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From the start, Staff Photographer Neil Leifer's idea had a nice ring to it. With the film sequel Rocky III scheduled to open at about the same time that the long-awaited heavyweight fight takes place between Gerry Cooney and defending Champion Larry Holmes, Leifer proposed to exploit...
Other heavyweights were involved in the project. Associate Editor J.D. Reed (220 Ibs.) prepared for his Stallone interviews by watching some 30 hours of Hollywood fight movies. Says Reed: "Boxing is used as a metaphor for exertion. After watching those movies, I felt like I'd gone 15 rounds...
It so happens that Larry Holmes is the undefeated heavyweight champion of the known (nonmovie) world, Gerry Cooney is the unbeaten No. 1 contender with an unknown wallop, and they are fighting each other this Friday night in a small ring out behind a large gambling lor for $20 million...
What makes the match so appealing, and makes Cooney the heart of it, is a memory of when heavyweights could hit and boxing matches could end abruptly. Holmes has the more refined ability, the broader experience, the odds going in and the championship; Cooney has the "big bat." Holmes has...
"I'm not so sure," objects Muhammad Ali's old trainer, Angelo Dundee. "I think he may be bum-rapped as a one-arm bandit. He sets you up with the right. I give Cooney a good chance. They say he's clumsy. Well, a banger like that stressing power...