What did you think of the holyfield cooper stopage?

[rightsideup]

Bert sure had evander in trouble. Did he have a punchers chance or did Mills Lane stop the fight at the right time?

[K-DOGG]

Bert sure had evander in trouble. Did he have a punchers chance or did Mills Lane stop the fight at the right time?

The stoppage was on time. Bert only had like a week to prepare for the fight. His best "puncher's chance" was in the early round. Holy had been really puttin' it to him for the previous 3 rounds and when he found the key with the uppercut, it was all she wrote.

Bert was done......great heart he showed in that fight; but it was over. Mills did the right thing.

[Daddy T]

been a long time since i saw this war but I seem to remember bert taking an absolute beating over the last few rounds and that the stoppage was perfect. his body was done even if his mind hadn't realized it.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

very fun fight to watch,,, It was a good stoppage,,,, Cooper was taking a severe beating the few rounds,,,
He did have a punchers chance, and had dropped evander but by the time it got stopped cooper was a basically a punching bag

[Anthony342]

Good stoppage. Too bad it was the only stoppage title defense for Holyfield when he was lineal champ, which a lot of fans at the time didn't like. I guess he'll be looked at more favorable now because of his heart, but the steroid allegations will hurt a bit.

[rightsideup]

Good stoppage. Too bad it was the only stoppage title defense for Holyfield when he was lineal champ, which a lot of fans at the time didn't like. I guess he'll be looked at more favorable now because of his heart, but the steroid allegations will hurt a bit.

Only two of the sanctioning bodies recognized the fight as a legit defense because of berts ranking. Mills Lane is one of our better ref's so I agree he saw bert was not answering evanders barrage and I can understand why he stopped the fight.

[billeau2]

man do I miss that man....Mills Lane was a G, Smoger is another one.

[Anthony342]

Only two sanctioning bodies or not, Cooper would've still been lineal champion had he won. How will history look at Holyfield though as well. As a tough fighter with heart, or as a steroid cheat?

[jackson8]

Did Cooper turn his back on Holyfield? I don't remember if he did in that fight but Cooper did it a lot when he got hurt and that is a good reason to stop a fight.

[rightsideup]

Did Cooper turn his back on Holyfield? I don't remember if he did in that fight but Cooper did it a lot when he got hurt and that is a good reason to stop a fight.

no he did not turn his back but he certainly was not punching back at the time of this stoppage.