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    Nov 05, 2020 3 minutes

    5 LARRY HOLMES w rsf 12JAMES ‘BONECRUSHER’ SMITH

    November 9, 1983; Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

    HOLMES, the world’s number one heavyweight, gave the fledgling IBF a shot in the arm by parading as their champion after he’d ditched the WBC title. Holmes was first supposed to take on John Tate, then a proposed bout with WBA boss Gerrie Coetzee couldn’t be finalised. So James “Bonecrusher” Smith, fresh off a last gasp win over Frank Bruno, was ushered in. Holmes survived some very scary moments before ending matters in the 12th.

    Holmes would

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