On March 13, 1999, Evander Holyfield (36-3, 25 KOs), the heavyweight WBA and IBF champion, and Lennox Lewis (34-1, 27 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, fight for the undisputed heavyweight world championship.
Evander Holyfield is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Vaughn Bean, 5 months and 22 days ago. Lennox Lewis is on a 9-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Željko Mavrović, 5 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Evander Holyfield at 99-1 winning odds. Lennox Lewis really doesn't have much to present against Holyfield.
The fight ended in a split decision draw, and both the fighters retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. — Holyfield is now 36-3-1 and Lewis, 34-1-1.