Holmes went on to hold world honours for a number of years after that, making 20 successful defences, before back-to-back ...

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

LAS VEGAS – The guy asked me, when it was over, “Do you feel a certain sadness for Muhammad Ali?” C’mon. How can you feel sorry for a guy who got knocked out, or stopped, for the only time in a career ...

EASTON, Pennsylvania >> Former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is one of the few people to step in the boxing ring with Muhammad Ali and come out victorious. “It was a $10 million check he was ...

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EASTON, PA (WAVE) - The Greatest wasn't so great anymore. In the twilight of his career, a 38-year-old Muhammad Ali decided to take a fight many told him not to. But $10 million spoke more loudly back ...

PASADENA, Calif. - Though he was heavyweight champion of the world three times, Muhammad Ali's opponents were no wimps. At last 10 bruisers who fought Ali tell their side of the story in the ...

On October 3, 1980, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Larry Holmes, then 31 and the WBC Heavyweight Champion, badly defeated a tired, failing Muhammad Ali. The two had been sparring partners in ...

Larry Holmes wore the black eye with pride. It was 1971 and Holmes, then a young fighter no one outside of Easton had heard of, stepped into a ring in Reading, Pa., for his first sparring session with ...

For the uninitiated, or maybe the casual observer, the Ken Burns documentary “Muhammad Ali” that premiered this week is an eye-opener about the physical and cultural force that was the four-part ...

A look back at Lehigh Valley sports stories over the years from Oct. 2. 1981—Easton football falls to 0-4 for the first time in school history after Dieruff wins 24-0 at Cottingham Stadium. Easton’s ...

Larry Holmes wore the black eye with pride. It was 1971 and Holmes, then a young fighter no one outside of Easton had heard of, stepped into a ring in Reading, Pa., for his first sparring session with ...