Ali-Holmes bout on again
■ NZPA New York I Larry Holmes will defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight championship against the former champion, Muhammad Ali, at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, in either late September or early October, said the promoter, Don King, yesterday. King said that a press conference announcing
(details would be held this week. 1 Holmes and Ali were origI inally scheduled to fight in 1 Rio De Janeiro this month ■ and then there was talk of the bout being held in Cairo 1 in the autumn (northern) but • King said that Ali requested > that the bout be held in the 1 United States, and Las Vegas, the site of many championship bouts, was se- ; lected.
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