Originally Posted by
big john
Howard could call a fight. Olympics or professional, he was entertaining. I think he quit when Larry Holmes beat on Tex Cobb and they wouldn't stop it.
I read his book "I Never Played the Game". It was interesting.
Back in the 80s, SCTV did a sketch "Battle of the PBS Stars", with Eugene Levy doing Howard Cosell, calling a boxing match between Mr. Rogers (Martin Short) and Julia Child (John Candy).