Boxing great Larry Holmes grew up in Easton and never left, despite a long, lucrative career that took him to the pinnacle of his sport. Too much temptation in New York or Las Vegas, he says — Easton ...

Boxing great Larry Holmes grew up in the small Pennsylvania city of Easton and never left, despite a long, lucrative career that took him to the pinnacle of his sport. Too much temptation in New York ...

With the sale of Larry Holmes' former Easton gym, patrons now will have to trade in their boxing gloves for dancing shoes. The 228 Canal St. gym, which was briefly Champ's Corner bar and restaurant, ...

Saturday was not the first time Easton paid tribute to boxing legend Larry Holmes via a sculpted replica of his likeness. It certainly was the tastiest, however. At the Easton Public Market joined by ...

Easton's Larry Holmes receives an IBF title belt from championships chairman Lindsey Tucker, left, and IBF President Daryl Peoples, right. , which looks out on the future site of his statue. Once a ...

EASTON, Pa. - Inside the Easton Public Market on Saturday, Chocodiem jumped inside the ring unveiling a two-foot tall statue of Easton boxing legend Larry Holmes. "He's a world legend, maybe one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aroma of cigars were swirling through the air Friday afternoon. Larry Homes Jr., the son of former world heavyweight boxing ...

A statue of boxing icon Larry Holmes will be unveiled this summer in the former heavyweight champion’s hometown of Easton, Pennsylvania. The 12-foot, 900-pound statue of “The Easton Assassin” will be ...

For about 30 years in the late 1970s and early 2000s, the heart of professional boxing resided in Atlantic City. It was past due, then, that the resort town christened its Atlantic City Boxing Hall of ...