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| Re: Broke, brain damaged Evander Holyfield wants to be only HW champ again
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Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:22 -0800
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:18:41 -0600, "Dan L"
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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...@aol.com (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, Associated 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.
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>Wow how old are you guys?
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Are you going to raise my Social Security payment?
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