Larry Holmes Professional Boxing Champion Autographed 8x10 Photo JSA COA

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Larry Holmes
(born November 3, 1949) is an American former
professional boxer
who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in
Easton, Pennsylvania
, which led to his boxing nickname of the
Easton Assassin
.
Holmes, whose left
jab
is rated among the best in boxing history,
[1]
held the
WBC
heavyweight
title from 1978 to 1983,
The Ring
magazine
and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985,
[2]
and the inaugural
IBF
heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985.
[3]
During his only title reign, he defended his title against
19 fighters
, the second most in history behind
Joe Louis
and the most since the international expansion of boxing governing bodies.
[4]
[5]
[6]
Holmes is one of only five boxers—along with
Joe Frazier
,
Ken Norton
,
Leon Spinks
and
Trevor Berbick
—to defeat
Muhammad Ali
; he is the only one to have
stopped
Ali.
Holmes won his first 48 professional bouts, including victories over Norton, Ali,
Earnie Shavers
,
Mike Weaver
,
Gerry Cooney
,
Tim Witherspoon
,
Carl Williams
and
Marvis Frazier
. He fell one short of matching
Rocky Marciano
's career record of 49–0 when he lost to
Michael Spinks
in an upset in 1985. Holmes retired after losing a rematch to Spinks the following year, but made repeated comebacks. He was unsuccessful in four further attempts (against
Mike Tyson
in 1988,
Evander Holyfield
in 1992,
Oliver McCall
in 1995 and
Brian Nielsen
in 1997) to regain the heavyweight title. Holmes fought for the final time in 2002, aged 52, against the 334lb
Eric "Butterbean" Esch
, and ended his career with a record of 69 wins and 6 losses, all of these in title fights.
[7]
He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time
[8]
and has been inducted into both the
International Boxing Hall of Fame
and World Boxing Hall of Fame.
BoxRec
currently ranks him as the 8th greatest fighter to have only faced heavyweights during his professional career.
[note 1]
[9]
He was ranked among
BoxRec
's 10 best heavyweights 18 times, the second most in history. He was ranked No.1 heavyweight 8 times.
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Shipping and Packaging details: I ship everything with cardboard backing. Additionally, I slip all autographed photos inside sturdy photo-protective sleeves. Payment details: Typically, I ship paypal payments right away. PAYPAL is recommended. International shipping will be higher as all international orders go through the Global Shipping program.  How I obtained my autographs, and why I promise a FULL MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: As a kid, from roughly the years 1965 to 1973, and later from 1974-the present, I have amassed an enormous collection of autographed sports and celebrity memorabilia. In most cases, using Jack Smalling's baseball address lists and other assorted address lists, I wrote to both active and retired baseball players, sending them letters, requests for signatures, and self-addressed-stamped envelopes. This is how I obtained thousands of autographs. I also obtained many autographs in person at area parks and hotels.In the 1980's and 1990's, I travelled the country doing shows (20 National Conventions) and would buy quantities of autographs through player signings. I have every reason to believe that all of the autographs I'm selling are absolutely authentic. I stand by every item I sell. Upon purchasing an item from me through eBay, you may return that item, in the condition in which I shipped it to you, within 14 days of receipt of that item if you are not satisfied with the item.   I am selling each item "as is", per the guarantee I've promised above. All the old time autograph dealers know me and the professional authenticators will vouch for my reputation as well. I do this on a part time basis, so sometimes emails take a day. I have worked hard for my feedback rating. The last thing I want to do is damage my credibility, so if you have legitimate concerns about any item you win from me on eBay, I'll make every effort to remedy the situation to your satisfaction. PLEASE NOTE: Most items come with certificates of authenticity from outside companies (JSA and PSA predominantly; they are the best). I have spent lots of money with third party authenticators and have had very few come back without passing. Sincerely, Joe Binder , Downers Grove, Illinois