Roy Jones Jr & Emanuel Steward were "On The Ropes" - NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND! 7/13

I've tried to listen to this twice today, but it's broken!

Fix it Rummy, please.

 

Full interview transcript:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=26346&more=1

It's a great one. :good

Some quotes from the interview with Holy:

JENNA: Evander now you mentioned Tyson a few moments ago. You had a lot of people doubting you before that first bout the way they sort of doubt you now. Can you tell us how you felt about facing Tyson back when everyone thought you were going to be an easy match for him?

HOLYFIELD: With Tyson, we had known each other since back in the amateurs. He was the best at heavyweight and I was the best at light-heavy and I knew eventually we would fight. Even in the beginning, the respect that I had for him, I watched each and every one of his professional fights. I knew that this guy was the guy that I was going to have to beat because he was just that good. I truly thought he was a lot better than people gave him credit for because people said he was just a brawler, but he fought the perfect fight for his style and his build. He had shorter arms, but he was short. If you have short arms you have to fight aggressive. You have to fight that type of fight to win and he was able to do that, but because I did my homework, I watched him, looking for where he’d be vulnerable and which area he’d be vulnerable in. As you can see when a person has that punching power and all of that and was aggressive, because Tyson used to fight very hard but once the reputation started beating the people before they got in the ring, he didn’t have to fight that hard. I realized that when he fought me that I was going to be able to take those shots and could he fight like hard like he used to fight hard like that. Life is not about what you’ve done, it’s about what you’ve done today, and he didn’t have a lot of fights that made him have to be in great shape like that. When he fought me, we fought each and every round pretty hard. I won of course on a condition standpoint.

CIANI: Now looking at things from the other side, if you had to name one performance where everything came together for you and you were working on all cylinders, which performance in your career say best represented that ideal performance for you?

HOLYFIELD: It is hard to say just one. There are maybe about four fights that I fought where I was just really tuned in. There was the night I fought Dwight Muhammad Qawi. It was July 12, 1986 when I became the cruiser weight champion. There was that fight, and I would say the fight that I fought with Riddick Bowe in 1993 and won the title back, and the fight that I fought with Mike Tyson in 1996 and became the champion, and the fight that I fought with Michael Moorer in 1997. I stopped Michael Moore. Those are fights where I got it together. Then again I would say when I fought Lennox Lewis the second time in 1999. That was a very good classic fight where I just wanted to prove to Lennox Lewis that the first night he fought me I was sick. But in the second fight even though they gave him the decision, I think I won the respect that I wasn’t that guy that night when they called the fight a draw. Those five fights there are the fights that kind of stand out and allows me to know when things are clicking I can put on a great fight.

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JENNA: Evander, when you did have that fight scheduled with him originally in 1991, do you think it would have played out any differently than it did five years later if you fought him more towards his prime?

HOLYFIELD: I don’t know, but I’m just thankful that it played out the way it did in ’96. In ’91 I was a good fighter. I was undefeated. I had never been beaten and I don’t think my energy was any different. I probably would have fought a little bit more aggressively, but I was fortunate enough to fight him in 1996 and I was able to get the job done.

 

Yet another good show peeps. Mixed feelings on Holyfield. Seems to have all his marbles but hes definately slurring his speech now.

Who are this weeks guests?

 

They are kissing Wlads ass in the recent show and blaming Haye for everything, I liked the show aswell, what a let down, they know nothing.

 

Big Props on the Chauncy Welliver, Guest Host, choice for #107. I think he could make a career out of broadcasting after boxing and I heard you guys say the same on Ep. #100. It was 1 of my favorite shows so far. Manny and Chauncy are 2 of my 3 biggest inspirations to be involved with the sport of boxing. Pure Class.

 

Great show, i love listening Emanuel Steward, great trainer and person. They are right about Haye. Wlad is not the one to blame here.

Wlad is a great Champion!

 

Was Steward having his dinner during the interview or something? Sounded like he was munching on something between sentences!

 

Emanuel is the one bullshiting, the july date cant work because Haye would have to fight Chageav in May, he cant fight then in July.

 

I did not heard this.

In germany i read that UBP said, Chagaev wil step aside for the unification bout.

 

He would but only if Haye fought Wlad next and he isnt so the agreement goes out the window.

 

Right.

 

Great show, really enjoyed Chauncey Welliver as a guest host. Well-spoken and obviously very knowledgeable guy. Bring him in as a regular!