Evander Holyfield is often credited with being one of the greatest heavyweights to have ever laced up a pair of gloves.

‘The Real Deal’ achieved great things during his professional career which culminated in him becoming the first fighter in boxing history to win the undisputed championship at cruiserweight and heavyweight.

The Alabama-native had an impressive campaign at heavyweight, defeating the likes of Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Larry Holmes and George Foreman amongst many others.

Holyfield came close to capturing the undisputed heavyweight championship for the second time in 1999 but fell short to legendary rival Lennox Lewis at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

In an interview with Seconds Out, Holyfield claims that he is the greatest heavyweight of all time, playing down the credentials of the man they called ‘The Greatest’ – Muhammad Ali.

“I’m the only four-time heavyweight champion of the world but they’re still talking about Ali when I broke his record.”

“I’ve been the only four-time heavyweight champion of the world for 24-years. You can’t talk about it til you break somebody’s record and they’ve not even said nothing about me. How do you cut somebody out of history?”

“They keep saying Ali is the best fighter, no I am. He was three times, I’m four.”

Ali is widely considered to be the greatest heavyweight of all time, although this is debated by boxing fans and analysts even to this very day.

‘The Greatest’ captured the world heavyweight championship on several occasions during his memorable career, producing legacy-defining wins over the likes of Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston and George Foreman prior to his retirement from the sport in 1981.