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I was just reading Fightnews and it said that Holyfield competed in some sort of boxing/sparring match with Matt Hardy on the NBC broadcast of WWE Wrestling tonight. Anyone see this thing? WTF? It's not April yet is it, this a joke? The photo looks photo shopped to me.
I heard something about this alittle bit ago. Its probably legit. They sell out stadiums better than boxing does and one of their top guys killed his kid, wife, and self. How's that for a vote of confidence in boxing? Hopefully he won. :-\
Well it's WWE so not real, My guess is that Evander will win the first round then a manager will get involved, throw chairs etc and the other guy will get disqualified.
Isn't that how a wrestling fight normally goes? It was the last time I watched one......(15 years ago :P)
yeah something like that bilbo!!!
Thanks to MVP’s recent diagnosis and treatment for a heart condition, both he and Hardy had been allowed to choose surrogates. When Hardy passed and chose to step in the ring for himself, the smug U.S. Champion called on one of boxing’s biggest legends. On paper, it looked like a total mismatch, and there were whispers in the locker room all week, with many observers wondering if Hardy knew what he had gotten himself into.
Once inside the ring, it looked like the “paper” would be accurate. Hardy, who has no boxing experience whatsoever, appeared overmatched and solely defensive against the four-time Heavyweight Champion of the World. In the first two-minute round, Holyfield was dominant, using his six-inch reach advantage to keep Hardy at bay and seemingly toy with his inexperienced opponent. “The Real Deal” knocked Matt to the canvas three times, with Hardy showing heart, but barely beating the referee’s 10-count on the last of the three knockdowns. The bell rang seconds later, signifying the end of the round.
Hardy said he had a primarily defensive strategy going into his fight with Holyfield because of his boxing inexperience. He believed that game plan would save him from being knocked out.
“That’s one reason I didn’t throw too many punches," he said. "Going into a fight with a fighter as skilled as Evander Holyfield, I didn’t want to get too punch-happy and possibly leave him an opening to hit me and knock me out. If he gave me an opening, I’d take it, but my main strategy was to be on the defensive.”
While it looked like Holyfield was on his way to an easy victory, MVP’s ego ended up derailing the fight in the second round. During the between-round break, the U.S. Champion verbally sparred with Holyfield’s trainer, even at one point shouting insults in his direction.
“He’s my fighter tonight!” MVP brashly yelled at Holyfield’s corner man. “I’m taking care of this! Have you ever trained him to fight a wrestler before? That’s MVP’s area of expertise!”
It appeared as if Holyfield shrugged off the discord, but that thought wouldn’t last long. As the bell rang for Round 2, “The Real Deal” seemed hesitant about hitting the wobbly-legged Hardy. That’s when an irritated MVP jumped into the ring and demanded that his chosen surrogate, “Finish the job and knock him out!”
When Holyfield turned away from MVP, the brash U.S. Champion made the mistake of grabbing his fighter’s shoulder and turning him around. After a moment of disbelief – which MVP used to further berate Holyfield – the four-time champion turned and cold-cocked MVP with a right hook, sending him crashing to the canvas face-first. The referee signaled for the bell to call off the fight, and Holyfield graciously hugged Hardy while MVP laid motionless on the mat.
After the bout, Holyfield took a moment away from preparing for his next fight – an Oct. 13 bout in Moscow against WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov – to tell WWE.com exactly why he struck MVP.
“You know, he kept talking too much. I was whooping Matt Hardy, and he wanted to act like he was part of it,” Holyfield stated. “Sometimes, that can push you over the edge and you have to put people back in their place. I was able to do that, and hopefully everybody realized that I’m not a bad guy like him. I’m a good guy.”
For Hardy, going toe-to-toe with “The Real Deal” was “an honor and an amazing experience,” one which he admits that he wasn’t sure he would survive.
“Honestly, stepping in the ring with Evander Holyfield – one of the baddest men to ever step into a ring – was the most intimidating experience I’ve ever had inside the ring,” Hardy confessed. “I’ve been in the ring with a lot of tough guys, but I was out of my element. I’ve never boxed – amateur or professionally – but I was in there with one of the best ever. I wanted to survive, and I didn’t know how long I would make it. Still, considering I took 30 or 40 of his punches and was still on my feet, while MVP took one and got knocked out, I think I did well.”
Not only did Matt Hardy survive his battle with Holyfield, but by not being the one who was knocked out, Hardy went two up on the United States Champion in non-wrestling competition. The questions now are: How will MVP respond, and what lies ahead between the cocky champion and his seemingly fearless challenger?
Ali stepped inside the ring for a few moments in wrestlemania 1 and tyson was a guest referee once. It happens.
errrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm who's MVP??
