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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 Atlanta boy'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. |
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Holyfield: The Humble Warrior
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