The much-publicized battle between former world heavyweight Champion Evand Hollyfield and former UFC champion Vito Belfort officially came to an end in Hollywood, Florida, USA, and as a result, Hollyfield, who was once brave, looked vulnerable to his opponent who was 14 years younger than himself, and insisted on losing less than a round.
Hollyfield is 58 years old and will be 59 next month, and for a sixty-year-old, it seems reasonable to lose in this way.
Originally, Hollyfield could not compete with Belfort at all, but Belfort's original opponent "Golden Boy" Oscar De la Joa suddenly fell ill before the game, and Hollyfield was ordered to take the stage to save the game when there were 8 days left before the confrontation, which alone meant that it was difficult for him to win, and according to the training video released by Hollyfield before the game, he was more like a pure "retired cadre".
The contest not only did not have any suspense, but even completely presented a one-sided, after the opening of the game, as the old Ho showed in the training video, he appeared very slow, slow, but the 44-year-old Belfort in the previous minute, more in the state of observation and waiting, but when the round was in the middle of the round, Belfort hit the opponent's heart socket with a heavy punch with his left hand, Hollyfield was old after all, plus he had been away from the field for 10 years, and he was actually beaten by this punch, and he took several steps back. In the melee, he almost fell out of the boxing ring due to unstable center of gravity, and all indications showed that the old Dragon Clock Hollyfield was more like a sandbag.
With more than half a minute left in the first round, Belfort's attack was successful again, he hit consecutive punches, and although the slow motion showed that most of the punches were not solidified and both sides tripped on their legs, Hollyfield was knocked to the ground and the referee forced a second reading. After returning to the battle, Belfort launched a ferocious attack, the fists poured out repeatedly, Hollyfield could only use his arms to protect his head, the turtle shrunk in the corner, looking quite passive, the referee saw that he had lost the ability to fight, so he stepped forward to terminate the game, Belfort with a simple and rough way, it took only 109 seconds to destroy the opponent.
For the referee to terminate the game, Holyfield seemed a little dissatisfied, he felt too humiliated, spread his hands to show that he was fine, but unfortunately the result could not be changed. The reality is that even after surviving the first round, it will be a miracle that Lao Huo can stand in the second round, and from a safety point of view, the referee's approach is beyond reproach.
Holyfield said: "This guy is strong but I wasn't injured, not a single punch really hurt me, Belfort hit me, I fell down and it's a bit sad now, that's it, I think it was a bad result, the referee shouldn't have ended the game so quickly, I just got pushed and fell to the ground. ”
Although the pre-match campaign was advertised as a "real" professional boxing match, BoxRec did not put the victory and defeat on the record, and now it seems to be an exhibition match, considering the age, state and nature of the confrontation, although he has some regrets, there is no need to be too disappointed, and the only possible frustration is that because it was resolved so quickly, Hollyfield's plan to play a few more games to make money was completely shattered.
Old Haw has said that if he can beat Belfort, then he hopes to be able to fight Mike Tyson three times, but it is so quick to suffer defeat that his triple battle with Tyson may never be staged. Of course, maybe Tyson saw Old Huo's appearance and felt safer, maybe he would give the other side a chance to fight three times.