A Friday Night of Ho-Hum Fights

EVANDER FEASTS ON "THE BEAST"Evander Holyfield looked to be in good shape tonight, as he dominated the thoroughly outclassed journeyman Jeremy "The Beast" Bates, winning the fight with a second-round TKO. Unfortunately, this will probably lead to Holyfield moving up to fight someone who isn't a unskilled journeyman, and that will not be pretty. Bates, despite his complete lack of skill, managed to rock Holyfield with what looked to be a relatively slow punch, and I shudder to think of how a skilled fighter will leave "The Real Deal" with "Real Dain Brammage". Of course, I believe that if Evander wants to fight, and he passes the physical requirements, he should be allowed to fight. I just hope that he'll decide to hang it up.ESPN2's Friday Night Fights card disintegrated with both Sam Soliman and Vasily Jirov pulling out of the two fights of note, both complaining of back injuries. Soliman looked great in his previous bout ag...