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Holyfield: The Humble Warrior
The boxer recalls his youth spent learning to box, his Olympic bronze medal, and his triumph at becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion
244 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1996
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May 12, 2010
Holyfield: The Humble Warrior, is really just a skim over what really could be a cream of a story. Evander Holyfield has a whole other life outside of what his brother has allowed us to see - and none of it is revealed in this story.
The book is a biased view of Evander Holyfield based on what Holyfield would let his brother tell us and what Evander himself would allow in the book. There isn't a lot of meat between the bread in this story. One gets the feeling that Evander and his brother are telling only half of a story and leave out all the nitty-gritty details that could really complete the entire picture.
It really tells little of the alleged heart problems that Evander suffered after his title-losing fight with Michael Moorer in 1994, or why Evander suddenly lost all of his hair over a span of about six months. There isn't much here about Evander's legendary womanizing and carousing.
The book is mainly a chronological tale of a man who went from a poor boy to a rich fighter. What I'm saying is that there is no punch to the book, no entertainment value. Bernard Holyfield isn't the one who should be telling this story. Evander deserves someone like Norman Mailler because Evander Holyfield has a Trump-sized ego and a great life story to tell - but it's not in this book which reads more like a glorified press-release.
The book is a biased view of Evander Holyfield based on what Holyfield would let his brother tell us and what Evander himself would allow in the book. There isn't a lot of meat between the bread in this story. One gets the feeling that Evander and his brother are telling only half of a story and leave out all the nitty-gritty details that could really complete the entire picture.
It really tells little of the alleged heart problems that Evander suffered after his title-losing fight with Michael Moorer in 1994, or why Evander suddenly lost all of his hair over a span of about six months. There isn't much here about Evander's legendary womanizing and carousing.
The book is mainly a chronological tale of a man who went from a poor boy to a rich fighter. What I'm saying is that there is no punch to the book, no entertainment value. Bernard Holyfield isn't the one who should be telling this story. Evander deserves someone like Norman Mailler because Evander Holyfield has a Trump-sized ego and a great life story to tell - but it's not in this book which reads more like a glorified press-release.
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June 27, 2019
I really enjoyed this interesting autobiography actually written by Holyfield's brother. It is a great testimony for a Christian who was two-time heavyweight champion of the world and never wasted an opportunity to talk about his faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is an inspiring and remarkable story.
November 5, 2018
Awesome, best heavyweight champ ever, and guys with class too!
March 15, 2010
There are a few interesting antidotes in this but it was written by Holyfields Brother. I'm sure he meant well but its seemingly written as a tribute more so than an objective biography. It goes up until the time preceding his first fight with Tyson so its also outdated. Holyfield really shouldn't be fighting anymore but even though he's pushing 50 and has been through many out and out wars in the ring he continues on. I saw him being interviewed on CNN recently about how he's converting his ridiculous 54,000 square foot, 109 room, 17 bathroom mansion/estate into being as "green" as possible and he didn't sound very good. Even though he could still beat a lot of guys that are out there he should have hung them up a long time ago.
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