Coz he was shot by the time they got into the position to pick and choose their opponents. I admire them for not taking the easy money to beat him up.
The Klit Bros said they have too much respect for Evander to fight a Shot version of him. Ancient Holyfield has been Shot since 2000, his last performance in which he didn't look Shot was "Lewis II '99" & even then Old Holyfield lost 7-5 on my card. The last time he looked remotely "great" was "Moorer II '97" & "Tyson I & II, '96 & '97", but in reality Evander has been Past-Prime since his heart ventricle problems stuck way back in '94... 17 years ago!
When wlad won the title against Byrd in 2000 he could of defended it against top ten apponents in Ruiz, Tua or Hollyfield but instead chose the likes of jefferson, shuford, 42yr old mercer.. Hollyfied (37) had just taken Lewis 12 rounds one year earlier in 1999 , so to say he wouldnt stand a chance against wlad is silly.
Read my post, that '99 Holyfield was different to the 2000+ Shot versions. In 2000 all Shot Holyfield ( basically 38 ) did was look stinky winning a controversial decision against Ruiz...
I think after Holy was seriously dominated by a slow fat and weak James Toney, both the K bros thought it would be gericide to take a fight with him.
if the IBF refused to sanction Toney-Wlad. Very unlikely they'd do Holy vs either Klitschko **but how is Holy ever going to become Undisputed if he can't even get in the ring with the kind of opposition that can bump him up the ranks