European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes saturday october 27,1990boxing Bowe blasts Cooper by the associated press Las vegas olympic Silver medallist Riddick Bowe remained undefeated thursday night by stopping Bert Cooper at the end of the second round of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight fight. Bowe knocked Cooper Down late in the second round then again As the Bell sounded prompting referee Richard Steele to move in and Stop the fight at 3 09 of the second round. The fight was the featured bout on the under card of the undisputed heavyweight championship fight Between James a a Buster Douglas and evander Holyfield at the Mirage hotel and Casino. Bowe winning his 20th straight fight As a pro and 18th by knockout started slowly but began finding the Range with right hands in the second round. With about 20 seconds left in the round Bowe landed a big overhand right that buckled Coopers legs then followed with another right that put him Down. Cooper was up at the count of five but Bowe 230, of Brooklyn n.y., was on top of him quickly and landed a series of blows that put him Down for the second time As the Bell sounded to end the second round. Another olympic teammate Light heavyweight Andrew Maynard also won thursday night scoring a unanimous eight round decision Over Keith Mcmurray of Las vegas. Maynard of Laurel md., improved to 13-1, while Mcmurray 174, dropped to 12-10-1. In other boxing news Lopez wins wac title Tokyo challenger Ricardo Lopez of Mexico stopped Champion Hideyuki Ohashi of Japan with a Sharp right in the fifth round to capture the world boxing Council Straw weight title thursday night. Honeyghan coming Back London a former world Champion Lloyd Honeyghan who was knocked Down six times in his last fight will launch a comeback attempt in a new weight class against Light middleweight Carlos Castillo on nov. 8. Honeyghan who won the welterweight Crown in september 1986 by defeating Donald Curry was knocked Down six times in three rounds in a loss to Mark Breland in March. For evander easy As 7, 2, 3 by Phil Jackman the Baltimore evening Sun Las vegas Nev. A one of the things one of Buster Douglas co trainers John Russell said when asked to size up evander Holyfield As an opponent is a look at those legs. They look like pop  there was a lot of pop in Holyfield All right. Most of it was in a right hand that. Lets digress round 1 a cat and mouse Holyfield moving Forward Douglas backing up. Who a the big Guy Here anyway evander shoots a Good left Hook and Buster jiggles. Douglas it is said has to set the Tempo for the fight but How she going to do that backing up Holyfield rumoured to have a bad or non existent Jab shoots not one not two but three in a Row. Late in the round and after the Champion has thrown his arms up to his sides As if to say a i can to get Loose a the challenger lands a Nice three punch combination along the ropes. Fortunately Buster does no to have to go far to regain his Stool. Round to Holyfield. Round 2 Holyfield continues to deliver a better Jab than he a Given credit for. Douglas is a notoriously slow starter and he a showing it. The Jab that bothered Mike Tyson so much last february is not in evidence. Holyfield who usually comes out Hammer and tongs Isnit really pressing. He a just moving Forward slowly inexorably shooting Short Quick punches depending on which direction Douglas moves in. At Long last Douglas gets in an effective punch a right uppercut. Hey the Guy is alive. He a warned for grabbing the smaller Man by the Back of the head. Round to Holyfield. Round 3 just before the Bell rings for the third heat a gent in an $800 seat about 12 rows from the ring Bellows a we want evander Holyfield towers Over a falling Buster Douglas who stayed on the Canvas and lost his Crown. George Foreman. He  perhaps Buster heard the Catchall because he flicks out the left and leaps Forward with a straight right the punch that finally rendered Tyson senseless. The sellout crowd of 16,100 reacts As if world War Iii has broken out. But a Check of the films discloses the punch Isnit that effective Holyfield slipping Back and doing a pretty Good Job of catching the punch. The Cool deliberate Ness of Holyfield a attack suggests that his brain Trust co trainers Georgie Benton and Lou Duva have set up a fight plan that Calls for evander to Lay offshore for a spell in Hopes Douglas will tire from his own weight a fairly shocking 246 pounds. About a minute into the round and after he has forced closed quarters Holyfield lands a left. Douglas does no to Retreat. He decides to hold his ground and remembering the Success of a right uppercut earlier tries another. It will be his last punch for awhile. The punch is Short. As he throws it his head starts up and his left shoulder and Arm drop. There is a four Lane Highway open to the left Side of Douglas face. Holyfield shoots the right hand. The punch travels maybe two feet. It has 208 pounds of fabulous physique behind it. The Champion drops. Recall Buster got off the deck against Tyson and knocked him out two rounds later. He gets up on his left Elbow and tries to Clear his head. He goes Flat to the deck but that does no to help. Referee Mills Lane counts to 10. Buster is still flush to the floor and most of the crowd makes a beeline for the gambling tables As if they re not going to be there if they loll gag. In retrospect Many Ponder what a Good Job Wynton Marsalis did trumpeting the National Anthem and How awesome fireworks by Grucci were. Holyfield Kos Douglas for title evander Holyfield is one Happy 25-0 heavyweight Champion. From Page 21 Well As boxing Trainer George Benton. A i was in Good shape. We train As a  Douglas who weighed 231 i when he beat Tyson caused a stir when he weighed in at 246 for his first defense. Immediately his conditioning was questioned and so was his desire. A what Buster Douglas did was disgraceful a Futch said. A that he allowed himself to get into such poor condition it was  or. William Berliner who examined Douglas afterwards described him As a just sad quietly  Douglas said of his weight a i Felt Good. I was comfortable with the weight. I put on bulk but my conditioning was  the fit ended too quickly for conditioning to come into play but there was no question a that Douglas lacked fire. A Douglas Wasny to into the fight a said sugar Ray Leonard the five time world Champion who was the color commentator for the pay per View telecast. A the had  Douglas missed repeated punches and seemed tentative. In the third round Douglas threw a right uppercut the punch that set Tyson up for his downfall in Tokyo. Holyfield came Back with a right to the face that made Douglas the 17th heavyweight Champion to lose the title in his first defense. Holyfield won the first two rounds on All three judges cards. Besides left jabs he also landed Sharp left Hooks a couple of Good rights and body punches. Douglas did no to land one effective punch. Holyfield improved to 25-0 with 21 knockouts. Douglas fell to 30-5-1 with 20 knockouts. Holyfield went into the ring a 7-5 favorite. Douglas was the 11th heavyweight Champion to enter the ring As an underdog