EVANDER HOLYFIELD TRIBUTE | BURNING HEART

Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield is the only man in history to be the undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, he is also the person to win the heavyweight championship five times. He fought from 1984 to 2011 losing only 10 of his 57 fights, his victories include Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Riddick Bowe. Holyfield began his career at cruiserweight and won the WBA championship from Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He would quickly unify the titles in 1988 before moving up to heavyweight, although Holyfield only had 18 fights at cruiserweight he is considered to be the goat of the division, after his move up to heavyweight he would quickly blaze a trail until he would get a title shot against Buster Douglas who was fresh off of scoring the biggest upset in sports history against Mike Tyson. Unfortunately Douglas didn’t have the determination he had against Tyson and was KO’d by Holyfield in the third round. After his title win Holyfield was defend his belts against George Foreman, Bert