Just when you thought the world of novelty boxing couldn’t get any weirder, former US President Donald Trump is set to serve as “unfiltered boxing commentary” for the Holyfield vs Belfort boxing match.
As Trump stated via a Triller press release, “I love great fighters and great fights. I look forward to seeing both this Saturday night and sharing my thoughts ringside. You won’t want to miss this special event.”
Donald Trump to Provide Commentary on Holyfield vs Belfort Broadcast
Donald Trump was a longtime friend to combat sports, hosting several UFC events in the early days of Dana White’s leadership when no other venue would accomodate MMA. In fact, in hosting the UFC’s events throughout his various venues, he became close friends with UFC president Dana White, who is a famous Trump supporter.
The fight card is headlined by Evander Holyfield vs Vitor Belfort, with Holyfield returning from retirement to take on the former UFC champion. Initially, Belfort was set to take on Oscar de la Hoya, but an unfortunate bout of COVID-19 led to de la Hoya’s removal from the card, and Holyfield stepping in as replacement.
Former UFC champions Tito Ortiz and Anderson Silva will also compete in a boxing match on this fight card. The pair were set to compete at 195 pounds, but Ortiz failed to make weight.
Donald Trump, of course, did not hesitate to promote himself with this opportunity. He even alluded to taking up boxing despite his lifelong aversion to exercise.
““If you said if I had to box somebody, I think probably my easiest fight would be Joe Biden,” Trump said at the press conference. “Because I think he’d go down very, very quickly.”
While a septugenarian boxing match between Presidential candidates is unlikely to happen anytime soon, this is far from Donald Trump’s first foray into combat sports. In 2007, Trump headlined WrestleMania 23, laying out Vince McMahon with vicious ringside ground-and-pound. Trump’s nominated wrestler at the event defeated McMahon’s, and Trump got to shave his longtime friend and business associate’s head as a reward.
Interestingly, this wasn’t even the first time a US President engaged in combat sports himself. President Theodore Roosevelt boxed and wrestled for Harvard, and supposedly displayed prodigious ability as a combat athlete. So avid was Roosevelt’s love of the sweet science that he maintained his boxing habit during his Presidency, famously sparring bare-knuckled in the White House itself. In fact, Roosevelt’s sparring was so intense that he went blind in his left eye as a result.
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