After his tougher than expected tussle with Bert Cooper in November of 1991, Evander agreed to fight the winner of the Larry Holmes vs. Ray Mercer fight on February 7, 1992 in Atlantic City. Larry had copied George Foreman in returning to the ring after an absence from the ring, albeit a much shorter length […]

Evander Holyfield agreed to fight Mike Tyson on November 8, 1991 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas for the undisputed heavyweight championship. However, that July, Mike Tyson appeared at a beauty pageant in Indiana, and got in trouble with one of the young contestants. She filed rape charges against, him and he was indicted. On

After winning the heavyweight championship from Buster Douglas on October 25, 1990, Evander Holyfield accepted the challenge of George Foreman, who had been boxing on the comeback trail for four years, and had reeled off 24 victories, 23 of them by knockout. The public was skeptical of George’s chances, but the card billed ‘The Battle

Evander signed to fight the new champion Buster Douglas on October 25th, 1990 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Douglas was to earn $24,000,000, while Holyfield would get $8,000,000 to challenge for the crown. Douglas was rumored to be training like a literal lazy slob, eating pizza while in a sauna bath to lose

Evander returned to the ring on November 4, 1989 in Atlantic City to take on the undefeated Alex ‘The Destroyer’ Stewart, who was 24-0 with 24 knockouts. The fight was on Showtime again, so I had to rely on newspaper clippings for the result. Holyfield weighed in at a chiseled 212 lbs., but was fighting

  Evander traveled to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 11, 1989 to take on the come-backing Michael Dokes. Dokes was an ex-champion who had retired in 1985 due to drug problems, but returned in 1987, and reeled off eight consecutive victories. He was now a ranked contender, and a match-up with Holyfield

After unifying the cruiserweight belts in April against Carlos DeLeon, Evander made the move to the heavyweight division. His first opponent would be James ‘Quick’ Tillis, the former heavyweight contender, on July 16 in Stateline, Nevada. Holyfield knew the big bucks would be made as a heavyweight, and eventually wanted to challenge Mike Tyson for

 After he won the cruiserweight belt against Dwight Qawi in July of 1986, Evander fought once more that year. He traveled to Paris, France in December, and knocked out Mike Brothers in three rounds, a non-title bout. His first defense came in February of 1987 against Henry Tillman. They were teammates on the 1984 Olympic

      On July 12, 1986, Evander met Dwight Qawi at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia for the WBA Cruiserweight title. I personally was in Long Beach, California at the time, attending airline training classes for an airline I had just been hired for. I was alone in my hotel room that Saturday afternoon,

  Evander Holyfield was born on October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama. He later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he lived most of his childhood. He competed as an amateur boxer in the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles, where he won a disputed bronze medal in the light heavyweight division. He was part of