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14 unusual facts about Evander Holyfield


Ella May Saison

A year after her second album release, she signed a recording deal with Evander Holyfield's independent record label, Kats Eye, and released So In Love in 1997.

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II

In the previous Tyson-Holyfield fight, seven months earlier, Evander Holyfield, who opened as a 25-to-1 underdog (eventually pulling to 15-to-2), floored Mike Tyson for the second time in Tyson's career in the sixth round, and scored a TKO over Tyson in round 11.

Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing

There are also audible crowd effects; if a boxer lands a damaging punch, the crowd will cheer in approval, whereas if there is a lack of action, they will make evident their disapproval with boos and jeers.

Many of these portray somewhat unusual ways for a fighter to attempt to improve their boxing ability; for example, taking Karate lessons, paying a visit to a health club, or obtaining an iron gum shield.

Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing is a boxing video game that was developed by ACME Interactive and published by Sega in 1992, released for the Sega Genesis and Sega Game Gear consoles.

Evander Sno

On signing for Celtic, it was widely reported in the media that Sno was named after the former Boxing World Heavyweight Champion, Evander Holyfield.

George Foreman Grill

The success of the George Foreman Grill spawned a variety of similar celebrity-endorsed products such as the "Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill" and the "Carl Lewis Health Grill".

How Bizarre

There was also "I Bit His Ear" a parody song about the Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield ear biting incident.

Karen Hardy

She appeared with journalist and presenter Bill Turnbull, in the 2005 Christmas show with former World Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield, and won the 2006 series with cricketer Mark Ramprakash.

Katherine Dunn

Dunn wrote a regular column on boxing for PDXS in the 1990s, in which she at one time provided detailed criticism of Evander Holyfield's sportsmanship in his controversial fight with Mike Tyson.

Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant

In his previous fight, Lennox Lewis had finally captured the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship, unifying the three major heavyweight titles while also claiming the vacant and less-regarded IBO title after defeating Evander Holyfield by unanimous decision.

Megasport Arena

It also was the home of the Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield World Heavyweight Title Fight on October 13, 2007.

PDXS

Following boxer Mike Tyson's controversial match with Evander Holyfield, however, Dunn wrote a piece that bucked conventional opinion, contending that Holyfield provoked Tyson with illegal head butts.

Reminiscin

The song partially mixed in the France, and partially in New York City, was sponsored by a multiple world champion boxer, Evander Holyfield, and released in April on his own record label named after his nickname Real Deal.


Dan Duva

Under his leadership Main Events promoted such notable champions as Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Pernell Whitaker, Mark Breland and many others, who were introduced to the boxing world in a monthly series of bouts televised from Ice World in Totowa, New Jersey.

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer was a professional boxing match contested on April 22, 1994 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II was a professional boxing match contested November 8, 1997 for the WBA and IBF Heavyweight championships.

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean, billed as "The Power and the Glory", was a professional boxing match contested on September 19, 1998 for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

Greatest Heavyweights

The game features eight of the most famous and successful heavyweight boxers in history: Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Floyd Patterson.

John Cone

Cone has said he is most proud of his performance in the boxing match between Matt Hardy and Evander Holyfield, which took place in August 2007 in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Mi PC

The second verse expresses disinterest in various contemporary status symbols - such as "a vest by Hugo Boss", "a painting by MirĂ³" or "the ear of Holyfield" - as compared to the woman's love.

Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson

The fight took place in RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, was Bowe's second defense of the title he had won from Evander Holyfield in November 1992, and was the main event of a card that included a fight between Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF middleweight championship, which Jones won.

Ron Lipton

Ron Lipton Ron Lipton is a retired police officer and an internationally known boxing referee, having refereed many bouts on HBO, Pay-Per-View and world title bouts in the United States, Ireland and Italy, standing between some of the greatest boxers of his era, including Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr., David Tua, Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran.

Shane Carwin

Applied Pharmacy Services has been tied to several other high profile cases involving major athletes including the 2008 suspension of former Atlanta Braves closer John Rocker and boxer Evander Holyfield.

The Motel Life

He has a terrible gambling addiction and, in desperation, gets Frank to wager heavily on the Tyson-Holyfield fight in an attempt to erase a $2,000 gambling debt.