Buster Douglas vs Evander Holyfield, billed as "The Moment of Truth", was a professional boxing match contested on Octob | dG1fVWJYX1VJc3A3S3c
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00:00 There is the challenger, Evander Holyfield.
00:02 We are set for 12.
00:04 And a bell sounds.
00:05 Birdie.
00:07 After a long wait, Holyfield finally gets his chance.
00:12 I don't think you can look for early knockout action,
00:15 although anything happens in a heavyweight championship
00:17 fight, so this is going to be a chess game for a while.
00:20 He does not want to let James Buster Douglas punch
00:24 that with that left--
00:27 Evander throwing a hard hook that missed.
00:31 He doesn't need to because he's not hitting anything.
00:34 Left hand.
00:35 Douglas has not been able to get the jab working early on.
00:38 Yes.
00:39 Holyfield said he will make Douglas fight at a pace
00:41 he has never fought at before.
00:43 And right hand by Holyfield.
00:47 There's the left.
00:49 Holyfield said he was going to out jab him.
00:52 Buster, who has not been able--
00:55 A right hand hurt Douglas along with Buster Douglas,
00:58 Evander Holyfield.
00:59 The undisputed heavyweight championship from the Mirage.
01:02 The jab is what should control Holyfield if it's working right
01:06 for Buster Douglas.
01:07 Douglas--
01:09 Now he digs the body.
01:10 That's one of the keys he talked about.
01:12 You're out jabbing.
01:13 Let's do that for one more round.
01:14 And he's following the corner instructions of Georgie--
01:17 Aggressive.
01:24 Right hand by Holyfield.
01:25 Found the mark.
01:26 But right now, nothing has happened with Buster to show
01:28 that he was a better fighter than when he won from Tyson.
01:31 He's not gotten his jab working to this point.
01:35 Holyfield talked about his corner.
01:37 George Benton.
01:38 There's a good right hand by Douglas.
01:40 Now he's trying to land hard punches.
01:43 Last two or three have been hard.
01:44 Again, the hand in the back of the head of Holyfield.
01:47 That time by holding Holyfield.
01:49 Right hand stuns Douglas.
01:51 Caught him going in.
01:53 He is not going to get up.
01:55 There goes the heavyweight championship of the world.
01:58 Bills Lane with the count.
01:59 Holyfield has been named the heavyweight
02:03 championship of the world.
02:05 Evander Holyfield with a third round knockout
02:09 puts away Buster Douglas.
02:11 Let's take a look at that.
02:12 Let's take a look at that.
02:13 Look at that uppercut.
02:14 That's what he wanted to land.
02:15 The right hand, solid.
02:16 He's already going down.
02:18 The left hook misses, but you only needed that right hand.
02:20 A picture perfect right hand that Holyfield had to practice
02:23 in case the uppercut--
02:24 The fifth time the challenger was undefeated.
02:27 And for the 15th time, the challenger has won.
02:30 Hernel "Sweet Pea" Whitaker, the undisputed lightweight champion
02:33 with his former Olympic teammate, Evander,
02:35 the real deal Holyfield.
02:37 Here's our ring announcer, Bob Falk.
02:39 Ladies and gentlemen, the official time.
02:42 One minute and 10 seconds of the third round of the match.
02:46 One minute and 10 seconds of the third round.
02:49 And the new undisputed heavyweight champion
02:53 of the world, Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield.
02:58 (audience cheering)