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Evander Holyfield

2016-09-29T22:04:02Z

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'''Trainers:''' [[George Benton]] & [[Lou Duva]] (1984-1992), [[Emanuel Steward]] (1993), [[Don Turner]] (1994-2003), [[Ronnie Shields]] (2004-2008), [[Tommy Brooks]] (2010-2011) 
'''Managers:''' Ken Sanders (1984-1990, 2008-2011), [[Shelly Finkel]], [[Jim Thomas]] 
'''Cutmen:''' [[Ace Marotta]] and [[Jim Strickland]] 
'''Conditioning Coach:''' Tim Hallmark 
'''[[:Category:Evander Holyfield Gallery|Evander Holyfield Gallery]]''' 
 

==Amateur Achievements==
[[File:Holyfield 79027848.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Holyfield at the 1984 Olympics]]
*'''Record:''' 160-14 with 75 KOs
*1983 U.S. National Championships Bronze Medalist (178 lbs) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Results:
**[[Arthur Weathers]] TKO 3
**Antonio Sweeney W 3
**Glenn Wiggins TKO 2
**[[Ricky Womack]] L 3
*1983 Pan American Games Silver Medalist (178 lbs) in Caracas, Venezuela. Results:
**Rodolfo Marin (Puerto Rico) W 3 (5-0)
**Carlos Salazar (Venezuela) RSC 2
**[[Pablo Romero]] (Cuba) L 3 (1-4)
*1984 National [[Golden Gloves]] Gold Medalist (178 lbs) in St. Louis, Missouri. Results:
**Sherman Griffin RSC 2
**Jerry Goff RSC 1
**Arthur Weathers RSC 2
*1984 U.S. Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist (178 lbs) in Fort Worth, Texas. Results:
**Sherman Griffin W 3 (5-0)
**[[Ricky Womack]] L 3 (2-3)
*1984 U.S. Olympic Box-Offs Winner (178 lbs) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Results:
**Ricky Womack W 3 (4-1)
**Ricky Womack W 3 (4-1)
*1984 [[Olympics|Olympic]] Games Bronze Medalist (178 lbs) in Los Angeles, California. Results:
**Taju Akay (Ghana) RSCH 3
**Ismail Khalil Salman (Iraq) RSCH 2
**Sylvanus Okello (Kenya) W KO 1
**[[Kevin Barry]] (New Zealand) L DQ 2

'''Olympic Disqualification''' 
[[File:Holyfield-Barry 79028351.jpg|325px|thumb|Holyfield vs. Kevin Barry at the 1984 Olympics]]
Holyfield was disqualified in his light heavyweight semifinal bout with [[Kevin Barry]] of New Zealand for hitting after the break.

Near the end of the second round, with Barry grabbing him around the neck with his left arm, Holyfield pulled back and—just as Yugoslavian referee Gligorije Novicic yelled "Stop!"—slammed a right to the body and a left hook to the head. Barry crumbled to the canvas. He regained his feet, but was very wobbly. Novicic stopped the fight and disqualified Holyfield for hitting on the break. Holyfield, who was dominating the bout, said he didn't hear the referee.

Because he was stopped by a head blow, Barry was medically ineligible to fight for 28 days. As a result, [[Anton Josipovic]] of Yugoslavia, who defeated Mustapha Moussa of Algeria in the other semifinal, was awarded the gold medal on a walkover.

The U.S. filed a protest. The protest was based on three points:
:(1) The punch was started before the referee yelled "stop," thus making it a legal punch.
:(2) The noise level of the crowd was so high that it was doubtful whether Holyfield could have heard the referee at all.
:(3) Barry was in the process of being warned for holding when the incident occurred. And there was a possiblity that the warning would be cause for disqualifying Barry.

The protest was rejected by the [[International Amateur Boxing Association]]. "There is no doubt in the minds of the protest committee," said Colonel Don Hull, the president of AIBA. "They reviewed the film and it is clear that there was a violation and that an illegal blow incapacitated. The referee enforced the rules."

Loring Baker, head of the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, said the referee should have stopped the bout earlier because Barry was flagrantly holding. "Had the referee done his job properly, the fight would have been stopped before the foul occurred," Baker said.

