Evander Holyfield vs. Rickey Parkey was a professional boxing match contested on May 15, 1987 for the WBA and IBF cruiserweight title.

[1] After defeating his friend and former Olympic teammate Henry Tillman in his first successful title defense of his WBA cruiserweight title, Evander Holyfield next agreed to a unification bout with IBF cruiserweight champion Rickey Parkey.

After taking a knee, Parkey rose to his feet and continued the fight but Holyfield quickly sent him down again.

[5] In the post-fight press conference, Holyfield was asked "how soon can you pick up 20 pounds and go after Mike Tyson?"

His trainer and manager Lou Duva followed up by saying "He's going to clean up the cruiserweights first, there's no telling how long that's going to be.