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46-year-old Holyfield, Valuev will meet for heavyweight world title Dec. 20

Evander Holyfield has accepted an offer to challenge Nikolai Valuev for his heavyweight world title, the former four-time champion told ESPN.com Wednesday night.

Holyfield (42-9-2, 27 KOs) said his attorney is reviewing a contract from Valuev promoter Sauerland Event for a fight that would take place Dec. 20 in either Germany or Switzerland.

"It's solid. They asked if I will take the fight for the offer they made and if everything is straight up, I will take that fight," Holyfield said. "My lawyer is looking at it."

Although Holyfield will turn 46 on Oct. 19, he said other people make more of a big deal about his age than he does. If he wins the fight, Holyfield would become the oldest heavyweight champion in history, even older than George Foreman, who was 45 when he knocked out Michael Moorer in 1994 in one of boxing's greatest upsets.

"They said I was too old when I was 34 and was getting ready to fight Mike Tyson for the first time," said Holyfield, who knocked out Tyson in a huge upset to win a title. "There's nothing new with what people say. I have a desire and I am the one who got to train and I am willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be the best. Just imagine a 46-year-old guy being heavyweight champ of the world?"

It would be Holyfield's first fight in 14 months. In his last bout, he lost a unanimous decision in Moscow to Sultan Ibragimov for a version of the title in October 2007.

Many figured that would be Holyfield's last shot at a championship, but he said he never lost faith.

"I felt that I would get another opportunity," Holyfield said. "I don't believe in that fight with Ibragimov that I did enough to take the fight. He moved a lot and I didn't take the title from him. It was what it was. I was hoping I would get another opportunity and here it is. I'm thankful to God. Nobody mentioned my name about nothing, but this opportunity is here now."

Holyfield, who is 6-foot-2 and about 215 pounds, will be at a massive size disadvantage in the fight, like most of Valuev's opponents.

Russia's Valuev (49-1, 34 KOs), who regained a vacant belt by outpointing John Ruiz in a rematch on Aug. 30, is the biggest titleholder in history. He is 7-feet and weighs about 320 pounds. Holyfield, a light heavyweight in the 1984 Olympics and former cruiserweight world champion, said the size difference doesn't bother him.

"Of course, he will be the biggest guy I have fought but it's something that could be very interesting," Holyfield said. "I will have a big target. I have to do the things I believe he can't do. He can't move laterally. I got to get in quick, fight and don't stand still too long. I just have to be in tremendous shape to outmaneuver him."

Holyfield made news in July when his financial problems were made public after the mother of one of his children took him to court over missing child support payments. There were also threats of foreclosure on his sprawling, 54,000-square-foot suburban Atlanta estate.

Holyfield would not disclose his purse for the bout, although it is less than $750,000.

"Whatever it is, I'm honored to get the opportunity," he said. "It is the lowest amount I ever made for a championship fight, but I am just appreciative I got the opportunity."
 
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He needs the money

He'll be in great shape though.

Anyone know what became of him being linked to HGH :hmm:
 
My frinds, this is what happens when you squander your money when you know that you're in a short life span career.:smh::smh:

There is no reason why this dunce shouldn't be in Montego Bay or the Dominican Republic fucking hos and enjoying his money on the beach.
 
that giant looks intimidating, but is probably soft,,, has anyone seen the russian fight before?,,, i think holyfield can beat him
 
When was the last time Holyfield won a fight that wasn't against a tomato can? He'll end up like Meldrick Taylor if he's not lucky. An Oldie but goodie.

Sweet science turns sickly

Taylor's return to the ring another reason to reform boxing

Posted: Friday May 31, 2002 11:40 AM
Updated: Monday June 03, 2002 11:44 AM


Let’s not waste time getting the disclaimers out of the way. Everyone has the right to make a buck and, if you check the resume, yours truly has never "puffed" -- as George O’Leary’s agent likes to say -- about expertise in the field of neurology.

But sit across from Meldrick Taylor for 10 minutes, struggle to decipher the words that come out badly garbled and slurred, and you wonder who in his right mind would allow him in a boxing ring. This day, he struggles periodically to catch his breath. A quick hit of water ends up rolling down his chin.

