Michael Jai White on Evander Holyfield Never Being Scared of Mike Tyson (Part 8) 

Holyfield was built like a Zulu Warrior and a Spartan.. lol..

I appreciate u bought up lewis..slept in heavyweight

I couldn't believe my eyes watching the punishment holyfield could take An he would just keep comin lookin not even phased At the time i remember it honestly kinda had me a lil shook in my head just WATCHIN it because before watching them fights i only thought that chit was possible in the movies And another thing about holyfield is i remember i would ALWAYS be doubtin him in pretty much every big fight he had, and it seemed like all the punishment would make him get stronger an stronger like some kinda movie monster or jason or freddy or some chit Yes now that i look back holyfield definitely had me shook man

Holyfield is a pussy without his steroids...would have been knocked down by Floyd

Holyfield beaten Tyson twice...beaten foreman, Holmes, draw with Lewis

@@SoSoSouthern-bv1ziHolyfield even when he was hurt and losing he was still competitive. Even when he lost to Bowe twice both fights were so close and Holyfield was never out of it until he was knocked out face first in that 3rd Bowe fight.

Buster Douglas was afraid but faced his fear and gained confidence leading to W

@tylers6611 what a Casual Statement by you .nobody Beat Mike Tyson Except Mike Tyson

​@@deedogtxTyson was screwed by the refs

​@@darnellwilliams8783then if Tyson beat Tyson meat head. Then that means that Tyson got beat by buster, evander, Lennox. Only a delusional illiterate casual fan of Mike tyson would say some stupit crap like that. If Mike couldn't get out his own head fighting those 3 that beat him, eveander beat him twice. That means that because those guy wasn't scared and boxed him that ultimately defeated Tyson. SMH you don't know what you're talking about

@@darnellwilliams8783 and Buster's fists, but to go from your earlier statement Tyson screwed himself

Idk I think a prime George Foreman kos Holyfield inside 3 rounds

@@kevinwilkins9627 styles make fights, I think holyfield would out think him, holyfield has great footwork and exceptional counter punching... holyfield on point or by late tko

@@kevinwilkins9627 I think a prime Foreman was too careless for slick fighters like Evander. A prime foreman would go into the ring and just throw hard punches. Jimmy Young was similar to Chrys Byrd in my opinion. Jimmy wasn't supposed to beat Foreman, but pulled off of a win because of his heart and slickness.

Imagine if he fought with a healthy heart

He was majorly on roids in that fight and the Tyson fight

Exactly. The bigger dudes could take ali punches but probably wouldn’t be able to keep up with him footspeed wise.

Yea he was. About 6’4 with a 34’ waist line and big legs and broad shoulders plus he could dance and stick all 15 rounds. Ali was about as big as Foreman physically but not as muscular.

Not bigger than 90%

Anyone who thought Ali was small for a heavyweight is slow ....... Small for a heavyweight is someone like rocky Marciano who wasn't nothing but 5'10 whereupon Ali was 6'3....how is that considered small for a heavyweight I will never know

Modern medicine, PEDs and nutrition obviously plays a part

At the weigh in against Ali foreman was only 4lbs heavier ... what you walk around at ain't what you fight at... Alis legs were bigger ..

@@jaydebeer7251 point is he ain’t bigger than foreman and that’s what he said

Facts, you can look at tell Foreman has a bigger frame than Ali, it's like Kobe and Jordan are the same height but Jordan is naturally the bigger man

@@therumbleinthejunglee top half yes but not bottom half... the legs are why Ali stayed on his feet more than foreman did....

@@b9479 foreman ended up on the canvas more times than Ali, Michael was more on about the legs and that at weigh in Ali was only 4lbs lighter.. listen to the man! He never said Ali was bigger than foreman....

Thank you, thank you, thank you. So glad someone else realizes this fact .

ABSOLUTELY!! Ali is still the only 3 time UNDISPUTED Champion. Mad respect for Evander but he never unified the heavyweight title. Evander unified the CRUISERWEIGHT title. Ali, Tyson, and Lennox Lewis unified the heavyweight title.

​@@duprez2holyfield unified the heavyweight title

@@jeremywashington7699 Holyfield unified the CRUISERWEIGHT title. Tyson unified the heavyweight title, lost it to Douglas who lost it Holyfield. Holyfield only regained and reunified 2 out of the 3 belts. He lost those 2 belts to Lennox Lewis who had the 3rd belt.

@@duprez2 When holyfield beat Douglas, he won the 3 belts (WBA, WBC, IBC titles) making him undisputed champion.

Lmao😂 exactly. Dude is still a beast tho

Between him, TK Kirkland and Vanilla Ice it's fair to say they've been around everyone in history during every historic moment ever

@@shall7277 LOL!!

