Boxer Gerry Cooney was on the losing end of another meetup with Larry Holmes. The former prizefighters reunited Sunday to celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of their classic Las Vegas slugfest.

Two aging bulls are set to mix it up again — but this time they’ll be trading verbal jabs instead of the real thing. The 40th anniversary of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes’ epic defeat of slugger ...

26-years have passed, yet it really seems like yesterday. The Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney WBC Heavyweight Championship Bout in June, 1982, was a collision between the dominant Holmes at the peak of his ...

On June 11, 1982, Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney competed in one of the most memorable fights in boxing history. But it was dominated by an angle that neither fighter went looking for. Race. Holmes was ...

Gerry Cooney had just lost two points for hitting low, and both Larry Holmes and the desert heat had combined to sap his strength. Now, as the 10th round began, his manager leaned into the corner and ...

Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney may re-live one of heavyweight boxing's most hyped-up fights EASTON, Pa. - It looks like "The Easton Assassin" might be ready to go a couple of rounds with an old foe.

A country divided by race can manifest itself in many ways — a presidential election, a football player refusing to stand for the national anthem, and, 35 years ago Sunday, in a boxing ring outside ...

It’s been more than 30 years since the much-hyped battle of undefeateds ended with Gerry Cooney’s team throwing in the towel and Larry Holmes retaining his heavyweight boxing crown. Now Cooney will ...

A rematch of one of heavyweight boxing’s most hyped championship fights is in the works — nearly 38 years later. Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney are in talks to relive the June 11, 1982, Caesars Palace ...

LAS VEGAS — Gerry Cooney is glad to hear Tyson Fury wants no part of any racial talk about his heavyweight championship fight with Deontay Wilder on Saturday night after having gone through what he ...

Three decades after stepping into the ring for one of boxing’s most famous fights, Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney were back together again Tuesday. But it was a different fight as the two heavyweights ...