On October 25, 1990, Buster Douglas (30-4-1, 20 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and IBF belts, defends his undisputed championship against former world champion Evander Holyfield (24-0, 20 KOs).
Buster Douglas is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round KO victory over Mike Tyson, 8 months and 14 days ago. Evander Holyfield is on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Seamus McDonagh, 4 months and 24 days ago.
The winning odds are at 91-9 in favor of Evander Holyfield. It is going to be very difficult for Buster Douglas to win this fight.
Evander Holyfield made easy work of Buster Douglas, stopping the champion via KO in the 3rd. Holyfield improves his record to 25-0 (21 KOs), while Douglas adds a loss to his record at 30-5-1.