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As a boy,
Evander Holyfield found that coaches tended to underestimate
him. Most thought he was too well-mannered and too small to be
taken seriously. But Evander took himself seriously, even if
nobody else did. At eight years old he knew what he wanted. The
boxing room at the Atlantaboy's club, where he spent much of his
youth, drew him like a magnet. The gruff coach first stirred the
warrior within Holyfield by telling the boy he needed to toughen
up. Evander rose to the challenge. As he strived toward personal
excellence, he soon realized that things were not always fair,
not in the ring and not outside. But where others might have
given up, Evander used each defeat as a stepping stone to higher
ground. This was a lesson he learned from two of his toughest
coaches: his mother and grandmother. In a sport with a
reputation for brutality and corruption, Holyfield's combination
of grit and grace has earned him the nickname "Real Deal" and a
unique reputation in the boxing world: "champion" on both sides
of the ropes.
Holyfield-The Humble Warrior |
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