Holyfield vs Cooper

[wolfgang]

I haven,t seen this fight for years, but still cant believe he took those uppercuts in the 7 round and never went down, I counted 7 flush uppercuts, I mean coopers chin wasn,t very good he lost 7 previous fights before that, 4 by tko and 1 by ko, he did show a lot of heart by not going down, but it makes me wonder why he ever got a title shot in the first place.

[Hitman932]

I haven,t seen this fight for years, but still cant believe he took those uppercuts in the 7 round and never went down, I counted 7 flush uppercuts, I mean coopers chin wasn,t very good he lost 7 previous fights before that, 4 by tko and 1 by ko, he did show a lot of heart by not going down, but it makes me wonder why he ever got a title shot in the first place.

probably was short notice after somebody pulled out, guaranteed to fight his ass off and give the crowd a knockout

[MANGLER]

I think it was cuz Tyson was locked up and Holyfield wanted a tough challenger that could go some rounds but would still get beat. That was a much better fight than it was supposed to be, but Holyfield still dominated for the most part.

[wolfgang]

Yeah you guys are probably right, even though bowe already ko,d bert cooper before evander fought him, bowe still needed a couple fights under his belt before he fought a tough warrior like holyfield, I guess it was more of a lack of competition at the time.

[Hitman932]

bert cooper is the man who exposed richie melito

[1bad65]

I think it was cuz Tyson was locked up and Holyfield wanted a tough challenger that could go some rounds but would still get beat. That was a much better fight than it was supposed to be, but Holyfield still dominated for the most part.

I think Holyfield was actually training to fight Tyson and Tyson had to pull out over the legal stuff. Since he was already in training for Tyson, Holyfield decided to find a new opponent as well as have the fight in his home town of Atlanta.

[PR Boxer]

I haven,t seen this fight for years, but still cant believe he took those uppercuts in the 7 round and never went down, I counted 7 flush uppercuts, I mean coopers chin wasn,t very good he lost 7 previous fights before that, 4 by tko and 1 by ko, he did show a lot of heart by not going down, but it makes me wonder why he ever got a title shot in the first place.

I saw that fight today also on ESPN Classic, his chin looked strong in that fight, he took some really hard punches but I think if the fight wouldn't have stopped he would have been KO.

[PR Boxer]

I haven,t seen this fight for years, but still cant believe he took those uppercuts in the 7 round and never went down, I counted 7 flush uppercuts, I mean coopers chin wasn,t very good he lost 7 previous fights before that, 4 by tko and 1 by ko, he did show a lot of heart by not going down, but it makes me wonder why he ever got a title shot in the first place.

I saw that fight today also on ESPN Classic, his chin looked strong in that fight, he took some really hard punches but I think if the fight wouldn't have stopped he would have been KO.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Bert Cooper gives a prime Evander Holyfield all he can handle and quits after the 2nd round against a come backing George Foreman. I found that quite odd.