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Fifteen Rounds of Fury: Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton, 1978’s Heavyweight Classic

Boxing History

Mike Goodpaster

06/12/2025

On June 9, 1978, the boxing world witnessed one of the greatest heavyweight title fights in history as Larry Holmes challenged Ken Norton for the WBC Heavyweight Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. What transpired over fifteen brutal rounds was a masterclass in heart, skill, and resilience—etched forever in boxing lore as one of the sport’s most thrilling championship battles. The bout came at a time of transition in ...

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Gerald McClellan: “He got what he gave” – A Divisive Legacy

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Mike McCallum: The Body Snatcher’s Precision and Legacy

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Roland LaStarza: The Gentleman Contender of the Heavyweight Division

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Nino Benvenuti: The Pride of Italy and a Champion for the Ages

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Mythical Matchup: Mike Tyson vs Rocky Marciano-Who Wins?

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Remembering Bob Foster – his left hook was wicked

Bob Foster was born with a lethal left hook. I was thinking about that hook ...

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Bob Satterfield: The Forgotten Thunder of the Heavyweight Division

Bob Satterfield was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but his boxing identity would come to be ...

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Kiko Bejines: A Promising Bantamweight’s Journey to a Fatal Title Fight

Francisco "Kiko" Bejines was a promising Mexican ...

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Tony Sibson: The Leicester Lionheart

Tony Sibson stands as one of the ...

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Carlos Zarate: A Force of Nature

In the annals of Mexican boxing, a ...

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The Corrupt Boxing Tournament: The US Boxing Championships and Its Ties to ABC and Ring Magazine in the 1970s

The 1970s was a significant decade for ...

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A Force of Nature: Pipino Cuevas Mexico’s Explosive Champion

José “Pipino” Cuevas was born on December ...

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Empire of Illusion: Pat O’Grady, the WAA, and Boxing’s Forgotten Sanctioning Body

The World Athletic Association (WAA) was a ...

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Pugnis Infra Lineam: The Lowdown on Low Blows in Boxing

The impending rematch and heavyweight unification fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois (scheduled for July ...

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Mike Rossman: The Jewish Bomber’s Journey To Boxing Glory

Mike Rossman, known in the ring as ...

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The Rise, Reign, and Resolve of Lupe Pintor

Guadalupe "Lupe" Pintor, born in 1955 in ...

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Cornelius Boza-Edwards: The Ugandan Warrior

Cornelius Boza-Edwards, born Cornelius Bbosa on May ...

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Duane Bobick: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Heavyweight Hopeful

Duane Bobick’s story is one of promise, ...

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Beyond the Gloves: The Journey of Kallie Knoetze

Before turning professional, Knoetze had a notable ...

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Oscar Bonavena: The Colorful Life, Storied Career, and Tragic End of Argentina’s Wildest Heavyweight

Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena was more than just ...

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Three Crowns and a Warrior’s Heart: The Marvin Johnson Story

In the annals of boxing history, few ...

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Fantasy Fight: Roberto Durán vs. Tony Ayala Jr. — Who Wins and Why?

In the annals of boxing history, few ...

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Gerry Cooney: The Gentle Giant of the 1980s

Gerard "Gerry" Cooney was born in 1956, ...

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Tom McNeeley: A Fighter in His Father’s Shadow and His Own Spotlight

Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Thomas William McNeeley ...

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Michael Dokes: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Heavyweight Champion

Michael Dokes was born in Akron, Ohio, ...

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From Montevideo to the World Stage: The Boxing Journey of Alfredo Evangelista

Alfredo Evangelista is a former heavyweight boxer ...

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Alan Minter: Southpaw Grit and British Glory in the Golden Age of Boxing

In the pantheon of British boxing greats, ...

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George Chuvalo: A Heavyweight’s Triumphs and Tragedies

George Chuvalo’s life story reads like a ...

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Ron Lyle: The Relentless Rise of a Forgotten Heavyweight Warrior

In the golden age of heavyweight boxing—an ...

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Gerrie Coetzee: The Bionic Boxer Who Defied the Odds

Early Life and Background Gerrie Coetzee, born ...

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Nick Wells: The Man Who Knocked Out Larry Holmes Twice

Nick Wells was born on February 11, ...

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04/08/2025

Why Tony Ayala Jr. Was Overrated: A Closer Look at the Myth and the Reality

Tony Ayala Jr. is often remembered as ...

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The Mythical Boxing Showdown: George Foreman vs. Lennox Lewis

In the world of mythical boxing matchups, ...

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March 22, 1967 – Muhammad Ali vs. underdog Zora Folley – a better fight than many expected

Muhammad Ali's jab was long and sharp. ...

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The Floating Butterfly, The Stinging Bee: Assessing Muhammad Ali’s Claim to Heavyweight Supremacy

The pantheon of heavyweight boxing is populated ...

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Top 10 Mexican Boxers of All Time: Who is the Greatest of them All?

Current boxers are not eligible for this ...

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Dad, Muhammad Ali, and the month of January

Smokin Joe, Big George, and The Greatest. ...

