Earlier this month, Evander Holyfield Jr. was recognized at the Delete Blood Cancer Gala for donating bone marrow to a teenager from Tennessee named Darian Craig. Mr. Holyfield, the son of boxer Evander Holyfield, originally was swabbed because he wanted to impress a girl he was dating.

“A few months later, I was contacted and told that I had a match,” Mr. Holyfield said. “Long story short, I was able to give and I’m glad I was able to.”

Mr. Holyfield added he wasn’t surprised the DKMS gala recognized his support. “From a marketing perspective, it’s a good story,” he said. “It is something we can all cure if we do our part.”

Though he spent most of his 29 years in Atlanta, Mr. Holyfield has lived in New York for the last couple of years, working both as a fashion model and, for the past few months, as a trainer at Body Space Fitness with Kelvin Gary on West 14th Street.

Mr. Holyfield had read and heard about the gym, “and I’d been following it secretly on Instagram. They have awesome things most gyms don’t have,” including AstroTurf.

As for his goals as a trainer for clients, “I want people to conquer themselves. I hope I can plant a seed with them to want to improve themselves.”

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