Confident boxer
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A talkative Leroy Jones... overshadowed a quiet Larry Holmes at a press conference yesterday, the final public function forboth fighters before they meet .for the World Boxing Council (W.8.C.) heavyweight championship at Las Vegas on Monday. “Talking never accomplished anything,” said Jones, the W.B.C.s No. 2 contender, before launching into a 30-minute .diatribe during which he continually promised to knock out the champion. “You’re gonna feel bad when, the fat man jumps on yOu,” said Jones, who weighs 2501 b (113.5 kg
almost 401 b (I8kg) more than Holmes.
“I’m gonna make your heajd fat I’m gonna kick you from one side of the; ring to the other. I’m gonna hit you so many times, you’re gonna think I’m using-my feet “I’m gonna be on your head, I’m gonna be on your body, I’m gonna be on you like ugly on an ape.”
The fight’s promoter, Don King, jokingly termed Jones a “ton of fun.”
Holmes, who will be making his sixth title defence since capturing the W.B.C. crown 21 months ago, was not so rambunctious and simply said that Jones was a “good fighter.”
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Press, 29 March 1980, Page 60
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