Boxing HOFer-elect Evander Holyfield is "diving back into the fight game as a promoter with the recent founding of Real Deal Championship Title Boxing," according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. Holyfield "founded the company earlier this year" with partner and longtime promoter Sal Musumeci. Holyfield said that they "plan to put on their first event in the coming months" at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City with the company's cards to be televised on CBS Sports. Holyfield said that he has been "interested in getting into the promotional end of boxing for quite some time and he felt like the deal with Musumeci was finally the right situation." Holyfield: "Boxing was very good to me and I wanted to give something back to this sport. I think I can do that promoting fighters and the sport of boxing. We want the thing to be competitive. We want to deal with everybody. We're looking for good fighters. We're looking for fights to put on TV and for people to see competitive fights." Holyfield said that he will "not simply be a figurehead lending his famous name to the business" (ESPN.com, 3/1).
