Holyfield vs Cooper rd 3 WOW

Pretty amazing what a out of shape Cooper who had been up for 48 hours straight or something almost as ridiculous was able to do in there with an ATG.

Definitely one of the hardest hitting CW's of all time. And he was a true 190 pound Cruiser who carried his power up to HW.

It's funny, even when he was a dead on his feet drug addict he had almost everyone he ever fought buzzed or in trouble shortly. His stamina and everything else was just so shot it was a moot point.

 

Yeah it was a great fight action packed Cooper put up a qaulity effort for a man who took the fight last minute. Copper had massive power I wonder who hit harder out of him and Herbie Hide.

 

Toss up, really.

Hide's KO of the very durable Tony Tucker was frightening. Beatiful cross.

 

He was in even worse shape going into the Foreman fight, he was with protistutes getting all kinds of ****ed up for days on end before hand.

 

One of the finest fights from the 90's. He was a substitute for substitute (Tyson then Damiani then Cooper if i remember correct) and took full advantage of it. Holyfield showed his championship heart that night, no doubt. That left hook/right uppercut worked beautiful.

One more thing, i think the fight may well have been stopped in the 3rd with Holyfield on the ropes, having absolutely no idea what was going on and Cooper wailing away.

 

yeh mate..

so show us the video

 

Exciting fight! I couldn't believe how vulnerable Holyfield looked in that fight. He was one or two punches away from being stopped. Holyfield's chances against Tyson didn't seem so good after his performance against Cooper.

 

A very underrated fight. Who can forget Holyfield holding on for dear like with his hand over the top rope.

 

Cooper had deceptively quick, short punches. If he hit you with a quick one-two, he could have you seriously on ***** street. If only he had the desire to be a champ.

 

It's funny how Cooper had a 29 year old Evander on ***** street nearly out, while Tyson in 1996 could not do the same to a Evander who everyone thought was shot. Tyson has a bigger reputation of power than Cooper. Bowe too hurt Evander in one fight than Tyson ever achieved.

 

McCall feels Cooper hit him harder then Tyson, actually.

 

Well, I've been out of the loop for a while and when I came back I saw people talking about Klitschko v Gomez.

I don't know what amused me more: the fact that I had no idea they had even fought, or the fact that I didn't care that they did.
I didn't read a report or even check to see if it was on Youtube. I just didn't care.
Even now, I don't even know the result.

Now, in the 90's it was totally different. :smoke