In boxing, the granite-jawed Tex Cobb is best remembered for his bloody one-sided battle against Larry Holmes, a fight so ugly it made Howard Cosell vow on air to quit announcing boxing if the fight ...
On Nov. 26, 1982, Larry Holmes won a 15-round decision over Randall “Tex” Cobb but, Cobb said, the fight was not really over. “Larry won the first 15 rounds but I didn’t think the fight was over,” ...
Please don’t start asking snide questions about how such a thing could be possible, but Cindy Carpenter is an exquisitely beautiful 30-something woman. Her looks were no less stunning when, in her ...
Remember the November 1982 heavyweight title bout between champion Larry Holmes and highly overmatched Randall “Tex” Cobb? It was a bloody, one-sided, 15-round fight won by Holmes that was a huge ...
Tex Cobb, the human punching bag who made a living by absorbing the blows of more skilled heavyweights, was once asked how long he would go on fighting. “As long as they’ve got the money,” he said, “I ...
In 1982, Howard Cosell turned his back on boxing. Today, the sport of boxing will welcome Cosell back as it opens the doors to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota to the biggest ...
“What the hell is this guy going to do to me? Hit me? You think I got all this scar tissue running into parked cars?” – Randall “Tex” Cobb before his 1982 bout with Larry Holmes. The year is 1982 and ...
The court vacated the verdict on the grounds of insufficient evidence and remanded it to the lower court for a judgment in favor of the magazine. Floyd Abrams, the well-known First Amendment attorney, ...
Remember the November 1982 heavyweight title bout between champion Larry Holmes and highly overmatched Randall “Tex” Cobb? It was a bloody, one-sided, 15-round fight won by Holmes that was a huge ...