"Novicic blew it," said John Holaus, one of four American officials who worked the competition. "He was going from cautions to warnings and then back to cautions. It's against the rules. Once you issue a warning, you can't go back to cautions. I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

==Professional Achievements==
[[File:HolyfieldBuster.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Holyfield vs. Buster Douglas in 1990]]
[[File:Bowe vs. Holyfield II 290586.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe in 1993]]
[[File:Holyfield Tyson I 160428480.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson in 1996]]
'''World Titles:'''
*Holyfield is the only fighter to win a portion of the World Heavyweight Championship four times.
*'''[[WBA]] Cruiserweight Champion''' (1986-1988) Won the title with a fifteen-round split decision against [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]].
*'''[[IBF]] Cruiserweight Champion''' (1987-1988) Won the title with a third-round TKO of [[Ricky Parkey]].
*'''[[WBC]] Cruiserweight Champion''' (1988) Won the title with an eighth-round TKO of [[Carlos DeLeon]]. Became the first Undisputed World Cruiserweight Champion. Vacated the [[WBA]]/[[WBC]]/[[IBF]] championship to move up to heavyweight.
*'''[[WBA]]/[[WBC]]/[[IBF]] Heavyweight Champion''' (1990-1992) Won the Undisputed [[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Championship]] with a third-round KO of [[James (Buster) Douglas|James "Buster" Douglas]]. Lost the title to [[Riddick Bowe]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision.
*'''[[WBA]]/[[IBF]] Heavyweight Champion''' (1993-1994) Won the title with a twelve-round majority decision against [[Riddick Bowe]]. Lost the title to [[Michael Moorer]] by a twelve-round majority decision.
*'''[[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion''' (1996-1999) Won the title with an eleventh-round TKO of [[Mike Tyson]].
*'''[[IBF]] Heavyweight Champion''' (1997-1999) Won the title with an eighth-round TKO of [[Michael Moorer]]. Lost the [[WBA]]/[[IBF]] championship to [[Lennox Lewis]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision.
*'''[[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion''' (2000-2001) Won the vacant title with a twelve-round unanimous decision against [[John Ruiz]]. Lost the title to [[John Ruiz]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision.

'''Minor & Regional Titles:'''
*'''[[WBC]] Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship''' (1989-1990) Won the title with a tenth-round TKO of [[Michael Dokes]]. Vacated the title when he won the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship.
*'''[[USBA]] Heavyweight Championship''' (2006) Won the vacant title with a twelve-round unanimous decision against [[Fres Oquendo]]. Vacated the title.
*'''[[World Boxing Federation|WBF]] Heavyweight Championship''' (2010-2011) Won the title with an eighth-round TKO of [[Francois Botha]]. Vacated the title.

'''Record:'''
*Has a record of 16-7-2 (9 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 19-9-2 (10 KO) against former, current and future world titlists.
**Won against [[Tyrone Booze]], [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] (twice), [[Ricky Parkey]], [[Ossie Ocasio]], [[Carlos De Leon]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Michael Dokes]], [[James (Buster) Douglas]], [[George Foreman]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[Riddick Bowe]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Bobby Czyz]], [[Mike Tyson]] (twice), [[Michael Moorer]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Hasim Rahman]]
**Lost against [[Riddick Bowe]] (twice), [[Michael Moorer]], [[Lennox Lewis]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Chris Byrd]], [[James Toney]], [[Sultan Ibragimov]], [[Nikolay Valuev]]
**Drew with [[Lennox Lewis]], [[John Ruiz]]
**Has a record of 7-3-1(2 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] (twice),[[George Foreman]], [[Larry Holmes]],[[Riddick Bowe]],[[Mike Tyson]] (twice)
**Lost against [[Riddick Bowe]] (twice),[[Lennox Lewis]]
**Drew with [[Lennox Lewis]]

==Awards & Recognition==
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*[[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] for 1987, 1996 and 1997.
*The [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1990, 1996 and 1997.
*The [[WBA]] presented Holyfield with the [[Muhammad Ali]] [[:File:AliAwardHolyfield.jpg|Award]] for becoming a three-time heavyweight champion in 1996.
*[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi I]] was named the best cruiserweight fight of the 1980s by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*[[Michael Dokes vs. Evander Holyfield|Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Dokes]] was named the best heavyweight fight of the 1980s ''The Ring''.
*[[Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe (1st meeting)|Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe I]] was [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|''The Ring'' Fight of the Year]] for 1992, and the tenth round was the [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]].
*[[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson I]] was ''The Ring'' Fight of the Year and [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year|Upset of the Year]] for 1996.
*[[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson (2nd meeting)|Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II]] was [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|''The Ring'' Event of the Year]] for 1997.
*[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] ranked Holyfield as the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest cruiserweight of all-time]] in 1994.
*[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] ranked Holyfield as the third [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] in 1998.
*Inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2001.
*''The Ring'' ranked Holyfield as the twenty-third [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|best fighter of the last 80 years]] in 2002.
*Inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014.

