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Evander Holyfield had a total of 10 losses in his professional boxing career — seven of them in title bouts and three in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Riddick Bowe via 12 round unanimous decision on November 13, 1992, which ended his 28-fight win streak. He has been stopped two times and lost eight times via decision.
Nikolai Valuev, Sultan Ibragimov, Larry Donald, James Toney, and Chris Byrd are some of the boxers who have beaten Holyfield.
This is the first loss in Evander Holyfield's career. Holyfield lost to Riddick Bowe via 12 round unanimous decision on . He was defending his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and IBF titles, he was 30 years old with a record of 28-0. Bowe was 25 years old with a record of 31-0.
On Holyfield lost to Michael Moorer via 12 round majority decision. He was defending his heavyweight WBA and IBF titles, he was 31 years old with a record of 30-1. Moorer was 26 years old with a record of 34-0.
On Holyfield lost to Riddick Bowe in a rematch via 8th round TKO in a non-title bout. He was 33 years old with a record of 31-2. Bowe was 28 years old with a record of 37-1.
On Holyfield lost to British boxer Lennox Lewis in the rematch via 12 round unanimous decision. He was defending his heavyweight WBA and IBF titles, and fighting for Lewis' heavyweight WBC title, he was 37 years old with a record of 36-3-1. Lewis was 34 years old with a record of 34-1-1.
On Holyfield lost to John Ruiz in the rematch via 12 round unanimous decision. He was defending his heavyweight WBA title, he was 38 years old with a record of 37-4-1. Ruiz was 29 years old with a record of 36-4.
On Holyfield lost to Chris Byrd via 12 round unanimous decision. He and Byrd were fighting for the vacant heavyweight IBF title. He was 40 years old with a record of 38-5-2. Byrd was 32 years old with a record of 35-2.
On Holyfield lost to James Toney via 9th round TKO in a non-title bout. He was 40 years old with a record of 38-6-2. Toney was 35 years old with a record of 66-4-2.
On Holyfield lost to Larry Donald via 12 round unanimous decision in a non-title bout. He was 42 years old with a record of 38-7-2.
On Holyfield lost to Russian boxer Sultan Ibragimov via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for Ibragimov's heavyweight WBO title, he was 44 years old with a record of 42-8-2. Ibragimov was 32 years old with a record of 21-0-1.
On Holyfield lost to Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev via 12 round majority decision. He was fighting for Valuev's heavyweight WBA title, he was 46 years old with a record of 42-9-2. Valuev was 35 years old with a record of 49-1.