At 11:20 p.m. ET, WBC champion Lennox Lewis and WBA and IBF champion Evander Holyfield were entering the ring for their undisputed heavyweight world championship fight at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The fight got under way at 11:28 p.m. ET. Holyfield is wearing purple trunks with red trim; Lewis is weiring white trunks with red trim.

Among the 17,000 fans are nearly 7,000 Britons who traveled to Las Vegas to support Lewis, who is trying to become the first British undisputed heavyweight champion of the world this century.

Round One
The fighters opened with several jabs, none of which landed. Lewis got in a short left to the head and they clinched briefly. There were no serious punches landed in the first minute. Holyfield landed two short rights to the head and they clinched about mid-round. Lewis missed a right, Holyfield landed a right to the body and they clinched. Holyfield was warned about using his head. Lewis landed a right uppercut and missed a left with a minute left. Lewis landed another right uppercut and they clinched. Holyfield got in two stiff jabs at 30 seconds. Holyfield dug a right to the body. Lewis landed a left to the head and missed a right with 10 seconds left.
The Associated Press calls the round even.

Round Two
Both opened with jabs, Lewis getting in three good ones. Action then slowed. Holyfield was trying to get inside and Lewis was trying to keep him at bay. Lewis got in three jabs. Action slowed again. Lewis got in a right uppercut at mid-round as the crowd waited for something to happen. Lewis missed a right and backed away, then landed a light right to the body and two jabs. Holyfield got in two jabs and dug a left to the body. Lewis got in a right to the head at 2 minutes, then a short right lead. Lewis landed a left to the head with 30 seconds left. Both men were on their toes but did little punching.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round Three
Lewis got in a left jab then a big right and a left to the head at about 30 seconds. Once again action slowed. At this point, it was anything but an action fight. Lewis got in a right to the head and Holyfield two jabs at about a minute. Lewis got in a right to the head near mid-round, then a stiff jab but missed a right. Lewis got in a left to the head. Holyfield got inside, but Lewis tied him up immediately. Holyfield was trying to figure out how to get in. Lewis stayed away and got in a jab past the 2-minute mark. A short right lead by Lewis landed. The crowd was getting restless and there were some boos. Holyfield landed a hard right to the head that brought a roar from the crowd. There was some mauling along the ropes in the last 20 seconds. Lewis landed a couple punches just before the bell.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round Four
Lewis opened with a jab. They exchanged rights past the 30-second mark. Lewis got in a short right lead and a stiff jab. There was a lot of feinting but little punching as they passed the minute mark. Lewis landed another jab. Neither man was doing much. At mid-round, Holyfield bulled Lewis into the ropes, but no damage was done by either man. Lewis was landing his jab but with no authority. They clinched, and Holyfield got in three rights to the ribs. Lewis got in a left to the head, Holyfield a left to the body. Lewis landed a grazing right to the head, then two more rights and a left to the body. Holyfield ducked two rights and landed a right at the bell.
AP gives the round to Holyfield

Round Five
Holyfield got in a left hook to the head. Holyfield was warned for using his head. Lewis is cut next to the right eye. Time was called for two seconds and the fight resumed. Lewis got in a hook and the pace was picking up. Lewis' fans began chanting. Holyfield landed a right to the body. Action then slowed as the round entered its second half. Lewis got in two jabs. Holyfield got in a left to the body and they clinched briefly. Lewis landed two right jabs with about 30 seconds left. Lewis got in two jabs at 15 seconds and a right to the body.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round Six
Lewis landed a left jab to the head and they exchanged jabs. Holyfield landed a right to the body. Once again, there was a lapse in the action. Lewis landed a right to the body and a short right uppercut to the head. When Holyfield gets inside, Lewis wraps him up but doesn't make him pay for coming in. Lewis landed two rights. Lewis leaned back against the ropes and then clinched. Holyfield landed a left hook to the head with a minute left. Holyfield got in a left to the body and missed a hook to the head. Lewis got in a right lead. The crowd began chanting , "Holyfield! Holyfield!" Lewis complained of being butted. Holyfield got in a left jab at the bell.
AP gives the round to Holyfield

Round Seven
Lewis landed two rights to the head and they clinched. Lewis dug a right to the body and pushed Holyfield off, getting a warning from the referee. Lewis got in a right and left, then a left to the head, then two more short punches and a right uppercut. Holyfield landed a big right. Lewis backed up and Holyfield came after him. Holyfield got in two rights to the body and they clinched.

Then Holyfield landed a hook and left-right. In the last 30 seconds, they had a toe-to-toe exchange.
AP gives the round to Holyfield

Round Eight
Lewis came out stalking Holyfield. Both landed light punches to the head. Lewis landed a right high on the head at a minute. Holyfield got in a hook that backed up Lewis. Lewis got in a left-right and a left to the body. Lewis landed a short right uppercut to the head at about mid-round. They clinched. Lewis appeared tired. Lewis got in two jabs, then two more and a right to the body. With a minute to go, they clinched and referee Mitch Halpern had to break them up. Lewis got in two jabs and a right to the body. Lewis landed a hard left jab and a right lead. Lewis got in a left-right to the body, Holyfield a right to the head. Lewis got in two more punches to the body and a right to the head.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round Nine
Lewis opened with two jabs. Holyfield landed two hard jabs and a right to the head before they clinched. They mauled for several seconds before Halpern broke them up. Lewis landed a right to the body nearing the minute mark. Lewis landed a right uppercut. Action slowed. Lewis dug a left to the body. They clinched for several seconds. Holyfield landed a left at the belt line and two hooks to the head. Lewis got in a left to the body with a minute left. Lewis landed a right, Holyfield came back with a right and Lewis landed a right uppercut and three lefts to the head. Holyfield landed a hook. Lewis got in a jab. Holyfield landed a right to the head. Lewis came back with a left-right.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round 10
Lewis got in two jabs to open the round, then landed a right to the head and missed a left. Two more jabs by Lewis. Holyfield threw a big left hook that Lewis blocked and they clinched. Lewis landed a couple punches to the body and they clinched again. The crowd began chanting "Holyfield" again. Lewis got in a good jab, and then another. They clinched at about mid-round. Lewis got in a sharp right uppercut before moving away, then landed a right lead and a right to the body. Another right lead by Lewis. Lewis got in a left hook and Holyfield came back with a left hook. Lewis dug a right uppercut to the head and a right to the body. Lewis landed a right uppercut just before the bell.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round 11
After 10 rounds, Lewis had a 164-114 advantage in punches. Holyfield got in two short rights to the head. Both landed jabs to the body. Action slowed. Lewis got in two jabs with two minutes left, then a short right lead. Holyfield got in a good left hook with 1:20 left. Lewis got in two jabs before moving away. Action slowed considerably until Lewis got in a right uppercut. Lewis landed a stiff jab, then another, then a right to the body and two rights to the head. Lewis got in two or three more shots to the head with 10 seconds left.
AP gives the round to Lewis

Round 12
They exchanged jabs 20 seconds into the round. Lewis landed a jab, Holyfield landed a good right hook. Then they started mauling. Holyfield got in a good hook at the minute mark. Lewis landed two jabs and a right to the head. The crowd chanted "U-S-A." They clinched. They were very tired. Lewis landed a jab with a minute left and they clinched. Holyfield dug a left to the body. They were doing more mauling than punching. Lewis got in a left to the jaw and they wrestled before parting.
AP gives the round to Holyfield