Original Blog Entry: Evander Holyfield will fight again in November

truesee — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:07:02 GMT

Posted: 2:07 p.m. Aug. 12, 2010 | Updated: 5:06 p.m. today

Holyfield will be fighting for a cause Nov. 5 at Joe Louis Arena

GEORGE SIPPLE

FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

Evander Holyfield got a surprise visit from local boxing legend Tommy (Hit Man) Hearns shortly after a news conference in the Olympia Club today to announce a heavyweight title fight at Joe Louis Arena on Nov. 5.

Holyfield, 47, will fight contender Sherman Williams for the WBF title. For every ticket sold, five meals will be donated to Forgotten Havest, which delivers surplus prepared and perishable food to 158 emergency food providers in metro Detroit.

I really came out to talk to Evander about his cause, said Hearns, adding he misses boxing but does not plan to fight again. I think it's a great cause. I told Evander I'm definitely on board.

Holyfield announced he will train at MotorCity Casino leading up to the fight.

Holyfield said he's on a quest to become the unified heavyweight champion once again.

I've taken care of myself, Holyfield said. If you don't believe me show up to the ring on the 5th. See another guy go down.

In their last fights, Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) knocked out 41-year-old Frans Botha in the eighth round in April, and Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs) lost a 10-round decision to Manuel Charr in October.

Dana Warg, the president of Olympia Entertainment, said Holyfield doesn t look 47 and believes he can still fight.

Joe Louis Arena hosted a boxing card televised on Showtime in March.

We re starting to get back into the fight business, Warg said. I d like to get to the point where we can do six fights a year, four to six fights. Not every fight is going to be a Joe Louis (Arena) size fight, but we can still do it at MotorCity Casino.

Organizers said ticket prices haven t yet been determined and an announcement would be made in the next few weeks on when tickets would go on sale.

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