Evander Holyfield

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human professional boxer world boxing champion

Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer and undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, best known for his epic bouts with Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe.

Aliases (1)

Holyfield ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → professional boxer → world boxing champion →
becameUndisputedChampionInDivision	cruiserweight → heavyweight →
competedInOlympics	true →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1962-10-19 →
draws	2 →
familyName	Holyfield →
famousFor	Tyson–Holyfield II ear-biting incident → being the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title four times → epic bouts with Mike Tyson → trilogy with Riddick Bowe →
givenName	Evander →
hasChild	Evan Holyfield →
isRetired	true →
losses	10 →
name	Evander Holyfield →
nickname	The Real Deal →
noContests	1 →
notableOpponent	George Foreman → Larry Holmes → Lennox Lewis → Mike Tyson → Riddick Bowe →
occupation	boxing promoter → professional boxer →
olympicMedalStatus	bronze medalist (disqualified in semifinal; medal often regarded as controversial) →
olympicTeam	United States boxing team →
olympicWeightClass	light heavyweight →
participatedInEvent	1984 Summer Olympics →
placeOfBirth	Atmore, Alabama, United States →
professionalDebutDivision	light heavyweight →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Georgia, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	boxing →
stance	orthodox →
totalProfessionalFights	57 →
turnedProfessionalIn	1984 →
weightClass	cruiserweight → heavyweight →
wins	44 →
winsByKO	29 →
worldTitlesHeld	IBF cruiserweight title → IBF heavyweight title → IBF heavyweight title (second reign) → WBA cruiserweight title → WBA heavyweight title → WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → WBC cruiserweight title → WBC heavyweight title →
yearsActiveAsProfessionalBoxer	1984–2011 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman →	champion
Evander Holyfield ("Holyfield") →	familyName
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman →	fighter1
Mike Tyson →	fought
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman →	isTitleDefenseFor
Evander Holyfield →	name
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman →	winner
Don King →	workedWith