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The youngest of nine children, Holyfield was much younger than his other siblings and was born from a different father. Holyfield was initially criticized for his ongoing comeback; but he was adamant that his losses to Toney and Donald were the result of a shoulder injury, not of old age. Holyfield said "I haven't felt this good after a fight since I was a cruiserweight," Holyfield said. He moved up to heavyweight in 1988, later defeating Buster Douglas in 1990 to claim the unified WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles and the undisputed heavyweight championship. The listed address for "Fields" was 794 Evander, Fairfield, Ga. 30213. The WBA did their own investigation into the controversial decision;[25] "As the World Boxing Association (WBA) always cares about and respects the fans' and the media's opinion, the Championship Committee has ordered a panel of judges to review the tape of the fight between Nikolai Valuev and Evander Holyfield, for the WBA heavyweight title" read a statement from the WBA. Evander «The Real Deal» Holyfield. [52], As of 2019, Holyfield was earning about $1.2 million a year, mostly through personal appearances. "[40] Later that same month, however, Holyfield seemed to change his mind, saying that he still considers himself a "serious contender. Holyfield said that if he won he would move to next level and challenge for major titles. Adding to his financial problems, Toi Irvin, mother of his then 10-year-old son, filed suit for non-payment of two months child support (he was paying $3,000 per month for this child). When he went to the hospital to have his shoulder checked, he was diagnosed with a heart condition and had to announce his retirement from boxing. The Boxing Tribune says he dropped most of his cash betting on a variety of different sports. His wealth was quickly slashed in two, and he agreed to $36,000 in yearly payments for child support. Twenty minutes later, calm was restored and Holyfield went on to recover his world heavyweight titles with a close 12 round majority decision. With the exception of a 1994 no-contest with Buster Mathis Jr., Bowe defeated every opponent he faced as a professional. In his recent episode, Dr. Holyfield had minor roles in three movies during the 1990s, Summer of Sam, Necessary Roughness, and Blood Salvage (which he also produced). In his last fight of 1987, he offered Muhammad Qawi a rematch and, this time, he beat Qawi by a knockout in only four rounds. He also had a video game released for the Sega Genesis and the Sega Game Gear: Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing. When the phone number that, according to the documents, was associated with the "Fields" prescription, was dialed, Holyfield answered. Others argued that Tyson, knowing he was on his way to another knockout loss, was looking for a way out of the fight. MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Lost WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles, Retained WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles, Retained WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title. The immediate aftermath of the incident was bedlam. On December 15 of that year, Holyfield challenged Ruiz for the title, in an attempt to become champion again. This fight was named one of the best fights of the 1980s by Ring magazine, as best heavyweight bout of the 1980s. He successfully defended his titles three times, scoring victories over former champions George Foreman and Larry Holmes, before suffering his first professional loss to Riddick Bowe in 1992. WBF (Federation) heavyweight title at stake; Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. In 1998 Holyfield had only one fight, making a mandatory defense against Vaughn Bean, who was defeated by decision at the Georgia Dome in the champion's hometown. Mike Tyson in 10 rounds in Tokyo to become the new undisputed heavyweight champion. By age fifteen, Holyfield became the Southeastern Regional Champion, winning this tournament and the Best Boxer Aw… By this time, Holyfield had been Ring Magazine's number-one contender for two years and had yet to receive a shot at Tyson's Heavyweight title. Evander Holyfield: Loss TKO: WBA World Heavyweight Title: 1990-02-11: James Douglas: Loss KO: WBC World Heavyweight Title WBA World Heavyweight Title IBF World Heavyweight Title: Mike «Iron» Tyson Highlights. He was also ranked as the best cruiserweight from 1985 to 1987. Evander Holyfield was born on October 19, 1962, in the mill town of Atmore, Alabama. Who Is Evander Holyfield? His first television show appearance was the Christmas special of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990, playing himself. On April 22, 1994, in a World Boxing Organization (WBO) match and Holyfield’s first defense after regaining the titles, he lost a 12-round decision to Michael Moorer. . The first thing to know about having a lot of money is there's a lot more money to spend, and former champion Evander Holyfield did a lot of spending. He added: "I can still fight. It later surfaced that the chairman of the medical advisory board for the Nevada State Athletic Commission believed his condition to be consistent with HGH use.