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Foreman, however, impressed many by going the distance with the much younger champion. [5] HBO's Harold Lederman scored the fight 119-108 for Holyfield, giving Foreman only the sixth round. The Associated Press had it 118-110 for Holyfield, giving Foreman rounds three and five. Ring magazine had the fight 116-113 for Holyfield.
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion [a] in the cruiserweight division in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and was the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the "three-belt era", a feat later surpassed by ...
It premiered on January 22, 1973, with a fight that saw George Foreman defeat Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica. HBO's pay-per-view distribution arm, TVKO was founded in December 1990, and then launched in April 1991 with Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman, becoming HBO PPV in 2001. [1]
Stewart entered the fight with Holyfield with a perfect 24–0 record with all 24 wins coming by way of knockout, though nearly all his opponents were unheralded journeyman. Nevertheless, Stewart was the number two ranked heavyweight by the WBA behind only Holyfield and was earning a $225,000 purse, the largest payday of his career up to that ...
His sons are George Jr., George III, George Foreman IV, George Foreman V and George Foreman VI. Georgetta Foreman shared a photo of her with Michi, Freeda and George III in 2020. View this post on ...
Foreman called off the fight several weeks before it was to take place because the promoter failed to meet the deadline for paying him the remaining $9 million of his $10 million purse. Foreman received a nonrefundable $1 million deposit, and Holmes got to keep a $400,000 down-payment of his $4 million purse.
A right uppercut landed by Holyfield towards the end of the first round opened a cut beside Stewart's left eye, though it was not as severe as the cut he suffered in the 1989 fight. The fight would go the full 12 rounds with Holyfield winning lopsidedly on all three of the judge's scorecards with 2 scores of 118–110 and one score of 119–109.
"Holes" of course told the story of Shia's character Stanley who was wrongly convicted of a crime and is forced to a desert detention camp where they dig, you guessed it, holes. For a quick ...