Larry Holmes vs. Rocky Pepeli [9 March, 1993]

If you have any requests for any classic boxing matches, feel free to send me a DM on Instagram, and I will do my very best to upload it for you. I have an extensive archive of professional and amateur boxing throughout history. If you appreciate this upload, please consider dropping a like and subscribing to my channel. Follow my boxing Instagram page @sociologyofthesweetscience; you can find my profile here: https://www.instagram.com/sociologyofthesw... Date: 1993-03-09 Location: Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, USA Referee: Chester Comeaux Judge: Martin Coscino Judge: Elmo Adolph Judge: Fred Steinwinder III Larry Holmes 234 lbs beat Rocky Pepeli 240 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 4 of 10 Holmes Stops Pepeli in 5th Round March 10, 1993 | From Associated Press BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — A series of solid left jabs from Larry Holmes stopped Rocky Pepeli of Burbank in the fifth round of their heavyweight fight Tuesday night. The bout was stopped at the beginning of the fifth round as Pepeli came out bleeding badly from above the left eye, which had absorbed a number of Holmes' jabs earlier in the bout . Holmes, 43, who improved to 56-4, had used a solid jab in the closing seconds of the third round and Pepeli, already with a bloody nose, went to the corner with a slight cut above the left eye. In the fourth, Pepeli, 28, backed the former heavyweight champion into the ropes and landed a flurry of quick shots to the body. Holmes backed out and taunted Pepeli before landing a series of jabs that led to the end of the fight. Pepeli is 16-7-1 in his six-year pro career.