[15]. Holyfield once again unified his WBA belt with the IBF belt by avenging his defeat by Moorer. Evander Holyfield is set to become the latest boxing legend to make a sensational return to the sport in his mid-50s. Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. Holyfield started out professionally as a light heavyweight with a televised win in six rounds over Lionel Byarm at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1984. First, he met former world champion Bobby Czyz, beating him by a knockout in six. Even recouping proved to be a financial loss. "[29] The American boxer scored an eighth-round knockout of Botha to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Heavyweight title. The bout was declared a controversial draw after twelve rounds, where it appeared to most that Lewis dominated the fight. He began 1986 with a knockout in three rounds over former world cruiserweight challenger Chisanda Mutti, and proceeded to beat Jessy Shelby and Terry Mims before being given a world title try by the WBA Cruiserweight Champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He also made an appearance on the original BBC Strictly Come Dancing "Champion of Champions" showdown, which featured the final four teams from the 2005 edition of the British series, plus two celebrities from spinoff versions, paired with British professional dancers, one featuring Holyfield paired with Karen Hardy, and Rachel Hunter paired with Brendan Cole. All it does is light a fire under me to prove people wrong." At 13, he qualified to compete in his first Junior Olympics. In 1990 he earned more than $34 Million,which consists of the ticket sales of the title fight between him and Douglas. In the seventh round Holyfield stunned Botha and knocked him down in the eighth round. Holyfield has eleven children with six different women. ", "Who has gone into the Celebrity Big Brother house? The man almost entered the ring, but his parachute had gotten entangled in the lights and he landed on the ropes and apron of the ring, and he was then pulled into the crowd, where he was beaten by members of Bowe's entourage. Surely it wasn't, but it may have been a bit easier had the former champion not blown all his cash on mansions, cars, and gambling. After the loss to Valuev, Holyfield took a period of inactivity. First, an ongoing divorce settlement wrapped up after he bought his home. On December 20, 2008, he fought, at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, the WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev for a paycheck of $600,000, the lowest amount he has ever received for a championship fight. Holyfield lost his WBA, WBC, IBF, and lineal titles and this was the first of three losses he would suffer on November 13. Holyfield countered with a straight right hand and Douglas went down for the count. BBC estimates the Holyfield made nearly a quarter of a billion dollars over the course of his boxing career. His then-18-year-old daughter sued him for $300,000 of it. However, after more than a year of trying to land this fight, Yahoo News reported his intention to retire in 2012, with Holyfield stating, "The game's been good to me and I hope I've been good to the game. A Utah landscaping firm also has gone to court seeking $550,000 in unpaid debt for services. "Dealing with all the mothers of all my kids — there ain't no winning here, man, no winning at all," Holyfield said in 2012 (found via the Independent). Tyson bit Holyfield again, this time on the other ear. [56], Holyfield was again linked to HGH in September 2007, when his name came up following a raid of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, Florida. In what was called by The Ring as the best cruiserweight bout of the 1980s, Holyfield became world champion by defeating Qawi by a narrow 15 round split decision. In 1999 he faced Lennox Lewis in a unification fight for the undisputed WBA, WBC and IBF titles, which ended in a controversial split draw. Buster Douglas defeated the 23-year-old, 218 lb. In 2005, Holyfield came in fifth place on ABC's Dancing with the Stars with his partner Edyta Sliwinska. ft. 109 room mansion to foreclosure a few years ago. The infamous incident occurred in the third round, when Tyson bit Holyfield on one of his ears and had two points deducted. Alongside Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano, Sultan Ibragimov and Nikolai Valuev, Bowe is one of five former heavyweight champions to have never suffered a stoppage … [24] There was talk of a rematch in 2009. Holyfield lost money on failed business ventures and, as the Independent reported in 2012, by blowing it at every casino in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Other financial losses came from Evander Holyfield's home life. Boxing champ Evander Holyfield on his lost fortune. BoxingScene ranked him the greatest cruiserweight of all time.