Holyfields record

[slicknick56]

What was Holyfields amateur record?

[Venceremos]

Hi,
you can see it in http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/evander.html
it's very incomplete, but that it's all the available information.
Pedro

[locoxelbox]

Any info on Holyfield´s early amateur career? Boxrec doesn´t have any bouts before 1983 and only lists 21 of his amateur bouts which which according to some sources is claimed at 160-14.

"He began boxing at age seven and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. At 13, he qualified to compete in his first Junior Olympics. By age 15, Holyfield became the Southeastern Regional Champion, winning this tournament and the Best Boxer Award. By 1984 he had a record of 160 wins and 14 losses, with 76 by knockout.

Holyfield describes himself as a physical "late bloomer": upon graduating from Fulton High School in 1980, he was only 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall and weighed only 147 pounds (67 kg). By age 21, he had grown to 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).[7] He grew an additional 2+1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm) in his early 20s, finally reaching his adult height of 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.89 m).

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. The following year, he was the National Golden Gloves Champion, and won a bronze medal in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, after a controversial disqualification in the second round of the semi-final against New Zealand's Kevin Barry."

[Bob]

Evander Holyfield

1975

May 9 Joel Harvel L 3 Lakewood, GA Region III Junior Olympic semis

1976

Apr 2 Fred Johnson W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia PeeWee finals
Apr 3 Cecil Collins W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Junior Olympic finals
May 1 ? W 3 Sumter, SC Region III AAU 105 lb. finals

1977

Apr 14 James Waites W 3 Lakewood, GA Georgia AAU Junior Olympic 1st round

1978

1979

Jan 17 Otis Freeman TKO Lakewood, GA Georgia Golden Gloves 1st round

1980

Feb 1 Lester Austell W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Golden Gloves quarters
Feb 2 Jakey Winters LDq 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Golden Gloves semis
Apr 4 Willie Preston W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia AAU 156 lbs. semis
Apr 5 Sammy Shellman W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia AAU 156 lbs. finals
Nov 6 John Gordon L 3 Greenwood, SC

1981

Feb 7 Willie Preston W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Golden Gloves 165 lb. finals
Mar 27 Randy Griffin W 3 Knoxville, TN Southern Golden Gloves semis
Mar 28 Dean Moore Knoxville, TN Southern Golden Gloves finals
Apr 11 Michael Grogan L 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia AAU 165 lb. finals

1982

Jan 25 Ronnie Powell W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Golden Gloves finals
Mar 19 Kertis Mingo TKO 3 Knoxville, TN Southern Golden Gloves 1st round
Mar 20 Frankie Pruitt L 3 Knoxville, TN Southern Golden Gloves semis
Mar 27 Ricky Stackhouse Myrtle Beach, NC
Nov 6 Atlanta, GA Georgia ABA championship finals
Nov 13 Charleston, SC Region III championship finals
Dec 13 Ronnie Hughes L 3 Indianapolis, IN USA/ABF Championships

1983

Jan 31 Charles Holloman W 3 Atlanta, GA Georgia Golden Gloves finals
Feb 26 Loren Ross W 3 Knoxville, TN Southern Golden Gloves finals
Mar 6 Jimmy Shortall KO 1 Charlotte, NC USA vs. Ireland dual
Mar 21 Sherman Griffin L 3 Albuquerque, NM National GG prelim
Apr 11 Julio Quintana L 3 Camaguey, CUB Cuba vs. USA dual
Jun 26 Sherman Griffin W 3 Colorado Springs National Sports Festival semis
Jun 28 Ricky Womack W 3 Colorado Springs National Sports Festival finals
Aug 7 Ricky Womack W 3 St. Louis, MO Pan-Am Games Trials
Aug 21 Adolfo Marin W 3 Caracas, VEN Pan-Am Games quarters
Aug 26 Carlos Salazar TKO 2 Caracas, VEN Pan-Am Games semis
Aug 28 Pablo Romero L 3 Caracas, VEN Pan-Am Games finals
Nov 7 Arthur Weathers TKO 3 Colorado Springs USA/ABF Championships 1st round
Nov 8 Antonio Sweeney W 3 Colorado Springs USA/ABF Championships 2nd round
Nov 9 Glenn Wiggins TKO 2 Colorado Springs USA/ABF Championships quarters
Nov 10 Ricky Womack L w/o Colorado Springs USA/ABF Championships semis

1984

Jan 15 Dokie Dragisa W 3 Shreveport, LA USA vs. Yugoslavia dual
Feb 18 Pablo Romero L 3 Reno, NV USA vs. Cuba dual
Apr 17 Roy A. Lang W 3 St. Louis, MO National Golden Gloves 1st round
Apr 18 Bernard Hightower W 3 St. Louis, MO National Golden Gloves 2nd round
Apr 19 Sherman Griffin TKO 2 St. Louis, MO National Golden Gloves quarters
Apr 20 Jerry Goff TKO 1 St. Louis, MO National Golden Gloves semis
Apr 21 Arthur Weathers TKO 3 St. Louis, MO National Golden Gloves finals
Jun 6 Sherman Griffin W 3 Fort Worth, TX Olympic Trials quarters
Jun 9 Ricky Womack L 3 Fort Worth, TX Olympic Trials semis
Jul 6 Ricky Womack W 3 Las Vegas, NV Olympic Games Box-Offs
Jul 7 Ricky Womack W 3 Las Vegas, NV Olympic Games Box-Offs
Jul 30 Taju Akay TKO 3 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Games 1st round
Aug 4 Ismail Khalil Salman TKO 2 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Games 2nd round
Aug 7 Sylvanus Okello TKO 1 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Games quarters
Aug 9 Kevin Barry LDq 2 Los Angeles, CA Olympic Games semis

Notes:

1. won 1973 Georgia Junior Olympics
2. Jakey Winters - L 3 - 3/30/74 - Macon - Macon GG (not confirmed)
3. Orbit Pough said he lost to Evander in a tournament in the '80s
4. his final record is listed at 160-14

[locoxelbox]

Thanks Bob .
According to Boxrec, Holyfield lost to Womack in the "Pan Am Games Box-Offs" on 6th August 1983...In your record Holyfield is the winner (on August 7th). It makes more sense that Holyfield won as he actually went to the Panams.