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David Haye has fists that have earned him the nickname, "The Hayemaker," since only one opponent in 22 victories has gone the distance with him.

But the London resident is known by opponents as much for his verbal taunts and jabs outside of the ring as he is for the actual bombs he throws inside of it.

Haye, for example, once wore T-shirts sporting the decapitated likenesses of the siblings, heavyweight champions Wladimir Klitschko (IBF and WBO) and Vitali Klitschko (WBC), during promotions of scheduled bouts with each that never materialized.

And during the buildup to Saturday's matchup with WBA titlist, Nikolay Valuev, of Russia, Haye's vocal assault on the largest heavyweight champion in history have been equally relentless.

Called by Haye, "a circus freak, a zombie and a robot," the seven-foot Valuev literally steps over the ropes instead of through them because he says "it's easier."

George Foreman was 28 fights into his comeback from a 10-year absence from the ring, had won 27 times, stopped 25 of his opponents, and failed during his first attempt at winning a heavyweight title.

But Foreman wasn't going to blow his second chance at world championship glory, when he faced southpaw Michael Moorer.

This time, the 45-year-old grandfather and father of nine was ready.

Foreman, 60, talks about his historic accomplishment as well as life after boxing during this, the fourth and final installment of a four-part series detailing how he became boxing's oldest man to win a division's crown.

George Foreman still has fond memories of that night 15 years ago tomorrow, when he stopped Michael Moorer to become boxing's oldest heavyweight champion at the age of 45.

But it took losses to Evander Holyfield and Tommy Morrison to make the aging fighter to leave behind, ever-so-briefly, the commercialism brought on by the notoriety and cross-over appeal of his comeback.

Only then, as Foreman recalls in this, the third installment of a four-part series, could he focus solely on capitalizing for that legendary and historical moment.

Although his Nov. 8 bout slated for Jeju Island, South Korea, was canceled, 47-year-old former four-time champion, Evander Holyfield, could fight South African, Francois Botha, on Dec. 19, in Uganda. A good showing in the Botha fight could also lead to a possible title shot at WBC champion, Vitali Klitschko, Holyfield's manager, Ken Sanders, told FanHouse on Tuesday.

"We do this fight in December, then I'd say in February or March, we could have a championship fight with the WBC's Vitali Klitschko," said Sanders, whose contention is supported by comments made by WBC president, Jose Sulaiman.

"If Evander comes and has a good showing in the fight that takes place in Jeju, I think that Klitschko might take a fight with him," Sulaiman, told FanHouse on Sept. 28 when Holyfield-Derric Rossy still was scheduled. "I believe that Evander Holyfield is one of the best heavyweight fighters of the last quarter century."

TAMPA, Fla. -- Several times a year, Fred Tukes leaves his wife Heather, his two-year-old son Jeremiah, and his 14-year-old daughter Alana, at home in Atlanta to go and trade punches with some of the world's best professional boxers.

The 7-foot Russian Nikolai Valuev defeated Evander Holyfield by a close majority decision today in Zurich, retaining his WBA heavyweight title and, in the process, showing just how worthless the WBA heavyweight title is.

One judge scored the fight a draw while the other two scored the fight 116-112 and 115-114 for Valuev. If I wanted to be charitable I'd say Holyfield showed he still has something left at age 46, but the truth is, Valuev showed he's not much of a boxer.

Holyfield said afterward that he was disappointed by the decision and he would think about his future. He fell to 42-10-2, including 0-4-1 the last five times he's fought for a heavyweight belt. Valuev improved to 51-1; he has avoided top competition for most of his career.

Here's the promo for tomorrow's "heavyweight title" fight between Evander Holyfield and the 7-foot Russian Nikolai Valuev:

Quick question: Will anyone watch this thing on pay-per-view? DirecTV isn't even offering it, and since DirecTV usually caters to sports fans more than the other cable and satellite companies to, I have to assume that this will do, at best, a few thousand pay-per-view buys in the United States.

The 41-year-old former heavyweight champion of the world Riddick Bowe was back in the ring on Saturday. Here's the best video I could find of his unanimous decision win over Gene Pukall:



Bowe weighed in at 271 pounds, or 36 more than he weighed in 1992 when he beat Evander Holyfield to become the heavyweight champ. It was his first fight since 2005 and just his third since 1996.

Reports this week indicated that Nikolai Valuev, the 7-foot, 320-pound Russian boxer, was set to fight the 46-year-old Evander Holyfield later this year.

But that fight -- which would be for the WBA heavyweight title -- will apparently not take place. Valuev's manager, Boris Dimitrov, said this:

"We have nothing but respect for Evander Holyfield and we revere his amazing accomplishments. I don't want to insult Mr Holyfield but he is nearly 46. Nikolai doesn't want to box him. That will be ridiculous."

Yes, it is ridiculous that a 46-year-old man would fight a 7-footer for a heavyweight title belt. But lots of ridiculous things have happened in the sport of boxing. So I wouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen.

Evander Holyfield will celebrate his 46th birthday next weekend, but if you think that's too old to box, well, he disagrees.

Holyfield will reportedly fight the Russian giant Nikolay Valuev for the WBA heavyweight title belt in December. It's a fight in which the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Holyfield will be 11 years older, one foot shorter and 100 pounds lighter than his opponent.