Fast forward eight years and one of the other consensus greatest fighters of all time, Mike Tyson, was set to clash against ...

On November 26 in 1982, Holmes’ next title challenger was Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, a fellow American who had won three consecutive ...

1949 was an outstanding year, for it produced two heavyweight boxing immortals. George Foreman was born on January 10 and Larry Holmes was born on November 3. Foreman and Holmes are two of the ...

Larry Holmes (69-6, 44 KOs) is to many, one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Most boxers from any weight class have their signature move, and Holmes was his brilliant jab. His left jab ...

Errol Spence has no interest in fighting Manny Pacquiao as the all-time great considers a boxing comeback. "I wouldn't fight him. Larry Holmes is one of the greatest heavyweights. He doesn't get the ...

The Easton Assassin fought Muhammad Ali and won. He fought Mike Tyson and lost. But Larry Holmes’ last fight — 20 years ago this week — was no marquee knockout. It was ugly. Critics thought the July ...

CLEVELAND — Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close ...