Picks and Pans Review: Holmes-Ocasio Heavyweight Championship

UPDATED 03/26/1979 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 03/26/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

ABC (8:30 p.m. ET)

Neither opponent is The Greatest, but unbeaten Larry Holmes, the World Boxing Council champ (the World Boxing Association recognizes Muhammad Ali), may be the best heavyweight extant. Here he defends his title against unbeaten Puerto Rican challenger Osvaldo Ocasio in a 15-rounder from Las Vegas. In the 12-round prelim, Ken Norton meets Earnie Shavers, who shook Ali in a 1977 bout.

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