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.

After losing to Evander Holyfield in April of 1991, George Foreman returned to action in December to face Jimmy Ellis. Ellis’s claim to fame was having played strike NFL football for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1987, not boxing. The overwhelmed opponent was easily disposed of in three rounds on December 7, 1991 in Reno,

After his second round knockout of Gerry Cooney on January 15, 1990, ‘Big George’ was back in the ring four months later on the USA network. I loved taping his fights and watching them over and over again, even if his opponents were suspect at best. In this case, Mike Jameson, who had basically been

In March of 1987, I was in the kitchen of our home when I heard the late Philadelphia sportscaster Gary Papa announce that George Foreman had fought in Sacramento, California that night. After running to the recreation room to catch the report, I couldn’t believe it was true. After 10 long years away from the