Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield chats with students at the Downtown Boxing Gym where Rachel Ray is filming her television show, Sunday in Detroit.
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DETROIT - Celebrity chef Rachael Ray has brought her TV show and five-time world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield to a boxing gym in Detroit.
Ray and Holyfield, her surprise guest, visited with dozens of children involved in Downtown Boxing Gym's after-school youth program on Sunday during a taping of Ray's show. Holyfield shared stories from the beginning of his boxing career, including his mother's hesitation to let him participate in the sport when he was 8 years old and a coach who told him he could be like Muhammad Ali.
Ray presented the gym with a new kitchen and studying area featuring about $50,000 worth of appliances, including a new refrigerator and a stove.
Footage from the visit will air Nov. 25 on the Rachel Ray Show's Thanksgiving special.
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray chats with boxer Jordan Beverly, 15, as she films an episode of her daytime TV show at the Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit, Mich., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (Brandy Baker/Detroit News via AP) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Rachael Ray gestures towards surprise guest Evander Holyfield (not shown) as Downtown Boxing Gym founder Khali Sweeney, right, looks on during filming of Ray's daytime shown at the gym in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (Brandy Baker/Detroit News via AP) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Celebrity chef Rachael Ray chats with Downtown Boxing Gym founder Khali Sweeney, left, as Ray films an episode of her daytime TV show at the gym in Detroit, Mich., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (Brandy Baker/Detroit News via AP) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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