Larry Holmes vs ali signed print framed

16x12 inch print of Holmes and Ali framed in black with a silver trim. Signed by Larry Holmes and comes complete with a certificate of authenticity.
Coming out of retirement to challenge the new heavyweight champion, Ali suffered the worst defeat of his career. From the outset it was clear that Ali's speed and punching power had disappeared. Holmes knocked him out in the eleventh round. It was the fourth loss of Ali's career and the only time he had been defeated before the final bell. Holmes later admitted that he felt little elation in beating this shell of Ali's former self.

Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949, in Cuthbert, Georgia) is a former world WBC and IBF heavyweight boxing champion. Holmes has spent the majority of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin.

As a professional heavyweight, Holmes won his first 48 bouts, beating, among others, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Tim Witherspoon, Gerry Cooney, James "Bonecrusher" Smith and Trevor Berbick. As champion, Holmes successfully defended his title (organizational or lineal) 20 times, second only to Joe Louis who had 25 defenses. He fell just one short of matching the record of Rocky Marciano, who retired undefeated after 49 wins in 49 bouts, when he lost to light-heavyweight champion Michael Spinks by a unanimous and controversial decision in 1985. After losing the rematch with Spinks on a disputed split decision, Holmes promptly retired from the sport at age 36.

Subsequently, Holmes made a series of comebacks from retirement. He unsuccessfully fought for the title three more times, losing to Mike Tyson in 1988, by TKO in 4; Evander Holyfield in 1992, by UD after 12 rounds; and Oliver McCall in 1995, by UD in 12 rounds. He finally retired at the age of 52 after defeating Butterbean by UD after 10 rounds, 29 years after his first bout (against Rodell Dupree, by UD after 4 rounds), with a record of 69-6. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June 2008.