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Top 10 Most Controversial Fights in Boxing History

Has any sport ever had more controversial ...

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01/02/2025

Top 10 Dirtiest Boxers of All Time

Dirty boxing was more prevalent in the ...

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01/01/2025

Top-11 Cruiserweights in Boxing History: Usyk or Holyfield at No.1?

The Greatest Cruiserweight was unquestioned until a ...

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Top 10 Most Grossly underrated Boxers of all time

These are always the toughest lists to ...

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12/15/2024

Somebody Up There Likes Me might not feel like a holiday movie, but it’s inspirational

In 1956, Hollywood made a movie on ...

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12/11/2024

Top 17 Latino Boxers of All Time

Ranking the top Latino boxers of all ...

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Top 10 Come from Behind wins in Boxing history!

The men on this list snatched victory ...

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Top 14 Body Punchers in Boxing History

Everybody loves a knockout, but to be ...

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Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxers of the 1980s: Who is the best Leonard, Hagler, Duran?

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Top10 Worst Heavyweight Title Challengers from 1970-1990

I am not going to lie here, ...

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Joe Frazier vs Jerry Quarry I: They Don’t make Fighters like this anymore!

On June 23, 1969 - more than ...

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Top 10 First Round Knockouts in Boxing History

First-round knockouts can lead to disappointment for ...

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Top 14 Greatest Knockouts in Boxing History

Boxing is an art that requires immense ...

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Top 12 Greatest Punchers in Heavyweight History

This list includes all heavyweights, including active ...

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09/18/2024

Top-18 Middleweights in Boxing History: Where does GGG rank?

The Middleweight division has a ton of ...

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09/06/2024

Top 20 Welterweights in Boxing History: Where does Terence Crawford Rank?

The Welterweight division has long been a ...

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08/24/2024

Scott LeDoux: The Fighting Frenchman and his shot at the title

Until the lead-up to his challenge of ...

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08/23/2024

Hagler vs. Leonard Revisited: Sometimes it’s not so marvelous being Marvin

“Soul radiation in the dead of night. ...

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08/22/2024

Carmen Basilio vs. Ray Robinson II and Harry Wiley, the Man who Made Sugar Sweeter

Carmen Basilio won the world middleweight title ...

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08/21/2024

The Truth: Heavyweight contender Carl Williams

The Truth. Carl Williams was a good ...

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08/15/2024

Robert Fitzsimmons Underrated three division world champion

He hardly resembled a future heavyweight champion, ...

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08/14/2024

Holmes/Cooney Revisited: The Lowest Common Denominator

The most significant heavyweight championship fight since ...

John Raspanti

08/08/2024

Truck, Tillio and Barney were no challenge for Joe Louis

Joe Louis was one of the greatest ...

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08/05/2024

Top 9 Fight Cards in Boxing history

I keep hearing how this past Saturday ...

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08/01/2024

My dad spoke of the fight often -Joe Louis versus Rocky Marciano October 26, 1951

My dad spoke of the fight often. ...

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Top 9 Biggest Wastes of Talent in Boxing since 1975

Like all other sports, Boxing has a ...

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07/18/2024

Gentleman Jim conquers the great John L

The conqueror of the "Great John L" ...

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Top 10 Worst Judges Decisions in Boxing History

Let's be serious. Just list could be ...

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Top-10 Heavyweight Boxers of the 1990s

The 1990s was an underrated decade for ...

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Top 10 Boxers of the 1990s: Was Roy Jones Jr. the best?

The 1990s was a decade that doesn't ...

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The Great John L

"I can whip any son of a ...

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The Undeserved Pardon of Jack Johnson

On May 24th of, 2018, President Trump ...

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06/30/2024

Remembering the Tragic Death of Willie Classen

In some ways, Willie Classen was typical ...

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The 16 Greatest Upsets in Heavyweight Boxing History

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The Nine Most underrated Heavyweight Boxers of All-Time

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06/24/2024

Gervonta Davis and Vasyl Lomachenko to fight in November?

Frank Martin looked like a million bucks ...

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Comparing Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson: Why the comparison is stupid

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Eusebio Pedroza: Duran’s Panamanian counterpart in pugilistic dominance

Panama, birthplace of Roberto “Manos de Piedra” ...

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Floyd Mayweather was one of the best ...

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Top 10 Greatest Defensive Boxers of All-Time!

It's all about hitting and not getting ...

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The 1990s was a great decade for ...

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Top 10 Most Controversial Boxers of all time

Boxing is the home of controversy. It ...

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The Truth About Rocky Marciano

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03/31/2024

Ken Norton shocks Muhammad Ali – March 31, 1973

Since losing to Joe Frazier in "The ...

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Ursa Major or Minor: Was it Jeffries or Liston?

James Jackson Jeffries and Charles L. “Sonny” ...

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George Foreman was a former Heavyweight Champion ...

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1927. Jack Dempsey was no longer the ...

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Training The Mego toy corporation, arguably best ...

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His personal motto was “Destruct and Destroy.” ...

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Tommy Morrison burst onto the professional boxing ...

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