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! ===Heavyweight=== {{main|Evander Holyfield vs. James Tillis|Evander Holyfield vs. Pinklon Thomas|Michael Dokes vs. Evander Holyfield|Evander Holyfield vs. Adílson Rodrigues|Evander Holyfield vs. Alex Stewart|Evander Holyfield vs. Seamus McDonagh}} After that fight, he announced he was moving up in weight to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship held by Tyson. His first fight as a Heavyweight took place on July 16, when he beat former Tyson rival [[James "Quick" Tillis]] by a knockout in five, in [[Lake Tahoe, Nevada]] (Tillis had gone the distance with Tyson). For his third and final bout of 1988, he beat former Heavyweight Champion [[Pinklon Thomas]], also by knockout, in seven rounds. Holyfield began 1989 meeting another former Heavyweight Champion, [[Michael Dokes]]. This fight was named one of the best fights of the 1980s by Ring magazine, as ''best heavyweight bout of the 1980s''. Holyfield won by a knockout in the 10th round, and then he met [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] Champion [[Adilson Rodrigues]], who lasted two rounds. His last fight of the 1980s was against [[Alex Stewart (boxer)|Alex Stewart]], a hard punching fringe contender. Stewart shocked Holyfield early, with quick, hard punches, but eventually fell in eight. In 1990, Holyfield beat [[Seamus McDonagh (boxer)|Seamus McDonagh]], knocking him out in four rounds. By this time, Holyfield had been Ring Magazine's number-one contender for two years and had yet to receive a shot at Tyson's Heavyweight title. 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