Report: Holyfield Will Fight Bowe May 8

Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield will fight Riddick Bowe at the Mirage on May 8 if a legal hurdle is cleared this week in New Jersey, according to a spokesman at the Las Vegas hotel.

The source, who asked not to be identified, said the fight is “definitely on” if Holyfield can get clearance from a judge in Passaic, N.J., on Thursday to fight someone other than former champion Mike Tyson.

Tyson withdrew from a fight scheduled last Nov. 8 in Las Vegas because of a rib injury and had a tentative date to box Holyfield at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on March 20 before being scheduled to go to trial, beginning today, in Indianapolis on rape charges.

Shelly Finkel, Holyfield’s manager, said that he doesn’t believe Tyson will be available on March 20, but that Tyson’s handlers have said their fighter will be ready to fight on that date.