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THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Thursday, August 27, 1998 Foreman-Holmes fight could be in January in
the Astrodome HOUSTON (AP) - The Astrodome has cleared January 23 for a possible
heavyweight fight between George Foreman and Larry Holmes, Houston
television station KRIV reported Wednesday. Unidentified sources close to Astrodome USA, the company that
runs the dome, told the station the Astrodome's chief competition
for the fight between the two aging former heavyweight champions
are Las Vegas and New York's Madison Square Garden. Fight promoter Roger Levitt of New York has been in Houston
this week, visiting with Astrodome officials. He first proposed
staging the 12-round fight in Houston last May. Foreman has said he'd like to fight in Houston, his hometown,
before he retires again. The fight would come 13 days after Foreman's 50th birthday.
Holmes turns 49 Nov. 3. At 99, the total age of the two fighters probably would be
the highest in boxing history. Joe Bugner and former champion
James "Bonecrusher" Smith totaled 93 years when Bugner,
48, won their July 4 fight. Smith, 45, quit after the first round,
saying he had a dislocated right shoulder. Holmes said he had a chance to fight Foreman in 1976, but had
to pass up the bout because he had broken a thumb. At the time,
Holmes was a future champion and Foreman both a former and future
champion.
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