You can see the difference physically in Holyfield from the first fight and this one. He also learned how to settle down on his punches. His shots were actually moving Qawi back this time. From Qawi’s expression, you could tell he was in there with a different fighter this time.
It was clear from the first round that Qawi was noticing the increased power of Holy. He backed up quite of bit in this fight while in the first fight hardly at all.
Outside of Buster Douglas, this was Holyfield's biggest win. Many have forgotten how shocking it was that he kayoed Qawi, who had never been knocked down or out. His most devastating performance by far.
You mean his biggest win before Bowe II?? Because whilst this was an impressive performance, you have to take into account Qawis age he was 34 here. Also, he went on to beat Tyson after this.
@@jakeyb25 34 is not old, dude. Late twenties and early thirties is usually when you have the most potential at reaching your peak level. 34 is probably the around the end of most people’s peak. But still not old at all. If you’ve received a lot of punishment, of course it can shorten it quite a bit. But there’s more then a few heavyweights that have had good years in their late thirties.
Man, Qawi aged between the first fight and the rematch. He was clearly not in shape and just wanted to get it over with. He stayed down because he had no desire to fight anymore. Sad to see a champ like him go out like this. Well, he did it to Saad Muhammad. What goes around comes around.
@@jdvlanka265 Quawi were in some wars. Crawford not really. If he maintains his desire and training I dont think 34 would affect him as badly. I think he could go for a good few more years beyond 34. But yeah, time is running out fast.
I will tell you guys something about this dude Qawi. He was a real tough guy from what is still a very, very tough city in New Jersey called Camden. It is legendary for how tough it is. No jobs, much drug dealing and until recently, the murder capital of the state and high in the nation. Qawi was a street fighter in THAT city! He had never boxed in a gym before. While doing 5 years for armed robbery, he started sparring with light heavy contender, James Scott. With NO amateur fights, Qawi turned pro as a 5'6 light heavy! Later he moved up to heavy and while past his prime, was beating George Foreman until he got winded and was KOd. One of the baddest men in boxing history.
The idea that Vander looks juiced is ridiculous! That does not mean that he wasn't, but the idea that his look says steroids is bull shit. He looks no different than 50 black dudes I see who do chin ups, push ups and other things. NO roids! Vander has trained his entire life! That is how you freakin look!
Really great fight qawi didn't had a chance it wasn't his type of fight.... Qawi is brutal tough puncher anyways evander is star of his time... Didn't expected to end this so quick
Qawi was always a tough fighter with excellent defense and consistent “bad intentions” punching power. But this was a part of his career when he would be more erratic. His next fight with Foreman was also a disaster.
Evander here was stronger than in to the first match and Qawi, no more the same.. During them first match, Qawi allowed without to be hurt a lot punches by Evander, here while the Evander punches was visible increase as power..
Qawi was in a couple of fights that just didn't seem to be on the up and up to me, and this was one of them. The other fight was his fight against Michael Spinks. Qawi was a brutal, punishing, non-stop punching machine who could take an enormous amount of punishment and still keep coming at you while throwing a lot of damaging punches himself. In the 2nd Holyfield fight he didn't take anywhere near the punishment he took in the first fight, and yet he ended up getting TKOed. In the Spinks fight he barely threw any punches. It's almost like the powers that ran boxing back then set up both of these fights to be fixed. Qawi losing to Holyfield is not that surprising because Holyfield was that good, but getting KOed by him was surprising. The way Qawi fought against Spinks it almost looked obvious to me that the fight was fixed. There's no way Spinks was beating Qawi if Qawi fought like he normally did. There's no way Spinks would've been able to deal with the onslaught...
Holy landed a couple of counter and missed a couple from 4:00-5:01, he was countering everything that Qawi threw specifically with his jab, meaning because of Qawi`s shorter reach he couldn`t get out range before Holy countered wit the jab.
agreed. I just wished they were open about it and get on with boxing. a lot people dnt know that steriod chemical structures can be altered and impossible to be detected. some steriods flush out the system in one day and others much longer. stop all this drug testing and just let them be.
