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Holyfield vs Sammy Retta Postponed Again

Above: Former heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield
(left) and Sammy Retta’s charity bout in Ethiopia has been
postponed to allow time for a bigger event to be prepared.

Straits Times
Sep 15, 2009
ADDIS ABABA – FORMER heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield’s charity bout in Ethiopia has been postponed to allow time for a bigger event to be prepared, officials told AFP on Tuesday.

The match, to raise funds for AIDS charities, was initially set to take place in Addis Ababa on July 26, before being rescheduled for September 11 – the Ethiopian New Year – after a request from the government.

‘The promoters are working hard to make a real and spectacular event,’ Motuma Temesgen, an official from Ethiopia’s government communication affairs office, told AFP.

‘Holyfield and Sammy Retta will fight in Addis Ababa on October 30 while five other fights will also take place on the same day,’ he said. Read more.

Watch Sammy’s interview with addisallaround.com

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Holyfield Ethiopia Fight Postponed

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Above: If you’re wondering what a legitimate heavyweight
fight (anywhere) and a relatively obscure exhibition in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, have in common, we just found out: At some
point, a guy needs to get paid. Evander Holyfield was scheduled
to receive up to $1 million to fight Sammy Retta this past weekend
in Ethiopia, a fundraiser to fight the spread of AIDS in the country.
But according to Holyfield’s manager, Ken Sanders, payment never
was received. So the event was postponed (if not canceled).
Read more at the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

AFP
ADDIS ABABA — Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield’s exhibition match in Ethiopia has been postponed for September, his opponent Sammy Retta told AFP on Monday. The fight, to raise funds for AIDS, was set to take place in Addis Ababa on July 26, but organisers had to reschedule after a request from the government. “The government wanted the match to correspond with Ethiopia’s new year celebrations on September 11, so we both agreed,” Retta said in a phone interview. Read more.

Watch Sammy’s recent interview with addisallaround.com

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Sammy Retta Ready to Face-Off Evander Holyfield (Video)

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Above: Ethiopian-born Sammy Retta is readying for his
upcoming match against Evander Holyfield.

Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Published: Thursday, July 23, 2009

New York (Tadias) – Ethiopian American boxer Sammy Retta is preparing for his highly anticipated fight against former undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield later this month.

The July 26 exhibition match in Addis Ababa will mark Holyfield’s first boxing gig since his controversial loss to Nikolai Valuev.

The event, billed as a fund raiser for AIDS victims, has been described by by the press “as one of the highest-profile all-American boxing bouts on African soil since the legendary 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ that pitted Muhammad Ali against Joe Frazier in the former Zaire.”

The 35-year-old Ethiopian has a record of 18 wins and three losses in super-middleweight fights.

Watch Sammy’s recent interview with addisallaround.com

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