# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-savarese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:13:57.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-savarese"
name: "Lou Savarese"
slug: "lou-savarese"
description: "Louis \"Lou\" Savarese is an American former professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competed 1989 to 2013. He is from Greenwood Lake, New York. In January 1996, Savrese won IBF USBA Heavyweight title by knocking out former contender Buster Mathis Jr. in seven rounds. On April 26, 1997, he challenged for the Lineal Heavyweight Championship, and lost by a controversial split decision to the Lineal World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman. A year later on June 25, 1998, Savarese won the IBA World Heavyweight title against former Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Buster Douglas by way of a first-round knockout. On June 24, 2000, he lost by a first-round technical knockout to former Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. On September 22, 2002, Savarese won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight title, by way of a fifth-round TKO against former two-time World Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon. On June 30, 2007, Savarese fought former four-time World Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield. He fought with great heart but lost by unanimous decision to a sharp looking Holyfield. Savarese announced after the fight that he had given it his all but it wasn't good enough, and this would be his last bout."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LSavarese.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-07-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.78
  momentum:             1.352631578947368
  historical:           9.355304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615491/"
    handle:    "nm1615491"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.savaresepromotions.com"
sources:
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    title: "Саварезе, Лу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لو سافاريتزي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "لو سافاريتزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "لو ساڤاریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Savarese"
    title: "Lou Savarese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Savarese"
    title: "Lou Savarese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "لوو ساوارس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Savarese"
    title: "Lou Savarese"
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  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%A5"
    title: "Լու Սավարեզե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Savarese"
    title: "Lou Savarese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2604315"
    title: "Lou Savarese"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump