Halpern to ref Holyfield-Moorer

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mitch Halpern, the third man in the ring in Evander Holyfield's first upset of Mike Tyson, will be the referee for Holyfield's Nov. 8 heavyweight unification fight with IBF champion Michael Moorer.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission selected Halpern, who was supposed to referee Holyfield's rematch with Tyson but pulled out a few days before the fight in the face of criticism from Tyson's camp.
Mills Lane took Halpern's place, gaining a measure of fame when he disqualified Tyson in the third round for biting Holyfield's ears.
Holyfield is fighting for the first time since that fight in a rematch of the April 22, 1994 bout won by Moorer for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

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