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Holyfield-Botha fight in Uganda confirmed Eds: APNewsNow. KAMPALA, Uganda Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and former contender Francois Botha will fight on Jan.

Updated 1 hr 50 min ago Mike Owuor I bet few of those who have clocked four decades or more and swear by the maxim 'life begins at 40' are suicidal enough to step into the boxing ring for a heavyweight bout.

Chuck sent this in: Vladimir Matyushenko competed in his first mixed martial arts fight at the Battle in the Bayou back in September of 1997, Mike Tyson had only just taken a bite out of Evander Holyfield's ear.

December 22, 2009, 2:21PM If you feel passionately about clean energy and kicking our nation's addiction to fossil fuels and want your voice heard, Al Gore says he has just the thing: the Repower America campaign.

The Amerigroup Foundation today honored 12 Hampton Roads-area non-profit organizations at its first 'Breakfast of Champions' awards celebration in Virginia Beach.

BY JUN MEDINA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON, D.C.: Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao is capable of hurting defensive genius Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield came to the Breakfast of Champions at Americorp Foundation this morning.

In the sport of boxing, nicknames are a necessity. Certain names are part of the history and culture of the sport.

SUPERSTARS Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan have thrown their weight behind the bid to overturn the ban on professional boxing in Bury.

During our nearly decade long run at the blackjack tables, we lived for the fights.

Jerry Goff fought 232 times as an amateur over 14 years, including bouts against Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, winning 205 times.

Inform someone that Bernard Hopkins is fighting tonight, and if they're not part of a dying breed that still follows the sport of boxing closely, the response will go something like this: "He's still fighting? How old is he?" But Hopkins, who has a legitimate claim to the greatest Philadelphia-born fighter, is not only still an active professional ...

The fallen ... Danny Green is taken to a neutral corner as Roy Jones jnr tries to recover from a knockdown in the first round of their IBO world cruiserweight.

For the purposes of establishing a historical perspective, let us take a journey back in time to 1993.

As we all know, boxing is a sport that is prone to strange happenings. When two fighters lace them up and the bell rings its up to the combatants to determine the contest's character and direction and sometimes they go to very strange places.

With the recent announcement of Evander Holyfield's next fight against Francois Botha scheduled for 16th January 2010 I've had one or two great ideas.

From The Vault 11.26.09: Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis Posted by Patrick Cassidy on 11.26.2009 Evander Holyfield vs.

By Phillip Corry FORMER world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is set to challenge South African Francois 'White Buffalo' Botha for the World Boxing Federation heavyweight belt at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on January 16.

Former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield has reportedly agreed to fight Francois Botha on January 16 in Kampala, Uganda for Botha's World Boxing Foundation title.

It's one thing to be a minority. That's what 3-time first-team All-Stars are. It's quite another to be a rarity.