Word: fought
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...become a political snare. Those upset by the first grand jury's lenient treatment contend that the district attorney did not press the grand jury hard enough for an indictment for attempted homicide against Goetz, who had overnight become celebrated as a quirky urban hero, an Everyman who finally fought back. In New York, unlike some other states, prosecutors seeking a grand jury indictment are required to present a balanced case and must include exculpatory evidence. Even so Morgenthau was astonished by the original grand jury's finding. "We thought we had a case against this guy," he says...
...very, very hard game," and what "a hell of a job" they had. Later, Bey was able to remember only one of two knockdowns in the eighth round. "Oh man, ain't that terrible? That's terrible." But Holmes could recall everything, even how it felt when he "fought for $63" about half of his 35 years...
Should Cooney pick up the pace of his curious career and decide he would like to improve on the 13 rounds they fought in 1982, Holmes would be pleased. "But I don't think he's coming back, do you? Deep down inside, Cooney really don't impress himself." By this standard, Holmes is fulfilled. "As a boxer, you got to put me up there with all of the top three," he figures, "Marciano, Louis and Muhammad Ali. I just didn't have the charisma. If Ali came in here now (Holmes is speaking in a restaurant), right away...
People say he never fought anybody, but he never declined to fight anybody. He fought with broken hands, throbbing ligaments and twisted ankles. Against Ali in 1980, that sad and empty passage, Holmes actually started the fight with stitches in one eyelid expertly hidden. If several foes have slammed him down, he always got up to win. In this sense, he is fit company for Marciano, whose wounds sometimes imposed deadlines that he always met. Of late, not surprisingly, Holmes has been reviewing all his fights on tape cassettes; but more than on Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver or Renaldo Snipes...
...thanked all of his opponents ("Without anybody I fought, I couldn't have made any money") and tried to feint the skeptics. "If I retired and came back, I think I would have one of my biggest fights ever. That would be with my wife." Considering 47 bouts, Holmes seems relatively uninjured. He lisps, but he always did. "Physically," he says, "I'm fine." What about mentally? "Mentally, I'm retired...