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.

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Evander Holyfield canonical 33
Holyfield 2
multi-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
world boxing champion ⓘ
becameUndisputedChampionInDivision cruiserweight ⓘ
heavyweight ⓘ
competedInOlympics true ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1962-10-19 ⓘ
draws 2 ⓘ
familyName Evander Holyfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 Team USA ⓘ
surface form: United States boxing team
olympicWeightClass light heavyweight ⓘ
participatedInEvent 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Atmore, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Atmore, Alabama, United States
professionalDebutDivision light heavyweight ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: 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 (second reign) ⓘ
surface form: WBA heavyweight title

WBA heavyweight title (second reign) ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title ⓘ
WBC heavyweight title ⓘ
yearsActiveAsProfessionalBoxer 1984–2011 ⓘ

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Don King → workedWith → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman → champion → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman → fighter1 → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman → winner → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman → isTitleDefenseFor → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Mike Tyson → fought → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander Holyfield → name → Evander Holyfield self-link ⓘ
Evander Holyfield → familyName → Evander Holyfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyfield
The Battle of the Ages → fighter1 → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
The Battle of the Ages → winner → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
The Battle of the Ages → championEnteringBout → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
The Battle of the Ages → featuredFighter → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
World Heavyweight Champion → notableHolder → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Undisputed Truth → hasNotableCharacter → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evander → notableBearer → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
The Real Deal → refersTo → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → heldBy → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → champion → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → titleHolder → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
WBA heavyweight title (second reign) → isSecondWorldHeavyweightTitleReignFor → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Riddick Bowe → fought → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Riddick Bowe → wonFrom → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Riddick Bowe → lostTo → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Riddick Bowe → notableRival → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Tyson–Holyfield II ear-biting incident → hasParticipant → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Tyson–Holyfield II ear-biting incident → winner → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Tyson–Holyfield II ear-biting incident → involvesAthlete → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: multi-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield
Buster Douglas → lostTitleTo → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
WBC cruiserweight title → notableFormerChampion → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Lennox Lewis → defeated → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
IBF heavyweight title → hasChampion → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evan Holyfield → familyName → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyfield
Evan Holyfield → parent → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evan Holyfield → notableFamilyMember → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Evan Holyfield → hasNotableAncestor → Evander Holyfield ⓘ
Ray Mercer → fought → Evander Holyfield ⓘ