RIP Bert Cooper RIP Harold Lederman

Bert didn't look like a journeyman that night. Great effort vs one of the greats!

What a warrior Cooper was. Rest in peace Bert.

2:23 George: "Okay bring the food in!" LMAO I love that man so much. What a great guy and one of the greatest boxing careers ever :)

People always talked about Holyfield Bowe round 10 but Holyfield Cooper round 3 is right up there

1:17 George Foreman was consistently the only one out of the HBO crew that recognized Lewis potential and gave his respect. He saw him better than Bowe and Moore and was prophetic in saying Mercer would give Lewis trouble as he was Lewis toughest fight

This whole telecast is great. Many thanks.

There are three people in that ring who did a tremendous job, Evander showing skills and power, while Bert himself showing the heart of a warrior, also Mills lane as the Referee did a great job...the stopage that he did on Bert was perfectly timed...also he had a good reasons to why he stop the fight...damn what a legends...you wouldn't be seeing these type of professional fights nowadays....

Holyfield was such class in the post-fight interview, unlike so many fighters who want to make an excuse. He gave all credit to Cooper. He could've blamed it on overtraining, going from the scheduled Tyson fight, then the replacement Damiani backing out, then Cooper. He could've chosen not to acknowledge that Cooper forced him to fight a war, instead he could've said, "yes I tried too hard for the hometown crowd" to Larry. All class.

Absolute legend. RIP Mills Lane 😢❤ 26:15 28:05

"Why isn't Holyfield jabbing?" - - Because he's landing right upppercuts on the inside, at will, and has the gas tank to keep doing it until the final bell. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Man this was a fight i remember watching as a kid, I was a bert cooper fan when i saw him fight Mercer, I was even more of a fan vs Holyfield.. He wasn't a champion but i love that he didn't quit no matter the beating he later got by holyfield and not many people in boxing can say they hurt holyfield but he had him down and with no legs in round 3.

I was in an intensive outpatient treatment a few years back with Bert. He was sitting across from me when the class started and the counselor introduced him as "Bert, our new member" and he said he used to be a fighter. I was staring at him and suddenly it hit me.."Are you Bert COOPER?" He responded, "I'm Smokin Bert Cooper". We spent the rest of his first day in group watching videos of his knockouts on KZfaq

Great fight RIP Bert

The good old days, oh how I miss them

George Foreman already knew back then, that Lewis was the man. And he was right about Mercer too. Foreman was an expert no doubt.

History Holyfield and Cassius Clay both dropped by fighters named cooper both won heavyweight title 3 times both promoted by don king and both fought Larry Holmes and George foreman

what a marvelous bout, two thumbs up 👍👍💪

Great fight, Holyfield is underrated

I have always thought that Holyfield would give Tyson problems. Not because he's necessarily a better fighter but because his style of fighting. Tyson's style of fighting on the inside was perfect for holyfield. R.I.P Bert Cooper. If Cooper fought these bums that we have now, he'd be heavyweight champion.

Idk How in the world Evander kept his composer during the Tomahawk Chop!!! I woulda jumped outta my skin I woulda been so got damned hype!!! Smfh that shit gave ME goosebumps and I'm not Evander OR from Atlanta!!!

Rip Bert🙏🙏

3rd round should've got round of the year

I think it's safe to say, "YOU KNOW" is a phrase Bert is very fond of!!!

What a fight! No one talks about this fight I wonder why

Your the best coachstrout great great great fights this is what I was talking about the other day HBO gives you a piece on the fighters let you know a little bit about their boxing history their personal lives Nobody Does that anymore God I'm going to miss HBO

Incredible fight!

Rip Bert.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the worst cancers to have. Rest in Peace Bert, you are still talked about today and will go down as a legend

At 53:28 Holyfields mouthpiece drops out and he catches it and places it back in his mouth while working on the inside like a wizard.

Exciting fight . Holyfield wasn’t in too many boring fights early in his heavyweight rein

Evander, the winning-est Heavyweight and Lineal Lite Heavy/Cruiser-weight titles. The best boxer ever as mentioned above ....

