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2. Eric Esch - Wikipedia

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   He was then set to fight Jimmy Ambriz as the main event of Xcess Fighting's debut card, but was a no show for the weigh-in citing scheduling conflicts. [25] Esch made a brief return to K-1 to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii on August 9, 2008, rematching Wesley Correira in the quarterfinals and losing via a second-round high ...

3. Larry Holmes - Wikipedia

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   The WBC refused to sanction the fight against the unranked Frazier. They ordered Holmes to fight Greg Page, the #1 contender, or be stripped of the title. Promoter Don King offered Holmes $2.55 million to fight Page, but the champion didn't think that was enough. He was making $3.1 million to fight Frazier and felt he should get as much as $5 ...

4. Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali - Wikipedia

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   Ali made $250,000 and Holmes $100,000 in forfeit money. [7] After the cancellation, Holmes signed to fight Scott LeDoux, whom he stopped in seven rounds on July 7. On July 17, 1980, Ali and Holmes signed to fight on October 2 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Promoter Don King said Ali would be paid $8 million and Holmes $6 million. [8]

5. From a broken man to another fight, Butterbean credits DDPY ...

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   Butterbean has been in the ring with some of the toughest guys in boxing, but he knew going in he’d never have a tougher fight on his hands than getting his life back. He was more than willing ...

6. Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes - Wikipedia

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   Mike Tyson's next fight would take place in Japan's Tokyo Dome against Tony Tubbs, a fight he would easily win by second-round knockout. This would finally set up the long-awaited Tyson–Spinks fight. Both Spinks and his promoter Butch Lewis would attend the Tyson–Holmes fight, hoping to finally come to an agreement with Tyson's promoter Don ...

7. USA Tuesday Night Fights - Wikipedia

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   Written off from boxing by doctors after the accident, Pazienza would return to the ring with a win over Luis Santana, a fight which also aired on Tuesday Night Fights. Another title fight aired by USA was the 1988 IBF featherweight title bout between defending champion Calvin Grove and contender Jorge Paez that took place in Mexicali, Mexico ...

8. Ken Norton vs. Larry Holmes - Wikipedia

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   With Spinks now out of the WBC's plans by this time, this officially made Holmes the first challenger to Norton's title. [10] The Norton–Holmes fight was somewhat overshadowed by the highly anticipated Spinks–Ali rematch that was scheduled that September, with the New York Times calling the fight "The Other Title Fight." As Norton had not ...

9. HBO World Championship Boxing - Wikipedia

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   HBO World Championship Boxing (in later years stylized in its title card as HBO Boxing – World Championship) is an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973, with a fight that saw George Foreman defeat Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica .