(CNN)Former satellite champion boxer Evander Holyfield stepped backmost successful the ringing for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade, but it didn't spell rather to program for the 58-year-old.
Holyfield, who is champion known for his 2 victories implicit Mike Tyson -- including the infamous combat successful which Tyson spot his receptor -- suffered a first-round method knockout to erstwhile UFC combatant Vitor Belfort connected Saturday astatine the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino successful Florida.
Belfort, 44, who was a UFC airy heavyweight champion, attacked Holyfield with a succession of speedy punches aboriginal on, pinning him against the ropes.
And, having not landed a punch of his own, Holyfield was knocked to the canvas doubly earlier the referee called an extremity to the combat successful the archetypal round.
He returned to boxing with conscionable implicit a week's announcement to regenerate Oscar De La Hoya, who contracted Covid-19.
Belfort called it a "legendary" infinitesimal fixed the pugnacious play everyone is going through.
"I retrieve I was warring 2 guys connected the aforesaid nighttime and Holyfield was warring Mike Tyson for $30 million," helium told the media after. "It's been a privilege."
While the 2 erstwhile combat sports competitors did conflict successful the ring, erstwhile US President Donald Trump and his son, Don Jr., provided their input from the commentary booth.
The Trumps were portion of the commentary squad for the event, alongside rapper 50 Cent.
Trump has agelong been a instrumentality of boxing and mixed martial arts.
He hosted respective of Tyson's aboriginal fights astatine his Atlantic City property. Trump was a sponsor of 1 of Tyson's astir celebrated knockouts -- his demolition of Michael Spinks successful conscionable 91 seconds.
Trump, successful office, paid homage to the saccharine subject by pardoning Jack Johnson, a erstwhile heavyweight champion convicted of transporting a White pistillate implicit authorities lines. Of Johnson, Trump said: "The archetypal African American heavyweight champion of the world, a genuinely large fighter. Had a pugnacious life."
Earlier connected the bill, Britain's erstwhile satellite cruiserweight and heavyweight champion David Haye had returned to boxing with a triumph implicit Joe Fournier. Haye past fought 3 years agone against Tony Bellew.
Chris Cillizza contributed to this report.
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