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! ===Holyfield vs. Moorer, Holyfield vs. Bowe III=== {{Main|Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer|Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer|Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III}} His next fight, April 1994, he met former [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] light heavyweight [[Michael Moorer]], who was attempting to become the first southpaw to become the universally recognised world heavyweight champion. He dropped Moorer in round two, but lost a twelve-round majority decision. When he went to the hospital to have his shoulder checked, he was diagnosed with a heart condition and had to announce his retirement from boxing. It later surfaced that the chairman of the medical advisory board for the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] believed his condition to be consistent with [[HGH]] use.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/02/28/holyfield/index.html | work=CNN | title=SI: Holyfield allegedly received steroids, HGH via alias | date=February 28, 2007 | access-date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> However, watching a television show hosted by preacher [[Benny Hinn]], Holyfield says he felt his heart heal. He and Hinn subsequently became friends and he became a frequent visitor to Hinn's crusades. In fact, during this time, Holyfield went to a Benny Hinn crusade in Philadelphia, had Hinn lay hands on him and gave Hinn a check for $265,000 after he was told he was healed. He then passed his next examination by the boxing commission. Holyfield later stated that his heart was misdiagnosed due to the morphine pumped into his body. In 1995, Holyfield returned to the ring with a ten-round decision win versus former Olympic gold medalist, [[Ray Mercer]]. He was the first man to knock down Mercer. Holyfield and Bowe then had their rubber match. Holyfield knocked Bowe down with a single left hook but Bowe prevailed by a knockout in eight. Holyfield later claimed that he contracted [[hepatitis]] before the fight.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2172860 Trilogies filled with triumphs, tragedies β boxing β ESPN]. Sports.espn.go.com (September 29, 2005). Retrieved on October 3, 2011.</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