21 January,2011 08:56 AM IST | | AFP
Aging warrior Evander Holyfield continues his quest to regain a major heavyweight world belt on Saturday when he takes on Sherman "Tank" Williams.
Holyfield, at 48, is still clinging to a career that has seen him claim four heavyweight world titles.
Despite his suspension by New York boxing officials five years ago for "diminishing skills", Holyfield remains committed to the dream of retiring as champion.
"I didn't get discouraged for long and I will try to get my title shot," said Holyfield, whose fight against 38-year-old Bahamas big man Williams is a tune-up to a scheduled March bout in Copenhagen against Denmark's Brian Nielsen.
"I want to finish my career as a champion. If it were left to me, I'd fight the Klitschkos and David Haye, then that would be it."
Holyfield lost the undisputed heavyweight crown to Britain's now-retired Lennox Lewis in 1999. He briefly held the World Boxing Association crown in 2000 before a loss to John Ruiz ufffd also retired ufffd then lost world title fights to Chris Byrd in 2002, Russia's Sultan Ibragimov in 2007 and Russia's Nikolay Valuev in 2008.
