The third Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe match, also known as the "final chapter" fight, was a non-title heavyweight boxing fight, which was held on November 4, 1995, in Nevada, U.S.
In contrast to their two previous fights, their previous two fights lasted a full 12 rounds, but in this match the two boxers only went through the eighth round.
Evander Holyfield, who seems to still be suffering from health problems, seems to be less than ready to fully take on this fight, where in the fifth round of this match, Evander Holyfield, who apparently at that time was suffering from Hepatitis A, looked very tired and seemed to have run out of energy, and had to receive a lot of punishment from Riddick Bowe. in the fifth round of this match.
However, in the sixth round of this match, Evander Holyfield managed to record himself as the first person to knock Riddick Bowe to the canvas, namely with a left hand punch that hit Riddick Bowe's chin, but Riddick Bowe still managed to get up and continue his fight.
And in the eighth round of this match, Evander Holyfield came at Riddick Bowe aggressively, and fired a combination punch at Riddick Bowe but Riddick Bowe was able to respond with a short right hand which knocked Evander Holyfield to the canvas, but Evander Holyfield was still able to get up to answer the referee's count of nine. match led by Joe Cortes.
However, after the match resumed, Evander Holyfield was quickly knocked down by Riddick Bowe again, which forced the match referee to stop the fight and give Riddick Bowe the win via technical knockout. Or T'K.O. in the eighth round.
And this stoppage was Evander Holyfield's first stoppage in his professional boxing career.
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25 апр 2024
