On November 9, 1984, after a year out of the ring, Holmes made his first defense of the IBF title, stopping James "Bonecrusher" Smith on a cut in the twelfth round. In the first half of 1985, …

In 1982, The Ring magazine named Holmes “Fighter of the Year.” He relinquished the WBC strap in 1983 and accepted recognition from the newly formed International Boxing Federation (IBF) …

Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes, billed as Heavyweight History, was a professional boxing match contested on January 22, 1988, for the WBA, WBC, and IBF Heavyweight Championships. [1] …

This was Holmes' first fight as IBF champion. He relinquished the WBC title on December 11, 1983, and accepted the IBF title following a dispute with the WBC and promoter Don King over …

Dec 9, 2024 · Holmes’s next fight saw him lose to IBF, WBA, and WBC champ Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, 27-0. He would win his next seven fights before losing to WBC champ Oliver …

Apr 20, 1986 · Presumably retired following his failure to win back his heavyweight title Saturday night, Holmes calmly blasted the officials who scored a strange and unsatisfying split 15-round …

May 8, 2022 · Won the WBC heavyweight title from Ken Norton by a 15-round split decision on June 9, 1978. Held the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983 and the IBF heavyweight title …

Larry Holmes is a retired professional boxer who was the WBC Heavyweight Champion from 1978 to 1983. Holmes was also the Ring Heavyweight Champion from 1980 to 1985, and the IBF …

On September 21, 1985, Holmes lost the IBF title by a close fifteen-round unanimous decision to Michael Spinks, who became the first reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion to win the …

He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship from 1978 to 1983 and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title for the next two years. The seventh of 12 children in …