Medical folks say you need a baseline to compare speech pattern. So you check out a 1988 tape of Taylor after he took the IBF welterweight title from Buddy McGirt, and the newly-crowned champ is lucid, engaging on network TV -- easy to understand. The comparison of speech pattern is powerful stuff. You’d swear it’s not the same guy.

Like other fighters before him, Taylor downplays any assertion that slurred speech can often be a precursor to other problems.

"It can be, [but it] doesn’t matter," he protests, his words at times a string of indistinguishable grunts. "Doesn’t stop my ability to fight. My hands and my feet is what I need. And my brain, and my brain’s OK, too. I think well … I’m am coherent so my speech difference should not stop me from being a fighter."

No, but some hard questions need to be asked. Some neurological evaluations should be run.

And what gets the blood boiling is that Taylor, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist and once a beautiful boxer, has been brought in as the main attraction on a Birmingham fight card tonight.

If Senator John McCain is searching for a poster child for his boxing reform bill, he need look no further than the Deep South and the former two-time world champion. Taylor will enter the ring despite suffering what many in the fight game suspect are neurological problems stemming from boxing injuries.

Taylor, 35, is a shadow of the sweet, unblemished fighter who stepped in the ring March 17, 1990, for what turned into a bloody brawl with the also unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez. Taylor lost by TKO in the final seconds of the bout, and was hospitalized for four days, bones broken around the socket of one eye. Afterward, Taylor was seldom able to slip the punches he once easily avoided as he slogged through a 13-6 record in nine years and his speech became noticeably slurred.

Asked if he was troubled by this speech pattern, Birmingham matchmaker Harry Barnett says Taylor has had a "speech defect all his life. And I don’t think it is boxing related."

Veteran trainer Lou Duva left Taylor in 1993, advising him to retire. He was already slurring words by then.

"He was always sharp and could speak," says Duva, surprised to learn of the latest comeback. "To say his speech is not impaired now is bull. He shouldn’t be fighting."

Taylor angrily counters that he still has the skills of a champion. Duva doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he says. He claims he is being singled out by the boxing commissions, the media and the "player haters" in the streets.

"This [is an] opportunity to make a living in my sport," he argues. "It’s what do best. They say [it’s] not safe for me to fight … want me to go take test, pass to fight. No problem. I know I’ll pass test."

However, concerned about his slurred speech and the possible onset of what doctors call dementia pugilistica -- brain damage caused by repetitive head trauma -- New Jersey’s boxing commission has refused to license Taylor. He has also avoided fighting in other states, such as Nevada, that require neurological tests before licensing. Most recently, Taylor backed out of a January card in Atlanta.

"I explained [to Taylor's handlers] the examinations that needed to be taken, and that was the last I ever heard from them," said Tom Mishou, who heads the five-member Georgia Boxing Commission. "He really should undergo a battery of neurological examinations before anyone should license him. And he shouldn’t be fighting until he can pass those tests."

Taylor swears he’s passed tests in Denmark and Atlanta. Mishou laughs, saying Taylor has never submitted to a test in his state.

So, in fighting for the first time in more than two years, Taylor has crossed into Alabama, one of the few states without a boxing commission (an official from Louisiana is being brought in to oversee the card) and where promoters are banking his famous name can still sell tickets.

Taylor was to resume his comeback against a Birmingham fighter who suffered the bad fortune of being arrested at a promotional appearance on a warrant for "a domestic child support thing," according to Barnett. The scheduled fill-in, Willie "Bama Bomber" McDonald, is himself an interesting character, having had his license suspended in Georgia last September 29 for what Mishou describes as "neurological reasons." The Association of Boxing Commissions identifies McDonald on its suspended list and in theory he isn’t permitted to fight in any state that has a commission.

The matchmaker suggests the fight "should really tell us where Taylor is at."

And why the sport needs to be cleaned up.
 
tfresca said:
When was the last time Holyfield won a fight that wasn't against a tomato can? He'll end up like Meldrick Taylor if he's not lucky. An Oldie but goodie.

