Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney was a heavyweight boxing match that took place on June 11, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Larry Holmes had been the WBC heavyweight champion since 1978, when he beat Ken Norton by a fifteen-round split decision at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The turning point of his career came when he beat Ken Norton, in May 1981, by knockout in round one at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

By 1982, promoter Don King and manager Dennis Rappaport began one of the most massive and racially toned campaigns in boxing history to raise public interest for a fight between Holmes and Cooney.

Wilfredo Gómez knocked out Juan Antonio Lopez in ten rounds to retain his WBC super bantamweight title in the semi-final fight, and Holmes and Cooney then took center stage without any incidents.

By round ten, Cooney's punches began landing low, and this caused him to fall further behind on the judges' scorecards, with referee Lane deducting three points from him for the infractions.

[10] The fight was close on the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage: Holmes was ahead by a score of 115-109 on judge Jerry Roth's card, but only by two points, 113-111, on each Duane Ford and Dave Morettis' cards,[11] meaning that, technically, after round twelve was over, Cooney still had a chance of winning the fight on points by a split decision.

Cooney had a series of problems after this fight, and he fought sporadically until 1990, when he retired for good after being knocked out in two rounds by George Foreman.

HBO presented a documentary on the fight as part of its Legendary Nights series on memorable boxing bouts.