HOLYFIELD SEGMENT ON “REAL SPORTS” JULY 26
By Boxing News July 22nd, 2005
(From HBO press release)
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL INTERVIEWS FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EVANDER HOLYFIELD WHEN IT RETURNS JULY 26
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Show debut: TUESDAY, JULY 26 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
Included:
* Holyfield Fights On. The career of Evander “Real Deal� Holyfield is as long as it is illustrious. Winning his first professional bout in 1984, he remains the only boxer in history to have won the heavyweight title on four separate occasions. Such a feat would satisfy most fighters, allowing them to rest on their laurels, but not the former champ. Holyfield, 42, has said that he will not unlace his gloves until he captures an unprecedented fifth world heavyweight title. However, not everyone in the boxing community is pleased to see Holyfield continue his quest. Following his November 2004 loss to Larry Donald in Madison Square Garden, his fifth loss in his last eight fights, the Atlanta native was handed an indefinite medical suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission. James Brown visits Holyfield to find out what keeps him going and learn why he’s not ready to throw in the towel.
July 24th, 2005 at 8:59 am
The man should retire before he gets any more incoherent .
July 25th, 2005 at 4:41 pm
Everyone thought George Foreman was crazy too
July 26th, 2005 at 10:55 am
Yes, but Foreman was essentially the same fighter he was when he left, just older. He was always slow and very powerful. Holyfield has lost his timing, conditioning, speed, and everything else that made him effective except for his heart.
July 26th, 2005 at 3:01 pm
George was the same fighter as when he left??? except for a 50 inch waist and throwing half the punches….George couldn’t fight for 15 rounds in his prime. When He came back George took a brutal beating in a previous fight with Evander before winning the title from Moore with one punch..a fight he was losing. That was Georges’ dream.This is Evanders’ dream. You go Evander!! And a 70% Evander is better than most of the heavyweight division anyway.
July 27th, 2005 at 2:27 pm
no he’s not - larry donald easily beat him - toney destroyed him - it won’t happen evander is shot
July 27th, 2005 at 9:46 pm
I don’t think Evander won’t mount to his dream. He has a heart of a stone and only await the right conditioning to get his timing back. He has mobility and happen to be one of the few heavyweights that fights a much mobile fight. I feel he lost his conditioning when he failed to have beaten Lewis in thier first bout and was unable to make it in the 2nd. To me even at 70% he’s better than Hasim. Go on Evander!!!
July 31st, 2005 at 4:45 pm
My son and I just watched Tommy and Ronald Hearns last night at Cobo Arena, so my thoughts on old fighters seem to apply to both Hearns and Holyfield. Both Hearns and Holyfield are undisputed ledgends in boxing, and both can’t seem to give father time his due. Admittedly Evander has taken it a little farther down the road than Hearns in his last few fights, but let’s face it, both have earned the respect of any boxing personage regardless of how their careers end. It hurts to see the likes of Evander getting humiliated by lesser fighters almost as much as the memory of the Ali’s last two fights still haunts us, but in the end the final choice to enter the ring is theirs, they have earned the right to choose how they end their storied careers. We here in Detroit fear the same with Tommy Hearns if he continues, its obvious to all who were there that Tommy’s legs are about 45 years old. The sense of relief that the fight ended without any serious injury was the overwhelming theme of the night. With the utmost respect I wish both Hearns and Holyfield only the best life has to offer, and pray only for their safety and health. As to their choice to continue fighting, it’s not for us to question, and our opinions are moot, we are not the ones in the ring, they are.