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Post by bertheart90 on Oct 18, 2012 19:30:54 GMT -5
www.contactmusic.com/news/eva...rns-50_3323624The boxer who lost a piece of his ear to Mike Tyson is close to announcing his retirement from the sport - at 49. Fighter and reality TV star Evander Holyfield told fans he was good for one more fight night after defeating Denmark's Brian Nielsen in a bout in May, 2011, but it appears he has had a change of heart as he approaches his 50th birthday next week (beg15Oct12). The former cruiserweight champion, who has been fighting professionally since 1984, tells the Bbc, "Right now I'm winding it down, I can't get the fights I want. I haven't made it official but the time is coming that I will. I don't have that much fight left in me." But there's still a defiant glint in his eye and the distant dream of one last fight with either Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian brothers who have dominated heavyweight boxing in recent years. Holyfield adds, "I'm a good enough fighter and I believe I could beat the Klitschko brothers, even at soon to be 50. "But I'm not willing to pay the price of going through the ranking fights, to fight two or three other people, to get the championship fight. I can't put myself in a position to go and fight these guys that are 28 or 30. At least the Klitschkos are in their late 30s and early 40s. We're in the same boat. I gave the brothers a choice, I've done everything I could. If they don't have that respect for me, I understand that, I move on." The boxer is currently in Britain promoting an upcoming memorabilia auction featuring items from his 41 years in the ring. He says, "All that stuff just represents the things that I did. The more stuff gets out there the more people will realise what I accomplished in 41 years of boxing. People wouldn't get the opportunity to see it if it was in my home."
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Oct 18, 2012 19:37:37 GMT -5
He's changed his mind.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Oct 18, 2012 20:35:56 GMT -5
www.contactmusic.com/news/eva...rns-50_3323624The boxer who lost a piece of his ear to Mike Tyson is close to announcing his retirement from the sport - at 49. Fighter and reality TV star Evander Holyfield told fans he was good for one more fight night after defeating Denmark's Brian Nielsen in a bout in May, 2011, but it appears he has had a change of heart as he approaches his 50th birthday next week (beg15Oct12). The former cruiserweight champion, who has been fighting professionally since 1984, tells the Bbc, "Right now I'm winding it down, I can't get the fights I want. I haven't made it official but the time is coming that I will. I don't have that much fight left in me." But there's still a defiant glint in his eye and the distant dream of one last fight with either Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian brothers who have dominated heavyweight boxing in recent years. Holyfield adds, "I'm a good enough fighter and I believe I could beat the Klitschko brothers, even at soon to be 50. "But I'm not willing to pay the price of going through the ranking fights, to fight two or three other people, to get the championship fight. I can't put myself in a position to go and fight these guys that are 28 or 30. At least the Klitschkos are in their late 30s and early 40s. We're in the same boat. I gave the brothers a choice, I've done everything I could. If they don't have that respect for me, I understand that, I move on." The boxer is currently in Britain promoting an upcoming memorabilia auction featuring items from his 41 years in the ring. He says, "All that stuff just represents the things that I did. The more stuff gets out there the more people will realise what I accomplished in 41 years of boxing. People wouldn't get the opportunity to see it if it was in my home." I like how the article only mentions that he is a former cruiserweight champion. As if that was the highest pinnacle he ever reached. |
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Oct 18, 2012 21:10:33 GMT -5
He boxed since he was 9?!
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Post by nWoElite on Oct 18, 2012 21:29:42 GMT -5
Hell I didn't know he was still boxing.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Oct 18, 2012 21:41:08 GMT -5
Finally got that child support taken care of, huh?
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Oct 18, 2012 21:41:19 GMT -5
Hell I didn't know he was still boxing. I don't think he did either. |
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Post by fw91 on Oct 18, 2012 22:29:49 GMT -5
about damn time
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Oct 18, 2012 22:58:17 GMT -5
That fool was STILL boxing?!??!
Man, Mike Tyson won.
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Post by Essential1 on Oct 19, 2012 0:07:31 GMT -5
What's next, George Foreman announcing his retirement?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2012 0:22:13 GMT -5
Oh no, Evander, don't go, please...
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Post by jimmyjames on Oct 19, 2012 1:13:08 GMT -5
Well, when one has 25 children to provide support to over a period of 30 years, and a bankruptcy, retirement is kind of hard.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Oct 19, 2012 2:18:13 GMT -5
I thought he retired after he lost to Valuev but I have zero interest in seeing him go up against either Klitschko brother as he would of gotten mauled.
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Post by bertheart90 on Oct 19, 2012 7:45:35 GMT -5
How would have a in his prime evander done against either Klitschko
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 19, 2012 12:30:35 GMT -5
www.contactmusic.com/news/eva...rns-50_3323624The boxer who lost a piece of his ear to Mike Tyson is close to announcing his retirement from the sport - at 49. Fighter and reality TV star Evander Holyfield told fans he was good for one more fight night after defeating Denmark's Brian Nielsen in a bout in May, 2011, but it appears he has had a change of heart as he approaches his 50th birthday next week (beg15Oct12). The former cruiserweight champion, who has been fighting professionally since 1984, tells the Bbc, "Right now I'm winding it down, I can't get the fights I want. I haven't made it official but the time is coming that I will. I don't have that much fight left in me." But there's still a defiant glint in his eye and the distant dream of one last fight with either Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian brothers who have dominated heavyweight boxing in recent years. Holyfield adds, "I'm a good enough fighter and I believe I could beat the Klitschko brothers, even at soon to be 50. "But I'm not willing to pay the price of going through the ranking fights, to fight two or three other people, to get the championship fight. I can't put myself in a position to go and fight these guys that are 28 or 30. At least the Klitschkos are in their late 30s and early 40s. We're in the same boat. I gave the brothers a choice, I've done everything I could. If they don't have that respect for me, I understand that, I move on." The boxer is currently in Britain promoting an upcoming memorabilia auction featuring items from his 41 years in the ring. He says, "All that stuff just represents the things that I did. The more stuff gets out there the more people will realise what I accomplished in 41 years of boxing. People wouldn't get the opportunity to see it if it was in my home." I like how the article only mentions that he is a former cruiserweight champion. As if that was the highest pinnacle he ever reached. Surely his appearance on Phineas and Ferb warrants mention. |
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Post by mizerable on Oct 19, 2012 12:33:04 GMT -5
One more match...one more match..
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