One thing about not seeing the fight to those that have not.Do not think of it it terms of fighter A swatting around fighter B and dictating hurting terms throughout 12 rounds by volume and big bombs....and then getting shafted.Almost on the other end of the scale,no barn burner and early on you had to pick between very little.But I believe Holyfield did the picking and was banking the rounds one by one.He won this!

To me it was a hard fight to watch,very little action and hardly on par with what we have come to expect when we settle down for a 'Heavyweight Championship' battle,of course in that regard it is not alone as of late?I think Valuev was very tentetive,lethargic and frankly....get ready to lol......in a bit of awe of the event and calibur of Holyfields stature/history.Now anyone with clear vision and objectivness knows that Holyfield has loooong past his best days and is running on fumes,heart and shades of his past skillset but even at this stage he was busier,moved well and landed in some counters.Buy the 4th he was walking too The Chumpion.Valuev just phoned it in....followed him around the majority and did very very little,His jab was absent,he did not exert himself or imo fight to remain Chumpion.Holyfield went after it with what he has at 46 years old and EARNED that victory soundly.No,he is not rebuilt,re-tooled and ready to defeat the best in the division,no way......but he sure as shit did enough consistantly to beat that carnival oddity and merit the title victory!!