Heavyweight · United States
Evander Holyfield 44-10-2, 1 NC 29 KO · 1984–2011
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Evander Holyfield was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Oct 19, 1962. Record 44-10-2, 1 NC with 29 knockouts over 1984–2011. World titles: WBA heavyweight (2000–2001), IBF heavyweight (1997–1999), WBA heavyweight (1996–1999), WBA heavyweight (1993–1994) and 7 more. Evander Holyfield last fought Brian Nielsen on May 7, 2011 and won by TKO in round 10 of 12.
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Born Oct 19, 1962
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 189 cm
Reach 197 cm
Nickname The Real Deal · The Warrior
Debut Nov 15, 1984
Career 1984–2011
Rounds boxed 452
KO share 66%
Born in Atmore, Alabama, U.S.
Lives in Fayette County, United States
Titles IBF, WBA, WBC cruiserweight · 1986–1988; IBF, WBA, WBC heavyweight · 1990–2001
Boxerbook rating 2190 ± 180 · inactive since May 2011Why here › Confirmed bouts 36 of 57 · 6 official
Career record Record
44-10-2, 1 NC, 29 KOs · 1984–2011
Last result W
TKO 10/12 · Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
The record 57 bouts, 1984–2011, plus 2 exhibitions (not counted), newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: Wikipedia (ru) · 59, Wikipedia (ja) · 58, English Wikipedia · 57, Nevada State Athletic Commission — Results · 4, WBA Fights Master Scores · 3
Exh
TKO 1 · Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 44-10-2 · Belfort 1-0-0
Exh
Mitt Romney Exhibition
RTD 3 · Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 44-10-2 · Romney —
W
TKO 10/12 · Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Holyfield 43-10-2 · Nielsen —
NC
WBF heavyweight title at stake NC 3/12 · The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 43-10-2 · Williams —
W
Won vacant WBF heavyweight title TKO 8/12 · Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 42-10-2 · Botha 47-4-3
L
For WBA heavyweight title MD 12/12 · Hallenstadion, 🇨🇭
Holyfield 42-9-2 · Valuev 52-1-0
L
For WBO heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Khodynka Arena, Moscow, 🇷🇺
Holyfield 42-8-2 · Ibragimov 21-0-1
W
UD 10/10 · Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 41-8-2 · Savarese 46-6-0
W
TKO 3/10 · American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 40-8-2 · Maddalone —
W
Won vacant USBA heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Alamodome, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 39-8-2 · Oquendo —
W
TKO 2/12 · American Airlines Center, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 38-8-2 · Bates 21-11-1
L
For vacant NABC heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 38-7-2 · Donald —
L
TKO 9/12 · MANDALAY BAY ARENA, LAS VEGAS, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 38-6-2 · Toney 66-4-2
L
For vacant IBF heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 38-5-2 · Byrd 36-2-0
W
TD 8/12 · Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 37-5-2 · Rahman 35-3-0
D
For WBA heavyweight title SD 12/12 · Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 37-5-1 · Ruiz 37-4-0
L
Lost WBA heavyweight title UD 12/12 · MANDALAY BAY RESORT & CASINO, LAS VEGAS, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 37-4-1 · Ruiz 36-4-0
W
Won vacant WBA heavyweight title UD 12/12 · PARIS LAS VEGAS HOTEL & CASINO, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 36-4-1 · Ruiz 36-3-0
L
For WBC heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 36-3-1 · Lewis 34-1-1
D
For WBC heavyweight title SD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 36-3-0 · Lewis 34-1-0
Show all 59 bouts W
Retained WBA and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Georgia Dome, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 35-3-0 · Bean —
W
Retained WBA heavyweight title RTD 8/12 · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 34-3-0 · Moorer 39-1-0
W
Retained WBA heavyweight title DQ 3/12 · MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 33-3-0 · Tyson 45-2-0
W
Won WBA heavyweight title TKO 11/12 · MGM Grand, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 32-3-0 · Tyson 45-1-0
W
RTD 5/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 31-3-0 · Czyz 44-6-0
L
TKO 8/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 31-2-0 · Bowe 42-1-0
W
UD 10/10 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 30-2-0 · Mercer 23-2-1
