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Was Larry Holmes a heavyweight champion?
Larry Holmes held the WBC heavyweight title from 1978 to 1983, The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles from 1980 to 1985, the inaugural IBF heavyweight title from 1983-1985
Are there any other interesting aspects about Larry Holmes besides him being a heavyweight champion?
Don King then planned to promote the fight with Gerrie Coetzee, but Larry Holmes lost a lawsuit filed by Virginia attorney Richard Hirschfeld

Question: what was the lawsuit about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the lawsuit that Richard Hirschfeld filed against Larry Holmes about?