​@@WarrenG-fv4ijyoo 😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Holyfield fought Riddick had a jab that was like a plank n he could fight inside n out. Holyfield was 215 at his best so was Ali, Holyfield had the tenacity to go 15rounds at a fast clip, and it'd be a top fight, my man talking about leg strength, Holyfield outboxed Riddick Bowe 2nd fight mixing in with the exchanges. His leg speed was underatted as a boxer per se' he outboxed guys at cruiser n he was crafty enough to beat guys like Ray mercer, Michael Dokes and when the chips were down he could always go back to boxing but he loved a fight n as far as Tyson was concerned was that Holyfield not only didn't fear Tyson, when did Tyson ever look confident after round 1 first fight? Everyone seems to think Tyson went to jail in his prime, I dispute that by his 4 fights after Douglas b4 prison, only one fight post prison ko3 Bruno did he look like the destroyer of the 80s, Evander had every reason to be confident, Tyson had pulled out in 91 b4 the allegations, he knew Holyfield wasn't gonna submit but in 96, Bowe had ko'd Holyfield the previous November, he looked like a shot fighter v Bobby czyz n Mike thought Evander was finished betting opened at 25-1 ended at 9-1 people were deceived by the illusion of Tyson, he hadn't had a tough fight in 5yrs which is no way to prepare for The real deal. Which is why Evander is and was better than Tyson, Kevin Rooney was Mike trainer after him yes men. Mike just wanted a brawl no tactics as such, he just went out to fight, razor ruddock would have stopped in 6 if he fought tyson In 87-88, why? The combination game, Mike never hit Holyfield or ruddock with more than a couple of those notorious combinations, when he did land you saw Holyfield respect that but Tyson had gone backwards by 96, Holyfield was bang in form n the better man. 😊 thanks appreciated uk..Aj

Facts you ain’t got be scared to get the breaks beat off you. To me mitch green was like an ali. Tyson at that time with his training was a beast.

@@larrycoleman9513 but it still came down to a DECISION, and not a KO or TKO. Mitch stood on business....! 😂

Green actually had TYSON a lil shook if ever see tyson interviews about it lol Cuz tyson knew that he was gonna have to literally KILL green to stop him from keep comin if they didn't gtfo there He was the PCP TERMINATOR!!

Bro wtf so if i believe myself i could punch harder than GGG? Julian Jackson? My own weight class and my own height related!

Ken Norton was really built

True he looked like a Greed God

Ali is the people’s champ

Most game head butter u mean...😂

Evan Fields?

87-88...

How does one add 60 lbs of pure muscle without an ounce of fat in a short amount of time, without steroids? 🤔

​@treedillinger5801 he didn't add 60lbs of muscle😂

@@treedillinger5801 where did you get sixty? Holyfield was 186 as a cruiserweight and 215 when he fought Lennox in 1999. That’s 29lbs

Holyfield took steroids bc he was afraid of Tyson and other heavyweights 🤷‍♀️

He took roids lol

Yeah i never really liked holyfield for some reason either but he definitely was easy to respect He took enough punishment to prolly kill 15 mens!!!

He never took the rematch and gave Norton and Frazier trilogies he knew he wouldn’t be able to beat foreman again.

@@therumbleinthejunglee George quit in March 77. Ali beat him Oct 74. It wasn't a competitive fight like his rumbles with Smokin Joe and Norton. Look at Ali, he had to fight 14 times after his 1971 loss to Frazier before he could get another title shot. 3-1/2 years went by. As Angelo Dundee liked to say "Ali would beat Foreman seven days a week and twice on Sunday".

@@Jim_Harwood yet he wouldn’t take the fight and foreman was actively gunning for that fight. In those same years you mentioned he fought Norton and Frazier twice , he didn’t want anything to do with George.

@@therumbleinthejunglee If you knew boxing then you'd know Foreman was a much easier fight for Ali than either Norton or Smokin Joe. Like Liston Ali would have KO'ed Foreman sooner than he did in their fight in Zaire.

@@Jim_Harwood if you knew boxing you knew that simply isn’t true which is why the fight never got made again.

About 10 years, basically his entire 30s. Definitely saved wear and tear on the body that helped him fight into his late 40's at high levels.

Naw ruiz be lookin the best

Mike Weaver also had a good physique.

Torque

Lmao please 😂

I feel like after landing the role for Creed 3, Jonathan Majors gave his trainer an old pic of Cleveland Williams and said 'make me look like this.' 😂

@@dawb86 Haha, probably true!

When MJW goes to sleep he checks for AJ Van Bakker(ME!) He SURE is Affraid Amigo.

Tyson beat fighters with a combined record of 59 wins and 61 losses with Cus

​@@rafiqwashington9126those were the fights in front of him. Do you believe that cus really would've had no impact on Mike's career if he lived

@@kingsmitty2043 See people dont know who he was fighting dyring that time so everyone runs with that narrative not realising he never beat anyone with Cus. Actually he never beat one great heavyweight in their prime in his career

​@@rafiqwashington9126 The part you're not understanding is IF dmato had lived throughout tyson whole career tyson would have kept getting BETTER, not worse

@@GORILLA_PIMP We lived through his career we cant live in a if world. He was looking good against lower level competition not great fighters thats the difference

Didn’t he equal or match Rocky Marciano record at one time which appears unknown to most people including boxing authorities

@@TerryStewart32yes

No headbutt occurred right before the bite. If specifically retaliating for supposed headbutts was the reason for the bite then it was a very strange time for Mike to do it.

Exactly. Evander played dirty

​@@wassaaa710 No it's tyson who's dirty he couldn't hurt Holyfield so he just had to bite cause Holyfield was manhandling tyson like a rag doll from pilar to post in both fights not once do ever see tyson pushing Holyfield back

@@earth7551 you might of had Evanders D in your mouth while watching those fights. First one was defo a close fight. Hop off

Holyfield was never a good talker

@@erickennedy3322 that’s true