holyfield has not fought in one year...can we consider him retired ?

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  1. moesizlak

    moesizlak Active Member Full Member

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    What!!??!?!?
     
  2. Zapp Brannigan

    Zapp Brannigan Vid... Full Member

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  3. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No and he's not delusional, he has to feed 12 children and he's willing to pay the price exception made when things go too far like against Sherman Williams who was really hurting him. B'sides people who think he has a brain damage for sayin that he wants to be undisputed Champion are naive to say the least. I am a fan and I would always see a Holyfield fight even at 49 or 50...
     
  4. Rainman

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    Considering how many wars he's been in I'd say Holy seems super human to not be completely shot. Maybe he's a poster child for the anti-aging effects of Hormone Therapy, maybe he's the toughest HW ever or maybe a little of both. TBH I want Holy to get a shot at the Klitchkos, I don't think he can win but I think he deserves a shot. I'd love t see him fight David Haye, I acutally think that's a sellable fight considering how Haye always used Holy's name to claim how a CW could be a dominate HW.
    Anyone think that one day all of Holy's damage will suddenly catch up to him and he'll just drop dead on the spot?
     
  5. He said in a recent interview that I saw "I'm just looking for an opponent."
    He said his goal is either Klitschko or Povetkin.
    I think current Holyfield can beat Povetkin.

    And Razor is coming back!
    "
    “First thing, I want my Canadian Heavyweight title back.”
    “I really respect Neven. He’s a warrior who carries the title with class and pride. But, sadly for him, he’s wearing the belt that I want.”
    “Then when Neven is healing up, hopefully he’ll take some comfort in the fact that I’ll be putting Tyson Fury, Chris Arreola, Derrick Chisora, David Haye, Bermane Stiverne, Seth Mitchell, and Tomasz Adamek, on the exact same pudding diet too.”
    “And after I feast on the appetizers, I’ll dive in for two helpings of Chicken Kiev,” Ruddock, an avowed vegan, said of facing the current heavyweight kingpins, Ukrainians Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko.
    “The older brother Vitali avoided me 11 years ago, and now he has to pay. And the younger one Wladimir, just bores me. I’ll have to knock him out too.”
     
  6. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    Had Povetkin gone through with the Holyfield fight Evander would have been champion again thats a winnable fight for Evander
     
  7. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    when you're dealing with someone as unfortunately deluded as evander holyfield, you can never consider him retired. it's ridiculous that he keeps fighting at this point. I understand that he has expenses, but he should do something else. he's risking his already declining faculties ever fight out.

    I understand that there are fighters out there who are beatable for him, aside from the klitschkos and a few others obviously, but he's still jeopardizing the most important thing which is his health.
     
  8. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Finally and after seeing him lose after Ruiz, Byrd, Donald but specially against Iggy and his struggle with Sherman Williams, I would get on my knees to beg the Klitschkos not to give him a shot cause he will end up in the Hospital like Briggs and he's the best person in the business, the best warrior and he has 12 children. Let him defend this WBF version and that's it, he'll retire.