Mitt Romney Sends Evander Holyfield To The Mat Before Throwing In The Towel

Fox 13.com ^ | 1:34am, May 16, 2015 EST

[drewh]

SALT LAKE CITY — A political heavyweight and a boxing heavyweight champion of the world stepped into the ring in Salt Lake City Friday night, and the fight for a charitable cause between Mitt Romney and Evander Holyfield was a tongue-in-cheek affair.

The bout between Romney and Holyfield was one of several fights on the card at Friday night’s event, which was held by Charity Vision to raise funds to help provide eye surgeries to people in need in developing countries.

There was plenty of comedy and showmanship on display, as Romney walked out to reveal he was wearing a full suit beneath his boxing robe. A leather belt carrying former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt was part of Romney’s enthusiastic corner, and the former Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate had a big grin on his face for most of the contest–which raised roughly $1 million for charity.

Romney even sent Holyfield to the mat at one point, but later Holyfield was chasing Romney around the ring. Romney’s corner threw in the towel after the second round.

[South40]

Mitt Romney = the Danny Bonaduce of politics.

[Farmer Dean]

Evander probably slipped on some of Romney’s hair gel.

[bgill]

What a sorry mess we’ve made of this country.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

In the pre-fight weigh-in, Romney loudly exclaimed, “I’ll be better for gay fighters than Holyfield!!!!!”

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[jocon307]

“Sounds like Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.”

HA HA, very true, although tragically sad.

[ansel12]

McCain has been a warrior, Romney has always been a physical coward and he was a draft dodging, anti-warrior from an anti-warrior family.

Mitt evaded the military, and while his non-vet father was running for president during wartime, and none of his five sons would serve either, even though draft evading dad was running for president, during wartime.

The Romneys came here about 1842 to serve Joseph Smith, and no man in Romney’s direct line has ever served America in the military, no war, no draft, no wave of patriotism, no anything has ever gotten one of them to serve.

The Romneys don’t do military service.

[ansel12]

Danny Bonaduce is a tough guy, something that Mitt has never been.

While fellow Mormon Harry Reid played football and boxed, Mitt Romney never did athletics.

“Despite the school’s rarefied air, it was still a high school, so the jocks tended to be the most popular. Mitt’s singular distinction as an athlete was an embarrassing one, classmates recall. He competed in a 2.5-mile race held during a football game, setting off with the rest of the runners at the start of halftime.

Everyone returned before the second half of the football game began, except Mitt. He didn’t resurface until about 10 minutes after the last runner. He staggered around the oval for the final lap, collapsing twice in the last 15 yards but drawing cheers from the crowd when he finally crossed the finish line. “It had to be one of those moments that made you feel good, but inadequate,” Bailey says. “But those kinds of things didn’t bother him.”