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...reign of the Greatest ended once and for all last night, as Larry Holmes successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title with a 11th round technical knockout over threetime champion Muhammad...
...refused, and his trainer Angelo Dundee responded by calling a halt to the proceedings between the tenth and eleventh rounds, marking an end to the career of Muhammad...
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. Yes, it's obvious. Tonight, at about 11:30 EST, Muhammad Ali will win the heavyweight championship for the fourth time...
...main sparring partner for three years. Holmes recently said, "Near the end I was holding back--I knew I could beat him and so did he." Jimmy Ellis, another Ali sparring partner turned challenger, said nearly the same thing as he prepared for his bout with Muhammad in 1971. He even claimed to have knocked Ali down a few times. "And he never hurt me once," Ellis added...
...10th round is when Ali goes to work. Back on his toes, Ali will present a moving target and Holmes will miss more and more. Once he decides that Holmes is exhausted, say the 11th or 12th round, Muhammad will start to plant himself and put some weight behind his blows. Somewhere in the next two rounds the fight will be stopped, with Holmes failing to answer any of Ali's flurries...