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At the end of the ninth round, Holyfield nailed Donald with a sharp right and Donald went back to his stool, shaken. At the beginning of the tenth round, Holyfield attacked once again and once again Donald appeared to be on wobbly feet. Then after 30 seconds, Holyfield’s brief burst was over. Donald weathered the storm and went on to out box Holyfield for the rest of the fight just as he did for the first 9 rounds. For one brief 45 seconds, Holyfield looked like the old Holyfield but for the rest of the fight, Holyfield was just an old fighter. The old Holyfield would have knocked Donald out after having him in trouble. Let us be frank, Donald, as a fighter could not carry a prime Holyfield’s jockstrap. At his peak, Holyfield would have taken Donald to the wood shed and this fight would not have even gone the distance. Today Holyfield is not even competitive against a second tier fighter. As one HBO announcer observed, when Holyfield lost to Toney; he lost to one of the best technical fighter. Losing to Donald is different. For most of this fight, Donald just pot shot the former champion and had an easy evening. Last night, we saw the continuing decline of once great fighter. [details]
