Boxing: Holyfield seeks fourth bout with Ruiz

Evander Holyfield has asked the World Boxing Association to give him a fourth match with John Ruiz or the winner of Ruiz's unscheduled title defence against Kirk Johnson.

Holyfield's lawyer, Jim Thomas, filed papers recently with WBA president Gilberto Mendoza disputing the draw with Holyfield that left Ruiz with the championship.

Thomas said he thought the odds were good of at least getting the first shot at the winner of the Ruiz-Johnson bout.

In his appeal, Thomas cited a series of newspaper accounts that had Holyfield clearly winning the December fight in Connecticut

Ruiz's attorney, Anthony Cardinale, responded that the judging was fair and said the Holyfield arguments were "polluted by emotion and greed."