Holy hell Holyfield

You gotta be shittin' me.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2503484

My money is on the journeyman. By the way, what makes a boxer a journeyman anyway? Does it mean he likes Journey?

 

I almost hate to say this, but I hope the guy gets crippled. Maybe that's the message he needs to STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE RING. And maybe that will serve as a wakeup call to the rest of the geriatrics who think they've still got IT, for some strange reason.

 

Journeyman's a term from the old days of artisans and craftsmen.
It's the stage in an artisan/craftsman's career between apprentice and master.
I believe it is still used in labor unions.

 

Overrated:

Bates (21-11-1, 18 KOs), 32, of Ashland, Ky., is a scrappy fighter who has faced several notable opponents, all of whom he has lost to. Among them: Kirk Johnson (KO2), Brian Minto (TKO8) and Ray Austin (TKO2), who beat him in his last bout on April 1.


That is the definition of a journeyman boxer

 

That's brutal.

As a side note...the heavyweight division is pathetic right now.

 

Does he need the money or is this just a ego thing?

 

I've always been told he was pretty good with his money. This is a pride and ego thing.

But he had started to slur back when he fought Lennox Lewis twice... He'll be a tailor-made tragedy story in less than 10 years, perhaps tragic enough for the writer to win a prize.

 

Money? Holyfield's manse in Georgia is un-effing-believable. It has a 20-car underground garage, a five-story giant domed entryway, and a dining room that seats something like 40 people.

 

Well, Tyson had pretty plush accomodations, too.

 

And you know where he is now ...

 

OK, now that was funny!

 

I liked this part:

Holyfield will promote his own event under the banner of his newly created company, Real Deal Events, with Bedford serving as his point man.


Holyfield said he worked out his problems with promoter Don King and that they parted on amicable terms.


"We came to an agreement of what would be best," Holyfield said. "We worked it out and I am free from Don. There are no bad feelings."

Um, guess what, Evander? If he in any way, shape or form thought you were still capable of raking in the coin, no way would you be "free from Don." Just saying.