Should Evander Holyfield have taken this fight?

For those of you that don't already know, Evander Holyfield is a late replacement for the upcoming Triller fight tomorrow against Vitor Belfort. I think that this is a good money move for Holyfield but is it a good idea overall for Holyfield?

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Evander is no spring chicken and I'm gonna go ahead and say that his arms look incredible for a 58 year old man. However, when I watched the press workout he did not that long ago he appeared to get winded even though he wasn't really fighting anyone for real. I don't know how long Belfort has been training for this but Holyfield was a last-minute addition to the headline match when Oscar De La Hoya tested positive for Covid-19.

Holyfield looks like his muscles are in great shape and his punches seemed almost hard enough to hurt someone, but how is his endurance? I think this could end up being really embarrassing for him in the end.

These Triller fights, in my mind, are kind of rigged from the start and it doesn't really look like anyone in the main events, especially when it is boxing legends that we are talking about, are actually trying to KO the other. It seems to me almost as though they have an agreement before-hand that they are not going to go for KO's and this is why I don't pay them much attention.

_{Yes, Donald Trump is really going to be doing commentary}

The fights have been making huge PPV numbers though and that is why everyone continues to fall for it. Just remember, these fights get worse and worse as they go on and you can remember that we have Mike Tyson and the Paul brothers to thank for this.

I think that for a lot of people, the fact that Trump is going to be doing commentary might be a bigger draw than the actual fights but calling this the "most anticipated heavyweight fight of the year" might be a bit of a stretch.

My Prediction: Holyfield is going to gas our early and Belfort has already been told beforehand to take it easy on the old man. The fight will end in a draw and everyone will be best friends as they reach for their duffle bag filled with cash to take home with them. Holyfield stands a great chance to embarrass himself if it is evident that his cardio sucks but it will still lead him to the eventuality which is a rematch with Mike Tyson.

We the viewers will get stuck with a bill for a fight that is almost certainly not going to be worth watching. People will watch it though, because we are all a bunch of suckers who will throw $50 at almost anything other than a retirement account.