Berto, Holyfield Stops Foes at 8th

   The 47-year old and former 4-time heavyweight champion American Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield stopped the 41-year old Francois "White Buffalo" Botha of South Africa via 8th round TKO at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

   Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO), won Botha's (47-5-3, 28 KO) WBF heavyweight belt after referee Russell Mora stopped the fight in the 8th when he saw Botha had enough beating form Evander. Botha did well in the first 5 rounds until he got hurt in the 6th and 7th. He went down in 8th and got up until the ref shoved it moments later for a Holyfield win.

   While at Sunrise, Florida, Andre Berto of Haiti also scored an 8th round TKO over Puerto Rican WBO champ Carlos Quintana in a match billed as "Fighting for Haiti" at Bank Atlantic Center.

  Berto (26-0, 20 KO), originally was scheduled to face Shane Mosley but had to back-out because of the disastrous earthquake that happened at his home country, proved to be too fast and too strong for Quintana which led to referee Tommy Kimmons to stop it at 2:16 of the round. Quintana (27-3, 21 KO), was deducted a point for a "rabbit punch" in the 3rd.

   Portion of the proceeds from the tickets sold will go to the benefits of those who were affected of earthquake in Haiti.