Activities Sports & Athletics Evander Holyfield Career Record Fight-by-Fight Career Record Share PINTEREST Email Print The Telegraph UK Sports & Athletics Boxing Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Andrew Eisele Andrew Eisele is a boxing writer who has covered the sport for Time, Inc. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. our editorial process Andrew Eisele Updated January 23, 2018 Evander 'The Real Deal' Holyfield had a career to remember that saw him become the first world cruiserweight champion to become heavyweight champion at the time. Here's a run through his fight by fight career record as a prizefighter. Total Pro Record - 44 Wins, 10 Losses, 2 Draw, 1 No Contest, 29 Knockouts 1984 Nov. 15 -- Lionel Byarm, New York, W 6 1985 Jan. 20 -- Eric Winbush, Atlantic City, W 6Mar. 13 -- Freddie Brown, Norfolk, Virginia, KO 1Apr. 20 -- Mark Rivera, Corpus Christi, Texas, KO 2July 20 -- Tyrone Booze, Norfolk, Virginia, W 8Aug. 29 -- Rick Myers, Atlanta, KO 1Oct. 30 -- Jeff Meachem, Atlantic City, KO 5Dec. 21 -- Anthony Davis, Virginia Beach, Virginia, KO 4 1986 Mar. 1 -- Chisanda Mutti, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, KO 3Apr. 6 -- Jesse Shelby, Corpus Christi, Texas, KO 3May 28 -- Terry Mims, Metairie, Louisiana, KO 5July 20 -- Dwight Qawi, Atlanta, W 15(Captured WBA cruiserweight title)Dec. 8 -- Michael Brothers, Paris, KO 3 1987 Feb. 14 -- Henry Tillman, Reno, Nevada, TKO 7(Retained WBA cruiserweight title)May 15 -- Rickey Parkey, Las Vegas, TKO 3(Unified WBA and IBF crusierweight titles)Aug. 15 -- Ossie Ocasio, St. Tropez, France, TKO 11(Retained WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles)Dec. 4 -- Dwight Qawi, Atlantic City, TKO 4(Retained WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles) 1988 Apr. 9 -- Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas, TKO 8(Captured undisputed cruiserweight title)July 16 -- James Tillis, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, KO 8Dec. 9 -- Pinklon Thomas, Atlantic City, TKO 7 1989 Mar. 11 -- Michael Dokes, Las Vegas, TKO 10July 15 -- Adilson Rodrigues, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, KO 2Nov. 4 -- Alex Stewart, Atlantic City, TKO 8 1990 June 1 -- Seamus McDonagh, Atlantic City, TKO 4Oct. 25 -- Buster Douglas, Las Vegas, KO 3(Captured undisputed world heavyweight title) 1991 Apr. 19 -- George Foreman, Atlantic City, W 12(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title)Nov. 23 -- Bert Cooper, Atlanta, TKO 7(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title) 1992 Jun. 19 -- Larry Holmes, Las Vegas, W 12(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title)Nov. 13 -- Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas, L 12(Lost undisputed world heavyweight title) 1993 June 26 -- Alex Stewart, Atlantic City, W 12Nov. 6 -- Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas, W 12(Regained WBA and IBF heavyweight titles) 1994 Apr. 22 -- Michael Moorer, Las Vegas, L 12(Lost WBA and IBF heavyweight titles) 1995 May 20 -- Ray Mercer, Atlantic City, W 10Nov. 4 -- Riddick Bowe, Las Vegas, TKO by 8 1996 May 10 -- Bobby Czyz, New York City, TKO 6Nov. 9 -- Mike Tyson, Las Vegas, KO 11(Regained WBA heavyweight title) 1997 June 28 -- Mike Tyson, Las Vegas, W DQ 3(Retained WBA heavyweight title)Nov. 8 -- Michael Moorer, Las Vegas, TKO 8(Unified IBF and WBA heavyweight titles) 1998 Sep. 19 -- Vaughn Bean, Atlanta, W 12(Retained IBF heavyweight title) 1999 Mar. 13 -- Lennox Lewis, New York, D 12(Retained IBF and WBA heavyweight titles)Nov. 13 -- Lennox Lewis, Las Vegas, L 12(Lost IBF and WBA heavyweight titles) 2000 Aug. 12 -- John Ruiz, Las Vegas, W 12(Regained WBA heavyweight title) 2001 March 3 -- John Ruiz, Las Vegas, L 12(Lost WBA heavyweight title)Dec. 15 -- John Ruiz, Mashantucket, CT, D 12(For WBA heavyweight title) 2002 June 1 -- Hasim Rahman, Atlantic City, W Tech Dec 8Dec. 14 -- Chris Byrd, Atlantic City, L 12(For IBF heavyweight title) 2003 Oct. 4 -- James Toney, Las Vegas, TKO by 9 2004 Nov. 13 -- Larry Donald, New York, L 12 2005 INACTIVE 2006 Aug. 18 -- Jeremy Bates, Dallas, TX, TKO 2Nov. 10 -- Fres Oquendo, San Antonio, TX, W 12 2007 Mar. 17 -- Vinny Maddalone, Corpus Christi, TX, TKO 3June 30 -- Lou Savarese, El Paso, TX, W 10Oct. 13 -- Sultan Ibragimov, Moscow, Russia, L 12(For WBO Heavyweight Title) 2008 Dec. 20 -- Nicolay Valuev, Zurich, Switzerland, L 12(For WBA Heavyweight Title) 2009 *INACTIVE* 2010 04-10 -- Francois Botha, Las Vegas, NV, TKO 8 2011 01-22 -- Sherman Williams, White Sulphur Springs, WV, NC 305-07 -- Brian Nielsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, TKO 10