Evander Holyfield

Career, Record, Stats
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield (The Real Deal) is a 61-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 11 world-title wins. In a career spanning 26 years, 5 months, and 22 days, Holyfield amassed a record of 44-10-2, which includes 29 wins via KO, 9 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2017.

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LEGEND

Evander Holyfield's Boxing Career

Evander Holyfield was born in Atmore, Alabama, U.S. on October 19, 1962. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on November 15, 1984 against Lionel Byarm. Holyfield defeated Byarm via 6-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Holyfield became a world champion at the age of 23 after 11 professional fights. He challenged Dwight Muhammad Qawi for the WBA cruiserweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round split decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the heavyweight (WBA, WBC, IBF) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at both the divisions.

Holyfield's last fight was a 10th-round TKO victory over Brian Nielsen at age 48, on May 7, 2011.

Some of Evander Holyfield's best fights have been against Lennox Lewis (HOFer), Michael Moorer (HOFer), Mike Tyson (HOFer), Riddick Bowe (HOFer), Carlos De León, Buster Douglas, and John Ruiz. For a complete list of Holyfield's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Evander Holyfield".

Holyfield has 10 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Evander Holyfield Losses".

Evander Holyfield's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
57
May 07, 2011 48 Brian Nielsen Brian Nielsen 46 64-2
win
TKO
10
56
Jan 22, 2011 48 generic fighter pic Sherman Williams
nc
NA
55
Apr 10, 2010 47 Francois Botha Francois Botha 41 47-4-3
win
TKO
8
54
Dec 20, 2008 46 Nikolai Valuev Nikolai Valuev 35 49-1
loss
MD
12
53
Oct 13, 2007 44 Sultan Ibragimov Sultan Ibragimov 32 21-0-1
loss
UD
12
52
Jun 30, 2007 44 Lou Savarese Lou Savarese 41 46-6
win
UD
10
51
Mar 17, 2007 44 generic fighter pic Vinny Maddalone
win
TKO
3
50
Nov 10, 2006 44 generic fighter pic Fres Oquendo
win
UD
12
49
Aug 18, 2006 43 generic fighter pic Jeremy Bates
win
TKO
2
48
Nov 13, 2004 42 generic fighter pic Larry Donald
loss
UD
12
47
Oct 04, 2003 40 James Toney James Toney 35 66-4-2
loss
TKO
9
46
Dec 14, 2002 40 Chris Byrd Chris Byrd 32 35-2
loss
UD
12
45
Jun 01, 2002 39 Hasim Rahman Hasim Rahman 29 35-3
win
TD
8
44
Dec 15, 2001 39 John Ruiz John Ruiz 29 37-4
draw
SD
12
43
Mar 03, 2001 38 John Ruiz John Ruiz 29 36-4
loss
UD
12
42
Aug 12, 2000 37 John Ruiz John Ruiz 28 36-3
win
UD
12
41
Nov 13, 1999 37 Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis 34 34-1-1
loss
UD
12
40
Mar 13, 1999 36 Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis 33 34-1
draw
SD
12
39
Sep 19, 1998 35 generic fighter pic Vaughn Bean
win
UD
12
38
Nov 08, 1997 35 Michael Moorer Michael Moorer 29 39-1
win
RTD
8
37
Jun 28, 1997 34 Mike Tyson Mike Tyson 30 45-2
win
DQ
3
36
Nov 09, 1996 34 Mike Tyson Mike Tyson 30 45-1
win
TKO
11
35
May 10, 1996 33 Bobby Czyz Bobby Czyz 34 44-6
win
RTD
5
34
Nov 04, 1995 33 Riddick Bowe Riddick Bowe 28 37-1
loss
TKO
8
33
May 20, 1995 32 Ray Mercer Ray Mercer 34 23-2-1
win
UD
10
32
Apr 22, 1994 31 Michael Moorer Michael Moorer 26 34-0
loss
MD
12
31
Nov 06, 1993 31 Riddick Bowe Riddick Bowe 26 34-0
win
MD
12
30
Jun 26, 1993 30 Alex Stewart Alex Stewart 28 32-4
win
UD
12
29
Nov 13, 1992 30 Riddick Bowe Riddick Bowe 25 31-0
loss
UD
12
28
Jun 19, 1992 29 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 42 54-3
win
UD
12
27
Nov 23, 1991 29 Bert Cooper Bert Cooper 25 26-7
win
TKO
7
26
Apr 19, 1991 28 George Foreman George Foreman 42 69-2
win
UD
12
25
Oct 25, 1990 28 Buster Douglas Buster Douglas 30 30-4-1
win
KO
3
24
Jun 01, 1990 27 generic fighter pic Seamus McDonagh
win
TKO
4
23
Nov 04, 1989 27 Alex Stewart Alex Stewart 25 24-0
win
TKO
8
22
Jul 15, 1989 26 generic fighter pic Adílson Rodrigues
win
KO
2
21
Mar 11, 1989 26 generic fighter pic Michael Dokes
win
TKO
10
20
Dec 09, 1988 26 Pinklon Thomas Pinklon Thomas 30 29-2-1
win
RTD
7
19
Jul 16, 1988 25 James Tillis James Tillis 31 38-13-1
win
RTD
5
18
Apr 09, 1988 25 Carlos de León Carlos de León 28 44-4
win
TKO
8
17
Dec 05, 1987 25 Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi 34 28-4-1
win
KO
4
16
Aug 15, 1987 24 Ossie Ocasio Ossie Ocasio 32 21-4-1
win
TKO
11
15
May 15, 1987 24 generic fighter pic Ricky Parkey
win
TKO
3
14
Feb 14, 1987 24 Henry Tillman Henry Tillman 26 14-1
win
TKO
7
13
Dec 08, 1986 24 generic fighter pic Mike Brothers
win
TKO
3
12
Jul 12, 1986 23 Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi 33 26-2-1
win
SD
15
11
May 28, 1986 23 generic fighter pic Terry Mims
win
KO
5
10
Apr 06, 1986 23 generic fighter pic Jesse Shelby
win
KO
3
9
Mar 01, 1986 23 generic fighter pic Chisanda Mutti
win
TKO
3
8
Dec 21, 1985 23 generic fighter pic Anthony Davis
win
TKO
4
7
Oct 30, 1985 23 generic fighter pic Jeff Meachem
win
TKO
5
6
Aug 29, 1985 22 generic fighter pic Rick Myers
win
TKO
1
5
Jul 20, 1985 22 generic fighter pic Tyrone Booze
win
UD
8
4
Apr 20, 1985 22 generic fighter pic Mark Rivera
win
TKO
2
3
Mar 13, 1985 22 generic fighter pic Fred Brown
win
TKO
1
2
Jan 20, 1985 22 generic fighter pic Eric Winbush
win
UD
6
1
Nov 15, 1984 22 generic fighter pic Lionel Byarm
win
UD
6
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