@Hassan Syed Well, he's 34 at the time of this fight so it's kind of academic. He was a great light heavy though a shade behind Spinks, Holyfield, and Foster.
+josef karlberg steroids brought him from 187 here which is his prime weight to a freak at 230 which was steroid induced from around 86 to 94. this version holyfield was the natural holyfiled, perhaps another 10 pounds at most, that's it. I saw evander at bryant park promoting his rematch with bowe and even with the steorids for years, he still looked like a small boned guy, not a big guy at all. we witnessed the modern day popeye who ate his spinach. He was a dirty fighting FRAUD.
fadethetrade U mean when he was fighting Bowe second time he was small? i dont doubt you my friend, but he look big u know. pumped up. even in 1992 he was only 205 and he was / looks big man. when do u Think he started jucing and quit the juice? glad for answer.
josef karlberg nope, IN fact ,nothing happened until 98 when the media glorified this new trend starting with mark mcguire of the oakland a's. hitting all those homers without taking his spinach?? dwight qawi braxton swears they were applying some type of cream in his second fight with them and he said that holyfield came out like superman in that 4th round. steroid abuse symptoms, balding, heart issues, bouts of strength followed by bouts of total lax to try to "regenerate", evander was very good at "regenerating".
+fadethetrade in summer i was 167lbs pure muscle and 5 % bodyfat, and now couple month later im 182 lbs and im stilll jacked and bout 6-7 % fat. did Evander weigh 230 at the most ??
I don’t get the juice accusations of Holyfield to be honest. Dude is about the same height as I am (190 vs 189 cm) and is still below 200 lbs. I have a skinny fat body type with rather narrow frame and almost no muscles and still weight slightly above 200. Don’t know how could he possibly be using roids with his weight here.
Evander holyfield was a great champ heart fundamentally boxer jab. Combinations chin do or die attitude but people loved Tyson because of knockouts but I think real deal could have always beat him tysons early fights where carefully picked if you look at holfields his first pro fight was against Pennsylvania state champ Lennox Lewis didn't ko him Tyson didn't fight bowe either nor foreman real deal was going to ko him in rematch so tyson bit him Evander holyfield never got the credit he deserved sad but well done real deal
chris breeze before 1983, there wasn't any cruiserweight, son! You fought as a heavyweight above 175 lbs! Or Rocky Marciano would have been a cruiserweight today. BINGO!
What people need to understand is Qawi was too old at this point and he had a drinking problem the first fight I think he won the judges were tricked by Holyfield’s volume of punches
Looked like Holyfield put on some muscle on this fight , eh? Check out , Evender Holyfield" The Real Fraud" on UA-cam. Ive always suspected something from this guy, cause its hard to believe you can go from this, to a super duper heavyweight without using something special.
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Mr. Holyfield is definitely one of the best boxers of all time who has won the World Heavyweight Championship four times. he is so underrated
Agreed, he is definitely up there on the greatest of all-time.
You can see the difference physically in Holyfield from the first fight and this one. He also learned how to settle down on his punches. His shots were actually moving Qawi back this time. From Qawi’s expression, you could tell he was in there with a different fighter this time.
Roids
Gee and here I thought his footwork was interesting maybe watch again.
@@jdvlanka265 Yep, roids are a wonderful thing Mr Evan Fields.
It is amazing how many dudes who likely do not even put on the gloves will call Qawi a "bum". Put on gloves with someone other than your uncle bill!
TheUmmahFightCamp As an Uncle Bill myself I agree 100 %. They couldn’t handle a jab from him.
Dwight was a straight monster!
I've boxed 2 decades as a amateur and can only say : Amen to that !!!
@@billjoyce5525 LOL! oooooook. Did not mean anything by it lol. I know a VERY tough hombre named BILL.
TheUmmahFightCamp sorry for the confusion, I was agreeing with you. I have great respect for the men who do this...unbelievably talented and tough!
One of the best fights Holyfield fought. This was a great fight. I watched it in 87'
Nice!
