Holyfield, 43, fights on
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-09-08 10:32 Former world heavyweight
boxing champion Evander Holyfield, 44 next month, will face Puerto Rico's Fres
Oquendon San Antonio, Texas on November 10.
Holyfield, aiming to become the first man to win the heavyweight throne five
times, ended a 21-month lay-off with a second-round stoppage of fellow American
Jeremy Bates on August 18 in Dallas.
Holyfield, 44 on October 19, dreams of recapturing the title before calling
it quits. He is 39-8 with two drawn while Oquendo is 26-3 with 16 knockouts.
Oquendo, 33, lost world title bouts to American Chris Byrd in 2003 and
compatriot John Ruiz in 2004.
Holyfield has blamed a run of three consecutive losses on a shoulder injury,
but there are also health concerns for the four-time title loser as well.
He is approaching the record age of George Foreman, who recaptured the title,
aged 45, in 1994.
A medical suspension kept Holyfield out of the ring, but he won a fight
outside the ring to give himself another title chance.
Fighters from four former Soviet union nations now own the major heavyweight
titles.
Holyfield's fight will be staged on a Friday, the night before International
Boxing Federation champion Wladimir Klitchko from the Ukraine is set to defend
his crown here against American Calvin Brock.
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