WelshDevilRob Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Holyfield's quest to be 'greatest heavyweight boxer of all time' By Steve Cofield As long as Evander Holyfield isn't putting his health in serious jeopardy, he can fight forever for all we care. But promoters may want to tone down some of the verbage in pitching his future fights. Saying Holyfield's fight against Sherman Williams on Jan. 22 continues his quest to be "the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time" is going a bit overboard. Going way overboard is actually charging fans to see this fight on PAY-PER-VIEW! Simply incredible. Believe it or not, the fight against Williams is a warm-up for a match against Brian Nielsen. Yes, that Brian Nielsen. The one who gained fame as a 62-1 fighter who flopped against Mike Tyson in 2001. Nielsen, 45, is coming out of retirement to face what he hopes is Holyfield in March of 2011. Holyfield turned 48 in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulais_valley Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Couldn't give two hoots. In a way I think its a good thing that its on PPV. At least that way it won't get much exposure. More fool the fool who buys it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Evander needs his head testing, and his pronouncements are making him sound like Audley now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 He can't be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, because that is either Ali or Louis, and he hasn't had a good enough prime career to match theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 He might end up as the most wrinkled heavyweight of all time though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 No chance - have you seen Joe Frazier? The man looks like he's spent the whole of his retirement in the bath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Walker Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The more I watch former greats like Evander continue to delude themselves the more I begin to think for some boxing is a drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheils Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 The more I watch former greats like Evander continue to delude themselves the more I begin to think for some boxing is a drug. I think that is true, and maybe is the reason Holyfield wants to fight on. In Holyfield's mind the word 'former' probably doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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