Record details

Evander HOLYFIELD

"The Real Deal"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, Fairburn, Atlanta, Georgia
Born: October 19, 1962, Atmore, Alabama, USA
Height 6ft 2 1/2in, mt 1,88
Weight 214-218-220-216-219 lbs

as an amateur:

1983 Pan-Am Games silver medal
1983 U.S. Amateur Champs bronze medal
1984 National Golden Gloves gold medal
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Lt.Heavy bronze medal
W Akay (Ghana), W Salman (Irak)
W Okello (Kenya), LDq2 Barry (New Zealand)

amateur record: 160-14-0

Amateur Results


1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Caracas, Venezuela, Panamerican Games silver medal, 81 kg
+ Aug. 21	Rodolfo Marin (PUR)	Caracas, Venezuela	WPTS 5:0
+ Aug. 26	Carlos Salazar (VEN)	Caracas, Venezuela	WRSC 2
- Aug. 28	Pablo Romero (CUB)	Caracas, Venezuela	LPTS 4:1

Professional record


1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 15	Lyonel Byarn	New York City, New York	W 6

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Eric Winbush	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 6
+ Mar. 13	Fred Brown	Norfolk, Virginia	KO 1
+ Apr. 20	Mark Rivera	Corpus Christi, Texas	TKO 2
+ July 20	Tyrone Booze	Norfolk, Virginia	W 8
+ Aug. 29	Rick Myers	Atlanta, Georgia	TKO 1
+ Oct. 30	Jeff Meachem	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 5
+ Dec. 21	Anthony Davis	Virginia City, Virginia	TKO 4

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Chisanda Mutti	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	TKO 3
+ Apr. 6	Jesse Shelby	Corpus Christi, Texas	KO 3
+ May 28	Terry Mims	Metairie, Louisiana	KO 5
+ July 12	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	Atlanta, Georgia	W 15
(Won WBA Cruiserweight Title)
+ Dec. 8	Mike Brothers	Paris, France	TKO 3

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 14	Henry Tillman	Reno, Nevada	TKO 7
(Retained WBA Cruiserweight Title)
+ May 15	Ricky Parkey	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 3
(Won IBF Cruiserweight Title)
+ Aug. 15	Ossie Ocasio	Saint Tropez, France	TKO 11
(Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title)
+ Dec. 5	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	Atlantic City, N.Jersey	KO 4
(Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title)

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 9	Carlos de Leon	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 8
(Won WBC Cruiserweight Title)
+ July 16	James Tillis	Stateline, Nevada	TKO 5
+ Dec. 9	Pinklon Thomas	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 8

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 11	Michael Dokes	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 10
(Won WBC Cont’l Americas Heavyweight Title)
+ July 15	Adilson Rodrigues	Lake Tahoe, Nevada	TKO 2
(Retained WBC Cont’l Americas Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 4	Alex Stewart	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 8

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 1	Seamus McDonagh	Atlantic City, N.Jersey	TKO 4
+ Oct. 25	James Buster Douglas	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 3
(Won World Heavyweight Title)

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 19	George Foreman	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 12
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 23	Bert Cooper	Atlanta, Georgia	TKO 7
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 19	Larry Holmes	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
- Nov. 13	Riddick Bowe	Las Vegas, Nevada	L 12
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 26	Alex Stewart	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 12
+ Nov. 6	Riddick Bowe	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Regained WBA & IBF Heavyweight Titles)

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 22	Michael Moorer	Las Vegas, Nevada	L 12
(Lost WBA & IBF Heavyweight Titles)

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 20	Ray Mercer	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10
- Nov. 4	Riddick Bowe	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 8

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 10	Bobby Czyz	New York City, New York	TKO 5
+ Nov. 9	Mike Tyson	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 11
(Regained WBA Heavyweight Title)

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 28	Mike Tyson	Las Vegas, Nevada	WDQ 3
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 8	Michael Moorer	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 8
(Retained WBA & Regained IBF Heavyweight Titles)

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 19	Vaughn Bean	Atlanta, Georgia	W 12
(Retained IBF Heavyweight Title)

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 13	Lennox Lewis	New York City, New York	Draw 12
(Retained WBA-IBF & For WBC Heavyweight Titles)
- Nov. 13	Lennox Lewis	Las Vegas, Nevada	L 12
(Lost WBA-IBF & For WBC Heavyweight Titles)

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 12	John Ruiz	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Regained vacant WBA Heavyweight Title)

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 3	John Ruiz	Las Vegas, Nevad	L 12
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)
= Dec. 15	John Ruiz	Mashantucket, Connecticut	Draw 12
(For WBA Heavyweight Title)

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 1	Hasim Rahman	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TW 8
- Dec. 14	Chris Byrd	Atlantic City, New Jersey	L 12
(For vacant IBF Heavyweight Title)

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 4	James Toney	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 9

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 13	Larry Donald	New York City, New York	L 12
(For vacant NABC Heavyweight Title)


2005 Inactive

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 18	Jeremy Bates	Dallas, Texas	TKO 2
+ Nov. 10	Fres Oquendo	San Antonio, Texas	W 12
(Won vacant USBA Heavyweight Title)

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 17	Vinny Maddalone	Corpus Christi, Texas	TKO 3
+ June 30	Lou Savarese	El Paso, Texas	W 10
- Oct. 13	Sultan Ibragimov	Moscow, Russia	L 12
(For WBO Heavyweight Title)

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 20	Nikolai Valuev	Zurcih, Switzerland	L 12
(For WBA Heavyweight Title)


2009 Inactive

2010
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 10	Frans Botha	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 8 (0:55)
(Won vacant World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title)

2011
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 22	Sherman Williams	White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	NC 3
(Retained World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Title)
+ May 7	Brian Nielsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	TKO 10

Summary