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Boomer & Carton: Boxing Talk With 4-Time Champ Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

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Boxing great Evander Holyfield was in town on Friday for this weekend's Wladimir Klitschko-Bryant Jennings world heavyweight championship matchup at Madison Square Garden, so he stopped by the Allstate Studio to visit with Craig and Chris Simms.

Simms of course was filling in for Boomer, who started his weekend a little early.

As you can see by the photo, Holyfield has kept himself in pretty good shape since hanging up the gloves, for what we can only assume will be the last time, back in 2011. The four-time heavyweight champ talked with the guys about Saturday night's fight, next week's highly anticipated Mayweather-Pacquiao matchup, the state of the sport of boxing and his relationship with Mike Tyson.

Before saying goodbye, Holyfield disclosed that he no longer lifts weights, but did share the heaviest thing he does lift these days and it was something Craigie couldn't relate to...

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