Evander Holyfield

Updated September 27, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

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Born:	Oct. 19, 1962
Pro record:	37-5-1, 25 KOs
Height:	6' 2¹/2"
Weight:	221
Olympic medal:	1984 Bronze as light heavyweight (disqualified for controversial late knockout punch in semifinal against Kevin Barry of New Zealand)

No	Date	Opponent, location	Result
1	11/15/84	Lionel Byarm, New York	Wu 6
2	1/20/85	Eric Winbush, Atlantic City	Wu 6
3	3/13/85	Freddie Brown, Norfolk	KO 1
4	4/20/85	Mark Rivera, Corpus Christi	KO 2
5	7/20/85	Tyrone Booze, Norfolk	Wu 8
6	8/29/85	Rick Myers, Atlanta	KO 1
7	10/30/85	Jeff Meachem, Atlantic City	KO 5
8	12/21/85	Anthony Davis, Virginia Beach	KO 4
9	3/1/86	Chisanda Mutti, Lancaster, Pa	KO 3
10	4/6/86	Jesse Shelby, Corpus Christi	KO 3
11	5/28/86	Terry Mims, Metairie, LA	KO 5
12	7/20/86	Dwight M. Qawi, Atlanta	Ws 15
		(won WBA cruiserweight title)
13	12/8/86	Mike Brothers, Paris	KO 3
14	2/14/87	Henry Tillman, Reno	TKO 7
15	5/15/87	Rickey Parkey, Las Vegas	TKO 3
		(won IBF cruiserweight title)
16	8/15/87	Ossie Ocasio, St.Topez, France	TKO 11
17	12/4/87	Dwight M. Qawi, Atlantic City	TKO 4
18	4/9/88	Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas	KO 8
		(won WBC cruiserweight title)
19	7/16/88	James Tillis, Lake Tahoe	KO 5
20	12/9/88	Pinklon Thomas, Atlantic City	TKO 7
21	3/11/89	Michael Dokes, Las Vegas	TKO 10
22	7/15/89	Adilson Rodrigues, Lake Tahoe	KO 2
23	11/4/89	Alex Stewart, Atlantic City	TKO 8
24	6/1/90	Seamus McDonagh, Atlantic City	TKO 4
25	10/25/90	Buster Douglas, Las Vegas	KO 3
		(won undisputed heavyweight title)
26	4/19/91	George Foreman, Atlantic City	Wu 12
27	11/23/91	Bert Cooper, Atlanta	TKO 7
28	6/19/92	Larry Holmes, Las Vegas	Wu 12
29	11/13/92	Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas	Lu 12
		(lost undisputed heavyweight title)
30	6/26/93	Alex Stewart, Atlantic City	Wu 12
31	11/6/93	Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas	Wm 12
		(won IBF/WBA heavyweight titles)
32	4/22/94	Michael Moorer, Las Vegas	Lm 12
		(lost IBF/WBA heavyweight titles)
33	5/20/95	Ray Mercer, Atlantic City	Wu 10
34	11/4/95	Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas	TKO by 8
35	5/10/96	Bobby Czyz, New York	TKO 5
36	11/9/96	Mike Tyson, Las Vegas	TKO 11
		(won WBC heavyweight title)
37	6/28/97	Mike Tyson, Las Vegas	W Disq. 3
38	11/8/97	Michael Moorer, Las Vegas	TKO 8
		(won IBF/WBA heavyweight titles)
39	9/19/98	Vaughn Bean, Atlanta	Wu 12
40	3/13/99	Lennox Lewis, New York City	Draw 12
41	11/13/99	Lennox Lewis, Las Vegas	Lu 12
		(lost IBF/WBA heavyweight titles)
42	8/12/00	John Ruiz, Las Vegas	Wu 12
		(won vacant WBA heavyweight title)
43	3/3/01	John Ruiz, Las Vegas	Lu 12
		(lost WBA heavyweight title)
44	12/15/01	John Ruiz, Ledyard, Conn.