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Boxer Larry Holmes announces retirement
United Press International
NEW YORK — Larry Holmes
is giving his wife a Christmas
present that will be enjoyed by
all challengers in the
heavyweight division.
Holmes, the World Boxing
Council heavyweight champion
who barely defeated un
heralded Tim Witherspoon last
Friday night to retain his title,
said Tuesday he will retire by
Christmas.
Holmes is unbeaten in 43
professional lights and has held
the heavyweight crown for five
years.
After surviviving a strong fin
ish by Witherspoon to earn a
split decision last week at Las
Vegas, Nev., Holmes said on
NBC’s “Today” show his Christ
mas present to his wife would be
his retirement from the sport.
“I’ve done everything in box
ing — 43 fights, 43 wins, five
years of being heavyweight
champion,” Holmes said. “I’m
part of history. I want to get out
of boxing with my faculties and
some money and let my kids
grow up and be proud of their
father.
“Yes, I’m going to retire this
year — if there is another fight
or if there is not another fight,
I’m going to still get out this
year. It might be Christmas, it
might be before Christmas, but
I’m definitely going to give it up
this year.”
Holmes, 33, earned nearly
$10 million for stopping pre
viously unbeaten Gerry Cooney
in 14 rounds last June but has
had to go the distance in his last
three title defenses. He easily
outpointed Randy Cobb over 15
rounds late last year, but looked
out of shape and sluggish in a
12-round unanimous decision
over Lucien Rodriguez of
France in March and had to use
all his ring experience to survive
against Witherspoon last week.
Holmes is now due for a man
datory defense against No. 1
ranked Greg Page.
“This fight hasn’t influenced
my decision,” Holmes said. “It’s
just that I’ve been very active. I
fought three times in six
months, four times in less than a
year, so I’ve been an active
champion. I fought all the fight
ers, gave everybody an oppor
tunity. I don’t have to continue
to keep proving myself.”
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Holmes said he watched a
tape of his bout against With
erspoon and felt he had won the
decision.
“I watched the fight last night
and I only give the guy three
rounds,” Holmes said. “He
fought a good fight and he’s
strong and when he hit me, I
came back and hit him.
“The guy was a game fighter,
stronger than a lot of people
anticipated, stronger than I anti
cipated. He fought a good fight
but it shows you what a cham
pion’s made out of. Bull
erspoon’s a good fighter."
Should Holmes relire i
beaten, he would become a
the second heavyweight cki
pion in history to retire wid
a loss. Rocky Marciano retS
with a 49-0 record.
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United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — Earl Cureton has been a
hard guy to find for the past three months, but the
Los Angeles Lakers will make sure they know
where he is when the NBA championship series
resumes Thursday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers will have the 6-foot-9
Cureton slotted for some playing time in Game 2
in place of Clemon Johnson, who is in Temple
University Hospital with a urinary tract infection
that could keep him out of the entire series.
Cureton’s playing time has been cut since the
acquisition of Johnson from the Indiana Pacers in
Febriary, but putting him in the playoff pressure
cooker doesn’t seem to overly concern Sixers’'
Coach Billy Cunningham.
“Earl has been through this many times in the
past,” Cunningham said Tuesday. “You just don’t
know what’s going to happen but one thing I
know you will get is the effort and intensity.”
Cureton’s speed is important against the fast
breaking Lakers. He thinks he’ll be able to contri
bute despite his limited playing time.
“I’ve been practicing hard every day,” he said.
“Our practices are almost like games so I’ll be
ready.”
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