It was clear from the first round that Qawi was noticing the increased power of Holy. He backed up quite of bit in this fight while in the first fight hardly at all.
PED's
@@shaadydog1 mouthbreather
Yeah, and Holyfield was just 1 pound heavier in this fight over his first with Qawi.
@George Ybarra Only the suckers believe that fable. I've seen the "evidence" and a child could debunk it.
Yep quite a bit of extra power as in roids
I was 11 months oldl when this fight took place, thanks so much for uploading it!!
I was conceived on Thursday following this fight. Thanks for posting!
Outside of Buster Douglas, this was Holyfield's biggest win. Many have forgotten how shocking it was that he kayoed Qawi, who had never been knocked down or out. His most devastating performance by far.
You mean his biggest win before Bowe II?? Because whilst this was an impressive performance, you have to take into account Qawis age he was 34 here. Also, he went on to beat Tyson after this.
Also george foreman....
I mean historically his fight with buster douglas was big. but douglas came in out of shape just looking for the paycheck
@@jakeyb25 34 is not old, dude. Late twenties and early thirties is usually when you have the most potential at reaching your peak level. 34 is probably the around the end of most people’s peak. But still not old at all. If you’ve received a lot of punishment, of course it can shorten it quite a bit. But there’s more then a few heavyweights that have had good years in their late thirties.
Mr. Holyfield put on an incredible performance in this 2nd fight.. Thank you for uploading it. 👍
Everyone who ever beat Dwight avoided an inside fight with him. If you didn't, he'll eat you from the inside. Whoever you are.
...Evander wasn't an 11 fight novice against Qawi this time - he just took the guy out.
dummy
Man, Qawi aged between the first fight and the rematch. He was clearly not in shape and just wanted to get it over with. He stayed down because he had no desire to fight anymore. Sad to see a champ like him go out like this. Well, he did it to Saad Muhammad. What goes around comes around.
holyfield was starting to become evan fields too
Yeah and that happened in only a year's time right ? That is crazy
@@saichung1543 bullshit. Don't comment on boxing anymore.
Yep, 34 is like that. Roy lost to tarver than got knocked out at 34 in the rematch. There’s a reason Spence is waiting for Crawford to turn 34 as well
@@jdvlanka265 Quawi were in some wars. Crawford not really. If he maintains his desire and training I dont think 34 would affect him as badly. I think he could go for a good few more years beyond 34. But yeah, time is running out fast.
I watched this fight on Wide World of Sports I believe. Instant Classic.
+Mill Miller
But took a big right hand before koing him. That big right hand from a 190 pounder doesnt have any effect.
Qawi was late to the boxing game. Did good for such a late start. Gave Holifield a hard time at 175 lbs but was completely outclassed at 200 lbs.
Genuinely think qawi should've won the first time what a heart he has, holyfield beat him fair and sqaure this time.
I will tell you guys something about this dude Qawi. He was a real tough guy from what is still a very, very tough city in New Jersey called Camden. It is legendary for how tough it is. No jobs, much drug dealing and until recently, the murder capital of the state and high in the nation. Qawi was a street fighter in THAT city! He had never boxed in a gym before. While doing 5 years for armed robbery, he started sparring with light heavy contender, James Scott. With NO amateur fights, Qawi turned pro as a 5'6 light heavy! Later he moved up to heavy and while past his prime, was beating George Foreman until he got winded and was KOd. One of the baddest men in boxing history.
He was also an inmate of a very tough prison too.
Quawi Vs Dick Tiger would been Awesome
I would have loved to see Qawi vs. Mike Tyson.
The idea that Vander looks juiced is ridiculous! That does not mean that he wasn't, but the idea that his look says steroids is bull shit. He looks no different than 50 black dudes I see who do chin ups, push ups and other things. NO roids! Vander has trained his entire life! That is how you freakin look!
Holyfield is way too "pumped" at 215. I think at cruiser he was a natural 190-195.
Really great fight qawi didn't had a chance it wasn't his type of fight.... Qawi is brutal tough puncher anyways evander is star of his time... Didn't expected to end this so quick
Qawi looked very old and very slow. Not the same fighter
The real dealll! Holyfielddd! Hello!
