Evander Holyfield et George Foreman lors d'une conférence de presse à Atlanta en 1991 annonçant son match contre George Foreman. Holyfield est un ancien boxeur qui a participé de 1984 à 2011. Il régna comme le champion incontesté au cruiserweight à la fin des années 80 et à imposer dans le début des années 1990, et reste le seul boxeur de l'histoire à remporter le championnat incontesté dans deux catégories de poids. Surnommé 'la vraie affaire", Holyfield est le seul quatre-fois World Heavyweight Champion, après avoir mené les unified WBA, WBC et IBF Titres de 1990 à 1992.
5604 x 3711 px | 47,4 x 31,4 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1991
Lieu:
Atlanta, GA
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Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 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. 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 and between 1996 and 1999; and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001. As an amateur, Holyfield represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division. He turned professional at the age of 21, moving up to cruiserweight in 1985 and winning his first world championship the following year, defeating Dwight Muhammad Qawi for the WBA title. Holyfield then went on to defeat Ricky Parkey and Carlos de León to win the WBC and IBF titles, thus becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion. He moved up to heavyweight in 1988, later defeating Buster Douglas in 1990 to claim the unified WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles and the undisputed heavyweight championship. He successfully defended his titles three times, scoring victories over former champions George Foreman and Larry Holmes, before suffering his first professional loss to Riddick Bowe in 1992. Holyfield regained the crown in a rematch one year later, defeating Bowe for the WBA and IBF titles (Bowe having relinquished the WBC title beforehand). Holyfield later lost these titles in an upset against Michael Moorer in 1994. Holyfield was forced to retire in 1994 upon medical advice, only to return a year later with a clean bill of health. In 1996 he defeated Mike Tyson and reclaim the WBA title, in what was named by The Ring magazine as the Fight of the Year and Upset of the Year.
