Namely victims of Holmes before they squared off . Evangelista somehow found himself ranked just enough to lose over 15 to an out of shape on the slide Ali and rode that familiarity and Ali tie and a European title into the opponent spot as Holmes 1st defense. Snipes Had a decent run to get to Holmes and dropped Larry harder than a bag of rocks mid fight but was stopped on his feet in the 11th. Poor guy was hit so hard he went over board protesting the stoppage when being interviewed by Cosell and his cornerman accidentally slashed his arm open with scissors. Lost some close ones afterwards to Witherspoon and Norris, beat Berbick and missed out on a career high payday as 'comeback' opponent for Mike Tyson when Snipes broke his hand in a 1990 tune up.