As I write this blog, it is with a heavy heart, simply because my all-time favorite fighter died a few days ago at age 76. When George was heavyweight champ in the early 70’s, I was not a huge boxing fan. Baseball, football and basketball were my favorites, with me watching an occasional fight on […]

 As I sat down with my brother to watch the opening round between Evander and Lennox on March 13, 1999, my mind was on other things. My 72 year old mother had just returned home after a life threatening battle with bacterial meningitis, and after three weeks, she returned that Saturday. I was so grateful

After his win over Michael Moorer in November of 1997 that unified the WBA and IBF belts, Evander stayed dormant until September of 1998. He traveled back home to Atlanta, Georgia to take on the unheralded Vaughn Bean. Holyfield looked mediocre in the unanimous decision victory, but the fight he had his eyes on was

After his win over Mike Tyson in June of 1997, Evander signed to fight a rematch with Michael Moorer on November 8, 1997 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The match would unify two of the championship belts, with Evander holding the WBA title and Moorer the IBF. This match would bring

The rematch for the Holyfield vs. Tyson fight was originally set for May 3, 1997 at the MGM in Las Vegas, but was pushed back to June 28 because of a Tyson injury. There would be no trip to see this one live, and I was more than happy to watch it on pay-per-view at

  When the fight between Evander and Tyson was signed for November 9. 1996, in Las Vegas, I made arrangements to see the fight in person. I called on the phone with the MGM Grand, bought a $600 ticket at the Grand Garden Arena, and couldn’t wait for the fight to actually happen. I really

After his knockout loss to Riddick Bowe in November of 1995, he had to find someone to fight to regain his confidence with. He found the perfect opponent in Bobby Czyz, the former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, but certainly a small heavyweight at best, standing at only 5′ 10″ and small in stature. The

Evander Holyfield signed to fight Riddick Bowe on November 4, 1995 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. I rustled up the $800 to get what I thought was a ringside seat for the outdoor arena at Caesar’s Palace. On fight night I found out it was behind press row, which probably ran 25 rows deep.

After his loss to Michael Moorer in April of 1994, Evander was forced to retire because of his supposed heart ailment. It was not until early in 1995 that it was determined that his heart problems had been caused by too much morphine having been administered to him after the Moorer fight. When he realized

 Evander signed to make his first defense of his newly won championship on April 22, 1994 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. His opponent was Michael Moorer, the southpaw former WBO light heavyweight champion, who had moved up to the heavyweight division. I went over my brother’s to see this one on pay-per-view, and didn’t