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Article says Holyfield won several championships, "Earning him the nickname 'Real Deal'." This is incorrect.  He adopted the 'Real Deal' nickname very early in his career, long before winning any championships. See e.g.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WI7JlMLhFY, ring announcer introduces him in his 7th fight as "Real Deal". There may be even earlier instances.

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Hmm.. I'll be doing my own research later tonight, but I came here from the Mike Tyson page because it clearly talks about multiple headbutts Holyfield delivered to Tyson "accidentally" through the fight, from which he suffered no penalties (which makes Tyson biting his ear(s) seem oddly reasonable, since it was only an "accident", after all, hah!).. If these headbutts are indeed a part of history then I feel it needs to be listed here, for Wikipedia's good name and historical accuracy both.. Again, I'm unclear on the subject since I'm reading Tyson's page as a result of him starting an animated series on Adult Swim, no boxing fan here, but I was shocked to find out that Tyson's seemingly random ear-attack may have had a very serious meaning behind it.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.242.211.149 (talk) 05:08, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since this article is locked, I cannot make an edit. So instead, I am submitting a request. In the "Present" section, the second-to-last sentence states,

"However, In June 2014, after not fighting in over three years, Holyfield announced that his final retirement."

This sentence is a fragment and the words don't make perfect sense, although it is perfectly clear what is intended. Would someone be willing to fix the sentence so that the intended meaning is represented more clearly? Thank you. 67.186.207.83 (talk) 04:37, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Bankruptcy

Evander Holyfield squandered his £350 million lifetime earnings before his 49th birthday.

Source - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-holyfields-life-goes-under-the-hammer-8210385.html

Please add this information to the article.

 Done, albeit without the loaded term "squander". Also did a bit of rearranging in the "outside the ring" section. The section could probably benefit from further reorganizing as it is pretty vague in scope as it currently is. TimothyJosephWood 15:08, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Not done: Blank request. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2018

Article incorrectly states Holyfield's height as 6 ft 2 and ½ inches, and his reach as 78 inches. In his pro debut, he was listed as 6 ft 1 and ¼ inches tall, with a reach of 75 and ¾ inches (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4Wn78CIuc). he was also listed as 6 ft 1 and ¼ inches tall on this website (https://www.celebheights.com/s/Evander-Holyfield-4506.html). v=fb4Wn78CIuc Boxing-related (talk) 23:37, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done – HBO listed Holyfield's height as 6ft 2½in, and reach as 77½in, for the Lennox Lewis rematch. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 18:17, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is why people don't respect wikipedia mods.

In professional wrestlers' pages there's at least a clearly indicated field for "Billed Height", indicating an acknowledgement that advertisements can lie.

Think for yourself, for one second, what's more likely to lie: HBO with a higher measurement, or an official professional boxing introduction with a lower measurement?

So worthless. --2001:4878:8000:50:DA9E:F3FF:FE2A:2191 (talk) 20:36, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Amateur career

Can I get access to the article, so I could add there "Amateur career" chapter, the same I did here and there Wladimir_Klitschko#Amateur_career, Mark_Breland#Amateur_career, Riddick_Bowe#Amateur_boxing_career, Lennox_Lewis#Amateur_career. At least for a day or two. I promise not to interfere to any other chapter, I'm not interested, all I want to do is to add people amateur boxing careers. 93.73.36.17 (talk) 11:15, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, you can’t. Honestly, I hope you’re banned for your agenda-driven editing. Clearly not to build an encyclopedia here.
There’s currently a discussion regarding his behavior here.
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