Remember When?: Moorer not sure about the future

By The Valley Independent

The national spotlight will continue to shine on Monessen’s Michael Moorer, the new heavyweight boxing champion.

Moorer, who took a 12-round decision from Evander Holyfield to take the IBF and WBA titles at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Friday night, will go to New York Tuesday for an appearance on the David Letterman Show.

Moorer, meanwhile, is not sure about his future.

“I hope to be in the game only for another year or a year and a half,” he said over the weekend. “I’ve proven myself. To keep fighting just means getting more money.”

Moorer, who might have made $5 million Friday night, depending on pay-per-view sales, can get good money fighting a chosen opponent or two and major money for fighting former champion Riddick Bowe or WBC champion Lennox Lewis.

There also is a possible rematch with Holyfield, who spent Friday and Saturday in a hospital for a shoulder injury. He also was  treated for dehydration and received six stitches to close a cut above his left eye.

Moorer, who fed Holyfield a steady diet of right jabs, also went to the hospital for treatment.

“My left elbow and hand hurt,” said Moorer, who was treated and released. “I didn’t feel any injury during the fight.”

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