Nevada Lifts Holyfield Ban

Evander Holyfield won a split decision in his bid to return to the ring when Nevada boxing officials agreed in a 4-1 vote to lift the former heavyweight champion’s medical suspension.

Members of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, however, stopped short of endorsing Holyfield’s plan to fight again, saying there still were questions that needed to be answered before he could be licensed in the state.

“This is not to say we will issue Evander Holyfield a license,” Dr. James Nave, the commission’s chairman, said. “It is to say we will not sit up here being pompous and say another state can’t.”