Holmes to fight 3 more
NZPA Las Vegas Larry Holmes, who brought to an end the Muhammad Ali legend on Friday, when he forced the three-time world champion to quit after 10 rounds, says he will have no more than three more fights before retiring. The 30-year-old Holmes, whose victory over Ali was the eighth time he had successfully defended the World Boxing Council’s version of the heavyweight title, said in Las Vegas yesterday: “Contrary to what everybody thinks, I don't like boxing. It’s too cruel. “I am going to rest for six
months — I /think I earned it — then I would like to meet the world champion wrongly recognised by the W.B.A. (World Boxing Association), who is Mike Weaver, or Gerrie Coetzee, of South Africa, rather than a fourth or fifth-ranked challenger.” Weaver fights Coetzee in the South African-designated independent homeland of Bophutatswana on October 25.
“The two world bodies must put an end to the masquerade of separate world champions. There can only be one universally recognised champion,’’ Holmes said.
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