Wellllllll,,,,,,,,........... I just saw Evander and Botha live in Vegas.
It was actually a good fight and quite entertaining. There was some drama and a real question as to who would win. Now please remember Evander just fought for the WBO and then WBA titles in 07/08 against Sultan And Valuev so he still has to be considered a "real" top heavyweight.
Botha was the WBF champ and had fought for the interm and then vacant title and then defended it twice.
Botha looked strong at the start and landed strong clean shots that may have done more damage if Evander didn't take shots so well.. Evander battled back applying pressure with a good work rate. Bothas 250#'s seemed to play on him as the rounds went on and the always fit Evander wore him down for the victory. What a differance from the Evander I saw against Larry Donald. It was worth the trip to Vegas to see a legend fight and it was IMO a truly "good" HW fight.