Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984
and 2011. he reigned as the Undisputed champion at Cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight
in the early 1990s and Remains the only boxer in history to win the Undisputed championship in two
weight classes in the three belt era nicknamed The Real Deal Holyfield is the only four-time World
Heavyweight Champion having held the unified WBA WBC and ibf titles from 1990 to 1992. the WBA and
ibf titles again from 1993 to 1994 the WBA title a third tie from 1996 to 1999 the ibf title a third
time from 1997 to 1999 and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001. he retired in 2014
and is ranked number 77 on the Rings list of 100 greatest punchers of of all time and in 2002 he
was named the 22nd greatest fighter of the past 80 years Evander Holyfield has an estimated net worth
of 2 million US Dollars about Evander Holyfield's early life Evander Holyfield was born on October
19 1962 in the Mill Town of Atmore Alabama the youngest of nine children Evander Holyfield was
much younger than his other siblings and was born from a different father his family later moved
to Atlanta Georgia where he was raised in the crime-ridden Bowen homes housing projects he's
a younger brother of actor and Dancer Bernard Holyfield Evander Holyfield began boxing at age
seven and won the boys club boxing tournament at age 13 He qualified to compete in his first Junior
Olympics by age 15 he became the southeastern regional Champion winning this tournament and the
best boxer award by 1984 he had a record of 160 wins and 14 losses with 76 of those by knockout
when he was 20 years old Evander Holyfield represented the U.S in the 1983 Pan-American
games in Caracas Venezuela where he won a silver medal after losing to Cuban world champion Pablo
Romero the following year he was the national Golden Gloves champion and won a bronze medal
in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles California after a controversial disqualification
in the second round of the semi-final against New Zealand's Kevin Berry Evander Holyfield
is six feet two inches tall or 1.89 meters tall about Evander Holyfield's personal life from 1985
to 1991 Evander Holyfield was married to Paulette Brown in October 1996 he was married to Dr Janice
itson the two had one child together and divorced in 2000 from 2003 to 2012 he was married to Candy
calvana Smith with whom he has two children he is separated from his third wife candy Calvano
Evander Holyfield has 11 children with six different women women one of his sons Evan
Holyfield followed in his Father's Footsteps and became a professional boxer another son
Elijah Holyfield played college football at the University of Georgia in 1996 Evander Holyfield
was given the opportunity to carry the Olympic torch when it was on its way to his hometown of
Atlanta for that year's Olympics in 2017 a statue of Evander Holyfield designed by sculptor Brian
Hanlon was commissioned by the city of Atlanta for installation in downtown Atlanta Evander
Holyfield is a born-again Christian about Evander Holyfield's financial difficulties in June 2008 a
legal notice was placed by Washington Mutual Bank stating that Holyfield's 10 million dollar 54
000 square foot 109 room Suburban Atlanta estate would be auctioned off on July 1st
2008 due to foreclosure shortly before that bank's insolvency rapper Rick Ross ended up acquiring the
house adding to his financial problems toy Irvin mother of his then take 10 year old son filed suit
for non-payment of two months of Child Support he was paying three thousand dollars per month
for this child a Utah Landscaping firm also has gone to court seeking 550 thousand dollars in
unpaid debt for services his fortune was drained by frivolous spending multiple failed business
ventures constant child support payments and his three divorces among other things in 2012 the
independent described Holyfield as flat broke and bankrupt despite having earned 350 million
pounds or 513 million US Dollars over his boxing career as of 2019 he was earning about 1.2 million
dollars a year mostly through personal appearances about Evander Holyfield's career Evander Holyfield
started out professionally as a light heavyweight with a televised win and six rounds over Lionel
Byram at Madison Square Garden on November 15 1984. on January 20th 1985 he he won another
six-round decision over Eric Winbush in Atlantic City New Jersey on March 13th he knocked out Fred
Brown in the first round in Norfolk Virginia and on April 20th he knocked out Mark Rivera in two
rounds in Corpus Christi Texas Evander Holyfield turned professional at the age of 21 moving up to
cruiserweight in 1985 and winning his first world championship the following year defeating Dwight
Muhammad kawi for the WBA title he then went on to defeat Ricky Parkey and Carlos De Leon to win the
WBC and ibf titles thus becoming the Undisputed cruiserweight champion in 1988 he moved up to
heavyweight later defeating Buster Douglas in 1990 to claim the unified wbawbc and ibf heavyweight
titles and the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship Evander Holyfield successfully defended his titles
three times scoring victories over former Champions George Foreman and Larry Holmes
before suffering his first professional loss to Riddick bow in 1992 he regained the crown in a
rematch one year later defeating Riddick Beau for the WBA and ibf titles Beau had relinquished the
WBC Title beforehand if Andrew Holyfield later lost these titles in an upset against Michael
Moore in 1994. he was forced to retire in 1994 upon medical advice only to return a year later
with a clean bill of health in 1996 he defeated Mike Tyson and reclaimed the WBA title in what was
named by the Ring magazine as the fight of the year and upset of the Year this Maid of Andrew
Holyfield the first Boxer since Muhammad Ali to win a world heavyweight title three times he won
a 1997 rematch against Mike Tyson which saw the latter disqualified in round three for biting
off part of Holyfield's ear during this reign as Champion he also Avenged his loss to Michael
Moore and reclaimed the ibf title in 1999 he faced Lennox Lewis in a unification fight for the the
Undisputed WBA WBC and ibf titles which ended in a controversial split draw he was defeated
in a rematch eight months later the following year he defeated John Ruiz for the vacant WBA
title becoming the first Boxer in history to win a version of the heavyweight title four
times he lost a rematch against Ruiz seven months later and faced him for a third time in a draw
Evander Holyfield currently ranks number 91 in boxrec's ranking of the greatest pound-for-pound
boxers of all time boxing scene ranked him the greatest cruiserweight of all time he's also
the first Boxer to hold World titles in three different decades in the 1980s 1990s and 2000s
about Evander Holyfield's other Ventures by 1992 Evander Holyfield was already a household name
endorsing multiple products on television such as Coca-Cola and Diet Coke he also had a video
game released for the Sega Genesis and the Sega gang gear Evander Holyfield's Real Deal
boxing he founded Real Deal records which signed the briefly successful group exhale
a batavander Holyfield's house Evander Holyfield owned a 10 million mansion in the suburbs of
Atlanta the enormous 54 000 square foot mansion sits on 235 acres and is the largest single-family
home in the state of Georgia it consists of 109 rooms 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms in June 2008
a legal notice was placed by Washington Mutual Bank stating that the Mansion would be auctioned
off on July 1st 2008 due to foreclosure shortly before that Banks insolvency rapper Rick Ross
ended up acquiring the house about Evander Holyfield's car collection Evander Holyfield
owns or has owned the Cadillac Escalade a Hummer H2 a Bentley Continental and a Ducati Diavel
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