Lou would say "you boxed beautifully baby"
16:40 "... it doesn't look like he's hurt... "
Really?
That's what I thought too.
Los dos son fuertes y valientes Evander Holyfield y Dwight muhammad Qawi buenos boxeadores
Muhammad is completely destroyed. Evander is the real champion. He has defeated muhammas twice.
Qawi was starting to look tired this round. Some of those body shots might have weakened him.
Qawi was always a tough fighter with excellent defense and consistent “bad intentions” punching power. But this was a part of his career when he would be more erratic. His next fight with Foreman was also a disaster.
Who would have won if the Tyson that destroyed Michael Spinks had fought H at his very best?
My $$$ would be on Evander.
AGREED
Evander here was stronger than in to the first match and Qawi, no more the same.. During them first match, Qawi allowed without to be hurt a lot punches by Evander, here while the Evander punches was visible increase as power..
Holyfield, reaching the top of his game.
Thank you💯
Qawi was in a couple of fights that just didn't seem to be on the up and up to me, and this was one of them. The other fight was his fight against Michael Spinks. Qawi was a brutal, punishing, non-stop punching machine who could take an enormous amount of punishment and still keep coming at you while throwing a lot of damaging punches himself. In the 2nd Holyfield fight he didn't take anywhere near the punishment he took in the first fight, and yet he ended up getting TKOed. In the Spinks fight he barely threw any punches. It's almost like the powers that ran boxing back then set up both of these fights to be fixed. Qawi losing to Holyfield is not that surprising because Holyfield was that good, but getting KOed by him was surprising. The way Qawi fought against Spinks it almost looked obvious to me that the fight was fixed. There's no way Spinks was beating Qawi if Qawi fought like he normally did. There's no way Spinks would've been able to deal with the onslaught...
Qawi was best at 175. Here he was old, slow, and showing wear & tear. And fighting at cruiserweight.
@@Salieri47 Yeah, he wasn't as good at the heavier weights...
Holy landed a couple of counter and missed a couple from 4:00-5:01, he was countering everything that Qawi threw specifically with his jab, meaning because of Qawi`s shorter reach he couldn`t get out range before Holy countered wit the jab.
Holyfield looked way bigger and stronger than in the 1st bout. 💊💉
Steroids
agreed. I just wished they were open about it and get on with boxing. a lot people dnt know that steriod chemical structures can be altered and impossible to be detected. some steriods flush out the system in one day and others much longer. stop all this drug testing and just let them be.
@@71poiuytrewq mouthbreather
Mario G the first was at light heavyweight 175 the second was cruiserweight at close to 200 lbs
@@71poiuytrewq The usual crying excuse by the Holyfield haters who didn't like him destroying their idols.
QAWI SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT THE LIGHT HEAVY DIVISION. Without Spinks and Holyfield there, he would have dominated the division.
@Hassan Syed Well, he's 34 at the time of this fight so it's kind of academic. He was a great light heavy though a shade behind Spinks, Holyfield, and Foster.
how could holyfield grow in adult age from 6,1 inch to 6,2 ½ in 1 year????
+josef karlberg
steroids brought him from 187 here which is his prime weight to a freak at 230 which was steroid induced from around 86 to 94. this version holyfield was the natural holyfiled, perhaps another 10 pounds at most, that's it.
I saw evander at bryant park promoting his rematch with bowe and even with the steorids for years, he still looked like a small boned guy, not a big guy at all.
we witnessed the modern day popeye who ate his spinach.
He was a dirty fighting FRAUD.
fadethetrade U mean when he was fighting Bowe second time he was small? i dont doubt you my friend, but he look big u know. pumped up. even in 1992 he was only 205 and he was / looks big man. when do u Think he started jucing and quit the juice? glad for answer.
