Photo Credit: Hosanna Rull/Main Events. But for those who have placed their faith in him, it’s justified. I think he has every ability to do what his dad did and even more.”According to Watkins – that also means challenging across different weight classes.
He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1990 after stints at the Dallas bureau of United Press International (1984-90), the Waco Tribune-Herald (1978-84) and the Tyler Morning Telegraph (1975-78).
“We’ve been dealing with young fighters for such a long time, we have had a lot of experience managing that and those expectations,” Duva said. 9/1/2020 9:06 AM PT
"My dad always tells me every generation gets better. RELATED: Best Boxing Trilogies of All Time.
Almost 35 years my late husband’s company made advances as a young up-start boxing promoter.
“It is a time where Evander gets to be dad,” Watkins said of Holyfield Snr, who only called time on his own boxing career in 2011. 9/1/2020 9:47 AM PT
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Now we all have to do our job and come together as a team and if everything works out we are going to have a world champion. “We spoke to Termite, we spoke to Evan and he was all for being out there. Hallmark and Main Events also were associated with Holyfield’s father, the former world heavyweight and cruiserweight champion.David Barron reports on sports media, college football and Olympic sports for the Houston Chronicle. "He's been to plenty of my fights. Evan Holyfield and Kathy Duva. 9/1/2020 12:42 PM PT
9/1/2020 3:55 PM PT Boxer Evan Holyfield, the son of former world champion Evander Holyfield, has sued longtime Houston boxing manager Maurice “Termite” Watkins, alleging fraud and misrepresentation in their business relationship and seeking damages of more than $500,000.Holyfield, a junior middleweight, announced last year that he would be managed by Watkins and would work with longtime boxing strength coach Tim Hallmark and be promoted by Main Events. 9/1/2020 1:55 PM PT
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And we have time to grow in weight, and we have got the height, so whatever weight he moves up in, we will be okay.
I think he has got a bright future. Evan Holyfield, 21, will make his professional debut in one of boxing’s most hallowed venues, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, fighting on the undercard as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez attempts to dethrone light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev on Saturday.The super-welterweight prospect has aligned himself with Main Events, the same promotion that guided his father's career as he conquered the cruiserweight division before becoming a five-time heavyweight champion and a pound-for-pound legend of the sport.Those guiding Evan describe him in gushing terms - ‘courteous’, ‘a gentleman’ and ‘a dream to work with’ – qualities you could comfortably associate with his father.And inside the ring there is a raw talent blessed with a perfect blend of power, speed and ring craft with all the potential to become a world champion.Maurice ‘Termite’ Watkins, a former light-welterweight contender in the 1970s and now Evan’s trainer, is the man tasked with overseeing his rise.
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It's pretty much easy to believe, number one it's in the bible, and the bible don't tell no lies.