Evander Holyfield Boxing News

By Ian Aldous: An amazing 28 years after turning professional, Evander Holyfield (44-10-2) is still confident he can once again become a World heavyweight champion. Will he get the opportunity to dethrone Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko? Last week Evander took the time to talk with me about heavyweights, past and present.

By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) will be turning 50 in October of this year and has fought only three times since 2008 against 2nd tier opposition, yet Holyfield stubbornly refuses to retire from boxing and plans on sticking it out until he’s captured all the heavyweight world [...]

INDIO, Calif., October 19 – Four-Time Heavyweight Champion of the World Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield will make a special appearance to meet fans and sign autographs inside the Fantasy Springs Special Event Center during the Friday, November 4 edition of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate.”

Evander Holyfield has decided to relinquish the World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Heavyweight title in order to challenge Alexander Povetkin for the WBA “regular” World title in December. The legendary American informed this personally to WBF president Howard Goldberg.

By Eric Thomas: WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) defeated Ruslan Chagaev on August 27th to pick up David Haye’s old title that was recently taken from Wladimir Kltischko by the World Boxing Association after they elevated Wladimir to WBA Super World heavyweight champion.

By Dan Ambrose: It looks like new WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) won’t be taking any chances by fighting a dangerous opponent for his title defense. According to the latest boxing news rumors from the Bild, the 31-year-old Povetkin will be fighting former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) on December [...]

By Jason Kim: Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) captured the vacant WBA heavyweight title last night with a 12 round unanimous decision over former WBA champion Ruslan Chagagaev (27-2-1, 17 KO’s) in Efurt, Germany. The win you would think would lead to Povetkin taking on one of the Klitschko brothers in one of the huge [...]

By Jim Dower: Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is giving WBA heavyweight champion David Haye a good chance of beating IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Holyfield, who wants to fight the winner of the fight, feels that Wladimir can’t fight well on the inside, and thinks this is an area that Holyfield can exploit.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Over the past couple of days two legendary fighters have come out publicly in support of pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (53-3-3, 38 KO’s) in the ongoing dispute with Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) regarding random drug testing as being the reason that the match up between the two [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes it’s time that the aging heavyweights Hasim Rahman, Evander Holyfield and Shannon Briggs all should hang up their gloves and retire from boxing.

By Vann Dunn: There comes a period in every professional athlete’s life where it is time to look in the mirror and face the truth…the time when it is necessary to walk away from the sport where they have achieved remarkable success and fame. More often than not, that time comes when the athlete skills [...]

FT. PIERCE, Florida (May 12, 2011) – Popular Bahamian heavyweight Sherman “The Tank” Williams has called-in his Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield-marker and demanded an immediate rematch that the future Hall of Famer verbally agreed to after their January 22nd fight in West Virginia ended in a highly controversial “no contest” due to Holyfield’s left [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) toyed with 46-year-old Danish heavyweight Brian Nielsen (64-3, 43 KO’s), defeating him by a 10th round TKO last night at the Koncecerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Holyfield knocked Nielsen down once in the 3rd from a left hook and then finished him off in the 10th with [...]

By Eric Thomas: Aging 48-year-old former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) proved that he could still beat a fighter that hadn’t fought in over eight years when Holyfield stopped 46-year-old Brian Nielsen (64-3, 43 KO’s) in the 11th round on Saturday night at the Koncerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

By Jason Kim: 48-year-old former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) weighed in at a career high of 225 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in for his fight on Saturday night against 46-year-old Danish heavyweight Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KO’s) at the Koncerthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark. For his part, Nielsen weighed 238, which wasn’t a bad [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) faces Denmark’s Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout this Saturday night in what amounts to be an old timer’s fight at the Koncenthuset, in Copenhagen, Denmark. How this fight is even taking place is the question.

The five-men Championship Committee of the World Boxing Federation, after consideration of all arguments, has decided against sanctioning the proposed second title defence of its world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield against Denmark’s Brian Nielsen.

By Eric Thomas: Evander Holyfield’s fight with 45-year-old Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KO’s) has been moved from March 5th to May 7th at the Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark. The fight has been moved because of a bad cut over Holyfield’s left eye that he suffered in his last fight in January against Sherman Williams.

The hotly-anticipated “Legends of the Ring” showdown between Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KOs) and Evander Holyfield (43-10, 28 KOs) has been moved back to May 7. The two heavyweight superstars were to battle it out at DR´s Koncerthuset on March 5 but will now lock horns two months later because a cut injury has kept [...]

By Eric Thomas: Despite getting badly rocked repeatedly by 38-year-old journeyman fighter Sherman Williams in his fight last Saturday night, 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (43-1–2, 28 KO’s) is going to continue his career and fight his previously scheduled bout with 45-year-old Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KO’s) on March 5th in Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark. Holyfield looked old, [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield was a tremendous fighter in the past, debuted as a professional prize-fighter on November 1984 defeating by UD6 Lionel Byarm, he is the 1984 light heavyweight Olympic bronze medallist, he belongs to an outstanding generation of the U.S.A. Olympic team, he is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, [...]

By Derek Holian: Somehow, some fight fans seem pretty sure that Evander Holyfield was on his way to taking a beating against Sherman ‘the tank’ Williams had there fight continued at the weekend. However im not quite sure how they can justify this prediction. Yes Evander certainly looked a little slow off the mark, and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It sure looked to me like 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) quit last Saturday night after the 3rd round against Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) after getting badly hurt from a series of looping fight hands and left hooks by Williams. Holyfield ended up getting a small cut over his left [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s a good thing that 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) decided to pull out of his fight against 38-year-old Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) due a cut on Saturday night at the The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Holyfield wouldn’t have survived the 4th round, because he was getting badly [...]

By William Mackay: Evander Holyfield looked nothing like his old self on Saturday night in fighting to a 3rd round no decision to Sherman Williams after the fight was stopped due to a head butt in this pay-per-view bout in West Virgina. Holyfield got staggered in the 3rd and was getting lit up in the [...]

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (January 22, 2011) – Evander Holyfield: “I’m very disappointed. He fought the way he should have. He understood he would have his head low when he threw the overhand right. If I didn’t move back, we’d clash heads. It was to his advantage to get lower because he’s short. Being [...]

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (January 22, 2011) – Tonight’s title fight between World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield and challenger Sherman “Tank” Williams abruptly ended after three rounds due to a cut over Holyfield’s left eye that happened in the second round suffered in the second round. Holyfield was unable [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Steven Lementania – Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) says he’ll give 38-year-old Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) a rematch after their fight on Saturday night ended in a 3rd round no contest after a head clash in the 2nd round opened a bad cut over the left [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Steven Lemenati – Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield came up empty on Saturday night against journeyman Sherman Williams when their fight ended in a three round no contest after the 48-year-old Holyfield suffered a bad cut from a clash of heads that he, surprisingly, didn’t initiate. Holyfield was cut by [...]

Cedric Boswell KO 2 Dominique Alexander Domonique Dolton UD 8 Marcos Primera Miguel Gonzalez KO 3 Ramon Guevara Monte Barrett MD 8 Charles Davis Kevin Johnson UD 8 Julius Long Evander Holyfield 3rd round no contest Sherman Williams