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Holyfield vs Bert Cooper
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That was a grueling, heavyweight fight. The kind of fight you get when two fighters are skilled on the inside. The kind of fight you barely see at HW today.
Cooper was just all wrong for an Evander who was a real small HW at that time. Cooper could take a punch, could give one and was sturdy. That ripped glove break came at the right time and if Cooper had survived the seventh...I don't know. Anyway, I love watching Evander. Just unbelievable skill, a sharp boxing brain with a warrior's spirit.
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Wasn't Cooper a short notice opponent in this match? Who knows what would have happened if he wasn't
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Originally posted by IMDAZED View PostThat was a grueling, heavyweight fight. The kind of fight you get when two fighters are skilled on the inside. The kind of fight you barely see at HW today.
Cooper was just all wrong for an Evander who was a real small HW at that time. Cooper could take a punch, could give one and was sturdy. That ripped glove break came at the right time and if Cooper had survived the seventh...I don't know. Anyway, I love watching Evander. Just unbelievable skill, a sharp boxing brain with a warrior's spirit.
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Originally posted by No Tomorrow View PostWasn't Cooper a short notice opponent in this match? Who knows what would have happened if he wasn't
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Cooper did so well he got another shot at a title the year after, and was in another grueling fight against Moorer where he dropped him several times but still got stopped. Poor guy, but he could be very dangerous but never got a piece of the title.
If I remember correctly there once was a story about Oliver McCall saying that he sparred with Cooper and that nobody ever hit him as hard as Bert did. That's a pretty big statement I think.
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