Posted on 08/01/2012 9:55:52 AM PDT by the scotsman
'After spending a decade as the best heavyweight fighter in the world, Evander Holyfield might expect to be recognised by the average man in the street.
And when the person doing the recognising is an interviewer for American TV network NBC - who employ Holyfield as a pundit - you'd be doubly sure that they know who they're talking to.
That proved not to be the case, however. The reporter from the Today Programme collared Holyfield by accident while seeking opinions from fans outside Buckingham Palace about the opening ceremony, but failed to recognise the champion, referring to him only as a "tourist".
Instead, the interviewer just chatted away merrily to the 6'3" man mountain, whose duels with Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis are the stuff of boxing legend, asking him what he thought of Danny Boyle's magnificently bonkers show.
Holyfield, who won bronze at the 1984 Olympics, confirmed the incident afterwards on his Twitter account, and said that he saw the funny side.'
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I always thought Holyfield had a lot of class
The guy actually works for NBC?? lol. That stupid reporter must be very red faced.
I wouldn’t recognize Holyfield either.
I bet hates it when some twit interviewer talks his ears off.
The first clue would be a chunk gone from his ear....Thanks Mikey! I guess he might have had it sufficiently repaired by now.
if i were evander i would be more upset with the remark at the bottom of the screen... queen steals the show...
than them not recognizing me.
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