Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson
The Complete Guide
Contents
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Overview
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Mike Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.1
Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.2
Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.3
Rape conviction, prison, and conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.4
Comeback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.5
TysonHolyeld ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.6
1999 to 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.7
Exhibition tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.8
Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.9
After professional boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.10 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.11 In popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.12 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.13 Titles in boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.14 Pay-per-view bouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.15 Awards and honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.16 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.17 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.18 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ringside opponents
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2.1
David Jaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1.1
Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1.2
Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1.3
Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1.4
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.1.5
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Jesse Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.1
Pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.2
Tyson ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.3
Journeyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.4
Upset, controversy and title shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2
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2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.2.5
Remainder of pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.6
Return to form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2.7
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2.2.8
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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James Tillis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.1
Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.2
Pro boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.3
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2.3.4
Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.5
Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame induction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.6
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.3.7
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mitch Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.1
Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.2
Pro career
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2.4.3
Tyson ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.4
Post-Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.5
Pro titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.6
Feud with Mike Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.7
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2.4.8
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.4.9
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Marvis Frazier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.1
Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.2
Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.3
Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.4
After boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.5
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2.5.6
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5.7
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Alfonso Ratli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.6.1
Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.6.2
Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.6.3
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2.6.4
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Trevor Berbick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.7.1
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.7.2
Outside the ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.7.3
In popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.7.4
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2.7.5
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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James Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.1
Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.2
Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.3
Pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.4
Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.5
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2.8.6
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8.7
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Pinklon Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.9.1
Pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.9.2
Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.9.3
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2.9.4
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.9.5
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.10 Tony Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.10.1 Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.10.2 Comeback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.10.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.10.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11 Tyrell Biggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11.2 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11.5 Outside the ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.11.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12 Larry Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.2 Amateur boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.3 Early boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.4 WBC Heavyweight Champion Holmes v Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.5 IBF Heavyweight Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.6 Comebacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.7 Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.8 Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.9 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.11 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8
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2.12.12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.12.13 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13 Tony Tubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.2 Early professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.3 World Championship ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.4 Peoples Choice Heavyweight Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.5 Late career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.6 Criminal convictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.7 California Boxing Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.10 Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.13.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14 Michael Spinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.3 Post boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.5 Amateur highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.7 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15 Frank Bruno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15.1 Boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15.2 Personal life
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2.15.3 Media appearances and non-boxing interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15.5 Titles in boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.15.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16 Carl Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16.3 After retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16.4 Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16.5 References in popular culture
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2.16.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.16.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17 Buster Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.2 Boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.3 Film and game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.4 Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.6 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.17.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.18 Henry Tillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.18.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.18.2 Pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.18.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.18.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.19 Alex Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.20 Donovan Ruddock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.21 Peter McNeeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.21.2 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.23 Bruce Seldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.24 Evander Holyeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.25 Francois Botha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.26 Orlin Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.27 Julius Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.28 Lou Savarese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.29 Andrew Golota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.30 Brian Nielsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.31 Lennox Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.31.8 Titles in boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.31.9 Pay-per-view bouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.32 Cliord Etienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.33 Danny Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1
Overview
1.1 Mike Tyson
ter being knocked out in consecutive matches against

Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. Tyson declared
bankruptcy in 2003, despite having received over $30
million for several of his ghts and $300 million during
his career. At the time it was reported that he had approximately $23 million of debt.[5] Tyson was well known for
his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his
controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. Nicknamed Iron,[6] and Kid Dynamite in his early career
and later known as The Baddest Man on the Planet,[7]
Tyson is considered one of the best heavyweights of all
time.[8] He was ranked No. 16 on The Ring's list of
100 greatest punchers of all time,[9] and No. 1 in the
ESPN.com list of The hardest hitters in heavyweight
history.[10] Sky Sports rated him as the scariest boxer
ever and described him as perhaps the most ferocious
ghter to step into a professional ring.[11] He has been
inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and
the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
For other people named Mike Tyson, see Mike Tyson

