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Holyfield to fight in Kampala

Posted by admin on November 16th, 2009 | 0 comments

Former World Champions Will Face Each Other in Ugandan Capital

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Twenty-five years on from the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, heavyweight boxing will return to Africa when Evander Holyfield and Francois Botha clash in Kampala, December 19th.

Evander Holyfield, 47, and Francois Botha, 41, have reportedly inked a deal to fight in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on December 19th. The fight, if it does indeed take place, will be Holyfield’s first since his unsuccessful challenge for Nikolai Valuev’s WBA title and Francois Botha’s lightly regarded World Boxing Federation (WBF) belt will be at stake. The bout will mark a welcome return to the ring for the former champion. In the year following the Valuev loss, Holyfield has seen fights confirmed and then cancelled in the boxing outposts of Ethiopia and South Korea - the former was to be an AIDS fund-raising exhibition against local hero Sammy Retta, whilst the latter was a non-title bout against American journeyman Derrick Rossy - yet continues to cling stubbornly to his dream of capturing the heavyweight crown for an unprecedented fifth time.

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