On November 23, 1991, Evander Holyfield (26-0, 21 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and IBF belts, defends his undisputed championship against fellow American challenger, Bert Cooper (26-7, 23 KOs).
Evander Holyfield is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over George Foreman, 7 months and 4 days ago. Bert Cooper is on a 4-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Joe Hipp, 1 month and 5 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Evander Holyfield at 99-1 winning odds. Bert Cooper really doesn't have much to present against Holyfield.
Evander Holyfield stopped Bert Cooper via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. Holyfield improves his record to 27-0 (22 KOs), while Cooper adds a loss to his record at 26-8.