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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP)\u2014Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is hoping to line up a world championship fight if he can beat Brian Nielsen in a non-title bout on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old Holyfield (43-10-2), who held the world heavyweight title four times, arrived in Denmark on Sunday for the bout at Copenhagen\u2019s concert hall and said he wouldn\u2019t be fighting if he wasn\u2019t ready.<\/p>\n

Holyfield\u2019s latest bout in January against Sherman Williams was ruled a no-contest. Before that, he knocked out Francois Botha after losses to Nikolay Valuev and Sultan Ibragimov.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I win, I am moving to the next level,\u201d Holyfield said Monday. \u201cI am hoping to get a championship bout with other guys with other belts.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then when I was young, I made a lot mistakes but I had the stamina and all that to overcome. Today, you have less stamina but more focus. Either way you go, if you play with what you have, you win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nielsen (64-2, with 43 KOs) acknowledged that Holyfield is the favorite but promises the fight won\u2019t be a walkover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that he will be really tough to beat, but he won\u2019t meet someone who will throw himself onto the floor before him,\u201d Nielsen said after a training session. \u201cI will fight until I cannot stand up any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have fought 200 fights and I have never been knocked out, so why should that happen now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nielsen, who lost to Mike Tyson in 2001, last fought in 2002 and retired soon after because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n

The Dane won the lightly regarded IBO title in 1996 when he stopped Tony La Rosa in the second round. He also ended 47-year-old former champion Larry Holmes\u2019 hopes of a winning another belt in a successful title defense a year later.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s two old boxers meeting. We are getting older, there\u2019s no doubt about that, \u201cNielsen said. \u201cIt is an old boys fight, but I believe we can give more than some of the youngsters can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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