Evander Holyfield vs. Hasim Rahman, billed as The Royal Comeback, was a professional boxing match contested on June 1, 2002.

In April 2002, it was announced that Evander Holyfield and Hasim Rahman would face each other in June of that year in Atlantic City.

[3] HBO Sports president Ross Greenberg hoped the Holyfield–Rahman fight would benefit from the hype surrounding the Lewis–Tyson bout stating "It'll be like the Golden Globes before the Oscars."

I don't feel Evander beat me tonight" and later joking at the post-fight press conference "I'm sitting here with an extra head" and that he would "wear a helmet next time.

"[5] After his knockout win over Tyson, Lewis vacated the IBF title at the urging of promoter Don King, which allowed King to put together a fight between Holyfield and Chris Byrd for the vacant belt with hopes of pitting the winner against the winner of the John Ruiz–Roy Jones Jr. WBA championship bout.