Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson 1

The fight was for the WBA heavyweight title with Mike Tyson defending.

The first round began. Tyson comes out hard. Holyfield lands a good left after some clinching and exchanges. Holyfield goes body head with two lefts. Tyson lands a good straight right and a left to the body. Holyfield lands a left to the body. Holyfield headbutts Tyson. Tyson lands a right and a left. Holyfield lands a straight right to the top of the head. Tyson lands a left uppercut. Holyfield lands a left and another and a right uppercut and a left. Tyson lands a straight right, eats a right uppercut to the body. Tyson lands a hard right. 30. Tyson lands a right. 15. Holyfield lands a right to the body. Tyson lands a right hand after the bell, R1 ends, 10-9 Tyson but close.

R2 began. More clinching early. Holyfield lands a left. Holyfield lands a counter right. Tyson tries a wild one-two. Holyfield lands a left and then a right to the body. Tyson lands a vicious left, possibly blocked. Clinching. Tyson lands a counter left. 1:30. Clinching. Holyfield lands a jab. Holyfield lands a right and three jabs. Tyson lands a counter right, eats a left and a hard left, lands a pair of lefts himself. Holyfield lands a right uppercut. Tyson lands a right. Clinching. Ref has to pull Tyson off. Holyfield lands a left. Ref has to break them again physically. 15. Tyson eats a straight left, lands a right. Tyson holding again. R2 ends, 10-9 Holyfield.

R3 began. Clinching. Holyfield lands a jab. Right uppercut. Clinching. Holyfield lands a jab and a right uppercut. Time called after clinching, ref warns them about clean breaks and listening to him to break. Has to break them again. Tyson slips two jabs, eats a left to the body, lands a left uppercut. Holyfield lands a left. Tyson hits on the break, gets warned. Holyfield lands a counter right. And a left. Clinching. Tyson lands a left to the body. 30. Tyson lands a left. 15. Holyfield lands a counter right. Tyson lands a right to the body left high. R3 ends, 10-9 Holyfield's but quite close. "This is your title and nobody can take it away from you," they're telling Tyson in the corner. "You're the man," they're telling Holyfield.

R4 began. Holyfield flurries. He lands a left to the body. "Walk him down!" Clinching. Holyfield lands a right. Tyson looking frustrated. Lands a jab, eats a hard counter right. And a right uppercut. Tyson lands a right uppercut left hook. Tyson lands a left, blocked actually.. Tyson lands a left. Clinching. Finally a break. 30. Holyfield lands a right. 15 as Tyson lands a right uppercut. Holyfield lands a counter right. R4 ends, 10-9 Holyfield.

R5 began. Holyfield lands a jab and eats a straight right. He lands a double jab. Tyson lands a left and a right uppercut and two hard right uppercuts, left to the body, right to body, right uppercut, right hand. Clinching. "He hurt him to the body." Tyson lands a right to the body. Tyson lands a counter left uppercut, right to body. Holyfield lands a counter left, eats one on the nose. Clinching. Tyson lands a hard right, not flush. Brief pause, loose tape cut off Tyson's glove. Holyfield lands a jab. Tyson replies with a one-two and a crisp left, eats a right. Holyfield lands a jab. 30. Tyson lands a straight right. 15. Tyson lands a right to the body, eats a right uppercut. R5 ends, 10-9 Tyson. A little nick on side of Evander's mouth.

R6 began. Tyson lands a right and a left. Holyfield lands a right. Holyfield lands a flush right. Tyson lands a skidding right, eats a right uppercut. Tyson lands a right to the body, big left hook. That one landed hard. Ref calls time for some reason, accidental headbutt. Tyson's cut. They continue. "Watch that head." Tyson lands a right and a left, eats a left. They exchange. 2:00. Tyson lands a flush right, eats one. He's cut over the left eye. "Watch your head!" Tyson lands a counter left. Holyfield taunts, lands a left to the body. Tyson lands a right uppercut. Crowd chants Holyfield. Holyfield lands a left low. That hurt. 1:00 as Holyfield lands a counter right. He lands a right. Holyfield drops him with a counter right. Tyson stands in five, crowd roaring. 35 as they continue. Holyfield lands a counter right. Holyfield lands a jab. 15. Holyfield lands a right and a left, another right, two lefts and a right, R6 ends, 10-8 Holyfield.

R7 began. Both men seem a bit fatigued, clinching. Holyfield lands a jab. Crowd chants his name. Clinching. Holyfield lands a left to the body. Holyfield's talking, eats a body shot, clinching. Holyfield lands a jab. Holyfield lands a straight left. Holyfield lands a left to the body. Clinching. 30. Tyson lands a left to the body. 15 as Holyfield lands another 'accidental' headbutt and Tyson buckled, time called. Doctor checks Tyson. Boos. He says he's alright. They continue. Clinching, holding. Final warning to Tyson for it. R7 ends, 10-9 Holyfield.

R8 began. Clinching. Holyfield lands a hard jab. Tyson lands a left. Clinching. Tyson's head movement picking up. 1:30. Holyfield lands a right, left to the body, jab. Holyfield lands a hard counter right. Holyfield lands a left and a hard right. 30 as Holyfield lands a counter left. 15. Chant of Holyfield. R8 ends, 10-9 Holyfield. "You have to start working that body," they tell Tyson. "We're down." R9 began. Holyfield lands a right. Clinching. Tyson lands a short left to the body. Tyson lands a mostly blocked left. He lands a short left. Holyfield lands a jab and a pair of lefts and a right uppercut. Tyson lands a hard right. Another, eats a hard counter left. 1:30. They exchange. Holyfield lands a counter left, crowd chants for him. Tyson lands a left to the body. Holyfield lands a left. Holyfield lands a jab, eats a glancing counter. Holyfield lands a hard right straight. Tyson lands a left, eats one. 30. 15. They exchange. R9 ends, 10-9 Holyfield. "We got three more rounds, breathe," they tell Holyfield. "We need this round big alright?" they tell Tyson in his corner, "you must work his body, you let him off the hook every time. Work his body!"

R10 began. Tyson is tired. Holyfield lands a hard jab. And another. And a right, eats a left and another. Tyson lands a right uppercut, eats a right and a right hook. Clinching. Tyson lands a big left. He eats a left to the body and a counter right uppercut. 1:30. Both men are tired. Clinching. Tyson lands a right to the jaw. Holyfield lands a double jab. 30. Holyfield lands a hard one-two and a left to the body and a huge counter right hurts Tyson staggering bad, a hard lef tnad a right, a flurry of rights and lefts, a hard right lands at the bell but Tyson's saved by the bell. 10-8 Holyfield IMO.

R11 began. Holyfield lands a left and a right. And a jab. Another. And two hard lefts, another, another, right uppercut,a  right, big right. Ref calls it off. It's over. Wow. Standing knockout. Wow. Tyson looks devastated on the stool. His second defeat ever. 0:37 R11.