Re: Broke, brain damaged Evander Holyfield wants to be only HW champ again (All about celebrities)

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Re: Broke, brain damaged Evander Holyfield wants to be only HW champ again

Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:18:41 -0600

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On Nov 20, 4:54 pm, ne...@millions.com wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:27 -0800 (PST), "ddca...@yahoo.com"
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> >On Nov 19, 12:44 am, henry...@... (Henry J.) wrote:
> >>http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AikiQbNv43AsPXzcdCnMnDqUxLYF?sl...
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> >> Holyfield wants to be undisputed champion again
> >> By GRAHAM DUNBAR,ociated Press Writer
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> >> ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)—Evander Holyfield is returning to the ring at
> >> age 46, setting his sights on becoming undisputed heavyweight champion
> >> again.
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> >> Holyfield will fight 7-foot WBA champion Nikolai Valuev next month. A
> >> victory will make him the oldest man to claim a world heavyweight
> >> title and the first to win it five times.
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> >> “My goal is to be undisputed champion not just to win one title,”
> >> Holyfield said at a news conference Tuesday at the Hallenstadion,
> >> where the fight will take place on Dec. 20.
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> >> “I think people make too much about age,” he said. “I haven’t fought
> >> in a year but I will be ready.”
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> >> Holyfield underwent five hours of medical tests in Germany on Monday
> >> to show he was ready for the physical challenge of facing the Russian
> >> champion, who is likely to take a 100-pound advantage into the ring.
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> >> Holyfield, who had his license to box in New York state revoked three
> >> years ago, said he could do no more to reassure people worried about
> >> his health.
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> >> “They will have to see the fight and know for themselves,” he said. “I
> >> have taken care of myself and if I couldn’t fight then I wouldn’t
> >> fight.”
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> >> Holyfield said he never expected to be “the old guy” in the ring,
> >> recalling that his first defense after becoming undisputed champion in
> >> 1990 was a points victory against 42-year-old George Foreman.
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> >> “I didn’t want to fight him,” Holyfield said. “My manager said he
> >> (Foreman) earned his shot so do it. I did and it was a tough fight.”
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> >> Foreman went on to become the oldest man to win a heavyweight title at
> >> 45, knocking out Holyfield’s conqueror Michael Moorer.
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> >> Holyfield has reunited with trainer Tommy Brooks and his first
> >> professional manager, Ken Sanders, to try to regain the WBA title he
> >> last lost in 2001 to John Ruiz.
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> >> Sanders said the fighter’s publicized financial problems were solved
> >> and he was coming back for a title shot rather than the money.
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> >> “If it was not a championship fight we would not have taken it,”
> >> Sanders said.
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> >> Holyfield is expected to earn between $750,000 and $1 million for
> >> fighting Valuev, with bigger purses waiting for unification fights.
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> >> “It is not much for him to fight for the championship,” Sanders said.
> >> “You can make $10 million for the next fight.”
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> >> Holyfield has the potential in the next five years to match his career
> >> earnings of $200 million, the manager said.
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> >> Sanders added: “And he’s going to keep it this time, I’m going to see
> >> to that.”
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> >> The Klitschko brothers currently hold four other versions of the
> >> heavyweight title. The 37-year-old Vitali has the WBC belt, while
> >> 32-year-old Wladimir holds the IBF, WBO and IBO versions.
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> >> The 35-year-old Valuev described Holyfield as a legend and said he
> >> watched his fights 10 years ago, and dreamed of one day meeting him in
> >> the ring.
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> >> Although the fight is being held in Switzerland, it is being promoted
> >> by Germans and Holyfield’s fighting license has been issued by the
> >> boxing authority of neighboring Austria.
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> >> Promoter Kalle Sauerland said the medical tests appeared to show that
> >> Holyfield, who will train in Houston, Texas, was “more than fighting
> >> fit.”
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> >> “We have gone to the best doctors and we have gone for the most
> >> thorough checks,” Sauerland said. “We are all in the clear.”
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> >> Holyfield won four fights in Texas before his most recent bout, in
> >> October last year, when he lost a unanimous decision to then-WBO
> >> champion Sultan Ibragimov in Moscow.
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> >> He said he had overcame doubts about him when beating Mike Tyson for
> >> the first time in 1996.
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> >> “They said I was going to get killed,” Holyfield said. “I had to
> >> remind them that I didn’t get there because somebody chose me, but I
> >> got there because I worked and I was able to beat him.
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> >> “The only way you can reach your goal is if you do the things you know
> >> you can do—and I do box real well,” Holyfield added.
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> >We all know what Archie Moore did at a late age until he met up
> >with a 20-year old Cassius Clay. Evander The Commander is right-
> >-he can still fight so let's give him the benefit of the doubt.
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> >As far as the Tyson figts are concerned, EH really should have
> >been disqualified in both, esp. II.
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> In the real world of the Sweet Science, Archie Moore stands head and
> shoulders above the rest. He came in with smarts and he left with
> more. What an incredible man, Archie Moore.
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All true. One of the strange things in boxing hx was Ezzard Charles'
mastery of Arch. The Old Mongoose always seemed more talented.

Wow how old are you guys?

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