{"id":6794,"date":"2011-01-18T16:46:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T21:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6794"},"modified":"2011-01-18T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T21:46:57","slug":"lennox-lewis-larry-holmes-have-evander-holyfield%e2%80%99s-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6794","title":{"rendered":"Lennox Lewis & Larry Holmes have Evander Holyfield\u2019s Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Two of the all-time greatest world heavyweight champions, Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes, will be special guests supporting their former rival, Evander \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs), when the living legend defends his World Boxing Federation heavyweight title Saturday night against challenger Sherman \u201cTank\u201d Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs), live from America\u2019s resort — The Greenbrier\u2019s Colonial Hall — in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cRedemption In America: The Journey Begins Now\u201d Pay-Per-View event, headlined by the 12-round Holyfield-Williams main event, is presented by ARK Promotions in association with The Greenbrier. \u201cRedemption\u201d will be distributed in North American by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM\/ET 6 PM\/PT on both cable and satellite pay per view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Viewer\u2019s Choice and Shaw PPV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.<\/p>\n

\u201cRedemption\u201d will fuse world class boxing and entertainment; showcasing a production that includes high-energy music presented by Broadway performers, along with dancers and aerial artists. World-renowned saxophone player Clarence Clemons will also headline a live band between rounds and throughout the night.<\/p>\n

In 1992, Holyfield won a unanimous 12-round decision against Holmes in their heavyweight unification title fight (WBC\/WBA\/IBF) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Lewis and Holyfield fought to a 12-round draw in 1999 at New York City\u2019s famed Madison Square Garden for the WBC\/WBA\/IBF heavyweight crowns. Lennox won the rematch eight months later at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas by way of a unanimous 12-round decision.<\/p>\n

Competitive, entertaining undercard fights will set the stage for the main event showcasing Holyfield on his journey to become the first heavyweight champion to regain the coveted world title four different times.<\/p>\n

Joining Holyfield-Williams on PPV is World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Travis \u201cGW Hope\u201d Kauffman (21-1 (16 KOs) versus 7\u2019 1\u201d Julius \u201cTowering Inferno\u201d Long (15-14, 13 KOs) in an 8-round bout, former world heavyweight title challenger Monte \u201cTwo Gunz\u201d Barrett (34-9, 20 KOs) takes on Charles Davis (19-21-2, 4 KOs), in a 10-rounder, and Lithuania-native Donatas Boundoravas (10-1-1, 3 KOs) and undefeated Detroit middleweight Willie Fortune (9-0, 5 KOs) open the PPV show with a scheduled 6-round match.<\/p>\n

Fighting on the non-PPV segment of \u201cRedemption\u201d is NABA Heavyweight Champion Cedric \u201cThe Bos\u201d Boswell (32-1, 25 KOs), rated No. 19 by the WBC, defending his title against Dominique \u201cDiamond\u201d Alexander (19-9, 9 KOs) a 10-rounder. Also on the undercard are a pair of 8-round bouts featuring unbeaten Detroit middleweight Domonique Dolton (9-0, 7 KOs) against Venezuelan veteran Marcos \u201cThe Terminator\u201d Primera (20-22-2, 13 KOs), and 2008 US National AAU lightweight champion, Cleveland junior welterweight Miguel \u201cSilky Smooth\u201d Gonzalez (12-2, 11 KOs), meets 31-fight veteran Ramon \u201cChe\u201d Guevara.<\/p>\n

All fights and fighters are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Doors open at 6 PM\/ET, first bout at 7 PM\/ET, and first PPV fight at 9 PM\/ET, 6 PM\/PT.<\/p>\n

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Two of the all-time greatest world heavyweight champions, Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes, will be special guests supporting their former rival, Evander \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs), when the living legend defends his World Boxing Federation heavyweight title Saturday night against challenger Sherman \u201cTank\u201d Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs), live from America\u2019s resort — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,245,2305,451],"class_list":["post-6794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-evander-holyfield","tag-larry-homes","tag-lennox-lewis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6794"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}