By Nicholas Ballasy February 9, 2018

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Urging Americans to stop putting a “label” on other people because “that’s when the problems start,” boxing legend Evander Holyfield said that America’s two-party political system was “set up to divide” the country.

Holyfield, who was in town for the National Prayer Breakfast closing dinner, also weighed in on the state of race relations in the nation, saying “every life matters” when asked about the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“When two people can forgive and come together and truly love each other, you know, to love someone, to know that you’re a human being, and it’s not for the color of your skin, it’s that you’re people. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,”.

The five-time heavyweight champion was asked if he thinks the country is more divided now than it was under previous presidents.

“I think there’s just more trouble, thinking about it, more so than putting the work in – you have to do the work, you just can’t talk about it, you know what am saying, because you are always going to have somebody feel this way and feel that way. The most important thing is love itself,” he replied.

He said judging people by their political party affiliation is “just like when you get into skin color.”

“You give a person a choice, you say, they think that way because they are light. They think this because they are dark, because they’re tall, they’re short, you know, when it comes to any given time when you label something then that’s when the problems start,” he said.

When asked if groups like Black Lives Matter have helped improve race relations in the country, Holyfield said he thinks “all lives matter.”

He told PJM he did not plan “at all” to advocate for any specific causes during his visit to D.C. for the National Prayer Dinner.