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Cuthbert, Georgia, USA
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of the Easton Assassin. Holmes, whose left jab is rated among the best in boxing history, held the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985, and the inaugural IBF heavyweight…
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Key facts
- Nickname
- The Easton Assassin
- Born
- ( 1949-11-03 ) November 3, 1949 (age 76) , Cuthbert, Georgia , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Weight
- Heavyweight
- Reach
- 81 in (206 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cuthbert
- Occupation
- boxer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 115
- Official website
- www.larryholmes.com
- Image
- Larry Holmes 1979.jpg
- Height
- 190
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- Commons category
- Larry Holmes
- date of birth
- 1949-11-03
- head coach
- Eddie Futch
- sports discipline competed in
- heavyweight
- name in native language
- Larry Holmes
- nickname
- The Easton Asassin
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 75
- number of wins
- 69
- number of losses
- 6
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Encyclopedic overview
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002 and was world heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1985. He is often considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of "the Easton Assassin".
Holmes's left jab is often rated among the best in heavyweight boxing history. In addition to holding the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, Holmes held the Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985 and the inaugural IBF heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Larry Holmes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.