Former boxing champion, Evander Holyfield visits Ambode, pledges $3m health facilities

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield on Wednesday in Lagos said his foundation would donate health facilities worth three million Dollars to Lagos State.

Holyfield who announced the donation during a courtesy visit to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode at the State House in Alausa also said the foundation would be established in the state.

The former world champion will be engaging in a Charity Rumble Fight with the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, where Ambode will act as a judge.

Holyfield said that the gesture was part of his strategy of giving back to the society. He noted that giving back to the society would help children who had interest in sports to actualise their dreams as he was able to do.

He said his visit was to give kids the basic knowledge in boxing and inspire them on how to maintain a winning attitude. Holyfield, who narrated how his mother supported his boxing career, said his mother often advised him to hold on to what he was good at and never quit even when the tide was not good.