EVANDER HOLYFIELD is making a SHOCK boxing comeback tonight against MMA legend Vitor Belfort.
The 58-year-old is putting on the gloves one more time to headline a huge card which also includes Anderson Silva vs Tito Ortiz is a battle of former UFC greats.
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PAUL FOR IT?
Head of Triller’s ‘Fight Club’ Ryan Kavanaugh has offered Jake Paul a $25million winnner-take-all fight with Vitor Belfort.
Belfort just beat Evander Holyfield in one round and later called out YouTuber Paul.
Paul is 4-0 and in his third fight knocked out ex-UFC star Ben Askren in a Triller headliner.
HOLYFIELD VS BELFORT
Evander Holyfield claimed the fight was stopped early.
He said: “I think it was a bad call.
“I don’t think the referee should have stopped the fight that quick.”
HOLYFIELD VS BELFORT
Round 1 – IT’S ALL OVER!
Holyfield looked to be on skates whenever Belfort threw a punch and was dropped after a left hand.
Belfort then came forward as Holyfield tucked up and the referee quite rightly stopped the fight.
Predictably, Holyfield looked a shadow of himself and completely off the pace, but fortunately it was stopped before any damage could be done.
HOLYFIELD VS BELFORT
Round 1 – Round starts cagey with Holyfield edging the jab out with Belfort patient.
Belfort starting to come forward now and already has Holyfield on shakey legs.
Holyfield swings and misses and goes through the ropes! This looks bad.
HOLYFIELD VS BELFORT
Both men have walked to the ring and are ready to go.
Legendary MC Michael Buffer has introduced them and all that is needed now is for the bell to ring.
Holyfield, at the age of 58 is about to fight as a professional once more…
SILVA PLATTER
Here is a close up look at Anderson Silva’s devastating knockout against Tito Ortiz in the first round.
But, coming up is the night’s headliner between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort.
EJECT IT
Chaos broke out ringside after a women was heard yelling during the 9/11 tribute.
Reporter Mike Coppinger tweeted: “A woman was just ejected from ringside for screaming during the ceremonial 10-count in memoriam of 9/11.
“After she started yelling people yelled at her to be quiet and she became louder. In all the events I’ve ever been to, never seen that.”
UP NEXT
Evander Holyfield, much to the disbelief of many, will mark his return to the ring after ten years out.
And he will do so against ex-UFC champion Vitor Belfort, who is 1-0 as a boxer with his sole 2006 bout.
Holyfield has been training for a potential trilogy bout with Mike Tyson, and has filled in for Oscar De La Hoya, who pulled out with Covid-19.
The fight was moved to Florida after the California State Athletic Commission refused to license the heavyweight legend.
Credit: Getty ASK-REN FOR IT
Even Ben Askren fancies getting a knockout to his name.
Askren watched as Anderson Silva took out former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in one round.
But unfortunately, the retired UFC welterweight was brutally knocked out himself in April by YouTuber Jake Paul.
Still, Askren tweeted: “I’ll unretire if they give my someone i can KO 100%. Knocking someone out looks kind of fun lol.”
SILVA LINING
Anderson Silva dedicated his first-round KO to martial arts icon Bruce Lee.
He said: The grand master Bruce Lee says, ‘Be water, my friend’. That’s what I did today.”
Asked what could be next, Silva, 46, added: “I don’t know. Now I go back to training and boxing.”
SILVA VS ORTIZ
Ortiz was very aggressive and tried to pin Silva into the corner on two occasions but was punching air or the guard.
Silva defended well, turned Ortiz and landed a big right hook counter and followed it up with two more left hands.
Ortiz was out for the count and unable to recover. Silva improves his boxing record to 3-1.
SILVA VS ORTIZ
Round 1 – Ortiz backs Silva into the ropes but the Brazilian is bobbing and weaving in classic Spider style.
Silva spins Ortiz and lands a big combination and it’s over!
Anderson Silva has just knocked Tito Ortiz out!
UP NEXT
Former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tito Ortiz are set to co-headline over eight, two-minute rounds.
Silva, who left the UFC last year, beat Julio Cesar Chavez in June and has continued his switch to boxing.
For Ortiz, it will be his professional boxing debut.
Credit: Getty ON THE UNDERCARD
David Haye called out ‘big fast dosser’ Tyson Fury after winning his comeback fight and claimed he is the Gypsy King’s ‘kryptonite’.
It came completely out of left field when it was announced Haye would return to the ring to fight Joe Fournier, the man he once promoted and managed.
The pair, who have enjoyed a friendship for several years and formerly sparred each other, fought over eight, two-minute rounds, opposed to the usual three.
And Haye comfortably won all of the sessions, which included a knockdown in round one following a jab.
Afterwards, he called out old rival Fury, eight years after they were first scheduled to fight each other.
Haye said: “There’s one fighter I’d come back to professional boxing for and that’s Tyson Fury.
“Tyson Fury, that big fast dosser, I know his kryptonite, I know what he can’t handle.
“He’s a dosser, it’s his word, he’s a dosser. And I’m his kryptonite. I know that he knows it, his dad knows it, his uncle knows it.”
FIGHT NIGHT
Evander Holyfield makes his return after ten years out with a fight against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort.
Oscar De La Hoya was due to face Brazilian Belfort, until he tested positive for coronavirus.
Triller called upon Holyfield, who was training for a comeback, who accepted the challenge.
The fight was forced to be moved to Florida after the California State Athletic Commission refused to license Holyfield.
Credit: Getty
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
