1984 Olympians Debut Bill in November of that year.

[Taansend]

Thursday 15, November 1984 - Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

Evander Holyfield 177½ W-UD 6/6 Lionel Byarm 177½ 9-1-2 light heavy

Mark Breland 146 W-UD 6/6 Dwight Williams 147 7-1-0 welter

Meldrick Taylor 134½ W-TKO 1/6 Luke Lecce 134½ 12-2-1 light

Pernell Whitaker 134½ W-TKO 2/6 Farrain Comeaux 134 11-0-0 light

Virgil Hill 171 W-TKO 2/4 Arthur Wright 170½ 1-0-0 light heavy

Tyrell Biggs 223 W-UD 6/6 Mike Evans 225 3-1-1 heavy

Not a bad line up. From memory...

Holyfield went on to unify the Cruiserweight belt then win the Heavy three times.
Breland won the Welter belt a couple of times.
Taylor looked fantastic at Lightwelter til he ran into Chavez. Still won a belt at Welter but was never the same.
Whitaker ruled at Lightweight, unifying, then moved to Welter & was just as good. You could argue that he was undefeated in his first 42 bouts, despite what the judges said.
Hill ruled Light heavy for some ridiculous amount of years then moved up to Cruiser & won belts there too. Possibly the only fighter I know of who won a fight with the help of a TV camera (joke)
I don't think Biggs won a belt. He might have if he hadn't have turned pro just a few months before a bloke named Tyson.

[goose 5]

Admission was free.

[Ambling Alp II]

I remember a lot of people thought Breland was the best of them.

[Taansend]

I remember a lot of people thought Breland was the best of them.

He was the best of them in the Amateurs, wasn't he?

Also, probably New York press bias.

[Ambling Alp II]

Arguably. but Whitaker, Holyfield, and Taylor were right there with him.

[gilgamesh]

In all fairness. As far as their Amateur records go, Breland definitely did have the best success as an Amateur. All of his Olympic teammates passed him up in the Pro game though.

[scorpio83]

Thursday 15, November 1984 - Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

Evander Holyfield 177½ W-UD 6/6 Lionel Byarm 177½ 9-1-2 light heavy

Mark Breland 146 W-UD 6/6 Dwight Williams 147 7-1-0 welter

Meldrick Taylor 134½ W-TKO 1/6 Luke Lecce 134½ 12-2-1 light

Pernell Whitaker 134½ W-TKO 2/6 Farrain Comeaux 134 11-0-0 light

Virgil Hill 171 W-TKO 2/4 Arthur Wright 170½ 1-0-0 light heavy

Tyrell Biggs 223 W-UD 6/6 Mike Evans 225 3-1-1 heavy

Not a bad line up. From memory...

Holyfield went on to unify the Cruiserweight belt then win the Heavy three times.
Breland won the Welter belt a couple of times.
Taylor looked fantastic at Lightwelter til he ran into Chavez. Still won a belt at Welter but was never the same.
Whitaker ruled at Lightweight, unifying, then moved to Welter & was just as good. You could argue that he was undefeated in his first 42 bouts, despite what the judges said.
Hill ruled Light heavy for some ridiculous amount of years then moved up to Cruiser & won belts there too. Possibly the only fighter I know of who won a fight with the help of a TV camera (joke)
I don't think Biggs won a belt. He might have if he hadn't have turned pro just a few months before a bloke named Tyson.

Actually, Holyfield win the World Heavyweight title four times not three as Holyfield KO 3 Buster Douglas for his first reign, then regained his second title reign by decisioning Riddick Bowe in their rematch in the "Fan Man" fight, stopping Mike Tyson to win his third reign and decisioning John Ruiz to win the WBA version thus winning his fourth title reign after Lennox Lewis vacant his WBA title after refusing to defend against Ruiz.

[Expug]

Biggs probably faced the toughest opponent in Mike Evans.
I used to see him in the gym. He was a good fighter.
Guy was huge too.
Trivia, he was in a Budweiser ad at one point.
At least I think it was bud.

[Flump]

Biggs probably faced the toughest opponent in Mike Evans.
I used to see him in the gym. He was a good fighter.
Guy was huge too.
Trivia, he was in a Budweiser ad at one point.
At least I think it was bud.

He was a capable fighter. He got stopped early by Frank Bruno over this side of the pond, but he could definitely fight.

[bennie]

Biggs had plenty of ability but lack of power held him back and his failure to budge Evans on the night saw him roundly booed. Pick of the bunch was probably the 18-year-old Taylor.