(disambiguation).
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (/tasn/; born June 30,
1966) is an American former professional boxer. He
held the undisputed world heavyweight championship and
holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC,
WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months,
and 22 days old.[4] Tyson won his rst 19 professional
bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the rst round. He
won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick
by a TKO in the second round. In 1987, Tyson added
the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and
Tony Tucker. This made him the rst heavyweight boxer
to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles,
and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.
In 1988, Tyson became the lineal champion when he
knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship
nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and
Frank Bruno. In 1990, he lost his titles to underdog James
Buster Douglas, by knockout in round 10. Attempting to regain the titles, he defeated Donovan Ruddock
twice in 1991, but pulled out of a ght with undisputed
heavyweight champion Evander Holyeld due to injury.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of rape and sentenced to
six years in prison, but was released after serving three
years. After his release, he engaged in a series of comeback ghts. In 1996, he won the WBC and WBA titles
after defeating Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon by knockout. With his defeat of Bruno, Tyson joined Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyeld, and George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to that point to have regained a heavyweight championship after having lost it. After being stripped of the
WBC title, Tyson lost his WBA crown to Evander Holyeld in November 1996 by an eleventh-round TKO. Their
1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualied for biting part of Holyelds ear o.
1.1.1 Early life

Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has an elder brother named Rodney (born c. 1961)[12] and had an
elder sister named Denise, who died of a heart attack at
age 24 in February 1990.[13]
Tysons biological father is listed as Purcell Tyson (who

was from Jamaica) on his birth certicate,[14][15] but the
man Tyson had known as his father was Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was from Grier Town, North Carolina (a predominantly black neighborhood that was annexed by the city of Charlotte),[16] where he was one
of the neighborhoods top baseball players. Kirkpatrick
married and had a son, Tysons half-brother Jimmie Lee
Kirkpatrick, who would help to integrate Charlotte high
school football in 1965. In 1959, Jimmy Kirkpatrick left
his family and moved to Brooklyn, where he met Tysons
mother, Lorna Mae (Smith) Tyson. Mike Tyson was born
in 1966.[17] Kirkpatrick frequented pool halls, gambled
and hung out on the streets. My father was just a regular street guy caught up in the street world, Tyson said.
In 2002, he fought for the world heavyweight title at Kirkpatrick abandoned the Tyson family around the time
the age of 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis. Mike was born, leaving Tysons mother to care for the
Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2006, af- children on her own.[18] Kirkpatrick died in 1992.[19]
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The family lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant until their nancial burdens necessitated a move to Brownsville when
Tyson was 10 years old.[20] Tysons mother died six years
later, leaving 16-year-old Tyson in the care of boxing
manager and trainer Cus D'Amato, who would become
his legal guardian. Tyson later said, I never saw my
mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: she only knew me as being a wild kid running the
streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I
didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know
about her. Professionally, it has no eect, but its crushing emotionally and personally.[21]
CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW
quently, Tyson won 26 of his rst 28 ghts by KO or
TKO; 16 of those came in the rst round.[28] The quality
of his opponents gradually increased to journeyman ghters and borderline contenders,[28] like James Tillis, David
Jaco, Jesse Ferguson, Mitch Green and Marvis Frazier.
His win streak attracted media attention and Tyson was
billed as the next great heavyweight champion. D'Amato
died in November 1985, relatively early into Tysons professional career, and some speculate that his death was the
catalyst to many of the troubles Tyson was to experience
as his life and career progressed.[29]
Tysons rst nationally televised bout took place on