[7]. Rapper Rick Ross ended up acquiring the house. Seven months later, in March 2001, it was Ruiz's turn to make history at Holyfield's expense when he surprisingly managed to knock Holyfield down and beat him by a 12-round decision to become the first Hispanic ever to win a Heavyweight title. Tyson was disqualified and a melee ensued. Who did Evander Holyfield lose to? He lost his third consecutive match in a twelve-round unanimous decision. Holyfield defeated Jeremy Bates by TKO on August 18, 2006, in a 10-round bout at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Holyfield started the bout slowly and in the second round, he was cut in the left eye following an accidental clash of heads. Evander Holyfield vs Larry Holmes! With 11 kids, by six baby mommas, Evander admitted he was broke and in a lotta debt a while back. Although unable to defy his critics by winning a fifth Heavyweight title, Holyfield refused to be backed up by the young champion and even rattled him in the closing part of the 12th round. Holyfield was forced to retire in 1994 upon medical advice, only to return a year later with a clean bill of health. Holyfield had been promised a title shot against Tyson in 1990. 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He culminated 1986 with a trip to Paris, France, where he beat Mike Brothers by a knockout in three, in a non-title bout. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", Holyfield is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF titles from 1990 to 1992, the WBA and IBF titles again from 1993 to 1994, the WBA title a third time from 1996 to 1999; the IBF title a third time from 1997 to 1999 and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001. In the episode, he is an animated character but the producers wanted to make the most of Holyfield's ear, so his animated character was only given half an ear. [54], Holyfield's name does not appear in the law enforcement documents reviewed. and offered little in the fight against Holyfield, who was in ideal shape at 208 lb. Holyfield then went on to defeat Ricky Parkey and Carlos de León to win the WBC and IBF titles, thus becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion. 1988 was another productive year for Holyfield; he started by becoming the first universally recognized World Cruiserweight Champion after defeating the Lineal & WBC Champion Carlos De León at Las Vegas. “I never was a big guy. The Boxing Tribune says he dropped most of his cash betting on a variety of different sports. This was Holyfield's fourth win in ten months, two of them by KO. They fought in 1996 (Holyfield won by a TKO in 11) and a rematch in 1997 (Holyfield won by disqualification in three, after Tyson bit both of his ears). [1] Holyfield lost a rematch against Ruiz seven months later and faced him for the third time in a draw. On October 4, 2003, Holyfield lost to James Toney by TKO when his corner threw in the towel in the ninth round. [30][31], Holyfield started slowly as usual in the early going. Holyfield knocked Moorer to the canvas five times and referee Mitch Halpern stopped the fight between the eighth and ninth rounds under the advice of physician Flip Homansky. Holyfield started the fight aggressively, pressing the 46-year-old Nielsen into the ropes and landing several hard jabs and hooks, knocking him down in the 3rd round. Both he and his next opponent, Tyrone Booze, moved up to the cruiserweight division for their fight on July 20, 1985, in Norfolk, Virginia. [3] He currently ranks No.91 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time. [9] He began boxing at age seven and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. Holyfield's family later moved to Atlanta, where he began boxing at age seven and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. * He lost 3 battles in his life through divorce settlements. [36], A fight with Brian Nielsen, the most popular Danish heavyweight in that country's history, was scheduled for March 5, 2011, in Denmark, but needed to be postponed to May 7, 2011, due to a cut Holyfield received in the Williams fight.[37]. Valuev lost the WBA title in his next fight against British boxer David Haye. The youngest of nine children, Holyfield was much younger than his other siblings and was born from a different father. During his retirement in 2014, he has a net worth of $238 Million, which includes sales of his mansion to Rick Ross in$8 Million. Nielsen had said that although it would be mighty difficult for him to beat Holyfield, he promised it would not be a one sided affair. In his first defense, he beat former and future world champion George Foreman by unanimous decision. When he was 20 years old, Holyfield represented the U.S. in the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, where he won a silver medal after losing to Cuban world champion Pablo Romero. At the age of 58, Holyfield still looks sharp, and his recent videos are enough to imagine him entering the ring, He has begun his boxing drills and seems to have hit his prime once again. He and Hinn subsequently became friends and he became a frequent visitor to Hinn's crusades. That's what a tough chin and hard hands will get you. He would regain the WBA and IBF titles from Bowe in a rematch the following year, then lost them to Michael Moorer in 1994. Holyfield describes himself as a physical "late bloomer": upon graduating from high school he was only 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall and weighed only 147 pounds (67 kg). [38][39], After the Nielsen fight, Holyfield attempted to land a shot at a world heavyweight title (all major belts were held by Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, at that time). Holyfield blamed his lackluster performance on a perforated (broken) eardrum.