Thanks for the RBR -- great job! Looks like Holyfield is far from finished. Sounds like he can fight 10 rounds with a sufficient workrate. Time for him to fight a "soft" Top 10 ranked fighter. He may just land a title shot (hopefully not against a Klitshcko or Peter --- that would be suicide). Markus
I was very impressed with Holy's stamina, as well as his sharp combintions. I think the guy has made a believer out of alot of people with his high output all the way to the last round. The next oppoent will probably be a real good name fighter, at least I hope. I want to see Holy in against someone like Liakhovich.
Going ten with Savarese is not like going ten with a fast hard hitting heavyweight. Even a slickster like a rematch with Byrd would be a better indication of where Holy is at for real.
I don't think Holy can beat Peter, or the Klitschkos, but he can be Ibragimov, or atleast have a really good showing. He's not the "old" Holyfield, but tonight, he looked REALLY good compared to what we'd seen as of late.
Liakhovich, TOS, Byrd, Dimentrenko or the winner of Krasniqi vs. Thompson would be decent. What about McCall or Tua? Time to weed out the "old guys that are making comebacks" and let the better one's continue on.
Maybe Holyfield wasn't lying about the shoulder injuries holding him back for years. He looks much better than he has in a long time.
I think Holyfield should get a title shot. If nothing else this fight has shown any Holyfield fight would be exciting. Holyfield has the name to put people in the seats and the style to have a few more good fights in him. I'd rather watch a shot Holyfield than Briggs or 75% of the other heavies in the division.
It's hard to say how Holyfield would fair against legit competition. So far he's fought nobodies and has-beens.
Gotta say I agree with lostmykeys.. I'd rather watch Holy in a title fight than Briggs, Liakhovich, Ibragimov, Chageav, Valuev, Brewster, Ruiz, or most of the other scrubs that call them selfs World Title level heavyweights...
Grant would probably be another good tuneup opponent for Holyfield. With Grant's glass jaw, Evnader could get an impressive KO, leading to a title shot!