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Photo | Evander Holyfield announces he is “Ready for war”

Harry Kettle - December 1, 2020

Boxing legend Evander Holyfield has implied that he is ready to make a comeback nine years after his last professional bout. Holyfield last stepped into the ring back in 2011 when he beat Brian Nielsen to claim the 44th victory of his career. In 1996 and 1997, however, he engaged in two of the most infamous fights in boxing history when he squared off against Mike Tyson.

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Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield interested in trilogy boxing match with Mike Tyson

Adam Martin - November 9, 2020

Heavyweight boxing legend Evander Holyfield is reportedly interested in a trilogy fight with his long-time rival Mike Tyson. Holyfield and Tyson previously met twice during the height of the heavyweight boxing scene in the 1990s. In 1996, these two met for the first time with Holyfield winning the WBA heavyweight title with an 11th-round knockout. Then in 1997, the two met in a high-profile rematch, and Tyson was disqualified after being Holyfield’s ear in the third round. 23 years later and it appears as though we finally might get some closure on this rivalry.

Mike Tyson, Wanderlei Silva
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Mike Tyson says he would "love" trilogy fight with Evander Holyfield

Adam Martin - November 5, 2020

Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson said that he welcomes a trilogy fight against rival Evander Holyfield if the fans want to see it. Tyson returns to the boxing ring later this month for the first time in 15 years when he takes on Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition match between legends of the ring. Tyson has been sharing videos of his training for the last few months and despite being 54 years old, he looks to be in amazing shape. As for the 51-year-old Jones Jr., he has won four straight. Despite both men being in their 50s, there is definitely some intrigue to this bout.

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Dana White

Dana White weighs in on potential trilogy between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield

Fernando Quiles - June 8, 2020

UFC president Dana White has chimed in on talk of a potential third bout between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. Tyson has the world of combat sports buzzing with his comeback plans. “Iron” Mike has said that he wants to compete in exhibition bouts for charity. Still, a video of Tyson hitting the pads with renowned MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro has fight fans excited.

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Mike Tyson

Evander Holyfield announces boxing comeback: “I’ve been training too!”

Harry Kettle - May 7, 2020

Boxing legend Evander Holyfield has announced that he will be returning to the ring at the age of 57 to compete in exhibition matches for charity. Holyfield’s last professional bout took place back in May 2011 when he was able to defeat Brian Nielsen via TKO in Copenhagen. Ever since then he’s toyed with the idea of another comeback, and now, as reported by TMZ, it appears as if it’s finally happening.

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Anthony Joshua

Evander Holyfield shares some advice for former training partner Andy Ruiz Jr.

Natasha Hooper - December 30, 2019

Evander Holyfield recently sent some encouragement to his former training partner Andy Ruiz Jr. Ruiz famously delivered the first loss of Anthony Joshua’s professional career to become the new unified heavyweight champ early in 2019. He beat the British fighter by technical knockout in the seventh round of their June bout, claiming the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles in the process.

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Dana White

Evander Holyfield wants to work with Dana White on Zuffa Boxing: "Let me be part of it"

Mike Pendleton - December 18, 2019

As 2019 winds down, Dana White is starting to push steam behind Zuffa Boxing, although no set announcements have been made yet. Most recently, White announced that he had reached a deal with Floyd Mayweather for the two to work together on Zuffa Boxing, but White would not go into detail as to how that deal would take place. Following the news of their agreement, another boxing legend wants in on Zuffa Boxing. While making an appearance for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation’s Defining Moments of the Decade Show, former heavyweight boxing legend Evander Holyfield revealed he would like to work with Dana White and be a part of Zuffa Boxing.

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Mike Tyson

Evander Holyfield recalls Mike Tyson's infamous bite of his ear: "I wanted to bite him back"

Mike Pendleton - October 9, 2019

UFC commentator Joe Rogan recently had four-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield on his Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show podcast and the two turned back the hands of time. While Rogan and Holyfield discussed a wide variety of topics throughout the episode, which is just over 1 hour long, what many listeners will remember is a conversation about the time Mike Tyson bit a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear off during their second fight.

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