European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Evander Holyfield connects with his knockout punch of Buster Douglas in the third round of their heavyweight championship fight thursday night in Las s a big bus Holyfield wins title with 3rd-round to in i7i i Tutu a it iut Quot a j a by de Schuyler or. A boxing writer Las vegas a the bigger they Are the easier they fall. James a a Buster Douglas reign As heavyweight Champion which opened with a shocking upset closed with shocking suddenness thursday night. A crashing right hand to the nose by evander Holyfield dropped the conqueror of Mike Tyson on his Back where he was counted out at 1 10 of the third round before a crowd of about 16,100 at the Mirage hotel and Casino. A a i was hoping he get up a Holyfield said. A i hit him with a Good 6 nevertheless the glory of Tokyo is covered by what some fight veterans called a fkr in disgrace and boxing has its Bird undisputed heavyweight Champion m eight months. A the could have gotten up a said Eddie an sports. Television / a a heavyweight championship seat evander holy de is James a �?oou8,As. 3 a Quot it saturday n m c p a a bal a Syracuse at army 5 p m. Saturday Penn state at Alabama 10 p in. Saturday notre Dame at Pittsburgh am it sunday delayed. Re a radio in i ,5m tbal1 a a California at Wash tpvic.? pm saturday Grambling at Lexas Southern 1 30 . Sunday. Futch who trains Riddick Bowe a Sec Ond round knockout Winner on the in de card and who also trained Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes. A the chose not to. Maybe he has his own a the caught me with a Good shot. By the time i tried to pick up the count it was Over. If i could have gotten up i would have a Douglas said. A i came to fight and i fought to the Best of my ability. It did no to work out. I have no regrets. Ill just try to get Over whatever happens there a no doubt Douglas 30, is on the Brink of a boxing Sunset. In his upset of Tyson Douglas got up from a one punch Knockdown in the eighth round to Knock out Tyson in the 10th. There was controversy Over whether Douglas had benefited from a Long count. A Long count have helped him thursday night. He barely moved after crashing Down on his Back except to rub his nose. The one punch to May have surprised Many in the crowd but it did no to Surprise the new Champion. A i knew i had the Power to Knock out anyone a said Holyfield 28, who entered the fight As the favorite but was labelled by critics As a manufactured heavyweight at just 208 pounds. A a in be been knocking out Guys before i knocked out him. A i trained very hard with both weight and flexibility training a said Holyfield who used two strength coaches a conditioning coach and a flexibility coach As continued on Page 26 evander Holyfield right does a face Job on Buster Douglas in the third round
