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#Repost @devon_boxing with @get_repost ・・・ Larry Holmes and Sugar Ray Robinson #larryholmes #sugarrayrobinson #boxing #legends #champions #hof #classic #devon_boxing #mosleyboxing https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv8O02pg4mI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5iafe0r5p0eo

Iron-man Larry Holmes showed his mettle when he got off the floor to hammer Earnie Shavers into a state of helplessness and retained his WBC heavyweight belt at the packed Caesars Palace sports pavilion #OnThisDay in 1979. Referee Dave Pearl called a it off after two minutes of the 11th with Shavers cut over both eyes and totally exhausted as Holmes unleashed punches with both hands. The shaven-headed 35-year-old Shavers had the crowd in an uproar when he floored the champion with a huge overhand right late in the seventh round. There was no complaint from Shavers at the end as he trudged wearily back to his corner. Holmes said he said he urged Shavers to quit. He said he asked Shavers: “Man, why you hanging on?” The teak-tough Shavers replied: “I ain’t quitting,. I’m trying to take your title!” Shavers had the satisfaction of of being the first man to upend Holmes and to his honour he stayed on his feet until the finish. “You haven’t head the last of me,” said the beaten challenger. “I’ll be back.” #boxing #BoxingNews #BoxingHistory #LarryHolmes #EarnieShavers (at Caesars Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoRkF95B37Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18l44362xeeef

Earnie SHAVERS vs. Joe BUGNER HEAVYWEIGHTS Of The 70's #inthiscorner #EarnieShavers #JoeBugner #muhammadali #joefrazier #kennorton #jerryquarry #ronlyle #biggeorgeforeman #georgeforeman #larryholmes #Knockout #Heavyweights #The70s #MosleyBoxing #BoxingHistory #Sports #Boxing https://youtu.be/CVN27urztjQ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkHB8Jg0xe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1skmhmt8ouy7s

Larry Holmes retained his WBC heavyweight title for the 10th time #OnThisDay in 1981 by hammering Leon Spinks in the third round at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit and was afterwards involved in a ringside altercation with number one challenger Gerry Cooney. Holmes, being interviewed by Howard Cosell, lunged at Cooney and Cosell suffered a cut lip and a dislodged toupee in the scramble before Holmes was ushered away by his handlers. 31-year-old Holmes said he wasn’t interested in Cooney, who, he said, was a “deformed” fighter, with only a left arm. “If he came here now I’d punch him in the mouth,” he told reporters. Spinks (27) proved no match for Holmes who once again demonstrated that while he may lack public acclaim he is a formidable and thoroughly capable champion. #boxing #BoxingNews #LarryHolmes #HolmesSpinks (at Joe Louis Arena)

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—- Episode 10/12 —- Le 26 juin 1979, #muhammadali annonce la fin de sa carrière. Il était temps. Trop tard, peut-être, pour endiguer la maladie de #Parkinson dont les tout premiers effets apparaissaient déjà. Quinze mois plus tard, de façon insensée, il reprend pourtant du service. Laminé par #larryholmes , il offre de lui une image pathétique. Mais toujours le déni : "Je me sentais bien plus mal après le combat contre #Frazier à Manille. Là-bas, je n'ai même pas pu sortir de mon lit pendant trois jours." Sous-entendu, vous me reverrez. Holmes, dont il fut l'idole et qui a été son sparring-partner dix ans plus tôt, a pourtant retenu ses coups, de peur de le cabosser trop sévèrement. Dans la nuit suivant cette sinistre parodie, Holmes rend visite à #ali à son hôtel et le supplie de ne plus jamais remettre les gants. Comme d'habitude, il n'écoutera pas. #art #artwork by @nirin_da_house #nirin #nirindahouse #artist #popartist #collageartist #popart #collageart #galerie #gallery #curator #curators #artcurator #artoftheday #boxe #boxing #boxingday (à Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-F3EGsuvF/?utm_medium=tumblr

Equipped with the greatest jab in boxing history, Larry Holmes began his career 48-0, with victories over the likes of Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers (twice), Trevor Berbick and Carl Williams. Holmes held the WBC Heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, The Ring magazine and lineal Heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985 and the inaugural IBF Heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985. #Boxing #Boxeo #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #LarryHolmes #Jab #Box #RBRBoxing #RoundByRoundBoxing #AllTimeGreat #History https://www.instagram.com/p/CL1y9QNlrp4/?igshid=17g7a9s76w4ae