Word: aly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...everything. Elegant when the fight was not, eloquent when nothing needed to be said, except maybe one thing. "I'm very sorry that I'm not what you expect," said Holmes after it was over. "I'm sorry that I'm not Muhammad Ali... that I'm not Joe Louis." He even apologized for not being Leon Spinks. "I was not born to be them." But he is the Heavyweight Champion of the World. He was born to be that. Holding up the World Boxing Council belt, Holmes paused a long moment late last Friday...
...unmemorable. The customary quota of celebrities was not met, although Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett had ringside seats and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was blocking someone's view near by. The impression, at least, was that the action in the casino had been brisker at the Ali-Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns fights, and the high rollers' wardrobes have certainly been brighter. Holmes was an early 8-5 favorite, but the odds shortened to 7-5 with a surge of late Cooney bets...
...referee's instructions by staring at the champion's belly, trying to chill him with the thought of body punches. And Holmes did show considerable respect throughout, jabbing away from a politic distance and flinching from all hooks whether or not they landed. Holmes may not be Ali or Louis, but he is a cunning boxer of surpassing grace and skill, better than just about everyone says...
...Pacific Palisades, slightly to the left of Beverly Hills, film memorabilia vie for space with fine art in rooms accented with rich woods and polished brass. A mammoth Leroy Neiman portrait of Rocky hangs near a Rodin sculpture, a boxer's headguard inscribed "To Sly from Muhammad Ali" rests near Andy Warhol oils. Another treasured possession is a worn photo album that the star uses to document his "roaches to riches" story. Stallone, dressed in running shoes and warmup suit, puffing on a Dunhill briar pipe, leafs through the pictures of his pre-Rocky days, a ritual of memory...
Convinced that it would be easier teach a boxer to act than an actor to Stallone auditioned the menacing Shavers, who had fought Ali and Ken Norton. "The man practically me to death," Stallone winces. "The instincts of the ring took over, and he trouble pulling his punches. He hit me the arm so hard that my elbow the wind out of me. I machoed it out the way into the men's room before threw...