This isn't just politics, Mitt.
On Friday night in Utah, former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will face ex-heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield in a three-round boxing match benefitting Charity Vision, a nonprofit aiming to restore vision to people in developing nations and end their curable blindness.
We put together a tale of the tape between the two boxers... well, one boxer and one politician playing a boxer.
Mitt Romney
Age: 68
Height: 6'2"
Nickname: "Bird Legs" during high school years, but going with "The Glove" for this bout.
Former Title: 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003-07)
Notable Opponent: Barack Obama. Results: Lost 2012 presidential race.
Training: With 2 1/2-year-old grandson Winston, allowing the toddler to hit him in the face repeatedly with a toy.
Strategy: "Get in Evander's face with compliments and good humor. I want to keep him very happy and very friendly," Romney told the New York Times. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit, Mitt. He added: "I'm staying far away from his ears. I don't for a moment want for him to confuse me with anyone from his past." Good idea.
Evander Holyfield
Age: 52
Height: 6'1"
Nickname: "The Real Deal"
Former Title: Undisputed world heavyweight champion
Notable Opponent: Mike Tyson. Results: One 11th-round TKO win in 1996, one chunk of ear bitten off in 1997.
Training: Regular workouts minus the boxing. Running, lifting weights and as the former champ told TMZ, "I just don't get hit."
Strategy: "Just kind of flick some punches," Holyfield told TMZ. He added that he's willing to let Romney hit him, if the politician can actually catch him with clean shots. "I got good defense," Holyfield said. You won't even need to use much of it, champ.
For all those wondering, Holyfield said there isn't a chance that he'd lose his cool and hit Romney for real. Maybe just one legit punch, champ. Just one.
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