On March 31, 1980, a 30-year-old Leroy Jones (24-0-1, 12 KOs) and a 30-year-old Larry Holmes (33-0, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Jones came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 17 days. Holmes was on a 33-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 28 days.
Larry Holmes stopped Leroy Jones via TKO in the 8th round. Holmes improves his record to 34-0 (25 KOs), while Jones adds a loss to his record at 24-1-1.