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China will host the first-ever World Boxing Association (WBA) title
match in Beijing, involving Evander Holyfield, probably on August
4.
Promoter Don King is expected to reveal the plan in New York on
Monday for the fight between Holyfield and WBA heavyweight champion
John Ruiz, and will leave for China to map out the details of the
title fight.
It will be the third fight between the two heavyweights in a year,
and the first to be held in China, with Holyfield winning the first
in August and Ruiz taking the title in March.
The China bout was originally scheduled on June 30, but was delayed
after Holyfield lost to Ruiz. At the moment, the date of the fight
was yet to be set, with concerned sides eyeing August 4 as the working
date.
(People's Daily 05/10/2001)
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