Las Vegas Weekly

April 10, 2010 · 11:29 AM

Photos: Holyfield and Botha weigh in for fight at Thomas & Mack

By Don Chareunsy

The Evander Holyfied and Frans Botha weigh-in April 9, 2010, ahead of tonight's boxing match at Thomas & Mack Center.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

The heavyweight bout at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center tonight pits four-time heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield against World Boxing Federation heavyweight titleholder Francois “The White Buffalo” Botha, and our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was at T&M yesterday for the official weigh-in of the two hulks.

As we reported yesterday, Evander (42-10-2, 27 KOs) is coming off a controversial 12-round loss to then World Boxing Association champion Nicolai Valuev on Dec. 20, 2008. Frans is 47-4-3, 28 KOs, for the 12-round main event tonight. Evander was heavyweight champion four times previously right here in Las Vegas -- in 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2000. Talk about a winning streak in Sin City!

Check back to Vegas DeLuxe tomorrow for fight-night photos and our wrap. Meantime, for full analysis, photos and video, check out our colleagues’ coverage at LasVegasSun.com.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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