Sweet science turns sickly

Taylor's return to the ring another reason to reform boxing

Posted: Friday May 31, 2002 11:40 AM
Updated: Monday June 03, 2002 11:44 AM


Let’s not waste time getting the disclaimers out of the way. Everyone has the right to make a buck and, if you check the resume, yours truly has never "puffed" -- as George O’Leary’s agent likes to say -- about expertise in the field of neurology.

But sit across from Meldrick Taylor for 10 minutes, struggle to decipher the words that come out badly garbled and slurred, and you wonder who in his right mind would allow him in a boxing ring. This day, he struggles periodically to catch his breath. A quick hit of water ends up rolling down his chin.

Medical folks say you need a baseline to compare speech pattern. So you check out a 1988 tape of Taylor after he took the IBF welterweight title from Buddy McGirt, and the newly-crowned champ is lucid, engaging on network TV -- easy to understand. The comparison of speech pattern is powerful stuff. You’d swear it’s not the same guy.

Like other fighters before him, Taylor downplays any assertion that slurred speech can often be a precursor to other problems.

"It can be, [but it] doesn’t matter," he protests, his words at times a string of indistinguishable grunts. "Doesn’t stop my ability to fight. My hands and my feet is what I need. And my brain, and my brain’s OK, too. I think well … I’m am coherent so my speech difference should not stop me from being a fighter."

No, but some hard questions need to be asked. Some neurological evaluations should be run.

And what gets the blood boiling is that Taylor, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist and once a beautiful boxer, has been brought in as the main attraction on a Birmingham fight card tonight.

If Senator John McCain is searching for a poster child for his boxing reform bill, he need look no further than the Deep South and the former two-time world champion. Taylor will enter the ring despite suffering what many in the fight game suspect are neurological problems stemming from boxing injuries.

Taylor, 35, is a shadow of the sweet, unblemished fighter who stepped in the ring March 17, 1990, for what turned into a bloody brawl with the also unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez. Taylor lost by TKO in the final seconds of the bout, and was hospitalized for four days, bones broken around the socket of one eye. Afterward, Taylor was seldom able to slip the punches he once easily avoided as he slogged through a 13-6 record in nine years and his speech became noticeably slurred.

Asked if he was troubled by this speech pattern, Birmingham matchmaker Harry Barnett says Taylor has had a "speech defect all his life. And I don’t think it is boxing related."

Veteran trainer Lou Duva left Taylor in 1993, advising him to retire. He was already slurring words by then.

"He was always sharp and could speak," says Duva, surprised to learn of the latest comeback. "To say his speech is not impaired now is bull. He shouldn’t be fighting."

Taylor angrily counters that he still has the skills of a champion. Duva doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he says. He claims he is being singled out by the boxing commissions, the media and the "player haters" in the streets.

"This [is an] opportunity to make a living in my sport," he argues. "It’s what do best. They say [it’s] not safe for me to fight … want me to go take test, pass to fight. No problem. I know I’ll pass test."

However, concerned about his slurred speech and the possible onset of what doctors call dementia pugilistica -- brain damage caused by repetitive head trauma -- New Jersey’s boxing commission has refused to license Taylor. He has also avoided fighting in other states, such as Nevada, that require neurological tests before licensing. Most recently, Taylor backed out of a January card in Atlanta.

"I explained [to Taylor's handlers] the examinations that needed to be taken, and that was the last I ever heard from them," said Tom Mishou, who heads the five-member Georgia Boxing Commission. "He really should undergo a battery of neurological examinations before anyone should license him. And he shouldn’t be fighting until he can pass those tests."

Taylor swears he’s passed tests in Denmark and Atlanta. Mishou laughs, saying Taylor has never submitted to a test in his state.

So, in fighting for the first time in more than two years, Taylor has crossed into Alabama, one of the few states without a boxing commission (an official from Louisiana is being brought in to oversee the card) and where promoters are banking his famous name can still sell tickets.

