American politician and businessman Mitt Romney is scheduled to fight former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield for a fundraising event, but he has honestly admitted that it won't be much of a fight, insisting that he would be knocked unconscious.
Holyfield and Romney would go neck-to-neck in the marquee event during a several-bout evening at the Rail Event Center in Salt Lake City on May 15.
The former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions agreed to participate in a fundraising event for Charity Vision, which is a humanitarian organization founded about 20 years ago by retired physician Bill Jackson, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Jackson came up with the idea of raising money and partnering with medical suppliers to donate state-of-the-art medical equipment for poor areas around the world. The charity offers the donated equipment to doctors and medical facilities in those areas, on the condition that half of the surgeries and medical services they provide would be charity work for the poor.
Romney, who was the Republican Party's nominee for the President of the United States, said that it would either be a very short fight, or he would be knocked unconscious. He admitted that it won't be much of a fight, claiming that he and Holyfield would both suit up and get in the ring and spar around a little bit.
Romney revealed that when Jackson founded the international charity effort, it was called Deseret International, adding that at the time, it was all kinds of medical procedures, but over the years the focus has been eye surgeries, so the name was changed to Charity Vision.
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The Romney-Holyfield fight would not be the only bout that night. Romney revealed that there would be bouts between real, active professional prize fighters.
The fundraiser would be aimed toward attracting corporate sponsorships and money would be raised depending on the level of sponsorship. Romney said that corporate sponsors could then bring in guests, so it would be a good promotion for the sponsors.