Holyfield to learn fate next week Evander Holyfield should learn next week whether he has secured another shot at ^{[Universe|World]} the world heavyweight title. German ^{[NA|Promoter]} promoter ^{[Wilfried Sauerland|NA]} Wilfried Sauerland has confirmed the former ^{[Undisputed Champion|Undisputed Champion]} undisputed champion ^[NA|NA] wants to return to the ring to challenge Nikolai Valuev for the WBA title - but insists a deal is far from done. ^[Report|NA] Reports today claimed an ^[NA|NA] agreement had been ^[NA|NA] reached for the pair to fight in Europe in December, when victory for Holyfield - who ^[NA|NA] turns 46 this ^[Month|NA] month - would make him the oldest ^{[World Heavyweight Championship|World Heavyweight Championship]} world heavyweight champion in history. Sauerland ^[NA|NA] confirmed: "^{[Evander Holyfield|Evander Holyfield]} Evander Holyfield last week approached our American agent to offer himself for the fight. "Subsequently, there have been talks between our ^{[NA|Agent (law)]} agent and Holyfield to see whether such a fight would financially be possible in Germany at all. "At the same time we are having similar talks with other ^[NA|NA] candidates. "Today we sat down with ^{[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King (boxing promoter)]} Don King, Chris Meyer (Sauerland Events ^{[Managing director|NA]} managing director) and Kalle Sauerland to discuss the issue and minimise the number of potential opponents. "There has been ^[NA|NA] no decision yet and it will take at least ^[NA|NA] one week to make one. The ^[NA|NA] potential dates for ^{[Nikolai Valuev|Nikolai Valuev]} Nikolai Valuev's title ^{[NA|Defence minister]} defence, which will be staged in the ^{[German language|German language]} German-speaking world, are ^{[NA|December 6]} December 6, 13 and 20." Seven-foot ^{[NA|New York Giants]} giant Valuev regained the ^{[World Boxing Association|World Boxing Association]} WBA belt by ^[NA|NA] beating old ^[NA|NA] foe ^{[John Ruiz|John Ruiz]} John Ruiz for the ^[NA|NA] vacant title this year while Holyfield ^[NA|NA] boxed ^[NA|NA] three times in 2007, his most recent fight a ^{[World Boxing Organization|World Boxing Organization]} WBO title defeat by ^{[Sultan Ibragimov|Sultan Ibragimov]} Sultan Ibragimov last October. ^{[George Foreman|George Foreman]} George Foreman currently ^[NA|NA] holds the record as ^[NA|NA] oldest heavyweight ^{[NA|Champion]} world champion, having claimed the title with ^[NA|NA] victory over ^{[Michael Moorer|Michael Moorer]} Michael Moorer in 1994 aged 45.