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Evander Holyfield, Still Swinging Away

Holyfield's opponent last night, 41-year-old Lou Savarese, is described here as "durable." Normally a fine adjective, but when applied to a boxer, "durable" sort of means "gets punched in the head a lot." And that's what Evander Holyfield, 3 years older than Savarese, did to him last night.

Back when Holyfield was Savarese's age, boxing officials in New York revoked his license to fight because it looked like he wasn't very good at it anymore. But, four fights into his comeback, he's undefeated, and last night's win will probably earn him a title shot against one of the 29 world heavyweight champions out there.

So I congratulate Evander Holyfield on not being actually killed in the ring yet ... and I'm happy for him that this fact makes him one of boxing's top heavyweights.

Holyfield Hammers Out Win Over Savarese [The Boxing Times]
Holyfield's hard lefts hammer Savarese in 10-round unanimous decision [ESPN]
Evan Field wins decision over Lou Savarese [William K. Wolfrum]

2:19 PM on Sun Jul 1 2007
By MJD
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Spectacular Sam at 02:29 PM on 07/01/07
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I heard him talk recently. It wasn't pretty.
Matt Sussman at 02:29 PM on 07/01/07
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Holyfield wins a fight!

Lofton steals four bases!

[checks to see if Third Eye Blind is still popular]
UkraineNotWeak at 02:34 PM on 07/01/07
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"So I congratulate Evander Holyfield on not being actually killed in the ring yet ... and I'm happy for him that this fact makes him one of boxing's top heavyweights."

Has boxing really come to this? How sad.
UkraineNotWeak at 02:37 PM on 07/01/07
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Off topic

Mike Hargrove has resigned as Mariner Manager.
Senators Lost Cojones at 02:42 PM on 07/01/07
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I wonder if Evander pines for the good old days when he was just losing earlobes instead of intermittent motor control.
Slothrop at 02:45 PM on 07/01/07
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@UkraineNotWeak:

And how do William and Harry feel about this? ;)
Signal to Noise at 02:49 PM on 07/01/07
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Evan Fields just keeps contributing to the carny show that is heavyweight boxing these days.
ArmansCopyOfSwank at 02:51 PM on 07/01/07
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@UkraineNotWeak: ""passion has begun to fade" = "got too frisky with a ball girl." Either that or some kind of contract dispute.
UkraineNotWeak at 02:56 PM on 07/01/07
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@Slothrop:

About Hargrove, not too good. Apparently, Diana was a big Texas Ranger fan in her youth. Carried an Oddibe McDowell rookie card where ever she went.
Slothrop at 02:59 PM on 07/01/07
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@UkraineNotWeak:

And here I was thinking she was a fan of Julio Franco's, seeing as how he came up when her great-great-great Aunt Victoria was Queen.
dmac at 04:04 PM on 07/01/07
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Suss: Well, they sold out my alma mater earlier this year. I'm totally going to short some tech stock.