The Dr. Phil Solution: Evander Holyfield and Wife Decide to go on Show
By Geno McGahee
Evander Holyfield vs. Dr. Phil
Is “The Real Deal” starving for attention this much? As reported last week, Holyfield roughed up his wife over a religious dispute. She filed a restraining order against him and quickly backed away from it, and now we have Evander trying to capitalize on it.
There are some fighters that just cannot live without the limelight. Holyfield is a great example. He keeps fighting, keeps jumping at opportunities to go on TV, and here is another one, and the most pathetic to date.
Dr. Phil is a television show host with a degree in psychology and has a large following, mostly housewives that watch religiously while buying his weight loss products and nodding after his every statement. His show isn’t much better than Jerry Springer or Maury, but it’s popular with the demographic that Holyfield wants to make nice with and it’s another chance for him to get into the news…this time on a positive note.
His wife Candi is apparently interested too and they will appear next week on the program if they can agree on the terms. Why would ANY couple want to go on this show and air their dirty laundry to the world? Holyfield is doing it for the attention and to convince the women out there that he’s a nice guy, and we will see many sway that way. Expect Dr. Phil to give Holyfield a thumbs up, a high five, and big hug as the audience erupts with applause, rather than handling the situation realistically.
Holyfield’s wife is in the unfortunate position where she has to recant. I had zero doubt that she would withdraw the petition for the restraining order because of the power and money of her husband.
So tune in if you must, but wear boots because the nonsense will be getting rather high.
Chris Arreola – Tomasz Adamek Set for April 24th
HBO’s Boxing After Dark will present a very compelling double header. The main event will be a showdown between former title challenger, Chris “Nightmare” Arreola, 28-1, 25 KO’s, as he takes on former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, Tomasz Adamek, 40-1, 27 KO’s, in a twelve round showdown.
The supporting bout will be an interesting match up between light middleweight prospect, Alfredo Angulo, 17-1, 14 KO’s, and battle tested veteran, Joel Julio, 35-3, 31 KO’s, in a 12 round bout for the interim WBO title.
Both fights present plenty of intrigue. The main event has the most on the line however. We have the HBO fighter, heavily hyped Arreola, trying to bully a smaller man in Tomasz Adamek, in hopes to get another title shot. Arreola is a power-puncher and a genuinely likeable guy, but his lack of discipline has cost him in the ring, and cost him dearly in his encounter with WBC Champion, Vitali Klitschko. After watching Klitschko’s difficulties with Kevin Johnson, you have to wonder what an in shape Arreola could have done.
Unfortunately, Arreola cannot stay focused and in his comeback fight against Brian Minto, he weighed a career high 263 pounds. This is a guy that started his career at 236 and people then said he weighed too much. Although he pounded the smaller Minto the floor, he wasn’t sharp and wasn’t reacting well to the incoming. His overall strength was the difference, and he hopes for it to be the difference here against Adamek.
The lack of talent in the 200+ division has attracted the cruisers like David Haye, Jean Marc Mormeck, and now Tomasz Adamek. There is a lot more money to be made in the heavyweight division and the little step up for these smaller guys is well worth it. Haye won the WBA Title in a lackluster effort against Nikolay Valuev. Mormeck won a recent fight, and Adamek is now 2-0, 1 KO, in his heavyweight run.
In Adamek’s first fight, he beat down a shopworn Andrew Golota, and he looked good in doing so, but the “Foul Pole” had nearly nothing left. We got a window into Adamek the heavyweight with this struggle with Jason Estrada, a light-hitting mover that could be classified as “mediocre.” It went 12 rounds and Adamek failed to impress. He did show that he could use movement but didn’t seem aggressive enough. Arreola will knock him out if he isn’t aggressive. He will need to use a mixture of movement and pressure to pull off an upset and if we see a 260+ nightmare in the ring, I would not be the least surprised if it happened.
Alfredo Angulo is another HBO fighter that was rushed along a little, losing a decision to the experienced Kermit Cintron. He has rebounded with two early knockout wins and will now face the dangerous Joel Julio.
Julio has been in the ring with some good fighters. He lost a decision to Carlos Quintana in 2006, stopped Cornelius Bundrage and outpointed Ishe Smith, and went toe to toe with James Kirkland before succumbing in the sixth round. He has had one fight since his first knockout loss, a win over a 14-22-4 journeyman by the name of Clarence Taylor, and now comes back to HBO to try to pull the upset.
What bodes well for Julio is the aggression of Angulo. There will be opportunities to unload his power punches. This fight is a fan-friendly war and although you have to heavily favor Angulo, Julio brings a lot of firepower and will be looking to catch the youngster coming in.