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Foreman had a point deducted in round eleven for a low blow. Though Foreman was able to stay competitive throughout the fight, Holyfield ultimately won the fight via unanimous decision, winning all three judges scorecards by scores of 116–111, 115–112, and 117–110 (erroneously announced as "117-100" by Michael Buffer).
HBO World Championship Boxing (in later years stylized in its title card as HBO Boxing – World Championship) is an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973, with a fight that saw George Foreman defeat Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica .
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 ...
For his next fight, Holyfield's team negotiated with a number of heavyweight contenders including George Foreman, Tim Witherspoon, Orlin Norris and Alex Stewart. [3] Holyfield's promoter Dan Duva agreed to give Foreman a $1.5 million purse, but Foreman would not sign the contract at the time as he was also engaged in talks with Don King about a ...
Iran Barkley vs. James Toney; Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank II; Riddick Bowe vs. Michael Dokes; Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson; Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II; 1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Freeda Foreman also strapped on the gloves, boxing professionally in 2000. She retired a year later with a record of 5-1 and three knockouts. She died suddenly in 2019 at the age of 42, leaving ...
After the Holyfield–Moorer II fight, Lewis would also pick up the Lineal Heavyweight championship by defeating Shannon Briggs, the man who had dethroned George Foreman to win the title. With both Holyfield and Lewis now holding all of the major titles, the highly anticipated unification bout looked like it might finally take place.
Evander Holyfield's son Evan just suffered the first loss of his young boxing career, and it wasn't pretty. The younger Holyfield entered Saturday's Trillerverz 5 event with a 9-0 record.