By Mark Vester

BoxingScene.com was advised that Evander Holyfield's battle with Francois Botha for the WBF heavyweight title has been pushed back to February 20 in Uganda. Holyfield has lost his last two bouts. He was decisioned by then WBO heavyweight champ Sultan Ibragimov in 2007 and lost a very controversial twelve round majority decision to then WBA champion Nikolai Valuev in 2008. Botha has not lost since a 2002 TKO defeat to Wladimir Klitschko. He took five years off and returned to action in 2007. He returns from a twelve round majority draw with Pedro Carrion.

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