Say wha?…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
This is either the saddest day of my life following boxing or one of the coolest. I don’t know which yet.
From Dan Rafael of ESPN.com.
“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.”
Holyfield turns 46 on Oct. 19. I had planned a special tribute blog to The Real Deal. If he’s fighting, may have to put that on the back burner.
I’ll say it right now that Holyfield has no shot and doesn’t deserve any of this. But by fight time, I’ll get that Evander snarl and be rearin’ and ready to go. His dream is still to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Busy week for me with HS softball championships and two-a-days with the Oklahoma City Blazers, but I’ll be back Friday with a nice long post on why Chad Dawson needs to beat Antonio Tarver (and if I really want it to happen).
Stick with me, fight fans. I shall return.
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