Larry Holmes

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human professional boxer

Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer best known as the long-reigning WBC and IBF heavyweight champion who successfully defended his title 20 times between 1978 and 1985.

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Label Occurrences
Larry Holmes canonical 19

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
activeYears 1973–2002 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-11-03 ⓘ
defeated Gerry Cooney ⓘ
Ken Norton ⓘ
Muhammad Ali ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Holmes ⓘ
givenName Larry ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2008 ⓘ
height 191 cm ⓘ
losses 6 ⓘ
lostTo Michael Spinks ⓘ
Mike Tyson ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam International Boxing Federation ⓘ
World Boxing Council ⓘ
name Larry Holmes self-link ⓘ
nickname The Easton Assassin ⓘ
notableFight Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali ⓘ
notableFor one of the greatest heavyweight jabs in boxing history ⓘ
notableOpponent Gerry Cooney ⓘ
Ken Norton ⓘ
Michael Spinks ⓘ
Mike Tyson ⓘ
Muhammad Ali ⓘ
numberOfTitleDefenses 20 ⓘ
occupation boxer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
partOf golden era of heavyweight boxing ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cuthbert, Georgia, United States ⓘ
positionPlayed heavyweight champion ⓘ
reach 206 cm ⓘ
reignEnd 1985 ⓘ
reignStart 1978 ⓘ
residence Easton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
retired 2002 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
stance orthodox ⓘ
titlesHeld IBF heavyweight title ⓘ
World Boxing Council ⓘ
surface form: WBC heavyweight title
totalFights 75 ⓘ
turnedProfessional 1973 ⓘ
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ
wins 69 ⓘ
winsByKO 44 ⓘ

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Holmes → hasNotableBearer → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Don King → workedWith → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes → name → Larry Holmes self-link ⓘ
Muhammad Ali → fought → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney → champion → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney → winner → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney → fighter1 → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Mike Tyson → fought → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Evander Holyfield → notableOpponent → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali → winner → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali → fighter1 → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Ken Norton → notableOpponent → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Michael Spinks → defeated → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Gerry Cooney → opponent → Larry Holmes ⓘ
World Heavyweight Champion → notableHolder → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Trevor Berbick → opponent → Larry Holmes ⓘ
WBC heavyweight title → notableFormerChampion → Larry Holmes ⓘ
IBF heavyweight title → hasChampion → Larry Holmes ⓘ
Ray Mercer → fought → Larry Holmes ⓘ