Bev will broadcast the Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield live on Channel 351 at 12 p.m. Pacific / 3 p.m. Eastern
Delayed broadcast on Channel 401 at 6 p.m. Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern
WBO Heavyweight Championship
The "Warrior" is back! Four time Heavyweight Champion of the World- Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield will take on the current WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov in a 12 round showdown for the WBO World Heavyweight Championship Live from Moscow's Khodynka Arena. "The Real Deal" is vying to win boxing's Heavyweight Championship for an unprecedented fifth time. Holyfield has fought 16 world champions in his career, including Mike Tyson, George Forman, Rid**** Bowe, Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes and is recognized as one of the greatest boxers of all-time. Live on iN DEMAND, Saturday October 13th from Moscow!
Sultan Ibragimov at 32, is in his prime and ready to unify the Heavyweight World Titles. During his five years as a professional boxer, this Russian star has twenty-one wins and one draw in his twenty-two fights, seventeen wins by knock-out. Sultan Ibragimov hoisted the Silver Medal with pride at the 2000 ******* Games held in Sydney, Australia.
These two champions will not compromise and the winner of the bout will get the opportunity to possibly unite the WBO and WBA with IBF and WBC Heavyweight World Titles to become the undisputed champion of the world! This will not only be a battle of
two boxers, but a clash of two different boxing styles.
When the fight against WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov (21-0-1 17 KO’s) was announced, Holyfield was a 6 to 1 underdog. Since then the odds have starting moving in favor of the legendary boxer who defeated Mike Tyson twice. At the time of this writing he is currently down to only a 3 to 1 underdog. Some of that could have to do with Evander Holyfield being the more popular name, but it could also be that the closer this fight comes to happening the more it seems he might be able to pull a rabbit out of his hat one more time.
This will surely go down as an unforgettable event in the history of heavyweight championship fights. Both boxers are strong-willed punchers and hungry for victory.
Sultan Ibragimov
Record: 21 W 0 L 1 D 17 KOs
Weightclass: Heavyweight
Stance: Southpaw
Style: Boxer Puncher
Height: 6'2"
Reach: 85"
Strengths: Good natural power, overall fundamentally sound.
Weakness: Stamina, slows down in the late rounds. The long a fight goes the less chance he has to win.
Nationality: Russian
Date of Birth: March 8th, 1975
Evander Holyfield
Record: 42 W 8 L 2 D 27 KOs
Weightclass: Heavyweight
Stance: Orthodox
Style: Boxer Puncher
Height: 6'2"
Reach: 78"
Strengths: One of the best chins ever in the history of boxing. Great counter puncher and hard right hand. Classic double left hooks.
Weakness: At this point, age is his weakness. He always to willing to trade punches and take a lot of hits.
Nationality: Atmore, AL, USA
Date of Birth: October 19th, 1962