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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

Evander reconsidered retirement after his loss to Riddick Bowe in November of 1992, and signed to fight Alex Stewart on June 26, 1993 in Atlantic City. Evander bulked up to 212 lbs., and appeared bigger than that because he was so muscular. As far as the fight was concerned, the thing I remember most about

Evander signed to fight Riddick Bowe on Friday the 13th of November at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. I went over my brother’s apartment to watch it on pay-per-view, and root Holyfield on. I knew going in that Bowe would be his toughest fight as a heavyweight, and would certainly be a

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