Word: holyfield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TRANSGRESSION] Bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in a June 1997 fight...
...until 8 get voice-mail messages from the Senator. "Hope I'm not disturbing your sleep, you lazy bastard!" In Phoenix on Monday morning, he darts around the house, from room to room, pointing to his collection of Hopi kachina dolls or the autographed boxing gloves from Evander Holyfield. Every surface in the living areas of the house, horizontal and vertical, is covered with something--photographs or plaques; framed programs from the 1992 christening of the U.S.S. John S. McCain, a guided-missile destroyer named after both his father and grandfather; a model train designed after the full-size...
...officials from the IBF were indicted on racketeering charges, including taking payoffs to rank lower-tier boxers and squeezing unreasonably large sanctioning fees out of fighters. Prosecutors argue that something needs to be done to restore credibility to the sport following a run of fights demonstrating questionable judging (see: Holyfield-Lewis I) and questionable taste (Tyson and the sucker munch...
...more people involved in chess. He told me he was expecting a draw... This [botched e-mail] taints a great experiment. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft invited him back for a rematch." Maybe they could broadcast it live on the undercard of the Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield rematch...
...only now that columnists, commentators and fans are talking about boycotting the sport. Even Hulk Hogan, who knows something about prearranged outcomes, told me he was disgusted by the Holyfield decision. "Any boxer who fixes a fight," he said, "should be hung in the backyard by his toenails for a couple of weeks...