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By Tim Smith - The promoters of the match between former four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and Lou Savarese in El Paso on Saturday night have optimistically titled the match “The Road to the Championship.’’
It is that kind of optimism that kept Juan Ponce de Leon searching for the fountain of youth. At 44 years old, Holyfield’s search for another undisputed heavyweight championship is about as fruitless as Ponce de Leon’s quest. Fortunately for Holyfield he probably won’t get shot in the shoulder with a poison arrow and die like Ponce de Leon.
But this is boxing, so you never know.
Holyfield is almost three-years removed from his suspension from boxing by Ron Scott Stevens, the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. Stevens suspended Holyfield after his pathetic performance against Larry Donald at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 13, 2004. Holyfield was on the shelf for two years, even though he passed the medical exams by the N.Y.S.A.C. During that period of inactivity, Holyfield said he was able to heal from two shoulder surgeries that had made it nearly impossible for him to throw his jab. [details]
It is that kind of optimism that kept Juan Ponce de Leon searching for the fountain of youth. At 44 years old, Holyfield’s search for another undisputed heavyweight championship is about as fruitless as Ponce de Leon’s quest. Fortunately for Holyfield he probably won’t get shot in the shoulder with a poison arrow and die like Ponce de Leon.
But this is boxing, so you never know.
Holyfield is almost three-years removed from his suspension from boxing by Ron Scott Stevens, the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. Stevens suspended Holyfield after his pathetic performance against Larry Donald at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 13, 2004. Holyfield was on the shelf for two years, even though he passed the medical exams by the N.Y.S.A.C. During that period of inactivity, Holyfield said he was able to heal from two shoulder surgeries that had made it nearly impossible for him to throw his jab. [details]
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