February 16, 1986, at Houston Field House in Troy, New
York against journeyman heavyweight Jesse Ferguson.
Tyson knocked down Ferguson with an uppercut in the
fth round that broke Fergusons nose.[30] During the
sixth round, Ferguson began to hold and clinch Tyson
in an apparent attempt to avoid further punishment. After admonishing Ferguson several times to obey his commands to box, the referee nally stopped the ght near
the middle of the sixth round. The ght was initially
ruled a win for Tyson by disqualication (DQ) of his opponent. The ruling was adjusted to a win by technical knockout (TKO) after Tysons corner protested that a
DQ win would end Tysons string of knockout victories,
and that a knockout would have been the inevitable result.
The rationale oered for the revised outcome was that
the ght was actually stopped because Ferguson could not
Kevin Rooney also trained Tyson, and he was occasion- (rather than would not) continue boxing.
ally assisted by Teddy Atlas, although he was dismissed On November 22, 1986, Tyson was given his rst tiby D'Amato when Tyson was 15. Rooney eventually took tle ght against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing
over all training duties for the young ghter.[26]
Council (WBC) heavyweight championship. Tyson won
the title by second round TKO, and at the age of 20
years and 4 months became the youngest heavyweight
1.1.2 Career
champion in history.[31] Tysons dominant performance
brought many accolades. Donald Saunders wrote: The
noble and manly art of boxing can at least cease worrying
Amateur career
about its immediate future, now [that] it has discovered
Tyson won gold medals at the 1981 and 1982 Junior a heavyweight champion t to stand alongside Dempsey,
Olympic Games, defeating Joe Cortez in 1981 and beat- Tunney, Louis, Marciano and Ali.[32]
ing Kelton Brown in 1982. Browns corner threw in the Because of Tysons strength, many ghters were intimtowel in the rst round. He holds the Junior Olympic idated by him.[33] This was backed up by his outstandrecord for quickest knockout (8 seconds). He won every ing hand speed, accuracy, coordination, power, and timbout at the Junior Olympic Games by knockout.
ing. Tyson was also noted for his defensive abilities.[34]
Throughout his childhood, Tyson lived in and around
high-crime neighborhoods. According to an interview in
Details, his rst ght was with a bigger youth who had
pulled the head o one of Tysons pigeons.[22] Tyson was
repeatedly caught committing petty crimes and ghting
those who ridiculed his high-pitched voice and lisp. By
the age of 13, he had been arrested 38 times.[23] He ended
up at the Tryon School for Boys in Johnstown, New York.
Tysons emerging boxing ability was discovered there by
Bobby Stewart, a juvenile detention center counselor and
former boxer. Stewart considered Tyson to be an outstanding ghter and trained him for a few months before
introducing him to Cus D'Amato.[18] Tyson dropped out
of high school as a junior.[24] He would later be awarded
an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Central
State University in 1989.[25]
He fought Henry Tillman twice as an amateur, losing both Holding his hands high in the Peek-a-Boo style taught by
bouts by decision. Tillman went on to win heavyweight his mentor Cus D'Amato,[35] he slipped and weaved out
of the way of the opponents punches while closing the
gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[27]
distance to deliver his own punches.[34] One of Tysons
trademark combinations was a right hook to his oppoRise to stardom
nents body followed by a right uppercut to his opponents
chin; very few boxers would remain standing if caught
Main article: Trevor Berbick vs. Mike Tyson
by this combination. Lorenzo Boyd, Jesse Ferguson and
Jose Ribalta were among the boxers knocked down by the
Tyson made his professional debut as an 18-year-old on combination.
March 6, 1985, in Albany, New York. He defeated Hector Mercedes via a rst round knockout.[18] He had 15
bouts in his rst year as a professional. Fighting fre-
1.1. MIKE TYSON

