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==External links== {{wikiquote}} *{{Official website}} *{{BoxRec}} *[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/holy.htm Evander Holyfield profile] at Cyber Boxing Zone *[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Boxing Hall of Fame] *[http://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014242.html ESPN.com] *{{Olympedia}} *{{Olympics.com profile|evander-holyfield}} *{{IMDb name}} *[https://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=txholyfieldtitle Article about Holyfield vs. Ibragimov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226212410/http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=txholyfieldtitle |date=2016-02-26 }} at [[Yahoo Sports]] {{s-start-collapsible|header={{s-sports}}}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Amateur boxing titles}} {{s-before|before=[[Ricky Womack]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of US national Golden Gloves light heavyweight champions|U.S. Golden Gloves<br />light heavyweight champion]] |years=1984}} {{s-after|after=Donald Stephens}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Regional boxing titles}} {{s-bef|before=[[Michael Dokes]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[World Boxing Council|WBC]] Continental Americas<br />[[heavyweight]] champion |years=March 11, 1989 – [[Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield|October 25, 1990]]<br />Won world title}} {{s-vac|next=Marcelo Victor Figueroa}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[Shannon Briggs]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Boxing Association|USBA]] heavyweight champion |years=November 10, 2006 – February 2007<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Eddie Chambers]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Minor world boxing titles}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[Richel Hersisia]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[World Boxing Federation|WBF (Federation)]]<br />heavyweight champion |years=April 10, 2010 – May 2011<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Michael Grant (boxer)|Michael Grant]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Major world boxing titles}} {{s-bef|before=[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBA world champions#Cruiserweight|WBA cruiserweight champion]] |years=[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Evander Holyfield|July 12, 1986]] – December 1988<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Taoufik Belbouli]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ricky Parkey]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Cruiserweight|IBF cruiserweight champion]] |years=May 15, 1987 – December 1988<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Glenn McCrory]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Carlos de León]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of WBC world champions#Cruiserweight|WBC cruiserweight champion]] |years=April 9, 1988 – December 1988<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=Carlos de León}} {{s-break}} {{s-non|reason=Inaugural champion}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Cruiserweight|Undisputed cruiserweight champion]] |years=April 9, 1988 – December 1988<br />Titles fragmented}} {{s-vac|next=[[O'Neil Bell]]}} {{s-bef|rows=4|before=[[Buster Douglas]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion|WBA heavyweight champion]] |years=October 25, 1990 – [[Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe|November 13, 1992]]}} {{s-aft|rows=4|after=[[Riddick Bowe]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion|WBC heavyweight champion]] |years=October 25, 1990 – November 13, 1992}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|IBF heavyweight champion]] |years=October 25, 1990 – November 13, 1992}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight|Undisputed heavyweight champion]] |years=October 25, 1990 – November 13, 1992}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=Riddick Bowe}} {{s-ttl|title=WBA heavyweight champion |years=[[Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II|November 6, 1993]] – [[Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer|April 22, 1994]]}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Michael Moorer]]}} {{s-ttl|title=IBF heavyweight champion |years=November 6, 1993 – April 22, 1994}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|before=[[Mike Tyson]]}} {{s-ttl|title=WBA heavyweight champion |years=[[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|November 9, 1996]] – [[Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II|November 13, 1999]]}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Lennox Lewis]]}} {{s-bef|before=Michael Moorer}} {{s-ttl|title=IBF heavyweight champion |years=[[Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II|November 8, 1997]] – November 13, 1999}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=Lennox Lewis}} {{s-ttl|title=WBA heavyweight champion |years=[[Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz|August 12, 2000]] – [[Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz II|March 3, 2001]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[John Ruiz]]}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-before|before=Mike Tyson}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year#1980s|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] |years=1987}} {{s-after|after=Mike Tyson}} {{s-before|before=[[Pernell Whitaker]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Sugar Ray Robinson Award#1990s|BWAA Fighter of the Year]] |years=1990}} {{s-after|after=[[James Toney]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Robert Quiroga]] vs.}}<br />[[Akeem Anifowoshe]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fight of the Year#1990s|''The Ring'' Fight of the Year]]<br />{{small|vs. Riddick Bowe}} |years=1992}} {{s-after|after=[[Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto González|Michael Carbajal vs.<br />Humberto González]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Aaron Davis (boxer)|Aaron Davis]] vs.}}<br />[[Mark Breland]]<br />{{small|Round 9}} }} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Round of the Year#1990s|''The Ring'' Round of the Year]]<br />{{small|vs. Riddick Bowe}}<br />{{small|Round 10}} |years=1992}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|[[Terry Norris (boxer)|Terry Norris]] vs.}}<br />[[Troy Waters]]<br />{{small|Round 2}} }} {{s-before|rows=2|before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year#1990s|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] |years=1996, 1997}} {{s-after|after=[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]}} {{s-ttl|title=BWAA Fighter of the Year |years=1996, 1997}} {{s-after|after=[[Shane Mosley]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Saman Sorjaturong]] vs.}}<br />Humberto González}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fight of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Mike Tyson}} |years=1996}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|[[Arturo Gatti]] vs.}}<br />[[Gabriel Ruelas]]}} {{s-before|before=Willy Salazar<br />{{small|TKO7 [[Danny Romero (boxer)|Danny Romero]]}} }} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Upset of the Year#1990s|''The Ring'' Upset of the Year]]<br />{{small|TKO11 Mike Tyson}} |years=1996}} {{s-after|after=[[Vince Phillips]]<br />{{small|TKO10 [[Kostya Tszyu]]}} }} {{s-before|before=[[Jonah Lomu]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year|BBC Overseas Sports<br />Personality of the Year]] |years=1996 |with=[[Michael Johnson (sprinter)|Michael Johnson]]}} {{s-after|after=[[Martina Hingis]]}} {{s-end}} {{Evander Holyfield}} {{Footer USA Boxing 1984 Summer Olympics}} {{Ring magazine Fighter of the Year}} {{Sugar Ray Robinson Award}} {{BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year}} {{Commons category|Evander Holyfield}} {{Authority control}} 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boxers]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:American Christians]] [[Category:American autobiographers]] [[Category:BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year winners]] [[Category:Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games]] [[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in boxing]] [[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]] [[Category:Participants in Argentine reality television series]]
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