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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.
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 ...
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Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman; Evander Holyfield vs. Seamus McDonagh; Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer; Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi II; Evander Holyfield vs. Hasim Rahman; Evander Holyfield vs. Alex Stewart II; Evander Holyfield vs. Pinklon Thomas; Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson II; Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev
The fight lasted into the 11th round, the longest of Holyfield's cruiserweight title defenses. Like he had in his previous fight with Qawi, Ocasio used a defensive approach while Holyfield served as the aggressor throughout and had won 8 of the 10 rounds on one judge's scorecard (100–92) and taken 9 on the other two scorecards (99–94).
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The 12-round fight is available pay-per-view on DAZN in most countries. The ring walk for Usyk-Fury is expected around 5 p.m. Eastern. That's 10 p.m. London time and 1 a.m. (Sunday) in Riyadh.