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Boxing champion Evander Holyfield is set to auction a slew of memorabilia including the bronze Olympic medal he won at the 1984 Summer Games.

Also on the block: championship rings and belts; gloves, trunks and robes worn inside the ring; signed promotional photos and posters; and women’s and men’s diamond jewelry including watches from Rolex, Cartier and Patek Phillippe.

Holyfield’s 1962 Chevrolet Corvette is also up for grabs during the auction, scheduled for Nov. 30 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills.

“From his humble beginnings as a teenage boxer in Atlanta, to his storied and fabled career inside professional arenas around the world, Evander Holyfield has demonstrated his commitment to excellence at every opportunity he has been given, enabling his professional record, and his fists to speak for themselves,” read promotional material with the auction announcement.

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It made no mention of the sad circumstances likely behind the auction: The Champ is broke. “When it falls, it falls, ” Holyfield said during an exclusive interview with Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Bill Torpy last month.

The interview took place as Holyfield was being evicted from his 109-room mansion in Fayette County. “The only time you’re broke is when you have no ideas,” Holyfield said during the interview last month. “I’m a winner. I believe on Earth you will be tested. I have been tested.”

In the latest blow, Holyfield was interviewed at this summer’s London Olympics – but the NBC reporter he spoke to didn’t recognize him, and just talked to him like any other fan. He was a good sport about it, though, tweeting: “When I do the Today show I will be sure to wear a shirt that has my name on it, front and back. Probably carry a sign as well for back up!”

Click HERE if you’re interested in buying some of the champ’s stuff…I want that ’62 Corvette. (AJC)