He spoke movingly of his father Tim – who died just before the production opened – during an interview with Herald Arts.The ...

Despite being one of the greatest heavyweights in boxing history, there is one man that Larry Holmes claims he never wanted ...

It was once said of Richie Giachetti that if he and the great Larry Holmes had ever fought in a barroom it would be Giachetti, and not Holmes, who would have remained on his feet. “Swear to God ...

“There’s no doubt in my mind I won the fight.” Fury, who knows his boxing history, pointed to the two close fights between Larry Holmes and Michael Spinks in the 1980s. Spinks, having moved ...

For the commemoration, Gibbons said WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, Bob Arum, Don King, referee Sonny Padilla, Larry Holmes, Ali’s daughter Laila and Frazier’s daughter Jacqui will be invited.

He said: "I thought I won the fight, I thought I got Larry Holmes-ed here. I thought I won both fights. "But then again, I've got two losses on my record, there’s not much I can do about it.

The best example of this, perhaps, was when Muhammad Ali came out of retirement to take on his former sparring partner Larry Holmes in 1980. A couple weeks before the fight, Ali was battling with ...

Mike Tyson defeated 'The Easton Assassin' in the fourth round of their showdown which took place in January 1988 at the ...

Larry Holmes is universally recognised as being one of the greatest heavyweight’s to ever lace up the gloves. ‘The Easton Assassin’ is known to have had one of the best jabs in the history of the ...

Oliver McCall will continue his career on January 21 when he has his first fight of 2025, a contest that will be the 77th ...