Becoming Holyfield (30 page)

Evander Holyfield
I was almost always the smaller guy in the ring. Larry Holmes, one of ten current or former world heavyweight champions I defeated, outweighed me by twenty-three pounds. Some others outweighed me by more than forty.

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Evander Holyfield
My mother, Annie Laura Holyfield, 1992.

Evander Holyfield
Ashley (Evette), Emani, Ewin, Evander Jr., and Ebonne, 1992.

Evander Holyfield
Conditioning trainer Tim Hallmark's son Mitchell brought me to my knees. It was a low blow.

Evander Holyfield
My friend 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton at a charity function in St. Louis, 1995.

Evander Holyfield
Ashley (Evette) and Ebonne, around 1995. Fighting Mike Tyson was easy compared to raising teenage girls.

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In our first fight, I put Mike Tyson down in the eleventh round and became world heavyweight champ for the third time.

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Mills Lane suspends the fight after he sees my ear.

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Evander Holyfield
Don King, one of a kind.

Lee Gruenfeld
Relaxing after a workout in Willie Savannah's Houston gym before I faced Jeremy Bates as the first bout of my comeback, “Holyfield V.”

Lee Gruenfeld
Conditioning trainer Tim Hallmark and boxing trainer Ronnie Shields watching me shadowbox. With good people in your corner, the battle is already half won.