Evander Holyfield vs Bert Cooper 3 round and Evander Holyfield vs Riddick Bowe 10 round.

One of the best HW fights I ever saw. I didn`t know Bert was only 25 years old. He looked like he was 35.

Rest In Peace Mr Brett Cooper , Such A great athlete and great boxer too

No more ESPN fights.........greatest line ever!

Why is it, when KZfaqrs make videos of the greatest rounds of all time, that they don't include Holyfield-Cooper round 3???? Surely it has to be one of the most underrated rounds of all time.

you forget how good the 90's was especially early to mid some great tear ups. Holyfield, Cooper, Bowe, Mercer, Ruddock, Tyson, Lewis, Golota, Foreman, Briggs etc.. all prepared to go toe to toe. loved the HBO shows too

Great quality video.

November 23, 1991. You could add that in your description, and thanks much for the share.

Holyfield was supposed to fight Tyson this night. I lost so much respect for Holyfield then almost getting blasted out by Bert Cooper. Of course, he completely proved me wrong after that. For whatever reason, this was just about the worst he was ever hurt during his contending career. Cooper could bang, but boy he took incredible punishment over his career.

Holyfield was so accurate and punches were always sharp and hard

After breaking up with Joe Frazier in '87 (after the loss to Carl Williams), Cooper was never the same. Whit Lowery (the guy you see in his corner) was a good coach, but not a mentor unlike Frazier. And it was exactly what Cooper would have needed to have real success in the heavyweight division. Cooper smoked, did drugs and drank, then later in his career he started eating pretty badly, but when he was motivated and he didn't give up, he could have given anyone a hard time.

Those Upper cuts! OMG and Bert took em..

What a fight 👏👏👏. Great stoppage by mils lane by the way

Great fight.

RIP Bert Cooper. One tough SOB!!

a forgotten classic

Evander is really the real deal exciting fighter

Wow !! Bert Cooper was tough as iron my friends. The average man wouldn't had went half that far against those uppercuts

You hear and feel the thud of these punches thru the screen. Two big strong dudes, who punch all day for a living, standing in front of eachother throwing friggin hammers. Wheeeweeee..this a doozy. Idk how Cooper took all those uppercuts.

I still remember George Foreman saying that if Bert Cooper would've had the proper time to prepare for Holyfield, he would've run Holyfield right out of that ring.

Once again thanks for the upload coach so many classic fights that might never have been enjoyed again

Jesus Christ what a fight!

Awesome major tough fight ‼️

RIP Bert

Bert Cooper one tough dude 👊👊💪

Fuckin' love Mills Lane. Best Ref to ever do it. The way he made sure action was able to take place, while still commanding immense amounts of respect but fighters 4-5 times his size. Watching a small Mills Lane hold Holyfields head after Tyson bit his ear off was a picture never to be repeated for so many years LOL. Great fight, just recently became familiar with Bert Cooper.

Rip Bert Cooper

This fight game plan lack of discipline is just setting holyfield up for Riddick Bowe...smh...I was around when this fight took place let me tell you back in those days in the early 90s the whole world was obsessed with knockouts because of Mike Tyson and I think holyfield drunk the Kool-Aid on the KO craze of the late 80s and 90s and really was trying to show that he could be a knockout puncher especially after he beat buster Douglas....holyfield should have had one of the longest reigns of all time but he got so obsessed with trying to prove he could knock guys out it cost him victories that he could have easily won with his tremendous Superior boxing skills. he could have easily won this fight with footwork and in and out combination punching and counters.... But he chose to get in yet another epic "avoidable" war with a journeyman fighter with nothing to lose.this is what keeps him from being in my opinion the greatest heavyweight of all time that lack of discipline to stay to a fight plan.

What a fight!!! Fight of the year surely, Mike would have been on the canvas on the 3rd round.

