Following the major upset on March 31st in San Diego, most of the press focused on the fact that Ali had suffered a broken jaw in the bout. The ex champ also admitted that he had undertrained for Norton, and fought severely handicapped, saying his jaw was broken in the second round. Whatever the excuses […]

Muhammad Ali had been on a mission for a shot at the heavyweight title after his loss to Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971. He had fought numerous times in 1971 and 1972, and when George Foreman knocked out Frazier in January of 1973, Ali’s target had changed. The ex champ admittedly took Norton lightly,

The two most famous personalities of the 20th century met for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 13, 1973. Elvis was at the Hilton performing his show, and Muhammad Ali was in town to fight Joe Bugner. Both were fans of each other, and met in Elvis’ suite the night before Ali’s

After his huge win over Gerry Cooney in June of 1982, Larry Holmes basked in the new found respect he had finally earned. His next title defense was set for November 26th in the Houston Astrodome against Randall ‘Tex’Cobb. Cobb was a former college football player who had lost to Ken Norton and Michael Dokes

When Larry and Muhammad Ai finally did meet on October 2, 1980, it was a one sided massacre. I don’t care if Ali had never been on the prescription pills he was taking, Holmes still would have destroyed the over the hill shell of a fighter. It finally removed the Ali shadow that had hovered

Larry Holmes began his professional boxing career on March 21, 1973 against Rodell Dupree. He continued to improve, and eventually found himself a job as one of Muhammad Ali’s sparring partner, fighting numerous times on his undercard. He eventually broke is ties with Ali, and after defeating tough Earnie Shavers in March of 1978, earned

The biggest fight talked about in years finally took place on Friday June 11, 1982 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both brought undefeated records into the ring, with Holmes at 38-0 and Cooney at 25-0. One of the most disrespectful things ever done to a reigning heavyweight champion was done to Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes had been heavyweight champion of the world for nearly 4 years, but still didn’t have the respect he deserved. He had defeated all the top contenders, had retired Ali, yet many still didn’t give him the credit he had earned. Many believed that Gerry Cooney, the 6’6″ white heavyweight from Long Island, would

After looking for a state to sanction his comeback bout, Muhammad Ali and his promoter found one in the fall of 1981 in Nassau, the Bahamas. His opponent would be Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick, who had battled Larry Holmes to a tough decision loss in April. Ali’s rationale was that if he beat a

After his humiliating loss to Larry Holmes on October 2, 1980, Muhammad Ali disappeared for a while. When the stories arose of his doctor misdiagnosing him with a thyroid problem and prescribing him medicine for a problem he didn’t have, Ali realized he had gone into the ring with Holmes severely handicapped. Ali already had