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...didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish," Holmes said. "I fought th fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head...
...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...
...green silk robe decorated with his customary Irish shamrock proclaiming GERRY, DAD AND MOM. Rappaport wiggled beside him, waving an oversize replica of Holmes' championship belt, except with a clockface drawn over the insignia and the words TICK, TICK written across it. Holmes happens to be 32, Cooney 25. As he had planned for weeks, Cooney bided the time during the 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...
...fifth round, Holmes rose up on his toes and began to dance lightly and smile occasionally. His hands gathered speed, and Cooney became especially hittable. By the sixth, Rappaport and co-Manager Mike Jones had to make room in the corner for Cutman Artie Curley, whose patchwork was inspected once by the physician at ringside. In the 90° desert heat, aggravated by the television lights, both men sprayed sweat like revolving lawn sprinklers. Holmes, 6 ft. 3 in. and 212½ lbs., and Cooney, 6 ft. 6 in. and 225½ lbs., looked equally fit. Cooney, who lad never...
...tenth round was more than a pretty good one for Cooney. Momentarily, Holmes seemed fascinated with finding out precisely how hard Cooney really did hit. But by the eleventh, Cooney's fists were drooping steadily, and Holmes danced to the attack again with swift and steady combinations. Then, in the 13th, Cooney was badly stunned, and Holmes began to measure him with the left glove on the shoulder or face (thumb out) and fetch him clouts with the right. Cooney sagged, and by the time Valle made it through the ropes, the challenger had caught a barrage of fierce...