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There were no knockdowns, but the fight was close and competitive with Holyfield outworking and outlanding Qawi. Two judges, Harold Lederman and Neffie Quintana scored the bout for Holyfield 144–140 & 147–138, while the third judge Gordon Volkman scored it for Qawi 143–141 giving Holyfield a split decision victory and his first world title [3] The bout would be named as the best ...
On August 15, 1987, Evander Holyfield would make the third successful defense of his WBA cruiserweight title and first of the IBF version by defeating Ossie Ocasio via 11th-round knockout, while on the undercard Dwight Muhammad Qawi would knockout former cruiserweight champion Lee Roy Murphy to earn the IBF's number one ranking, setting up a rematch from the previous year between the two.
Dwight Muhammad Qawi (born Dwight Braxton; January 5, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. He was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC and Ring magazine light heavyweight titles from 1981 to 1983, and the WBA cruiserweight title from 1985 to 1986.
Evander Holyfield vs. Seamus McDonagh; Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer; Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer; Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II; Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield; Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion [a] in the cruiserweight division in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and was the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the "three-belt era", a feat later surpassed by ...
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3 8 Evander Holyfield: 9 Apr – Dec 1988 0 Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight full time. 9 ... Dwight Muhammad Qawi: 19 Dec 1981 – 18 Mar 1983 3 12
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