--- title: Romney-Holyfield: See the Boxing Match Photos of Romney vs Holyfield description: Watch Mitt Romney throw a punch at boxing champ Evander Holyfield in their charity boxing match canonical: https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-16T17:31:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:33.948Z article:section: Sports og:title: See Mitt Romney Throw a Punch in Charity Boxing Match og:description: It was more comedy than spar og:url: https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Mitt Romney Throw a Punch in Charity Boxing Match twitter:description: It was more comedy than spar twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Mitt Romney Throw a Punch in Holyfield Boxing Match by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo May 16, 2015 5:31 PM UTC by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo May 16, 2015 5:31 PM UTC  Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield pose for a photo after an official weigh-in on May 14, 2015, in Holladay, Utah. Rick Bowmer—AP  Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walks in to the ring before sparring with five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield at a charity fight night event on May 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer—AP  Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, throws punches with five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield at a charity fight night event on May 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer—AP  Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, celebrates with five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield following a charity fight night event on May 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer—AP  Mitt Romney shows off his boxing belt after a fight with Evander Holyfield during a charity boxing event on May 15, 2015 in Salt Lake City. George Frey—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/"},"headline":"See Mitt Romney Throw a Punch in Holyfield Boxing Match","datePublished":"2015-05-16T17:31:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:33.948Z","description":"Mitt Romney fought boxing champ Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match","url":"https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/","keywords":["Boxing","photography","mitt romney"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/boxing/","name":"Boxing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3881701/holyfield-vs-romney/","name":"See Mitt Romney Throw a Punch in Holyfield Boxing Match"}}]}] ```