[23]. So, it’s safe to state that Mike Tyson has a better resume. However, the South African could not slow down Holyfield, though he did hurt him, and the American boxer slowly began to punch him more to take control of the bout in the later rounds. Signature Pharmacy was under investigation for illegally supplying several professional athletes with steroids and HGH. His spending habits extended beyond simple overspending and into the high-adrenaline world of risk-taking thrills. Many speculated that an immediate rematch would be the most likely scenario, but this never materialised. Holyfield lost money on failed business ventures and, as the Independent reported in 2012, by blowing it at every casino in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. In round 10, Nielsen pushed a tired-looking Holyfield into the ropes with a series of combinations, before Holyfield turned it around. Holyfield regained the crown in a rematch one year later, defeating Bowe for the WBA and IBF titles (Bowe having relinquished the WBC title beforehand). In 2017, a statue of Evander Holyfield designed by sculptor Brian Hanlon was commissioned by the city of Atlanta for installation in Downtown Atlanta. Nielsen had never been this light in his career. Evander Holyfield "If he had the right team behind him, he would have never lost his fortune." Having suffered the first technical knockdown of his professional career, Holyfield regained his composure quickly and administered a beating that left Cooper still on his feet, but unable to defend himself. He is currently a boxing adviser to heavyweight prospect Zhang Zhilei. 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He then passed his next examination by the boxing commission. Tyson had recovered the WBC and WBA Heavyweight Championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing Lennox Lewis, defended the WBA title against Holyfield on November 9 of that year. In late 2007 and early 2008, Holyfield was among a number of celebrities to be doing television ads for the restaurant chain Zaxby's. Holyfield has a very similar address. Douglas came into the fight at 246 lb. At the time of the stoppage, Holyfield was behind on two judges' cards, 67–66, while the third judge had it 69–64 for the American boxer. Stewart shocked Holyfield early, with quick, hard punches, but eventually fell in eight. For his next bout, he returned to France, where he retained the title with an eleven-round knockout against former world champion Ossie Ocasio. He is separated from his third wife Candi,[43] with whom he has two children. His fortune was drained by frivolous spending, multiple failed business ventures, constant child support payments, and his three divorces, among other things. He was a champion whose professional career endured from 1984 until his final fight against Sherman Williams in 2011, when Holyfield was 48 years old. Football, basketball, boxing, it didn't matter. Many analysts were outraged at the decision, thinking Holyfield had clearly won. The youngest of nine children, Holyfield was much younger than his other siblings and was born from a different father. Tyson claimed his bites were a retaliation to Holyfield's unchecked headbutts, which had cut him in both fights. The end result was a unanimous decision for Ibragimov, with scores of 118–110 and 117–111 twice. Having an excellent record of 44 wins, ten losses, and two draws in the 57 professional career fights, he retired at the age of 52-years-old. During this reign as champion, he also avenged his loss to Michael Moorer and reclaimed the IBF title. By 1984 he had a record of 160 wins and 14 losses, with 76 by knockout. LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 28: Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson fight for WBA World Heavyweight Title on June 28,1997 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada. He reportedly agreed to fight South African boxer Francois Botha on January 16, 2010; it was agreed that the venue for the fight would be the Nelson Mandela Memorial Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. Holyfield later claimed that he contracted hepatitis before the fight.[16]. On October 13, 2007, Holyfield was defeated by Sultan Ibragimov. The child support is really where the boxer's family debt began to get out of hand. [58], Holyfield in Holywood, California, USA in December 2011, Holyfield vs. Moorer, Holyfield vs. Bowe III. During the bout, Holyfield suffered the first scar of his career with a gash opening up over his eye, the result of Holmes' elbow. 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