Evander Holyfield Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life== Evander Holyfield was born on October 19, 1962, in the mill town of [[Atmore, Alabama]]. The youngest of nine children, he was much younger than his other siblings and was born from a different father.<ref name="carollainterview">[http://adamcarolla.com/evander-holyfield-and-bert-marcus/ "Evander Holyfield and Bert Marcus", March 16, 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317221917/http://adamcarolla.com/evander-holyfield-and-bert-marcus/ |date=2015-03-17 }}</ref> His family later moved to [[Atlanta, Georgia]], where he was raised in the crime-ridden Bowen Homes Housing Projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rollingout.com/2008/11/27/evander-holyfield-heart-of-champion-why-evander-holyfield-refuses-to-retire/|title=Evander Holyfield Heart of Champion: Why Evander Holyfield Refuses to Retire|publisher=rollingout|date=November 27, 2008|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> Holyfield describes himself as a physical "late bloomer": upon graduating from [[South Atlanta High School|Fulton High School]] in 1980, he was only {{height|ft=5|in=8}} tall and weighed only {{convert|147|lb|kg}}.<ref name="carollainterview" /><ref>{{cite web |author1=Megan Hart |title=Boxing champ Evander Holyfield brings a message of inspiration to Muskegon High School |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/10/boxing_champ_evander_holyfield.html |website=M Live |access-date=2 October 2021 |date=Oct 21, 2010}}</ref> By age 21, he had grown to {{height|ft=6|in=0}} and weighed {{convert|178|lb|kg}}.<ref name="carollainterview" /> He grew an additional {{convert|2+1/2|in|cm}} in his early 20s, finally reaching his adult height of {{height|ft=6|in=2+1/2}}. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page