Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002 and was world heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1985. He is often considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nicknamed "Easton Assassin".
Holmes with the Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men trophy in December 1979
Several of Holmes's boxing robes on display at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York in May 2013
Larry Holmes Drive, an Easton, Pennsylvania street named in honor of Holmes, who was from Easton and fought under the nickname "The Easton Assassin".
Holmes in September 2010 at the Beaufort, South Carolina, where Joe Frazier was awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian awarded by the Governor of South Carolina
Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Image: Easton Skyline
Image: Lafayette College in Autumn
Image: Crayola Experience in Easton, Pennsylvania
Image: Civil War Memorial in Easton, Pennsylvania
