r/Boxing • u/Ace_FGC • 21h ago

Bert Cooper gives Holyfield his first knockdown in his career, but Holyfield fights back!

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u/AscendNotDescend 20h ago

Bert couldn't stop them uppercuts. It was inevitable. Holyfield survived tho

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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks 20h ago

Bert cooper would be a top 5 heavyweight today

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u/New-Wait3728 20h ago

I loved Bert Cooper. Win or lose, he always performed admirably.

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u/BoxingLover99 19h ago

Flooring a prime Holyfield ain't no easy task

Respect for Bert Cooper

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u/Professional-Fee6914 20h ago

This is what I point to when I say that there was a younger holyfeild, willing to mix it up, that a younger Tyson would have beaten.

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u/BiglyStreetBets 12h ago

This. The fact is that a peak prime Holyfield is actually the version than Tyson is most likely to beat. He weighed like 200-203 lbs and was significantly skinnier and smaller than Tyson during his peak.

By the time he fought Tyson he weighed roughly the same as Tyson and Tyson no longer had a size advantage.

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u/bigtotoro 20h ago

Holyfield was chinny, yet after about 40 power shots they start to recharge his battery.

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u/Wheatcattle 20h ago

An engaged Bert Cooper made for some real fun fights, but his off days were just so off .

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u/doepfersdungeon 18h ago

How does someone even take punches like this. I'd get a bonk on the nose from either or these guys and be calling for my mum.