RIP Bert Copper and Miles Lane 🙏

Two Great Warriors.. 👍👍👍

Wow its been a long time since i heard the announcers talk so bad about the other fighter just basically tear him down definitely a warm up fight for Evander

evander and his strong jab in the opening along with establishing himself as an obstacle in general in round one, but bert found enough of a rhythm to land an impactful overhand in round 3 and made it hard to rule out bert's potential after that. this was followed by some more impactful punches thrown, but evander did a good job keeping his hands up through it, prior to getting himself settled in the fight again.

First time seeing this fight. Great match

I remember Bert Cooper and Ray Mercer had a totally great fight around this time I forgot who won but a all time great fight

THAT WAS DEFINITELY A KNOCKDOWN FROM BERT COOPER TO EVANDER!! When the ropes hold you up from not going down that's a knockdown in the rule book. If evander did not grab the ropes on the way down he would have fallen all the way to the floor. IT WAS A KNOCKDOWN NOT EVEN ARGUABLE!!

We use to laugh at Mr Cooper looking back At Burt's fights since we have KZfaq Burt Cooper was a Hell of a fighter and always in top shape ..it just seem he was always offered fights on the fly without enough time to really commit to focusing

HOW was it HUMANLY possible for Cooper to take so many Powerful UPPERCUTS ??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Cooper did drop Holyfield but Holyfield quickly recovered

Had Cooper jumped on Holyfield when he was on queer street against the ropes, it only would have taken 1 or 2 more clean shots to put him down for real and maybe finish him off. Instead Cooper gave Holyfield a huge break by allowing Mills Lane to step in and save him.

Bert shook him bad and came close. Mills Lane gave Evander a standing 8 count which he wasn't supposed to do. Might have saved Evander. RIP Bert Cooper.

28:35 is the bell start ! 🤙🤙 Great fight !

Cooper was a complete underdog...these guys keep talking about the heart and will of Holyfield...the heart and will of Cooper dwarfed Holyfields courage in my opinion

Bert was fixing to quit, but changed his mind, and I am glad Mills Lane stopped it. Look at all those upper cuts all night and the way his head was being knocked upwards isn’t good on your brain.

If cooper threw some punches to the body in the 3rd round when he had holyfield hurt the heavyweight landscape would have been different

How on earth could Cooper stand after those punches?

Most of hollyfield fights were wars .

I'm going to be honest here - have you ever seen a scarier mofo at final instructions than Holyfield ?? He even made Tyson look down. Dude was a warrior.

Holyfield said was all heart and tuffness

Please what is name song entrance pert cooper??

WTF is Foreman talking about? The ref never saved Holyfield, he followed the rules and when the ropes held Holy up, he did the right thing by calling a knockdown and counting. When else would he have stopped the fight? Cooper landed a few more punches but for the full last minute of the round Holyfield had recouped and was beating Bert half to death.

Great great fight...Real Deal is a real warrior. Bert Cooper was also good. nowadays we dont see such fights, fighters of today are coward.

Had no idea Bert passed! RIP

what a fight

For Holyfield this fight couldn't have been better. If gave lots of future opponents a totally false idea about him.

These guys here Man

Two warriors.

Oh and both had torn glove 🥊 during fight with cooper put that in boxing trivia

Good Stoppage

Is there a way to mute Larry Merchant?

Naa I’m f it was Loards of the Underground!!!! Then would’ve been something!!!! Gr8 video!!!

War 💥💥💥

real deal broke his MIT on berts face with all them uppercut... Ali glove was torn and Dundee stuck his thumb to tear it more to try and buy time ///question was asked if an extra pair was ringside and there wasn't a pair... 6 second extra is exactly the time.... they started having extra pair available after Ali cooper//earnie shavers glove exploded and an extra pair was ringside///

If Cooper learns a jab and some head movement this is a completely different fight. How the hell a professional fighter gonna NOT have or use a jab. Why didnt the corner tell him to jab and get an angle. And for god sakes watch out for the uppercut! He onky got hit with it the same way a hundred friggin times! Woweee

CTE by association for us all...jeezus

I still can't believe he stopped this fight. He knew how much time was left. He's the referee, smh.

Poor Bert man. Holy Sh

Cooper should have been champ 1 time at least man.