Holyfield-Ibragimov musings from the only disappointed sports fan in England

14.10.07 - By Joe Mills: I went into last night’s WBO World Heavyweight championship fight pitting champion Sultan Ibragimov against aging legend Evander Holyfield fully intending to compile a detailed and comprehensive round-by-round report. However, as tends to happen every so often in Boxing, emotion took over. Instead of logging the subtle intricacies of each fighters performance I found myself shouting encouragement to the screen. And the subject of my garbled advice was one Evander “The Real Deal” Hoyfield.

As you may have gathered from the title of this article, I am English. And on a day that featured our football (soccer for those who play football with their hands) team winning a European championship qualifier and our Rugby team reaching a World Cup final I was the only disappointed sports fan possibly in the whole country yesterday evening. continue