Holyfield fighting for shot at championship
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is hoping to line up a world championship fight if he can beat Brian Nielsen in a non-title bout on Saturday.
The 48-year-old Holyfield (43-10-2), who held the world heavyweight title four times, arrived in Denmark on Sunday for the bout at Copenhagen’s concert hall and said he wouldn’t be fighting if he wasn’t ready.
Holyfield’s latest bout in January against Sherman Williams was ruled a no-contest. Before that, he knocked out Francois Botha after losses to Nikolay Valuev and Sultan Ibragimov.
“If I win, I am moving to the next level,” Holyfield said Monday. “I am hoping to get a championship bout with other guys with other belts.
“Back then when I was young, I made a lot mistakes but I had the stamina and all that to overcome. Today, you have less stamina but more focus. Either way you go, if you play with what you have, you win.”