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There are times now when it is difficult to discern what Evander Holyfield is mumbling.
On Saturday night, when the words were more intelligible, it was hard to believe what he was saying.
Let me describe in words of unmistakeable clarity what took place this weekend: Disgraceful, shameful, obscene, horrifying, gruesome, scandalous.
Evander Holyfield's first fight in 10 years was brutally ended on Saturday by Vitor Belfort
The 58-year-old replaced Oscar De La Hoya at late notice and was no match for his opponent
I could go on. But what matters most now is making sure nothing like it happens again.
Allowing Holyfield to return to the boxing ring put his now-fragile cerebral functions in serious jeopardy. Perhaps his life. It is not just that he is 58. Not only that this came 10 years after he last fought.
The true crime is that this great man is no longer The Real Deal. No more the true Adonis, even though his remarkable commitment to training still builds muscles which give a cosmetic illusion of strength and power.
The world's only four-time world heavyweight champion, one of the noblest warriors in the annals of the hardest game, was trotted out to be humiliated by a 44-year-old
