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Holmes's next two fights were rematches with old foes. On June 18, 1999, he stopped "Bonecrusher" Smith in eight rounds, [39] and on November 17, 2000, he stopped Mike Weaver in six. [40] Holmes's final fight was on July 27, 2002, in Norfolk, Virginia, in which he defeated Eric "Butterbean" Esch in a 10-round unanimous decision. [41]
Ali made $250,000 and Holmes $100,000 in forfeit money. [7] After the cancellation, Holmes signed to fight Scott LeDoux, whom he stopped in seven rounds on July 7. On July 17, 1980, Ali and Holmes signed to fight on October 2 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Promoter Don King said Ali would be paid $8 million and Holmes $6 million. [8]
Larry Holmes had been the WBC heavyweight champion since 1978, when he beat Ken Norton by a fifteen-round split decision at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.Over the course of his illustrious career, on the way to almost tying the great Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0, losing in the 49th fight, a decision to Michael Spinks, fought such fighters as Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver ...
Larry Holmes would announce his second retirement immediately after his loss to Tyson. [7] In 1991, the now 41-year-old Holmes would again come out of retirement to launch a successful comeback. He would win his next 5 fights before facing undefeated Olympic Gold Medalist Ray Mercer on February 7, 1992.
The fight went the full 12 rounds with neither man picking up a knockdown. As such, the fight went to the scorecards, and with scores of 117–112, 117–111 and 115–113, Larry Holmes was declared the winner by unanimous decision. [4] [5] Holmes later claimed that he had fought Mercer in spite of having a detached retina. [6]
On March 5, 1992, it was announced that Holyfield's next opponent would be 42-year-old former Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. [2] Holmes had twice retired, first after losing a rematch to Michael Spinks in 1986 for the IBF Heavyweight Championship, and then again after a loss to Mike Tyson in 1988 for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship.
Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks, billed as History: A September to Remember, was a professional boxing match contested on 21 September 1985, for the IBF, The Ring and Lineal heavyweight championship. [ 1 ]
While Holmes chimed in "A lot of people ask me about fighting the paper champion, too, but right now Ken Norton is the champion and you have to respect him for that." [11] Norton entered the fight as a slight 6–5 favorite. Holmes, six years Norton's junior, disputed this telling the press "Norton is too old. I will outbox him.