Taylor was to resume his comeback against a Birmingham fighter who suffered the bad fortune of being arrested at a promotional appearance on a warrant for "a domestic child support thing," according to Barnett. The scheduled fill-in, Willie "Bama Bomber" McDonald, is himself an interesting character, having had his license suspended in Georgia last September 29 for what Mishou describes as "neurological reasons." The Association of Boxing Commissions identifies McDonald on its suspended list and in theory he isn’t permitted to fight in any state that has a commission.

The matchmaker suggests the fight "should really tell us where Taylor is at."

And why the sport needs to be cleaned up.
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"MAAAANNNNN LOOK AT ALL DEM WORDS"!
 
tfresca said:
When was the last time Holyfield won a fight that wasn't against a tomato can? He'll end up like Meldrick Taylor if he's not lucky. An Oldie but goodie.

Sweet science turns sickly

Taylor's return to the ring another reason to reform boxing

Posted: Friday May 31, 2002 11:40 AM
Updated: Monday June 03, 2002 11:44 AM


Let’s not waste time getting the disclaimers out of the way. Everyone has the right to make a buck and, if you check the resume, yours truly has never "puffed" -- as George O’Leary’s agent likes to say -- about expertise in the field of neurology.

But sit across from Meldrick Taylor for 10 minutes, struggle to decipher the words that come out badly garbled and slurred, and you wonder who in his right mind would allow him in a boxing ring. This day, he struggles periodically to catch his breath. A quick hit of water ends up rolling down his chin.

Medical folks say you need a baseline to compare speech pattern. So you check out a 1988 tape of Taylor after he took the IBF welterweight title from Buddy McGirt, and the newly-crowned champ is lucid, engaging on network TV -- easy to understand. The comparison of speech pattern is powerful stuff. You’d swear it’s not the same guy.

Like other fighters before him, Taylor downplays any assertion that slurred speech can often be a precursor to other problems.

"It can be, [but it] doesn’t matter," he protests, his words at times a string of indistinguishable grunts. "Doesn’t stop my ability to fight. My hands and my feet is what I need. And my brain, and my brain’s OK, too. I think well … I’m am coherent so my speech difference should not stop me from being a fighter."

No, but some hard questions need to be asked. Some neurological evaluations should be run.

And what gets the blood boiling is that Taylor, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist and once a beautiful boxer, has been brought in as the main attraction on a Birmingham fight card tonight.

If Senator John McCain is searching for a poster child for his boxing reform bill, he need look no further than the Deep South and the former two-time world champion. Taylor will enter the ring despite suffering what many in the fight game suspect are neurological problems stemming from boxing injuries.

Taylor, 35, is a shadow of the sweet, unblemished fighter who stepped in the ring March 17, 1990, for what turned into a bloody brawl with the also unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez. Taylor lost by TKO in the final seconds of the bout, and was hospitalized for four days, bones broken around the socket of one eye. Afterward, Taylor was seldom able to slip the punches he once easily avoided as he slogged through a 13-6 record in nine years and his speech became noticeably slurred.

Asked if he was troubled by this speech pattern, Birmingham matchmaker Harry Barnett says Taylor has had a "speech defect all his life. And I don’t think it is boxing related."

Veteran trainer Lou Duva left Taylor in 1993, advising him to retire. He was already slurring words by then.

"He was always sharp and could speak," says Duva, surprised to learn of the latest comeback. "To say his speech is not impaired now is bull. He shouldn’t be fighting."

Taylor angrily counters that he still has the skills of a champion. Duva doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he says. He claims he is being singled out by the boxing commissions, the media and the "player haters" in the streets.

"This [is an] opportunity to make a living in my sport," he argues. "It’s what do best. They say [it’s] not safe for me to fight … want me to go take test, pass to fight. No problem. I know I’ll pass test."

However, concerned about his slurred speech and the possible onset of what doctors call dementia pugilistica -- brain damage caused by repetitive head trauma -- New Jersey’s boxing commission has refused to license Taylor. He has also avoided fighting in other states, such as Nevada, that require neurological tests before licensing. Most recently, Taylor backed out of a January card in Atlanta.

