Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is an American professional boxer who became a four-time world heavyweight champion. Known as “The Real Deal,” he also won world titles at cruiserweight.

Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield: A 1990 heavyweight boxing match in which Holyfield knocked out Buster Douglas in the third round to win the undisputed title. Holyfield captured the heavyweight championship soon after Douglas upset Mike Tyson.
Riddick Bowe: An American boxer who held the undisputed heavyweight championship and fought Evander Holyfield three times. Their trilogy became a central rivalry of Holyfield’s heavyweight career.
Cruiserweight: A professional boxing weight division between light heavyweight and heavyweight, with limits that vary by boxing organization. Holyfield won major cruiserweight titles before moving up to heavyweight.
Four-time heavyweight champion: A distinction held by a boxer who wins a world heavyweight title in four separate reigns. Holyfield became the first boxer recognized as a four-time world heavyweight champion.
Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe: A trilogy of heavyweight championship bouts between Holyfield and Riddick Bowe, fought from 1992 to 1995. The three fights tested Holyfield against a larger rival and included the famed “Fan Man” interruption.
Mike Tyson: An American boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history and later fought Evander Holyfield twice. Their 1996 and 1997 bouts linked two defining heavyweight stars.
Heavyweight: A boxing weight division whose minimum limit is set by governing rules and which has no upper weight limit. Holyfield’s four world heavyweight championships define his best-known achievement.
Evander Holyfield ear-biting incident: A 1997 boxing incident in which Mike Tyson bit Holyfield’s ear during their heavyweight rematch. The disqualification and its aftermath became inseparable from public memory of their rivalry.
Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson: A pair of heavyweight boxing matches in 1996 and 1997, both won by Holyfield. Holyfield’s victories over Tyson became among the most famous episodes of his career.
George Foreman: An American heavyweight boxer who became world champion in two widely separated periods. Holyfield defended his title against Foreman in a prominent 1991 bout.

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