Ahead of their clash tonight for the WBF heavyweight title at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, Francois Botha and Evander Holyfield hit the scales yesterday. WBF Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Francois Botha: 250 lb Evander Holyfield: 220 lb
Francois Botha defends his WBF heavyweight title against former World Champion Evander Holyfield this Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV. Evander Holyfield: “I’m happy to have the opportunity to fight in Las Vegas again. Everything that’s happened to me has been here – in 1984 I had to win Saturday…
© Mary Ann Owen Ahead of their WBF heavyweight title clash this Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, Francois Botha and Evander Holyfield worked out for the media.
A solid supporting undercard for Saturday night’s “The Legend Returns†pay-per-view event, headlined by 4-time world heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield challenging World Boxing Federation heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha, has been announced by Crown Boxing.
Reigning WBF heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha was supposed to fight four-time world heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield 12 years ago but boxing politics eventually destroyed that match-up. More than a decade later, though, Botha (47-4-3, 28 KOs) will finally get his crack at the living legend and future Hall of…
Living legend and five time world heavyweight champion, Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield, challenges World Boxing Federation heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha in the 12-round main event April 10, headlining “The Legend Returns†pay-per-view event, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The 47-year-old Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 KOs), fighting out of…
With the twelfth round knockout of ‘Fast Eddie’ Chambers by Wladimir Klitschko in Germany the heavyweight picture has become clearer in terms of who the remaining talent is, and who is left to fight whom. The question is, will these bouts happen in the future? Vitali Klitschko’s upcoming bout against the newly crowned European heavyweight…
Four-time world heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield plans to make a strong statement April 10 when challenges WBF heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha in the 12-round main event, headlining “The Legend Returns†pay-per-view event at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. “I’m not finished, yet,†future Hall of Famer…
Living legend and five-time world heavyweight champion, Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield, challenges World Boxing Federation heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha in the 12-round main event April 10, headlining “The Legend Returns†pay-per-view event, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
By Per Ake Persson All time great Evander Holyfield is now reportedly on for a fight in Las Vegas against Derrick Rossy April 24 which leaves his March 6 date open for a possible fight against Francois Botha – meanwhile Francois Botha vs Joey Abell February 27 in Kampala appears to be more likely as…
Recently crowned WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will be boxing’s sole representative when he battles it out with nine other British sports stars for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, December 13. The 29-year-old Londoner lifted the world heavyweight title on November 14, the night he stunned 7-feet-2-inch Russian…
By Per Ake Persson WBA Intercontinental junior middle champ Zauerbek Baysangurov will defend the title December 19 in Zaporozhye. The opponent is no other than Frank Shabani, who I believe is the last fighter in the Sauerland stable below middleweight. Shabani is a nice looking 18-1 but failed to win the European Union title and…