evander holyfield was born on october 19 1962. he's an american former professional boxer who
competed from 1984 to 2011. he began boxing at an early age winning a boys boxing tournament at the
age of seven at the age of 13 he qualified for the junior olympics and became the southeastern
regional champion at 15. after representing the us and the pan-american games in 1983
at the age of 20 he went on to fight in the summer olympics in los angeles the following year
winning a bronze medal he turned professional at age 21. evander holyfield has fought at the
heavyweight cruiserweight and light heavyweight divisions he was also an undisputed champion in
both heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions as of this recording evander holyfield has an estimated
net worth of 1 million dollars unfortunately like several prominent boxers evander has experienced
severe financial problems despite earning hundreds of millions of dollars during his career
evander earned around 220 million dollars during his career in 2008 he lost his longtime home to
foreclosure he was forced to sell off most of his assets to pay down various debts
but before we let you know how he lost his fortune here's how he made his millions
apart from making money in the ring evander holyfield founded real deal records which
signed the one-time success group exhale among other groups holyfield was already a household
name by 1992 as he endorsed tons of products and commercials for coca-cola and diet coke holyfield
is also featured in a video game for sega genesis evander holyfield's real deal boxing he's among a
number of celebrities to do ads for the restaurant chain zaxby's holyfield carried the olympic torch
in 1996 when it was on its way to his hometown of atlanta the host for that year's games in 2007
holyfield released the line of cooking products the real deal grill via infomercials holyfield
has made numerous television appearances over the years his first being a cameo on the christmas
special of fresh prince of bel air in 1990 he also made an appearance in three movies during the 90s
summer of sam necessary roughness and blood savage which he also produced he made a cameo appearance
in nickelodeon's guts in 1994 and then in 2005 holyfield appeared on dancing with the stars
he and his partner editos lewinski came in fifth place in january 2014 holyfield became the first
housemate on the uk celebrity big brother to get voted out after making derogatory remarks
about a homosexual roommate in may 2016 holyfield was featured on the argentine reality dance show
bailando and now let's get down to how he lost his fortune just like mike tyson evander holyfield
somehow managed to blow through a fortune that at one time peaked above 200 million dollars
during his career holyfield earned an estimated 220 million dollars in prize money alone
unfortunately all that money was gone by 2008 when his 109 room atlanta mansion was lost to
foreclosure the mansion was 54 000 square feet on 234 acres the house cost more than a million
dollars a year to maintain after being foreclosed the house sold at public auction for 7.5 million
unfortunately evander owed a bank more than twice that amount for the house's mortgage
as of january 2013 he also owed several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes to the irs most
of holyfield's prized possessions have been sold at auction over the years to cover a number of
debts and obligations including his olympic bronze medal 20 pairs of fight gloves championship rings
belts and 25 match robes and shorts today it's reported that evander holyfield earns around 1.1
million dollars a year from personal appearances recovering from his debts and back taxes owed
from a fortune of over 200 million dollars to an income slightly less than 1.1 million
dollars a year from cruiserweight to heavyweight with 29 knockouts to boot and let's not forget
the night that mike tyson decided to bite out of not one but both of his ears evander
holyfield saw it all in his career and while he may have had his ups and downs financially
he's still known as the real deal in the ring thanks for watching this video be sure to give
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