Earnie Shavers vs Larry Holmes · Bout 48360

Retained WBC heavyweight title · 15 rounds

Holmes · TKO 11/15

Sep 28, 1979 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸

Shavers going in59-7-1

Holmes going in31-0-0

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MethodTKO

Round11 of 15 · 2:00

TitleRetained WBC heavyweight title

Sources

English Wikipedia
side b · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Holmes

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English Wikipedia
side a · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnie_Shavers

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