Larry Holmes

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Larry Holmes: References & Edit History

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defeat by Michael Spinks
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Spinks, Leon
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Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Pierre Lagrue

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Larry Holmes.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 06, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 30, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Larry Holmes.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 19, 2023
	Link added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 24, 2023
	Replaced photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 06, 2023
	Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Biography of Larry Holmes.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 29, 2019
	Noted that he retired and added his career record and induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 05, 2018
	Add new Web site: World Boxing Council - Biography of Larry Holmes.	Grace Young	Jan 01, 2017
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of George S. Kaufman.	Yamini Chauhan	Mar 18, 2014
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Larry Holmes.	Yamini Chauhan	Mar 05, 2014
	Add new Web site: International Boxing Hall of Fame - Biography of Larry Holmes.	Yamini Chauhan	Mar 05, 2014
	Changed date of Holyfield fight from 1991 to 1992.	Adam Augustyn Pierre Lagrue	Oct 09, 2009
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 29, 2004
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 12, 2000