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| Re: Broke, brain damaged Evander Holyfield wants to be only HW champ
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Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:23:33 +0000 (UTC)
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On Nov 21, 6:18=A0pm, "Dan L" wrote:
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> On Nov 20, 4:54 pm, ne...@millions.com wrote:
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> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:27 -0800 (PST), "ddca...@yahoo.com"
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> > wrote:
> > >On Nov 19, 12:44 am, henry...@aol.com (Henry J.) wrote:
> > >>http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=3DAikiQbNv43AsPXzcdCnMnDqUxLYF?=
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> > >> Holyfield wants to be undisputed champion again
> > >> By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer
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> > >> ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)=97Evander Holyfield is returning to the rin=
g at
> > >> age 46, setting his sights on becoming undisputed heavyweight champi=
on
> > >> 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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> > >> =93My goal is to be undisputed champion not just to win one title,=
=94
> > >> Holyfield said at a news conference Tuesday at the Hallenstadion,
> > >> where the fight will take place on Dec. 20.
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> > >> =93I think people make too much about age,=94 he said. =93I haven=92=
t fought
> > >> in a year but I will be ready.=94
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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 Russia=
n
> > >> 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 thre=
e
> > >> years ago, said he could do no more to reassure people worried about
> > >> his health.
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> > >> =93They will have to see the fight and know for themselves,=94 he sa=
id. =93I
> > >> have taken care of myself and if I couldn=92t fight then I wouldn=92=
t
> > >> fight.=94
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> > >> Holyfield said he never expected to be =93the old guy=94 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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> > >> =93I didn=92t want to fight him,=94 Holyfield said. =93My manager sa=
id he
> > >> (Foreman) earned his shot so do it. I did and it was a tough fight.=
=94
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> > >> Foreman went on to become the oldest man to win a heavyweight title =
at
> > >> 45, knocking out Holyfield=92s 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=92s publicized financial problems were solv=
ed
> > >> and he was coming back for a title shot rather than the money.
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> > >> =93If it was not a championship fight we would not have taken it,=94
> > >> 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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> > >> =93It is not much for him to fight for the championship,=94 Sanders =
said.
> > >> =93You can make $10 million for the next fight.=94
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> > >> Holyfield has the potential in the next five years to match his care=
er
> > >> earnings of $200 million, the manager said.
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> > >> Sanders added: =93And he=92s going to keep it this time, I=92m going=
to see
> > >> to that.=94
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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 promote=
d
> > >> by Germans and Holyfield=92s 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 tha=
t
> > >> Holyfield, who will train in Houston, Texas, was =93more than fighti=
ng
> > >> fit.=94
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> > >> =93We have gone to the best doctors and we have gone for the most
> > >> thorough checks,=94 Sauerland said. =93We are all in the clear.=94
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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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> > >> =93They said I was going to get killed,=94 Holyfield said. =93I had =
to
> > >> remind them that I didn=92t get there because somebody chose me, but=
I
> > >> got there because I worked and I was able to beat him.
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> > >> =93The only way you can reach your goal is if you do the things you =
know
> > >> you can do=97and I do box real well,=94 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.
>
> > >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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Old enough to have seen 3 Jack Dempsey fights--the orig.
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