Didnt the comission test te fighters back then.. maybe they didnt..
josef karlberg
nope,
IN fact ,nothing happened until 98 when the media glorified this new trend starting with mark mcguire of the oakland a's. hitting all those homers without taking his spinach??
dwight qawi braxton swears they were applying some type of cream in his second fight with them and he said that holyfield came out like superman in that 4th round.
steroid abuse symptoms, balding, heart issues, bouts of strength followed by bouts of total lax to try to "regenerate", evander was very good at "regenerating".
+fadethetrade in summer i was 167lbs pure muscle and 5 % bodyfat, and now couple month later im 182 lbs and im stilll jacked and bout 6-7 % fat. did Evander weigh 230 at the most ??
I don’t get the juice accusations of Holyfield to be honest. Dude is about the same height as I am (190 vs 189 cm) and is still below 200 lbs. I have a skinny fat body type with rather narrow frame and almost no muscles and still weight slightly above 200. Don’t know how could he possibly be using roids with his weight here.
Pre-juicing? Holyfield looks very natural fighting at 190-195, & very juiced fighting at 215.
Very decent fighter this Qawi. He had very style to Tyson.
qawi wasnt in this fight and gave up in the forth. he even motioned holyfields right hand finish #16:33
Qawi should’ve won it first time around anyways
Qawi is that short uncle
Should have been a welter weight
Lol evader always fights after the bell.
Joshua Sasfire Roid Rage
If he gets hit after the bell your damn right he is going to get in the last shot
@@rideon77 moron
Quawi is tough but not in the same league as smoking joe frazier, whom he was compaired to ....
Holyfield body's was glowing from all the juice
Evander holyfield was a great champ heart fundamentally boxer jab. Combinations chin do or die attitude but people loved Tyson because of knockouts but I think real deal could have always beat him tysons early fights where carefully picked if you look at holfields his first pro fight was against Pennsylvania state champ Lennox Lewis didn't ko him Tyson didn't fight bowe either nor foreman real deal was going to ko him in rematch so tyson bit him Evander holyfield never got the credit he deserved sad but well done real deal
jimmy spears
What do you have against commas?
@@hyena131 I didn't know you were a English teacher fall back what you trying to be a wise guy
Pretty good for 5 7
They sure don't like each other.
Holyfield looks to be on the juice here already ....
That's just something stupid people say.
@@johnulmerRacing What's stupid about it? Cope harder.
Real deal
Holy should of fought spinks I guess they were ducking each other
Holyfield would've trounced that sissy.
Bumwi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Right
At least they stopped calling him Braxton by this time. Those old commentators aint GAF 🤣🤣
Hercule
holyfirld was so juiced here
They usual crying by Holyfield haters. He was only 1 pound heavier than his first fight with Qawi, but don't let facts get in the way of lies now.
@@SportbikerNZ he was juiced bruh
@@uptown215 Doubt it bruh...
At HW, yes. This fight at CW, no.
Holyfield wins
+chris breeze
He weighed 187, exactly rocky marciano's weight in his prime. Ouch, this little evander wouldnt last 2 rounds with marciano.
fadethetrade cruiserweight Evander
chris breeze
before 1983, there wasn't any cruiserweight, son!
You fought as a heavyweight above 175 lbs!
Or Rocky Marciano would have been a cruiserweight today.
BINGO!
What people need to understand is Qawi was too old at this point and he had a drinking problem the first fight I think he won the judges were tricked by Holyfield’s volume of punches
d dayz
Evander knocked the muslim right out of qawi!
What a fool u r
Holyfield just looks unnatural
Ferdie Pacheco is a terrible commentator.
Steroids gave Evander the advantage
Looked like Holyfield put on some muscle on this fight , eh? Check out , Evender Holyfield" The Real Fraud" on UA-cam. Ive always suspected something from this guy, cause its hard to believe you can go from this, to a super duper heavyweight without using something special.
Super duper heavyweight?? Holyfield weighed an average of 210 pounds. He was the lightest of the bunch.... what are you on about...
@@HostileLemons Very true, he was the lightest in the heavy weight division thats why most of his fights was brutal and bloody.
You don't. Not at that age.
They're all on gear, who cares.