"I explained [to Taylor's handlers] the examinations that needed to be taken, and that was the last I ever heard from them," said Tom Mishou, who heads the five-member Georgia Boxing Commission. "He really should undergo a battery of neurological examinations before anyone should license him. And he shouldn’t be fighting until he can pass those tests."

Taylor swears he’s passed tests in Denmark and Atlanta. Mishou laughs, saying Taylor has never submitted to a test in his state.

So, in fighting for the first time in more than two years, Taylor has crossed into Alabama, one of the few states without a boxing commission (an official from Louisiana is being brought in to oversee the card) and where promoters are banking his famous name can still sell tickets.

Taylor was to resume his comeback against a Birmingham fighter who suffered the bad fortune of being arrested at a promotional appearance on a warrant for "a domestic child support thing," according to Barnett. The scheduled fill-in, Willie "Bama Bomber" McDonald, is himself an interesting character, having had his license suspended in Georgia last September 29 for what Mishou describes as "neurological reasons." The Association of Boxing Commissions identifies McDonald on its suspended list and in theory he isn’t permitted to fight in any state that has a commission.

The matchmaker suggests the fight "should really tell us where Taylor is at."

And why the sport needs to be cleaned up.
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good read...sad shit what happen to Taylor...especially how he was robbed in that JCC fight...

cats scared to read anything....:smh:
 
Is this even a fucking human being?!!!


You know, like a regular EARTH HUMAN from Earth not like Venus or Alpha Centuri 7



TheyLiveNikolaiValuevEyes2.jpg





Why is this nigga getting knocked out wearing pink boxing gloves. :lol:

valuev_2.jpg



"I'll say it - the Russian is here to show us splendiferous pugelism and skill. His might is like Samson. Only in America.


Pssss....just make sure my fucking money is in Euro and he gets paid in Rubles.


valuev_03_482x246.jpg


 
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^^^gotdamn!:confused:,,, that muthafukaz head looks like the cantaloupe that went bad in my refrigerator while i was out of town last week
 
jagu said:
My frinds, this is what happens when you squander your money when you know that you're in a short life span career.:smh::smh:

There is no reason why this dunce shouldn't be in Montego Bay or the Dominican Republic fucking hos and enjoying his money on the beach.
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The Real Deal's BACK PAYMENT ON CHILDREN($$$) (by hoes in different area codes) SUPPORT are the only thing DOING the fucking :lol::lol::lol:
 
Damn that's fucked up that Holyfield's still out there brawling to pay make up payments.
 
This will not end well for Evander ... his career will not be over until they carry him out of the ring on a stretcher.
:smh::smh::smh::smh::smh::smh::smh::smh:
 
Heist said:
Is this even a fucking human being?!!!


You know, like a regular EARTH HUMAN from Earth not like Venus or Alpha Centuri 7



TheyLiveNikolaiValuevEyes2.jpg





Why is this nigga getting knocked out wearing pink boxing gloves. :lol:

valuev_2.jpg



"I'll say it - the Russian is here to show us splendiferous pugelism and skill. His might is like Samson. Only in America.


Pssss....just make sure my fucking money is in Euro and he gets paid in Rubles.


valuev_03_482x246.jpg


Click to expand...

this nigga looks like a transformer, this nigga looks like a monster from men and black, this nigga looks like a creature from the great beyond, this nigga looks like swamp thing, this nigga looks like a mashed potatoe
 
Heist said:
Is this even a fucking human being?!!!


You know, like a regular EARTH HUMAN from Earth not like Venus or Alpha Centuri 7



TheyLiveNikolaiValuevEyes2.jpg





Why is this nigga getting knocked out wearing pink boxing gloves. :lol:

valuev_2.jpg


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He was wearing pink gloves in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

gameboy said:
^^^gotdamn!:confused:,,, that muthafukaz head looks like the cantaloupe that went bad in my refrigerator while i was out of town last week
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This fool really may be sub-human. :eek::eek:
[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/HFOBAhMcAoY[/FLASH]
 
It's obvious that that ofay can take a hit or two. This won't end well at all. Holyfield gon' get his ass whooped good!!!! :smh:
 

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