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The fighters weighed in yesterday at ten in the morning. The champion checked in at a little over 211 pounds. That's a good, solid weight for Holmes, who fought at 209 when he won the title from Ken Norton and at 215 in his last defense against Scott Ledoux...
This is an easy one to call. Larry Holmes is the champion, Muhammad Ali the challenger. Larry Holmes has fought seven times in the past two years, Ali hasn't fought once in that time. Larry Holmes, 30, is in his prime; Muhammad Ali, 38, passed his prime years ago...
The parallels between Ali's fight with Foreman and his challenge to Holmes go far beyond his excellent condition, however. Foreman, like Holmes, was undefeated when Ali maneuvered him to a humiliating eighth round knock out. At 32 Ali was considered too old to defeat the man who had destroyed...
Ready to settle into a comfortable retirement, Holmes admits that he does not need any more money, and that he has had his fill of the limelight. He is not a killer-fighter and has been known to beg an opponent to give up rather than get hurt. This gentleness...
Even that shouldn't matter much, at least not to this champion. The Greatest will keep talking throughout the fight, bullying his opponent with taunts and teasers. Ali will talk, but Holmes, as his former sparring partner, is used to it. It won't faze him. Holmes himself has learned...