🥊🎂On November 3, 1949 boxing great Larry Holmes was born in Cuthbert, Georgia. He competed from 1973 to 2002 and held the WBC's heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983. Holmes won his first 48 professional bouts, including victories over Ken Norton (the man he defeated in 1978 for the WBC championship), Muhammad Ali, Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver, Gerry Cooney, Tim Witherspoon, Carl Williams, and Marvis Frazier. Holmes fell 1 short of matching Rocky Marciano's career record of 49–0 when he lost to M

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