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Don King wasn’t too happy not having one heavyweight champion he could call his own and that’s why he came up with two, plus adding a couple of former rulers in kicking off the division’s Battle for Supremacy Nov.13 in what should be a sellout in Madison Square Garden.
The effervescent promoter also views this action of four 12-rounders as a rendezvous with destiny in a format to establish an undisputed champion just like he did in 2001 when Bernard Hopkins became the only middleweight king by TKOing Felix Trinidad in the12th round.
This cavalcade of clout has King taking the public back to an era when heavyweights made the “Sweet Science” thrive and such drama looms in the wings again with HBO Pay-Per-View handling the action domestically while KingVision televises internationally.The first bell is 9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PT.
With the Garden price scaled from $75 to $800, the heavy cast includes: John Ruiz (40-5-1, 28 K0s), Chelsea, MA., defending his WBA heavyweight title against Andrew Golota, WBA No. 5 contender (38-4-1, 31 K0s), Chicago,Ill.
Chris Byrd (37-2-1, 20 K0s), Flint, MI., risks his IBF heavyweight crown with Jameel McCline, No.1 contender (31-3-3, 19 K0s), Port Jefferson, NY.
Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (39-5-1, 32 KOs), former WBC / IBF heavyweight champion, Baltimore, Md.,takes on Kali Meehan, (29-3, 23 K0s),WBA/ IBFAsia Pacific champion, Wyongah, Australia, in a WBC/WBA/ IBF heavyweight elimination.
Evander Holyfield ( 38-7-2, 25 KOs), four-time world heavyweight champion, Atlanta, Ga.,goes against Larry Donald, (41-3-2, 24 K0s), former NABO heavyweight champion, for the NABC heavyweight crown.
Joel Fisher, senior vice-president, sports properties, Madison Square Garden, lauds the unique card “as a New York fight fan’s dream.” [details]
The effervescent promoter also views this action of four 12-rounders as a rendezvous with destiny in a format to establish an undisputed champion just like he did in 2001 when Bernard Hopkins became the only middleweight king by TKOing Felix Trinidad in the12th round.
This cavalcade of clout has King taking the public back to an era when heavyweights made the “Sweet Science” thrive and such drama looms in the wings again with HBO Pay-Per-View handling the action domestically while KingVision televises internationally.The first bell is 9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PT.
With the Garden price scaled from $75 to $800, the heavy cast includes: John Ruiz (40-5-1, 28 K0s), Chelsea, MA., defending his WBA heavyweight title against Andrew Golota, WBA No. 5 contender (38-4-1, 31 K0s), Chicago,Ill.
Chris Byrd (37-2-1, 20 K0s), Flint, MI., risks his IBF heavyweight crown with Jameel McCline, No.1 contender (31-3-3, 19 K0s), Port Jefferson, NY.
Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (39-5-1, 32 KOs), former WBC / IBF heavyweight champion, Baltimore, Md.,takes on Kali Meehan, (29-3, 23 K0s),WBA/ IBFAsia Pacific champion, Wyongah, Australia, in a WBC/WBA/ IBF heavyweight elimination.
Evander Holyfield ( 38-7-2, 25 KOs), four-time world heavyweight champion, Atlanta, Ga.,goes against Larry Donald, (41-3-2, 24 K0s), former NABO heavyweight champion, for the NABC heavyweight crown.
Joel Fisher, senior vice-president, sports properties, Madison Square Garden, lauds the unique card “as a New York fight fan’s dream.” [details]
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