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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’ll be 20 years ago this April.
And looking back, Evander Holyfield admits he learned a little something from George Foreman, even if he couldn’t actually say it at the time.
Foreman, then 42, was mounting a challenge for Holyfield’s IBF/WBA/WBC heavyweight titles and telling the few who’d listen that his advanced age was not a “death sentence.”
“Big George” lost a decision after 12 spirited rounds in Atlantic City, but proved his point three years later by KO’ing the man who’d subsequently taken the champion’s belts – Michael Moorer.
Now, as he prepares for the 56th fight of a 26-year career that many claim has dragged a decade too long, Holyfield recognizes the other foes his one-time opponent was facing.
But he remains just as determined to prove a similar point.
“Even as I was sitting there at 28, I was thinking about the things George Foreman was saying,” said Holyfield, now 48. “I was in agreement with him, about age not being a death sentence, but I couldn’t say that because I was getting ready to fight him and it was my time. [Click Here To Read More]
And looking back, Evander Holyfield admits he learned a little something from George Foreman, even if he couldn’t actually say it at the time.
Foreman, then 42, was mounting a challenge for Holyfield’s IBF/WBA/WBC heavyweight titles and telling the few who’d listen that his advanced age was not a “death sentence.”
“Big George” lost a decision after 12 spirited rounds in Atlantic City, but proved his point three years later by KO’ing the man who’d subsequently taken the champion’s belts – Michael Moorer.
Now, as he prepares for the 56th fight of a 26-year career that many claim has dragged a decade too long, Holyfield recognizes the other foes his one-time opponent was facing.
But he remains just as determined to prove a similar point.
“Even as I was sitting there at 28, I was thinking about the things George Foreman was saying,” said Holyfield, now 48. “I was in agreement with him, about age not being a death sentence, but I couldn’t say that because I was getting ready to fight him and it was my time. [Click Here To Read More]
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