Undisputed champion
3
sider this to be the pinnacle of Tysons fame and boxing
ability.[44][45] Spinks, previously unbeaten, would never
ght professionally again.
See also: Mike Tyson vs. James Smith, Mike Tyson vs.
Tony Tucker, and Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
Controversy and upset
Expectations for Tyson were extremely high, and he embarked on an ambitious campaign to ght all of the
top heavyweights in the world. Tyson defended his title against James Smith on March 7, 1987, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He won by unanimous decision and added
Smiths World Boxing Association (WBA) title to his existing belt.[36] 'Tyson mania' in the media was becoming rampant.[37] He beat Pinklon Thomas in May with
a knockout in the sixth round.[38] On August 1 he took
the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from Tony
Tucker in a twelve round unanimous decision.[39] He became the rst heavyweight to own all three major belts
WBA, WBC, and IBF at the same time. Another
ght, in October of that year, ended with a victory for
Tyson over 1984 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Tyrell Biggs by knockout in the seventh round.[40]
During this time, Tyson came to the attention of gaming company Nintendo. After witnessing one of Tysons
ghts, Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa
was impressed by the ghters power and skill, prompting him to suggest Tyson be included in the upcoming
Nintendo Entertainment System port of the Punch Out!!
arcade game. In 1987, Nintendo released Mike Tysons
Punch-Out!!, which was well received and sold more than
a million copies.[41]
Tyson had three ghts in 1988. He faced Larry Holmes
on January 22, 1988, and defeated the legendary former
champion by a fourth round KO.[42] This was the only
knockout loss Holmes suered in 75 professional bouts.
In March, Tyson then fought contender Tony Tubbs in
Tokyo, Japan, tting in an easy two-round victory amid
promotional and marketing work.[43]
On June 27, 1988, Tyson faced Michael Spinks. Spinks,
who had taken the heavyweight championship from Larry
Holmes via a 15-round decision in 1985, had not lost
his title in the ring but was not recognized as champion
by the major boxing organizations. Holmes had previously given up all but the IBF title, and that was eventually stripped from Spinks after he elected to ght Gerry
Cooney (winning by a 5th-round TKO) rather than IBF
Number 1 Contender Tony Tucker, as the Cooney ght
provided him a larger purse. However, Spinks did become the lineal champion by beating Holmes and many
(including Ring magazine) considered him to have a legitimate claim to being the true heavyweight champion.
The bout was, at the time, the richest ght in history
and expectations were very high. Boxing pundits were
predicting a titanic battle of styles, with Tysons aggressive inghting conicting with Spinks skillful out-boxing
and footwork. The ght ended after 91 seconds when
Tyson knocked Spinks out in the rst round; many con-
Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas

During this period, Tysons problems outside boxing were
also starting to emerge. His marriage to Robin Givens was
heading for divorce,[46] and his future contract was being
fought over by Don King and Bill Cayton.[47] In late 1988,
Tyson parted with manager Bill Cayton and red longtime trainer Kevin Rooney, the man many credit for honing Tysons craft after the death of D'Amato.[34][48] Following Rooneys departure, critics alleged that Tyson began to jab less to work inside and use the Peek-a-Boo style
sporadically.[49] Tyson insisted he hadn't altered the style
that made him a world champion.[50] In 1989, Tyson had
only two ghts amid personal turmoil. He faced the popular British boxer Frank Bruno in February. Bruno managed to stun Tyson at the end of the 1st round,[51] although
Tyson went on to knock out Bruno in the fth round.
Tyson then knocked out Carl The Truth Williams in
one round in July.[52]
By 1990, Tyson seemed to have lost direction, and his
personal life was in disarray amidst reports of less vigorous training prior to the Douglas match.[53] In a ght on
February 11, 1990, he lost the undisputed championship
to Buster Douglas in Tokyo.[54] Tyson was a huge betting
favorite; indeed, the Mirage, the only casino to put out
odds for the ght, made Tyson a 42/1 favorite. However,
Douglas was at an emotional peak after losing his mother
to a stroke 23 days prior to the ght; Douglas fought the
ght of his life.[54] Contrary to reports that Tyson was
out of shape, it has been noted at the time of the ght that
he had pronounced muscles, an absence of body fat and
weighed 220 and 1/2 pounds, only two pounds more than
he had weighed when he beat Michael Spinks 20 months
earlier.[55] Mentally, however, Tyson was unprepared. He
failed to nd a way past Douglass quick jab that had a
12-inch (30 cm) reach advantage over his own.[56] Tyson
did catch Douglas with an uppercut in the eighth round
and knock him to the oor, but Douglas recovered suciently to hand Tyson a heavy beating in the subsequent
two rounds. (After the ght, the Tyson camp would complain that the count was slow and that Douglas had taken
longer than ten seconds to get to his feet.)[57] Just 35 seconds into the 10th round, Douglas unleashed a brutal uppercut, followed by a four-punch combination of hooks
that sent Tyson to the canvas for the rst time in his career. He was counted out by referee Octavio Meyran.[54]
The knockout victory by Douglas over Tyson, the previously undefeated baddest man on the planet and arguably the most feared boxer in professional boxing at
that time, has been described as one of the most shock-
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ing upsets in modern sports history.[58][59]

