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Walker, Danny. "Who has gone into the Celebrity Big Brother house? CBB housemates revealed". mirror.co.uk . Retrieved January 6, 2014. In his first fight of 1992, he faced 42 year old former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, and had just pulled off an upset against Ray Mercer. During the bout, Holyfield suffered the first scar of his career with a gash opening up over his eye, the result of Holmes' elbow. The fight ended with a unanimous decision in favor of Holyfield. A Florida Athletic Commission spokesman told ESPN the commission "stands prepared to regulate the Evander Holyfield-Vitor Belfort bout as a sanctioned fight that would appear on both fighters' official boxing record. Ultimately in this case, the decision on whether Saturday's fight is a sanctioned match or an exhibition match is a matter for the participants. Regardless, the Commission will be supervising the fight." Wise, Mike (September 21, 1998). "Bean Dents Holyfield's Armor". The New York Times . Retrieved May 13, 2008. Yes, Holyfield is 58. And yes, this will be his first fight since he defeated Brian Nielsen in 2011, capping one of the greatest in-ring careers of all time. Holyfield won Olympic bronze at the 1984 Games as a light heavyweight before he became the greatest cruiserweight champion in boxing history.

Holland, Jesse (2021-09-16). "Holyfield-Belfort PPV buys: Triller bombs, fails to break even with 'massive money loser' ". MMAmania.com . Retrieved 2022-01-20. Earlier this year, Holyfield signed a deal with Triller to meet Kevin McBride in an exhibition bout on June 5 on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos.

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Campbell, Brian (November 3, 2019). "WATCH: Evander Holyfield's son delivers powerful TKO just 16 seconds into pro boxing debut". CBS Sports . Retrieved May 12, 2021. Holyfield at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2010 Holyfield with Olympic weightlifting champion Karyn Marshall at a ceremony honoring him in 2016 In late 2007 and early 2008, Holyfield was among a number of celebrities to be doing television ads for the restaurant chain Zaxby's. Evander Holyfield beats Frans Botha to take WBF title in Las Vegas". Guardian.co.uk. London. April 11, 2010 . Retrieved May 2, 2010.

When he was 20 years old, 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 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, after a controversial disqualification in the second round of the semi-final against New Zealand's Kevin Barry. [12] [13] [14] Professional career Light heavyweight There were gripes from Team Tyson - mainly from the irrepressible King - about Holyfield's use of his head in the win as the pair geared up for the inevitable rematch seven months later. It's a fight, the rules are the same," Holyfield said when asked if it would be an exhibition. "All I know is it's a fight and they got the rules. If I can get him in one second, I'll get him in one second ... I do what I have to do." Then a deal was signed for him to defend his crown against Mike Tyson in November 1991. Tyson delayed the fight, claiming he was injured in training, but was then convicted for the rape of Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison, so the fight did not happen at that time. They fought in 1996 (Holyfield won by a TKO in 11) and a rematch in 1997 (Holyfield won by disqualification in three, after Tyson bit both of his ears). One of his sons, Evan, followed in his father's footsteps and became a professional boxer. [51] Another son, Elijah, plays football for the Cincinnati Bengals. [52]

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If Holyfield doesn't want this to go on his BoxRec due to his age, we'll allow him to make the decision and still follow all the other rules," Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN. "As of now the fighters are comfortable with how it stands and we're going to revisit this over the next couple of days to decide.

Laz Izada (January 3, 2011). "Evander Holyfield at 48: Should He Still Be Fighting?". Bleacher Report, Inc. By 1992, 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 Game Gear: Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing. We have approved this as a full pro bout," the commission said. "If Triller and the fighters elect to not have this go on BoxRec, we will honor that request, but pro boxing rules will still apply with judges, scoring and a clear winner just as if it were a pro bout."On March 17, 2007, Holyfield defeated Vinny Maddalone by TKO when Maddalone's corner threw in the towel to save their man from serious injury in the ring.

Tyson had recovered the WBC and WBA Heavyweight Championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing Lennox Lewis, defended the WBA title against Holyfield on November 9 of that year. Tyson was heavily favored to win, but Holyfield made history by defeating Tyson in an 11th round TKO. This was the third occasion on which Holyfield won the WBA Heavyweight title. However, the fight was not recognized as being for the lineal championship, which was held by George Foreman at the time. [19] Holyfield vs. Tyson II: The Bite Fight Why is Holyfield fighting? Evander Holyfield, left, last fought in a professional boxing match in 2011, a 10th-round TKO victory over Brian Nielsen in Denmark. Lars Ronbog/FrontzoneSport via Getty ImagesHolyfield, 47, KOs Botha in 8th to capture WBF heavyweight title". CNN. April 11, 2010. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010 . Retrieved May 2, 2010. Walker, Chris (May 31, 2021). "Nonito Donaire Joins Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Unique Class of Three Decade Title Winners". DAZN . Retrieved July 22, 2021. Eisele, Andrew (2003). "Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers". About.com . Retrieved March 10, 2010. That distinction belongs to Steve Ward, whose final fight came months before his 60th birthday. The Englishman ended his career with seven consecutive losses, his last fight coming in December 2015. His record: 15-40-3, 1 KO.