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Evander Holyfield vs Mark Rivera — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Evander Holyfield

Mark Rivera

Evander Holyfield (44-10-2) and Mark Rivera (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Holyfield

44

Wins29 KO · 66%

10

Losses

2

Draws57 tracked bouts

Rivera

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Holyfield leads 1–0

Evander Holyfield and Mark Rivera have met 1 time; Holyfield leads 1–0.

Evander Holyfield and Mark Rivera have met 1 time; Holyfield leads 1–0.
Met1985Apr 20Series
Evander HolyfieldFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mark RiveraFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Holyfield 4 · Rivera 1 of 5 measurable rows
HolyfieldRivera
Record†
44-10-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
80.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.91%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 12
12 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Evander Holyfield: 6′2″
Mark Rivera: No height on file
Reachnot held
Evander Holyfield: 78″
Mark Rivera: No reach on file
Agenot held
Evander Holyfield: 64
Mark Rivera: No date of birth
Stance
Evander Holyfield: Orthodox
Mark Rivera: Not recorded

Evander Holyfield left, Mark Rivera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Evander Holyfield44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Evander Holyfield: 44 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (66%), 13 on the cards (30%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 66%13 on the cards 30%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Mark Rivera0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Mark Rivera: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rivera yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Evander Holyfield 57, Mark Rivera 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Evander Holyfield last boxed on May 7, 2011 — 5,651 days ago. Holyfield had won once since a no contest with Sherman Williams.LLWNCW

Ibragimov Oct 2007Valuev Dec 2008Botha Apr 2010Williams Jan 2011Nielsen May 20112.2 tracked bouts per year

Mark Rivera last boxed on Apr 20, 1985 — 15,164 days ago. Rivera had lost the most recent, to Evander Holyfield.L

Holyfield Apr 1985

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Evander Holyfield and Mark Rivera ever fought each other?
Yes. Evander Holyfield and Mark Rivera met once on April 20, 1985, and Evander Holyfield won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WApr 20, 1985 · Holyfield · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holyfield or Rivera?
Evander Holyfield is 44-10-2 and Mark Rivera is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Evander Holyfield has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Holyfield44–10–280.4%

Rivera0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Holyfield or Rivera?
Evander Holyfield has 29 knockout wins and Mark Rivera has 0. Evander Holyfield has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Holyfield2965.9%

Rivera0

The Numbers ↓
Do Holyfield and Rivera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Evander Holyfield and Mark Rivera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holyfield and Rivera?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Evander Holyfield and 1 bout tracked for Mark Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holyfield57bouts

Rivera1bout

How They Win ↓

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