{"id":86742,"date":"2020-03-23T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=86742"},"modified":"2020-06-01T17:43:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T22:43:48","slug":"muhammad-ali-stops-evander-holyfield-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=86742","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali STOPS Evander Holyfield &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"polls-1914\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_1914\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_1914_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"0de6a05ae4\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"1914\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who do you think would have won in real life?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-1914-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-4771\" name=\"poll_1914\" value=\"4771\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-4771\">Ali<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-4772\" name=\"poll_1914\" value=\"4772\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-4772\">Holyfield<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(1914);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(1914); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-1914-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=86742\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=86742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-86743 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mail-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mail-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mail-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mail-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mail.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In the first quarter-final of the inaugural \u2018eWBSS Heavyweight Legends Tournament\u2019, Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) conquered Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KOs) to progress to the eWorld Boxing Super Series semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Simulated on EA Sports \u2018Fight Night Champion and with over 150,000 people watching online from around the world, both fighters set off at a frenetic pace and it was Holyfield who was landing the cleaner shots. The Alabama born heavyweight known as \u2018The Real Deal\u2019 continued his assault in the second round and landed a lethal combination that rocked Ali. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After a closely fought third and fourth, Ali demonstrated his class and speed in the fifth as he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. The brave Holyfield rose at the count of five from a lethal straight right hand from Ali but was unable to survive the round as Ali dropped him once again to win via knockout.<\/p>\n<p>A clearly delighted Ali was ecstatic with his thrilling performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m young, I\u2019m handsome, I\u2019m fast. I can\u2019t possibly be beat,\u201d said Ali. \u201cIf you even dream of beating me you\u2019d better wake up and apologise!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>eWBSS Chief Boxing Officer, Kalle Sauerland was equally enthused as the Heavyweight Legends tournament got off to a thrilling start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a storming performance by the GOAT!\u201d said Kalle Sauerland. \u201cA scorching first fight to get us underway! Great courage and skill also showed by \u2018The Real Deal.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands of fans from all over the world were watching the opening of our Legends tournament that takes place while the world of real-life sport is on halt. We\u2019re really happy to be able to give some entertainment to fans who may be stuck at home at this tough time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full fight can be viewed on the WBSS YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqXeQMeGUbk&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018eWBSS Heavyweight Legends\u2019 tournament began on Monday, March 23, and there will be a live-streamed fight every night until the final on Sunday, March 29. The entire \u2018eWBSS Heavyweight Legends\u2019 tournament will be live-streamed on the World Boxing Super Series Facebook page at 5pm (GMT) every day.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, simulated on EA Sports \u2018Fight Night Champion\u2019, is created to provide some much-needed relief and entertainment for fight fans around the world during these testing times.<\/p>\n<p>Remaining eWBSS quarter-final match-ups:<\/p>\n<p>Lennox Lewis vs Joe Frazier \u2013 March 24<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson vs Eric \u2018Butterbean\u2019 Esch \u2013 March 25<\/p>\n<p>George Foreman vs David Haye \u2013 March 26<\/p>\n<p>#StayAtHome #ProtectYourselfAtAllTimes<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ali Vs Tyson Dream Match Prediction, Alvarez Opponent, Wilder Fans CRYING &amp; Coronavirus Message...\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJiZZG1cYv0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] In the first quarter-final of the inaugural \u2018eWBSS Heavyweight Legends Tournament\u2019, Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs) conquered Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KOs) to progress to the eWorld Boxing Super Series semi-finals. Simulated on EA Sports \u2018Fight Night Champion and with over 150,000 people watching online from around the world, both fighters set off at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21744],"class_list":["post-86742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-muhammad-ali-stops-evander-holyfield-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86742","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=86742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}