I think he's another wrestler
ok ::** ::**
and the punch wasnt rigged then and fake???? ::** ::** ::**
id like to have seen it just for the laugh
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cc again in 24
that didnt show the fight really though just few secs :laugh:
micheal buffer ------------i fucking love that lets get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Lennox Lewis , Mike Tyson , Michael Moorer and now Evander Holyfield have all been invloved with the WWE at some point . Even Ali did it and they are the biggest names in the sport .( Even Butterbean fought Bart Gunn but that was real )
Evander beat up a couple wrestlers and then left the ring . It was good to see him . A little promo for his upcoming title shot . 3kds in teh 1st round and michael buffer was there too .
Strangley enough it didnt appear on his box rec record . Wonder why ;D
He was slapping his punches, and Matt Hardy was being way to dramatic as every punch landed. It was gay.
When was Michael Moorer and Lennox Lewis involved with the WWF?
Yeah Hardy was over acting and made it look stupidQuote:
Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
Moorer was part of the crowd when a wrestler insulted him ( billy gunn) and Moorer hit him .
Lewis was invloved back in 92 before he fought Rudduck . It was at summerslam in wembley and Lennox came to the ring with Bulldog holding the British flag .
Heck Chuck Wepner "fought" Andre The Giant once
I remeber a week before Tyson vs Douglas, the WWF announced that Mike Tyson would be the guest referee the following week. The next week on wrestling, it was Douglas who was the guest ref, and he ending (fake)punching the machoman during the match.
when id heard about it i figured it would be worked, but i saw a clip of it and it looked like it might be a shoot
i can understand why holyfield wouldnt mind doing it for real cuz jeff hardy or matt hardy, whichever one it was, is seriously like the least threatening individual ever, a complete faggy little bitch
i dont see why harty would want to do it tho, the hardys are two wrestlers who started their career in WWF wearing hot pink leather pants, and somewhere along the line their characters became suburban pussys who want to dress like rock bands that wear eye liner(which im pretty sure is about how they are in real life)
now im guessing that most girls who like wrestling are pretty lame, and that is evident when the hardys come to the ring, all fagged out, and the little girls go crazy
thats why they are able to hold down jobs, cuz they move merchandise and shit cuz of all those mark ass little girls, and im pretty sure seeing how much of a pussy one of them really is by getting obliterated while wearing headgear by holyfieid, who im willing to bet most of these little girls dont even know, will in some way hurt whatever it is that makes the kids like them
heres the whole thing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vaKZUFxI0DM
Wow Holyfield actually looked quite sharp there with his footwork i know it was staged but still he looked pretty good im glad he knocked out Hardy i never did like him when i used to watch wrestling as little kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by SalTheButcher
seriously, WTF MAN, fucking buffer cant say ibragimov right!?!?!?!?!?
its definitely a work BTW, i just watched it again, hardy made it obvious when he tried to make it look like he went down from a body shot, he has NEVER been good at selling
he says ibraMiGov instead of ibraGiMov.. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SalTheButcher
I personally thought Rocky Balboa vs Thunderlips was the best boxing/wrestling combo.
Thats because Michael Buffer can only enunciate greatness. If he can't pronounce ibragimov then it's simply because it doesn't stand for greatness.Quote:
Originally Posted by SalTheButcher
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Originally Posted by NotGuilty136
hahaha
Lol. I thought the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
It was good to see Evander letting his shots go but he wasnt putting power behind them . He has still got great combinations and the one that floored Hardy the thrid time was quite impressive . Much to my shame ive watched it afew times :-[ and early on it was a natural reaction to slip Hardys jab and comeback with his own left and it landed of Matt square in the face . ;D poor chap
The other thing that made me laugh was JBL biggin up Evander saying " he BEAT Mike Tyson . He BEAT Riddick Bowe and he . . . . . . . took it to Lennox Lewis ;D
When he used to announce for WCE he said Bret Hart's name wrong he saidQuote:
Originally Posted by the big K
"Bret "HITMAAAAN" Clark" LMAO!!
:lol: always entertaining, work or not. That last combination that put Matt down looked real though... kind of like pros vs joes real.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAME
But Hardy hugged Evander afterwords out of breath going "thank you dawg..." lmao, that jab wasnt real but Holyfield probably DID hit him a few times for overselling the jab. Matt looked as if he'd been electricuted by that jab of evander lol!
Could he beat Roddy though?... ;D
I don't remember Moorer or Lewis ever being involved with the wwf/wwe, I do remember Buster Douglas, Tyson and Ali had a part in it and now Holyfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by lance Uppercut