Evander Holyfield came through a wildly exciting backstreet brawl with Smokin' Bert Cooper to stop the 22-1 underdog at The Omni, in Atlanta, Georgia #OnThisDay in 1991. Having survived a first-round knockdown, the 25-year-old Cooper came within a heartbeat of being WBA heavyweight champion in the third round when he sent a dazed Holyfield reeling backward into the ropes. "Whatever he hit me with was a good shot," the 29-year-old Holyfield said. Referee Mills Lane stopped the fight with two seco