🥊On April 11, 1981 WBC Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes beat Trevor Berbick by a 15th Round Unanimous Decision at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Holmes was a 50 to 1 favorite and entered the fight against Berbick with 8 straight title defenses by knockout, tying the record of Tommy Burns. Former World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis was ringside for the fight. He died of a heart attack the following morning.🥊 #TheEastonAssassin | Davenport Sports Network

38-year-old grandfather and former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes could not withstand the furious assault of the current king, 21-year-old Mike Tyson. Holmes was down three times in the fourth round at the Atlantic City Convention Center #OnThisDay in 1988 before ref Joe Cortez stopped the fight. "I just felt I didn't have to bother counting," Cortez said afterward. "I pulled out his mouthpiece and got out the way so the doctor could look him over. Larry was all right. He rose to a sitt