==Notes==
*During the seventh round of Holyfield's second fight with [[Riddick Bowe]], a man on a motorized paraglider flew into the outdoor arena at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas and attempted to land in the ring. He crashed into the ring ropes and his chute got caught in the ring lights. The man, who called himself Fan Man, was pulled from the ropes and beaten unconscious by Bowe's security. He was briefly hospitalized and then arrested. After a 21-minute delay, the fight resumed. Holyfield won by a majority decision to regain the [[WBA]]/[[IBF]] Heavyweight Championship.
*After losing to [[Michael Moorer]] in Las Vegas on April 22, 1994, Holyfield was diagnosed with a heart ailment. He was told he had a "diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle." As a result, he announced his retirement. In June 1994, Holyfield said he was cured by faith healer Benny Hinn and planned to return to boxing. At the insistence of the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]], he went through a battery of tests at the Mayo Clinic in November 1994 and was given a clean bill of health. Holyfield was told he had been misdiagnosed because he was over-medicated and over-hydrated in the treatment he received after the Moorer fight. In February 1995, Nevada boxing officials voted to lift his medical suspension. He returned to the ring on May 20, 1995, and defeated [[Ray Mercer]] by a ten-round unanimous decision.
*Holyfield fought [[Riddick Bowe]] for the third and final time on November 4, 1995. Holyfield, who later said he was suffering from Hepatitis A, appeared to be completely exhausted by the fifth round. With about a minute left in the fifth round, [[HBO]] commentator [[George Foreman]] stood up and called for the fight to be stopped. "This man is going to end up in a pine box," Foreman said. "He's got heart trouble." Holyfield dropped Bowe early in the sixth round, but was unable to finish him. Bowe came back to stop Holyfield two rounds later.
*Holyfield was first scheduled to fight [[Mike Tyson]] for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship on June 18, 1990, but those plans were spoiled by [[James (Buster) Douglas]], who knocked out Tyson on February 11, 1990. Holyfield won the title from Douglas and was scheduled to defend it against Tyson on November 8, 1991, but the fight was canceled after Tyson suffered a rib injury during training. Before the fight could be rescheduled, Tyson was convicted of rape and sent to prison. Holyfield finally fought Tyson on November 9, 1996, and stopped him in the eleventh round to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship.
*During the third round of his rematch with [[Mike Tyson]] on June 28, 1997, Holyfield was bitten twice by Tyson. After he bit a one-inch chunk out of Holyfield's right ear, referee [[Mills Lane]] called time and deducted two points from Tyson. When the fight resumed, Tyson bit Holyfield's left ear. When Lane saw the bite marks on Holyfield's left ear after the third round, he disqualified Tyson.
*Holyfield lost to [[Larry Donald]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision in New York City on November 13, 2004. It was his third straight defeat. After the fight, the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] medically suspended Holyfield for poor performance. Although Holyfield passed a battery of tests, the commission voted to suspend Holyfield's license indefinitely in August 2005, but lifted the medical suspension that prevented him from fighting in other states.
*On August 29, 2006, Federal Drug Enforcement Agency officials in Alabama raided a compounding pharmacy (a pharmacy that makes its own drugs generically) called Applied Pharmacy Services. Among the documents seized were records stating that, in June 2004, a patient named “Evan Fields” picked up three vials of testosterone and related injection supplies from a doctor in Columbus, Georgia. That same month, Fields received five vials of Saizen (a human growth hormone). In September 2004, according to the documents, Fields underwent treatment for hypogonadism (a condition that results when the sex glands produce little or no hormones). The date of birth, home address, and telephone number listed for Evan Fields in Applied Pharmacy’s records were identical to those of Evander Holyfield. When these facts were made public, Holyfield issued a statement that read in part, “I have never taken an illegal or banned performance enhancing drug of any kind. The use of such substances runs counter to everything I believe about sports and my place in the athletic world.”
*Holyfield's last shot at a major title occurred when he fought [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[Nikolay Valuev]] on December 20, 2008, in Zurich, Switzerland. At the age of 46, Holyfield was trying to become the oldest fighter ever to win a portion of the World Heavyweight Championship. He lost by a controversial twelve-round majority decision. Chris Mannix of ''SI.com'' wrote that Holyfield "absolutely, positively won the fight."
*On June 26, 2014, three years and a month since his last fight, Holyfield officially announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 51.

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title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Taoufik Belbouli]]|
years=1986 Jul 12 – 1988 '''Vacated'''
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title=[[IBF Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Glenn McCrory]]|
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title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
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title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]] [[WBA Heavyweight Champion]] [[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
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title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lennox Lewis]]|
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after=[[Lennox Lewis]]|
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[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

==Professional Highlights==
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Evander Holyfield

2016-09-29T22:00:56Z

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