Four-time heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield's fight with Sherman "Tank" Williams ended in a three-round no-contest on Saturday.
Holyfield, who at 48 says he is on a quest for one more legitimate, even undisputed, world crown, was cut over his left eye in the second round after an accidental head butt.
Williams staggered Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) with a series of blows in the third round, but after the bell Holyfield told the referee he could not see and the bout was declared a no-contest.
For Holyfield, the fight against 38-year-old Bahamas big man Williams (34-11-2, 19 KOs) was meant to be a tune-up for a March bout in Copenhagen against Denmark's Brian Nielsen.
Afterwards, however, Holyfield said he did not know about his next fight and spoke of a rematch with Williams.
Holyfield lost the undisputed heavyweight crown to Britain's now-retired Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Holyfield briefly held the World Boxing Association crown in 2000 before a loss to John Ruiz - also retired - then lost world title fights to Chris Byrd in 2002, Russia's Sultan Ibragimov in 2007 and Russia's Nikolay Valuev in 2008.
- AFP
