By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) will be turning 50 in October of this year and has fought only three times since 2008 against 2nd tier opposition, yet Holyfield stubbornly refuses to retire from boxing and plans on sticking it out until he’s captured all the heavyweight world titles.

Holyfield reportedly still wants to fight both of the Klitschko brothers and thinks he can beat both of them to win their titles. Holyfield’s chances of getting fights with either of the Klitschkos are zero, and even if he were to get lucky and get one of them to fight him, Holyfield would lose badly. Last year in January, Holyfield appeared to be on his way to a knockout loss to Sherman Williams after being staggered twice by him in the 3rd round.

However, Holyfield said he couldn’t see in between the 3rd and the 4th rounds due to a cut he had suffered from a headbutt in the 3rd. But the fact of the matter is Holyfield was getting rocked by the 38-year-old Williams in the 3rd and the chances of Holyfield making it through the 4th didn’t look good at the time the fight was halted by the referee and ruled a no contest. Holyfield followed that performance with a 10th round TKO win over 46-year-old Brian Nielsen last May. Since then, Holyfield has been out of the ring and is hoping that he can get a big fight for a world title.

Why Holyfield won’t simply take on a top contender to try and beat one to get put in the position to fight for a world title is something you have to wonder about. If he really thinks he can beat the Klitschkos, then why doesn’t Holyfield take on someone like Chris Arreola, who is ranked #1 by the World Boxing Council, and beat him to put himself in the prime position to fight for a world title. I guess Holyfield is hoping he’ll get picked from the 2nd tier by the Klitschkos without having to fight his way to a title shot like most fighters do.