#1 Contender Holyfield Beats Douglas On this day, in 1990 Evander Holyfield won the world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out James Buster Douglas in the round 3 of 12 of their fight in Las Vegas October 25, 1990 Sport: Boxing Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Boxing tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine