Larry Holmes vs Tim Witherspoon (Highlights)

Uploaded for easier viewing - Mobile phones etc and for fight fans who perhaps don’t have the time to watch these great fights in full. Holmes was a 6 to 1 betting favorite, Holmes’ purse was $2.1 million, while Witherspoon’s was $250,000. An estimated crowd of 18,000 saw the fight in the 20,000-seat outdoor arena at the Dunes Hotel. At the official weigh-in the day before the fight, Holmes tipped the scales at 213 pounds. He later said he was too light for Witherspoon, who proved much stronger than the champion expected. Holmes also said that he awoke on the morning of the fight with a bad case of diarrhea. He said he got it because he ate “a lot of corn and rice and steak“ after the weigh-in. “I think I left a lot of my strength in the bathroom,“ Holmes said. The crowd booed when the decision was announced in favor of Holmes. Many felt that Witherspoon deserved the verdict. A straw poll taken at ringside had Witherspoon winning by two points. Boxi