Comments Thread For: Holyfield's House Sells For $7 Million, But Owes $14 Million

[BostonGuy]

Yet another rags-to-riches.....to rags boxing story. I shouldn't feel bad for him but I do. Holyfield was a true warrior in the ring and provided boxing fans with countless exciting cw-hw battles and he suffers from dementia pugilistica as a result of it all...

[BoxingGenius27]

Yet another rags-to-riches.....to rags boxing story. I shouldn't feel bad for him but I do. Holyfield was a true warrior in the ring and provided boxing fans with countless exciting cw-hw battles and he suffers from dementia pugilistica as a result of it all...

I agree.

I figured since he's been fighting for so long, the dementia part would be a matter of time.

But when was this actually confirmed?

I also think a big part of Holyfield being over his head in dept is due to the countless children.

[The Tase]

at least he lived the high life.

not a lot of people can say that.

[MRBOOMER]

If i had that kind of money, I couldn't care less about anyone calling me a cheapskate. I'd own one house, two or three cars, and that's about it.

Everyone says that.

[I Love Jesus!]

Good news: Boxing legend Evander Holyfield recently sold his house for $7,500,000!!!

Bad news: It was at a public auction, he actually owes the bank twice that amount ... and he also owes over $200,000 in back taxes.
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how can he owe that much? does he take out loans against it or something.

[BostonGuy]

I agree.

I figured since he's been fighting for so long, the dementia part would be a matter of time.

But when was this actually confirmed?

I also think a big part of Holyfield being over his head in dept is due to the countless children.

I don't know if it has ever been diagnosed, or at least, publicly. He slurs his speech, has trouble expressing his thoughts and his reflexes are shot to pieces. I'm not a doctor but it's not hard to see the symptoms and make the inference.

[-Kev-]

hehehe, you just got trolled by Chow - Look at you all riled up.

Sorry I don't know what you're talking about. Chow is a Floyd fan like me.

[TyrantT316]

You're making 10-20mil a fight in the prime of your career...probably totaling over $200mil for your entire career...

I can't see how a $300,000-$600,000 house, a nice $20,000-$30,000 semi luxury car, cable & internet, a gym membership, and peapod grocery service, a couple mil per child set aside for their future/college when they turn 18 or 21, savings for boxing retirement, supporting a charity or organization etc isn't enough.

It's just hard to think about squandering so much money...but hey, people get caught up in "the life" I guess...

[jaded]

This is so sad...he earned 35 million alone for Tyson vs Holyfield ll. I can't believe how things like this happens to people who should have ended up incredible rich for a lifetime.

[I Love Jesus!]

People have the nerve to call me cheap.

I just tell them, if MC Hammer, Mike Tyson and Iverson can go broke, so can I lol

Collectively, that's about 800 million down the drain.

My measley 60-70k a year is no match lol

What do u do for a living?