Word: aly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recognition he deserves? In spite of being a champion, he is forced to accept equal pay and equal billing with an untested challenger, who in turn gets to be the subject of your cover story. Holmes may not be a Louis or a Marciano or an Ali, but then they are not Larry Holmes either...
...Muhammad Ali, 40, on Elizabeth Taylor, 50: "She's even more famous than me. But then she's been at it much, much longer...
Arcel has frequently referred to Holmes as "the most underrated heavyweight champion in history. He followed that overpowering salesman Muhammad Ali. Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey, but Dempsey was still called champ. Ezzard Charles was never forgiven, even by his own people, for beating Louis. It's just time Larry Holmes was recognized as a true and great champion." After all, he has worn the belt for more than four years...
...that time, Sugar Ray Leonard, the microcosmic Ali, has turned boxing's welterweights into the heavyweights in term of status and publicity, and Holmes by himself is having a hard time changing things back. "Seems every time I go to the stage, I have to prove myself," Holmes said. "I don't have to prove it to you or to the world, just to myself and my family Forty times, I've gone up to the podium." Forty times...
Just as he had been after dismantling Ali in 1980, Holmes was gracious about his opponent. "I want to compliment Gerry Cooney. I think he's a great fighter. I shook Gerry Cooney's hand before the fight and I shook his hand after the fight. No hard feelings." For his part, Cooney said of Holmes, "He's the champion. No bitterness." Cooney finally conceded, "I was a little rusty." A cumulative total of 3 min. 43 sec. in two fights over two years is an insufficient time in the ring. "I didn't have...