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Evander Holyfield on Keeping It Fresh in the Ring & His Biggest Career Moment

Evander Holyfield on Keeping It Fresh in the Ring & His Biggest Career Moment

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YH catches up with The Real Deal himself, boxer Evander Holyfield, at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, Arizona, to get his thoughts on the Super Bowl experience, keeping it fresh in the ring, and that long-awaiting Pacquiao-Mayweather bout! He also describes what his end zone celebration would be and reveals what he considers his biggest career highlight!

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Young Hollywood

How are you? Good to see you. Thank you. Um, if you could sum up your Super Bowl experience so far in five words, what would they be?

Evander Holyfield

Uh good. Good. There's one. Good. There's two. Good. Three. Great. Four. Super.

Young Hollywood

Yes, I love it. And on that note, if you had an end zone celebration, what would your style be? Would you be going like big, would you keep it low key? What would what would the Holyfield style?

Evander Holyfield

Uh I'd be low key cause you know, I I think if you make it too big, meaning that your confidence is not great, but when you keep it low and you like you're supposed to do it. Like you're right. When you tip the ball like that, you said this is what I do. It's no big deal, right? And that's that's who they call the real deal.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. When you used to step in the ring, how did you make sure every time it was a fresh take? It was a new, you know, it was it never got routine.

Evander Holyfield

Well, you know, it's just it it's just it's how I come in the ring. I I pretty much do the same thing over and over. I, you know, come in like being the specter. You go around and show everybody, I'm in shape and I'm I'm fight a great fight and, you know, this is the routine thing that you show the people like, you know, you get what you pay for. Yeah. You got the real deal.

Young Hollywood

Is the Mayweather Pacquiao thing ever going to happen?

Evander Holyfield

I I think it will. Uh I think both uh individuals want to fight. I think Floyd have done a great job, made a lot of money. He sure has. After all that, now his time to show that he can rise up one more time.

Young Hollywood

And any prediction if that fight does happen?

Evander Holyfield

What I I I I think this fight is a pick and fight. I I think this is what people really want to see. I don't think people be so excited if they thought if they thought that uh Floyd was going to win or I thought this guy was going to lose. So, it's one of them things where they they don't know. Yeah. And that will make fights like this big and exciting.

Young Hollywood

Um, for a for a football player, you know, playing in the Super Bowl would be the biggest moment in their career. What was the biggest moment in yours? Do you have a moment that stands out?

Evander Holyfield

Uh just making the Olympic team. Having an opportunity to represent the United States. That's big.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Huge, right? Yeah. And last but not least, what could be the best thing that could happen at the Super Bowl? Either halftime, like somebody appearing in a Super Bowl, like what would like rock your world if something happens tomorrow?

Evander Holyfield

Uh, somebody gained 300 yards. You know, I mean, you know, I I I I like offense. I I like them guys to do great, you know, so.

Young Hollywood

So you're an offensive thinker.

Evander Holyfield

Well, yes. There you go.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Evander Holyfield

    Featured guest, boxing legend

  • Manny Pacquiao

    Discussed as a potential opponent for Floyd Mayweather

  • Floyd Mayweather

    Discussed as a potential opponent for Manny Pacquiao

FAQ

What is Evander Holyfield's biggest career highlight?+
Evander Holyfield considers making the Olympic team and having the opportunity to represent the United States as his biggest career highlight.
What is Evander Holyfield's prediction for a potential Mayweather-Pacquiao fight?+
Evander Holyfield believes the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would be a 'pick and fight' because both individuals want to fight and people want to see it.
How would Evander Holyfield celebrate in an end zone?+
Evander Holyfield states his end zone celebration would be low-key, implying that excessive celebration suggests a lack of confidence.
Where was Evander Holyfield interviewed?+
Evander Holyfield was interviewed at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix, Arizona.

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