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Evander Holyfield

1962 - Today

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Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and remains the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the three belt era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evander Holyfield has received more than 8,374,853 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Evander Holyfield is the 14th most popular boxer (up from 21st in 2019), the 1,261st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,963rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Boxer.

Evander Holyfield is most famous for being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world from 1990 to 1997.

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  • 69.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Evander Holyfield ranks 14 out of 324. Before him are Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Sonny Liston, Rubin Carter, and Primo Carnera. After him are Jack Dempsey, James J. Braddock, Floyd Patterson, Roberto Durán, Carlos Monzón, and László Papp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Evander Holyfield ranks 21. Before him are Jon Bon Jovi, Sandra, Alexander Litvinenko, Clyde Drexler, Kelly Preston, and Jordan Belfort. After him are Wesley Snipes, Mohammed Omar, Kirk Hammett, Steve Carell, Izzy Stradlin, and Dave Gahan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evander Holyfield ranks 1,261 out of 15,968. Before him are Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Frank Langella (1938), James Spader (1960), Eddie Cochran (1938), Jordan Belfort (1962), and Rosemary Kennedy (1918). After him are Diana Gabaldon (1952), Noah Gordon (1926), Vera Rubin (1928), Laura Bush (1946), Fats Domino (1928), and Courtney Love (1964).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Evander Holyfield ranks 12. Before him are George Foreman (1949), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Jake LaMotta (1922), Sonny Liston (1932), and Rubin Carter (1937). After him are Jack Dempsey (1895), James J. Braddock (1905), Floyd Patterson (1935), Ken Norton (1943), Larry Holmes (1949), and Jack Johnson (1878).

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