They're known for bleeding, losing and taking a serious pounding. Check out our gallery of boxing's most unlikely contenders. Sports Illustrated takes you ringside for 10 of the best bouts in Madison Square Garden history. CNN/SI followed Holyfield through a typical day of training. Check out the video clips, but be sure to come back to Evander's Believe It Or Not. Team Holyfield A Day in the Life       From Don King's bark to Mike Tyson's bite, Evander Holyfield's career has been defined by the outrageous. Scroll through this timeline to relive the madness and mayhem. Illustrations by Jeff Wong October 19, 1962 Evander Holyfield is born in Atmore, Ala., the youngest of eight children. Holyfield 's family moved to Atlanta when he was three. 1970 Eight-year-old Evander starts his boxing career at the Warren Memorial Boys Club in Atlanta under the tutelage of coach Morgan Carter, who predicts the scrawny, 65-pound Holyfield will one day be a champion. August 9, 1984 Holyfield, the favorite to win gold in the light heavyweight division at the Los Angeles Olympics, knocks out New Zealand's Kevin Barry in the semifinals as referee Gligorie Novicic is calling for a break. Holyfield is disqualified, and under amateur rules Barry cannot fight for 28 days because he was stopped by a head blow. Novicic's Yuglosav countryman Anton Josipovic wins the gold in a walkover and Holyfield is forced to settle for bronze. Holyfield on how his Olympic disqualification affected his outlook on his pro career (194K) November 15, 1984 Widely recognized after his Olympic-sized controversy, Holyfield makes his pro debut at New York's venerable Madison Square Garden, in a nationally televised prime-time bout. He scores a unanimous six-round decision over Lionel Byarm. May 17, 1985 Holyfield marries Paulette Bowen, who is five months pregnant with their second child. July 12, 1986 Holyfield becomes the first '84 Olympian to win a world title, taking the WBA cruiserweight crown with a grueling 15-round split decision over Dwight Muhammad Qawi. In his 11 previous pro bouts (all victories), Holyfield had never gone longer than eight rounds. April 9, 1988 Holyfield becomes the first undefeated, undisputed cruiserweight champion with an eighth-round TKO of WBC champ Carlos DeLeon. October 25, 1990 Eight months after James "Buster" Douglas shocked the world with his upset of "Iron" Mike Tyson, Holyfield flattens a flabby, 246-pound Douglas in three rounds to win the undisputed world heavyweight title. Wife Paulette had filed for divorce the week before, but "Real Deal" was able to stay focused. October 18, 1991 Holyfield's scheduled November 8 bout with Mike Tyson is postponed after Tyson tears cartilage in his ribs. With Tyson's subsequent conviction for rape, the fight would not take place until 1996. October 13, 1992 Holyfield loses his first pro fight—and the heavyweight title—to Riddick Bowe in a 12-round unanimous decision before a crowd of 18,500 in Las Vegas.