Boxing title mismatch?
NZPA-Reuter Houston Larry Holmes’s World Boxing Council heavyweight title defence against Randy (Tex). Cobb today has all the earmarks of a mismatch — a consummate boxer facing a brawler. Holmes is undefeated in 40 professional fights, while Cobb has won 20 out of 22 bouts, mainly against undistinguished opponents.
The scheduled 15-round bout at the Houston astrodome will be the 33-year-old Holmes’s first fight since he stopped the previously unbeaten Gerry Cooney in the thirteenth round at Las Vegas in June. It may also be the champion’s last bout before he bids a farewell to boxing in a final title defence next summer.
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Press, 27 November 1982, Page 64
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