both entered the ring undefeated...

[color="Red"]anybody else remember this ?

Gerry Cooney fought valiantly against one of the best Heavyweight champs in Larry Holmes. He took some vicious shots and lasted 13 rounds in the Las Vegas heat. I personally saw this fight LIVE in 1982 and remember well Cooney was ahead on judges scorecards late in the fight as well. Holmes was at the top of his game that night also but -
Cooney's left-hook has often been called one of the most powerful punches in boxing history. George Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Ron Lyle have all stated that Cooney's blow was the hardest they had ever taken.

From Wikipedia:

"One of the most massive and racially toned campaigns in boxing history to raise public interest for a fight between Holmes and Cooney. After they were both signed to fight, an intense promotional tour followed. Holmes and Cooney attended press conferences at several United States cities, Cooney was shown on the cover of Time magazine, Hollywood stars took an interest in the fight (Sylvester Stallone in particular hung out with Gerry Cooney, others, such as Woody Allen, attended the fight live) and Cooney was cast as "The Great White Hope". There had not been a White world Heavyweight champion in 22 years, and Cooney would try to change that. White supremacist groups had announced they would have "agents" ready to shoot at Holmes the moment he entered the ring, and Black groups retaliated by answering that they would also have armed people on hand in case Holmes was attacked. Because of this, there were police snipers on the roofs of every major hotel surrounding the fight's venue, once again, the Caesars Palace hotel and casino. Snipers were used because the fight was held at the hotel's parking lot; any attacker could have been easily shot by police snipers."

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLpBxfA4qxY"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) prefight intro[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-dn4qIrE8"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 1-2[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqc8jfhknmM"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 3-4[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U52bFqwtuUA"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 5-6[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BnqUX8ILpo"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 7-8[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNIbNvo0rIw"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 9-10[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IsB4dSLrWU"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rds 11-12[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKVP7kPvJc"]YouTube - Larry Holmes -vs- Gerry Cooney (1982) rd 13 + official dec[/ame]

BONUS:

Gerry Cooney knocks out Former Champion Ken Norton in 54 seconds :

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fb0Qidm9Fg"]YouTube - Gerry Cooney Vs. Ken Norton[/ame]