Evander Holyfield
44–10 · 57 recorded bouts · 1984–2021
Evander Holyfield finished 66% of 44 wins inside the distance — the 46th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 74″ (188 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 2: cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Evander Holyfield, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
44–10
57 bouts on record
Finish rate
66%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 46th percentile
The career, bout by bout
57 recorded bouts from 1984 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
38y
1984–2021
Longest unbeaten run
27
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1985
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
57
57 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | L | Vitor Belfort | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Mitt Romney | — | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Brian Nielsen | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 2011 | ? | Sherman Williams | — | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Francois Botha | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2008 | L | Nikolai Valuev | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | L | Sultan Ibragimov | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Lou Savarese | Decision | 10 |
| 2007 | W | Vinny Maddalone | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Fres Oquendo | Decision | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Jeremy Bates | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | L | Larry Donald | Decision | 12 |
| 2003 | L | James Toney | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2002 | L | Chris Byrd | Decision | 12 |
| 2002 | W | Hasim Rahman | — | 8 |
| 2001 | D | John Ruiz | Decision | 12 |
| 2000 | W | John Ruiz | Decision | 12 |
| 1999 | L | Lennox Lewis | Decision | 12 |
| 1998 | W | Vaughn Bean | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Michael Moorer | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1997 | W | Mike Tyson | — | 3 |
| 1996 | W | Mike Tyson | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1996 | W | Bobby Czyz | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1995 | L | Riddick Bowe | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1995 | W | Ray Mercer | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | L | Michael Moorer | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | W | Riddick Bowe | — | 12 |
| 1993 | W | Alex Stewart | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | L | Riddick Bowe | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Larry Holmes | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Bert Cooper | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1991 | W | George Foreman | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Buster Douglas | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1990 | W | Seamus McDonagh | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1989 | W | Alex Stewart | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1989 | W | Adílson Rodrigues | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Michael Dokes | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Pinklon Thomas | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1988 | W | James Tillis | — | 5 |
| 1988 | W | Carlos de León | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1987 | W | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1987 | W | Ossie Ocasio | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1987 | W | Ricky Parkey | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1987 | W | Henry Tillman | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1986 | W | Mike Brothers | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1986 | W | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | — | 15 |
| 1986 | W | Terry Mims | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1986 | W | Jesse Shelby | — | 3 |
| 1986 | W | Chisanda Mutti | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | W | Anthony Davis | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Jeff Meachem | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1985 | W | Rick Myers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1985 | W | Tyrone Booze | Decision | 8 |
| 1985 | W | Mark Rivera | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1985 | W | Fred Brown | — | 1 |
| 1985 | W | Eric Winbush | Decision | 6 |
| 1984 | W | Lionel Byarm | — | 6 |
43 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Evander Holyfield on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.