Larry Holmes gave Muhammad Ali the beating that sent him toward retirement, even though it was the last thing he wanted to do. Later that night he went to Ali’s darkened room, and told his idol that he loved him. That love never faded.
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Dominic Breazeale, a member of the 2012 U.S., Olympic boxing team who lost his first fight, is back in England as he faces IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua June 25 on Showtime.
The 85-year-old Jerry Izenberg of Henderson will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame Sunday. But he’ll go in with a heavy heart after the death of his good friend Muhammad Ali last week.
The Greatest was laid to rest in his hometown Friday after an all-day send-off that was a lot like Muhammad Ali himself — serious at times, but also exuberant, bracingly political, and funny.