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Champion" title, in which a unified champion who also holds a WBA belt is given more time in between mandatory title defenses.
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Holyfield told his corner that "this is the round he go out", referring to his third round knockout prediction. Holyfield began round three aggressively, hitting Lewis with several combinations in the first two minutes. With 1:23 left in the round, Holyfield threw a powerful haymaker that Lewis dodged.
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in his first defense. The WBA agreed to allow Lewis to face Grant if he would fight Ruiz after, to which Lewis agreed. Don King, who also promoted Ruiz, went to court to protest the ruling claiming that the winner between
Holyfield and Lewis would be required to make his first defense of the titles
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Holyfield only landed eight punches to Lewis' 33 in the round. Holyfield fought back by winning rounds 8 through 11 on two of the three judges' scorecards, with judge Larry O'Connell scoring round 10 a draw. Lewis finished the fight strongly, winning round 12 on all three of the judges' scorecards.
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to become the undisputed heavyweight champion, the WBC ordered Bowe to face its top contender, the undefeated Lennox Lewis. Bowe, however, refused to meet Lewis' financial demands and vacated the title. The WBC therefore named Lewis its heavyweight champion. Holyfield regained the WBA, IBF and
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Heavyweight title (which was awarded to Lewis prior to the bout) also on the line. The fight again went the full 12 rounds, this time with Lewis being awarded the victory via unanimous decision, becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion since
Riddick Bowe in 1992.
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unified the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. Tyson chose to vacate the WBC heavyweight title rather than face Lewis, preferring to face
Holyfield as it was a more lucrative fight. Lewis recaptured the vacant WBC title by defeating McCall and then defeated lineal champion
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150:36–3 (25 KO)
142:$ 10,000,000
139:$ 20,000,000
96:Lennox Lewis
2230:Television
2191:Pepe Correa
1554:13 February
1380:Jim Lampley
1374:Controversy
1367:Split Draw
1287:FINAL SCORE
1281:FINAL SCORE
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479:Supervisor:
387:Vaughn Bean
370:Frank Bruno
362:Axel Schulz
358:Tony Tucker
241:2-division
218:Recognition
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1961:Don Turner
1613:2009-05-22
1548:boxrec.com
1530:References
1502:Sky Sports
533:Holyfield
463:Undisputed
425:split draw
366:Mike Tyson
312:Background
306:undisputed
290:Undisputed
269:split draw
243:undisputed
172:6 ft
74:undisputed
20:Undisputed
1681:'s bouts
1465:Undercard
1451:David Tua
1434:John Ruiz
1422:Las Vegas
1410:Aftermath
1365:Decision:
524:Holyfield
515:Holyfield
500:Promoter:
402:The fight
356:defeated
266:12–round
1956:Lou Duva
1946:Don King
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470:Referee:
427:. Judge
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209:Orthodox
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112:Hometown
107:The Lion
101:Nickname
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158:Age
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