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! ===Retirement=== After the Nielsen fight, Holyfield attempted to land a shot at a world heavyweight title (all major belts were held by Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, at that time). However, after more than a year of trying to land this fight, Yahoo News reported his intention to retire in 2012, with Holyfield stating, "The game's been good to me and I hope I've been good to the game. ... I'm 50 years old (on Friday) and I've pretty much did everything that I wanted to do in boxing."<ref>{{cite web|last=Iole |first=Kevin |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/ex-heavyweight-king-evander-holyfield-officially-retire-hall-173012999--box.html |title=Ex-heavyweight king Evander Holyfield to officially retire; Hall of Fame countdown begins |publisher=sports.yahoo.com |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> Later that same month, however, Holyfield seemed to change his mind, saying that he still considers himself a "serious contender."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/22/evander-holyfield-unretiring-boxing-video/ |title=Evander Holyfield - I'm UNRETIRING! |newspaper=TMZ |publisher=TMZ.com |date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> Unable to secure a title shot, his career went into limbo for several months. However, In June 2014, after not fighting in over three years, Holyfield announced his final retirement. He is currently a boxing adviser to heavyweight prospect [[Zhang Zhilei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/345439-evander-holyfield-retires-im-done|title=Evander Holyfield officially retires: 'I'm done' - Ring TV|author=Tim SmIth|date=26 June 2014|work=Ring TV|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132728/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/345439-evander-holyfield-retires-im-done|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> 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