'I've spent my entire career proving critics wrong. They said I was too small to be a Heavyweight, and I won the world championship four times. They said I couldn't go the distance, and I won my first world title in fifteen rounds in one of the most grueling matches ever fought, then they did the same against George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Riddick Bowe. They said Mike Tyson was going to kill me, and I beat him twice. They said if I fought Bowe a second time, he'd put me in the hospital, but I beat him too.'
- Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) 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 time 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 was the undisputed champion at cruiserweight before moving up to heavyweight and becoming a four-time champion.
He had wins over notables such as Mike Tyson ( who he beat twice) Lennox Lewis, Micheal Moorer, Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes, and George Foreman.
I was a fan of him ever since he was the crustier weight champion. He was never the biggest, strongest, or fastest, but he had no quit in him. He fought everyone from his era and backed down from no one.
I feel history has left him very underrated and almost forgotten when it comes to great boxers. Anyway, I was a big fan of boxing from a child until the 2000’s. Don’t know if anyone else on here appreciates the “sweet science.”
I may have been the only Holyfield fan. I always liked the underdog
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- Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) 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 time 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 was the undisputed champion at cruiserweight before moving up to heavyweight and becoming a four-time champion.
He had wins over notables such as Mike Tyson ( who he beat twice) Lennox Lewis, Micheal Moorer, Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes, and George Foreman.
I was a fan of him ever since he was the crustier weight champion. He was never the biggest, strongest, or fastest, but he had no quit in him. He fought everyone from his era and backed down from no one.
I feel history has left him very underrated and almost forgotten when it comes to great boxers. Anyway, I was a big fan of boxing from a child until the 2000’s. Don’t know if anyone else on here appreciates the “sweet science.”
I may have been the only Holyfield fan. I always liked the underdog
.
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, because George was my all time favorite ! 
Im a fan!
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