L
Lost WBA and IBF heavyweight titles MD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 30-1-0 · Moorer 34-0-0
W
Won WBA and IBF heavyweight titles MD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 29-1-0 · Bowe 38-0-0
W
UD 12/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 28-1-0 · Stewart 32-4-0
L
Lost WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 28-0-0 · Bowe 34-0-0
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 27-0-0 · Holmes 54-3-0
W
Retained WBA and IBF heavyweight titles TKO 7/12 · Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 26-0-0 · Cooper 26-7-0
W
For WBA, WBC, Lineal, and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 25-0-0 · Foreman 69-2-0
W
Won WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles KO 3/12 · The Mirage, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 24-0-0 · Douglas 30-4-1
W
Retained WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title TKO 4/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 23-0-0 · McDonagh —
W
Retained WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title TKO 8/12 · Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 22-0-0 · Stewart 24-0-0
W
Retained WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title KO 2/12 · Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 21-0-0 · Rodrigues 35-2-0
W
Won WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title TKO 10/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 20-0-0 · Dokes 37-1-2
W
RTD 7/10 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 19-0-0 · Thomas 29-2-1
W
RTD 5/10 · Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 18-0-0 · Tillis 38-13-1
W
Won WBC cruiserweight title TKO 8/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 17-0-0 · León 44-4-0
W
For WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles KO 4/15 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 16-0-0 · Qawi 28-4-1
W
Retained WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles TKO 11/15 · Parking de Nouveau Port, Saint-Tropez, 🇫🇷
Holyfield 15-0-0 · Ocasio 21-4-1
W
Won IBF title, for WBA Cruiserweight Title TKO 3/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 14-0-0 · Parkey 20-4-0
W
Retained WBA cruiserweight title TKO 7/15 · Bally's, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 13-0-0 · Tillman —
W
Mike Brothers
TKO 3/10 · Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Holyfield 12-0-0 · Brothers —
W
Won WBA cruiserweight title SD 15/15 · Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 11-0-0 · Qawi 26-2-1
W
Terry Mims
KO 5/10 · Metairie, Metairie, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 10-0-0 · Mims —
W
Jesse Shelby
KO 3/10 · Corpus Christi, Texas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 9-0-0 · Shelby —
W
TKO 3/10 · Host Resort, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 8-0-0 · Mutti —
W
Anthony Davis
TKO 4/10 · Pavilion Convention Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 7-0-0 · Davis —
W
Jeff Meachem
TKO 5/8 · Broadway by the Bay Theater, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 6-0-0 · Meachem —
W
Rick Myers
TKO 1/8 · Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 5-0-0 · Myers —
W
UD 8/8 · Scope, Norfolk, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 4-0-0 · Booze —
W
Mark Rivera
TKO 2/8 · Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 3-0-0 · Rivera —
W
Fred Brown
TKO 1/6 · Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 2-0-0 · Brown —
W
Eric Winbush
UD 6/6 · Broadway by the Bay Theater, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 1-0-0 · Winbush —
W
Lionel Byarm
UD 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holyfield 0-0-0 · Byarm —
Amateur career 4 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Evander Holyfield's record? Evander Holyfield's professional record is 44-10-2, 1 NC with 29 knockouts.
Who did Evander Holyfield fight last? Evander Holyfield last fought Brian Nielsen on May 7, 2011 and won by TKO in round 10 of 12.
Which world titles has Evander Holyfield held? Evander Holyfield has held 11 world title reigns: WBA heavyweight (2000–2001), IBF heavyweight (1997–1999), WBA heavyweight (1996–1999), WBA heavyweight (1993–1994) and 7 more. Sources Boxerbook ID 10468 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10468 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
