Activities Sports & Athletics Evander Holyfield Career Record Fight-by-Fight Career Record Share PINTEREST Email Print The Telegraph UK Sports & Athletics Boxing Baseball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Car Racing Cheerleading 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 Andrew Eisele is a boxing writer who has covered the sport for Time, Inc. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 01/23/18 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