Holyfield vs. Botha on January 16th – News
January 1st, 2010
By Jim Dower: In something of a step down for him, former IBF/WBA/WBC heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 KO’s) will be facing 41-year-old Francois Botha (47-4-3, 28 KO’s) on January 16th for the vacant World Boxing Federation heavyweight title at the Nelson Mandela Memorial Stadium, in Kampala, Uganda. This will be the first appearance for the 47-year-old Holyfield since he lost a controversial 12 round majority decision to seven foot Nikolay Valuev last year on December 20th.
Holyfield is ranked number #15 in the WBC, while Botha isn’t ranked in the top tier. Botha has won three out of his last four bouts since making a comeback in 2007 after five years away from the boxing ring. Since starting his comeback, Botha has beaten Bob Mirovic, Ron Guerrero and Timo Hoffman. In his last fight, Botha fought to a 12 round majority draw with 6’7″ Cuban Pedro Carrion in October.
Holyfield looked good against Valuev in his last fight, and some people think that Evander did a better job against the big seven foot Russian compared to the 29-year-old David Haye, who beat Valuev by a 12 round majority decision on November 7th to capture his WBA crown. Holyfield needs to beat Botha and look good in doing so for him to have a chance at getting another shot at one of the major titles.
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A CLASH OF TITANS……Frana…..WILL DO HIS THING….In afrikaans…..STAMP HOM KLIPHARD….Ons almal is agter jou!!!
They need to start age divisions in boxing, like -40, 40-50, and 50-60. Get some of the older boxers making some spare cash. Heck I would watch Tyson and Morrison, ro Tyson and Mercer, it would be really interesting….
Will the Evander Holyfield vs. Botha fight be televised?
It is obvious that Botha is just going there for the money as well as Hollyfield.Hollyfield has got a lot to lose if does’nt beat Botha and am sure he is going to beat Botha not only because he is desparate but because he still is the best compared to the likes of Botha.
I heard this was a hot topic at the senior citizen’s social hall.
Or in Holyfield’s case use of anti conception
He has 13 children I believe, and has to pay a tremendous lot of alimony to his former wive.
well i guess it shows that fighters need better money managers.
I’d really like to see this fight… I gotta root for Frans Botha, but, I expect Holy still has enough skill, savy & conditioning to out-work Botha over 10 or 12 rds…… I wish some lower cable network would air this event……. Cheers…….
MR.BILL
The reason why boxing is not among the popular sports.
Sad. This is really sad.
wot a state boxing as become.who cares about this fight,uncle ewald,perko,spot on.
dinosaur vs dinosaur. I´m not interested
Middle aged guys need to work too. I guess someone will watch this.
Lookes like Willie Nelosn in that photo
if this fight was on jan 16 2000 instead of jan 16 2010 might have been relevant to all heavyweight fans , now who the hell cares.
I hope noone will see Holyfield as the oldest heavyweight champ in history if he takes the ‘highly regarded’ WBF belt. Although he should a least have gotten a draw versus Valuev in his last fight.
But let’s face it, Holy did not deserve to be in there with Valuev in the first place. The WBA heavyweight ranks are a crude joke!
He may be one of the greatest heavyweights in history, but he’s far over the hill.