FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -Evander Holyfield has been offered a fight with WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in December.

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Holyfield, a former heavyweight champ who turns 46 this month, has not fought since losing a unanimous decision a year ago to then-WBO champiion Sultan Ibragimov.

``Yes, we are in negotiations with Evander Holyfield,'' Sauerland Event managing director Chris Meyer said Thursday. ``We have made him an offer, but nothing has been signed yet.''

Should the fight happen, it likely will be staged in either Switzerland or Germany, he said.

The 7-foot, 300-pound Valuev (49-1, 34 KOs) won an unanimous decision over John Ruiz in August to regain the WBA title.

A four-time heavyweight champion, Holyfield could become the oldest fighter to win the crown if the fight goes ahead.