979, Larry Holmes took a little over 3 months off before returning to action on February 3, 1980. He easily disposed of Lorenzo Zanon in 6 rounds at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. A few months later, Muhammad Ali started making noise about a comeback

Larry Holmes made the second defense of his of his WBC Heavyweight title on March 23 at the Hilton in Las Vegas with a 7th round knockout of Ossie Ocasio. Three months later he traveled to Madison Square Garden in New York City to face Mike “Hercules” Weaver on HBO. Weaver hurt Larry on several

Larry Holmes was born on November 3, 1949 in Cuthbert, Georgia. His family moved to Easton, Pennsylvania in 1954, and after growing up in a family on welfare, Larry quit school in the seventh grade to work in a car wash to help his struggling mother. At 18, Larry started boxing and was good enough

After defeating Axel Schulz on April 22, 1995, George Foreman did not fight for over 18 months. When he did return, he fought the safest opponent he could find in Crawford Grimsley. I ordered the pay-per-view for the fight on November 3, 1996 from Tokyo, Japan. The bout was pathetic, with George fleshy and undertrained.

After winning the heavyweight championship on November 5, 1994, George Foreman took a few months off before deciding on his next opponent. His choice was a guy from Germany named Axel Schulz. Since I had already come up with a plan to get out debt I had accumulated by loaning some girl I foolishly wasted

After losing to Tommy Morrison on June 7, 1993, I never thought I would see George in the ring again. However, when Michael Moorer barely won a decision over Evander Holyfield ten months later on April 22, 1994 to become the new heavyweight champion, George wasn’t convinced and said so during his commentary on HBO.