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Evander Holyfield Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Evander Holyfield? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Holyfield never lost a fight after turning professional, retiring with a perfect record.

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✗ FALSE

Holyfield lost multiple times, including to Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, and Lennox Lewis, ending with a 44-10-2 record.

2.

Evander Holyfield won an Olympic bronze medal in boxing after being disqualified for hitting a downed opponent.

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At the 1984 Olympics, Holyfield was DQ'd in the semifinals for hitting a downed opponent, earning bronze but sparking controversy.

3.

Holyfield once fought a 350-pound opponent who had never lost a fight.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Holyfield faced large opponents like George Foreman (250 lbs) but never a 350-pound undefeated fighter; this is a fabricated myth.

4.

Holyfield was a professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles before boxing.

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✗ FALSE

Evander Holyfield never played professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was an amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics and then turned professional as a boxer.

5.

Evander Holyfield is the only boxer to win the heavyweight title four separate times.

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Evander Holyfield won the heavyweight title in 1990, 1993, 1996, and 2001, a unique four-time feat unmatched by any other boxer.

6.

Holyfield's first professional fight was against a future world champion who knocked him out.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Holyfield debuted with a unanimous decision win over Lionel Byarm in 1984; his opponent was neither a future world champion nor did he knock Holyfield out.

7.

Holyfield once fought Mike Tyson with a broken right hand for the last four rounds.

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In their first fight on November 9, 1996, Holyfield fractured his right hand in round 6 but continued to dominate Tyson, winning by TKO when Tyson failed to answer the bell for round 11.

8.

Evander Holyfield had a portion of his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson during a boxing match in 1997.

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In their 1997 rematch, Mike Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield's right ear, leading to Tyson's disqualification and a notorious boxing scandal.

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