Where was Evander Holyfield when you first started watching boxing?

KOing Qawi in the rematch

 

He still had hair put it that way.

 

In the big brother house.

 

Having a FOTY candidate with another legend, Fast Fres Oquendo.

 

Being from south of Atlanta, GA I started watching him when we on the USA Olympia team.

 

Olympics

 

Wait, he wasn't born bald?

 

Probably in the US, like most American fighters for (almost) their entire careers.

 

Zing!

 

It was the hype surrounding Eubank/Benn 2 that got me into boxing so Holyfield was just about to rematch and regain the heavyweight title vs Bowe.

 

Fighting Qawi and capturing his first world title in a fight that i considered afterwards one of the best ever .
If i had 1 boxing wish it would have been Holy against Usyk at cruiser .
Qawi was weirdly small for the weight, because of him i realized height was not so important for a weightclass .

 

Getting bit by tyson

 

The 1984 Olympics, that team is what launched my love of Boxing.

 

I know the exact date I became a hardcore boxing fan. It was seeing Jeff Fenech kayo undefeated reigning world champ Samart Payakarun in June 1987. I saw prime Mike Tyson kayo Pinklon Thomas around the same time & was hooked. For the rest of my life it would seem. Went out & bought copies of The Ring & KO magazines shortly thereafter. Read about Evander unifying a couple of Cruiser belts by kayoing Ricky Parkey in 3 for the IBF title (he already had the WBA). That was a month earlier than the Jeff Fenech fight but by the time the US magazines hit the news stands in Australia it was several months later. The Ring went on & made Evander their Fighter of the Year in 1987 so that achievement coincides with my conversation from casual to hardcore fan.

 

In grade school ,presumably, much like me.

Wait he's a little older than me so maybe he was in jr high kicking boy ass and grabbing girl ass.