I remember listening to it on the radio in bed in my grandads room he always had sport on the radio it seemed when i was kid.🙏🏻
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Beautifully said Uncle Bruce. I hope I have a story to tell like this one day ❤
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I remember this fight and the devastation we felt when Ali lost. I was inconsolable and so was my father. RIP to the GREAT Angelo Dundee and to the forever “Pretty” Muhammad Ali.
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Absolutely I thought about that this morning. It has been 45 years since that fight one of the saddest, if not the saddest fighting boxing history, Muhammad Ali had no business in the ring with Larry Holmes that night, but this was before the Mancini Kim fight so the medical test will not as strict Muhammad Ali had no business competing that night. He had no business competing that night like Dr. Freddie Pacheco said everyone involved in this fight should’ve been put in prison.
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SAD TO SEE THE GREAT MAN IN THAT FIGHT .LARRY BEING ALIS CHEIF SPARRING PARTNER . BELIVE ALI HAD ONE MORE FIGHT AFTER THIS AGAINST BERBICK.?. R.I.P. THE GREAT MAN. RESPECT BRUCE..
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Hi Bruce👍indeed,a very sad day,Larry took a lot of grief for this fight. Holmes didn't want to batter an icon into submission,it was clear for all to see as Angelo Dundee shouted,'its over,the whole show's over'. Was the fight 'the last hurrah' that Ali wanted, or was it a case of greedy promoters wanting a last fat paycheck from their cash cow,pushing for this? I don't know,but it shouldn't have happened imo
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Its a sad bout for sure, real hard watch and this is someone born in the 90’s didnt even watch it until 2010’s
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This was my saddest day in boxing. 45 Years ago On This Day
On October 2, 1980, Larry Holmes defeated Muhammad Ali via a corner retirement (RTD) after 10 rounds to retain the WBC heavyweight title and win the vacant The Ring heavyweight title. The fight was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and billed as "The Last Hurrah" for Ali, who had come out of retirement for the bout.
I remember this one like it was yesterday. It was held on a Thursday night and the closed circuit was at the Providence Civic Center. There was a party atmosphere everywhere. Dinner and drinks before the fight. I was expecting big things from Muhammad Ali. I was still a fanboy and I thought Ali was ageless. Larry Holmes batted Ali around the ring that night until Angelo Dundee mercifully stopped the fight. When I was leaving the arena you could hear a pin drop. People were that stunned to see the great Ali unable to come back. 45 years later the memory is still alive.
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