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Feb 23, 2024 · Join us as we go back to June 11, 1982 in Las Vegas when Larry Holmes defended his World Heavyweight Title against Gerry Cooney in "The Pride and The Glory"!
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Jun 11, 1982 · Larry Holmes, the 32-year-old son of a former Georgia sharecropper, will defend his world heavyweight championship, fighting for posterity and his place in boxing history. Gerry Cooney, the 25 ...
Jun 24, 2019 · After his Las Vegas defeat by Larry Holmes in 1982, Cooney found himself spiralling out of control. It took years of pain and hurt to get himself back on the straight and narrow Steve Bunce
Jun 11, 2021 · If Cooney was too green in June of 1982, might a 33-year-old Holmes have been a little closer to being sufficiently ripe for the taking by a 26-year-old Cooney, who had a 28-0 or 29-0 record? Of ...
6/11/82. 'The Easton Assassin' Larry Holmes vs 'Gentleman' Gerry Cooney for Holmes' WBC heavyweight title.
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Nov 6, 2023 · Nov. 6, 1981: Holmes vs Snipes. In May of 1981, undefeated fair-skinned heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney galvanized the attention of fair-skinned American sports fans by demolishing respected veteran Ken Norton in a mere 54 seconds of action at Madison Square Garden. “Gentleman Gerry’s” astonishingly destructive performance meant that ...
Jun 11, 2019 · Gerry Cooney remembers his massive June 11, 1982 clash with Larry Holmes. ON this day in 1982, heavyweight king Larry Holmes defended his world heavyweight title against unbeaten puncher Gerry ...