After Douglas
timony came from Thomas Richardson, the emergency

room physician who examined Washington more than 24
hours after the incident and conrmed that Washingtons
physical condition was consistent with rape.[64]
Main articles: Mike Tyson vs. Henry Tillman, Mike Under lead defense lawyer Vincent J. Fuller's direct exTyson vs. Alex Stewart, Mike Tyson vs. Donovan amination, Tyson claimed that everything had taken place
with Washingtons full cooperation and he claimed not
Ruddock and Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II
to have forced himself upon her. When he was crossexamined by lead prosecutor Gregory Garrison, Tyson
After the loss, Tyson recovered with rst-round knock- denied claims that he had misled Washington and insisted
outs of Henry Tillman[60] and Alex Stewart[61] in his that she wanted to have sex with him. Because of Tysons
next two ghts. Tysons victory over Tillman, the 1984 hostile and defensive responses to the questions during
Olympic heavyweight gold medalist, enabled Tyson to cross-examination, some have speculated that his behavavenge his amateur losses at Tillmans hands. These bouts ior made him unlikable to the jury who saw him as brutish
set up an elimination match for another shot at the undis- and arrogant.[65] Tyson was convicted on the rape charge
puted world heavyweight championship, which Evander on February 10, 1992 after the jury deliberated for nearly
Holyeld had taken from Douglas in his rst defense of 10 hours.[66]
the title.
Alan Dershowitz, acting as Tysons counsel, led an apTyson, who was the number one contender, faced number peal urging error of law in the Courts exclusion of evitwo contender Donovan Razor Ruddock on March 18, dence of the victims past sexual conduct, the exclusion of
1991, in Las Vegas. Ruddock was seen as the most dan- three potential defense witnesses, and the lack of a jury
gerous heavyweight around and was thought of as one of instruction on honest and reasonable mistake of fact.[67]
the hardest punching heavyweights. Tyson and Ruddock The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled against Tyson in a
went back and forth for most of the ght, until referee 21 vote.[67]
Richard Steele controversially stopped the ght during the
seventh round in favor of Tyson. This decision infuri- On March 26, 1992, Tyson was sentenced to[68]six years
ated the fans in attendance, sparking a post-ght melee in prison followed by four years on probation. In spite
in the audience. The referee had to be escorted from the of being 25 years old at the time he committed the rape,
he was assigned to the Indiana Youth Center (now the
ring.[62]
Plaineld Correctional Facility) in April 1992,[69] and
Tyson and Ruddock met again on June 28 that year, with he was released in March 1995 after serving less than
Tyson knocking down Ruddock twice and winning a 12 three years of his six-year sentence.[70] Hakeem Olajuround unanimous decision.[63] A ght between Tyson and won claims that during his incarceration, Tyson converted
Holyeld for the undisputed championship was scheduled to Islam.[71]
for November 8, 1991 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,
to register as a
but Tyson pulled out after sustaining a rib cartilage injury Due to his conviction, Tyson is required
[72][73][74][75][76]
tier
II
sex
oender
under
federal
law.
As
during training.
of May, 2016, he is so registered, as Michael Tyson, in
Henderson, Nevada.
1.1.3
Rape conviction, prison, and conversion
1.1.4 Comeback
Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the rape of 18-yearold Desiree Washington, Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Main articles: Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley, Mike
Indianapolis hotel room. Tysons rape trial took place in Tyson vs. Buster Mathis, Jr., Frank Bruno vs. Mike
the Marion County superior court from January 26, 1992 Tyson II and Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson
to February 10, 1992.
Desiree Washington testied that she received a phone
call from Tyson at 1:36 am on July 19, 1991 inviting her
to a party. Having joined Tyson in his limousine, Washington testied that Tyson made sexual advances towards
her. She testied that upon arriving at his hotel room,
Tyson pinned her down on his bed and raped her despite
her pleas to stop. She ran out of the room and asked
Tysons chaueur to drive her back to her hotel. Partial corroboration of Washingtons story came via testimony from Tysons chaueur, Virginia Foster, who conrmed Desiree Washingtons state of shock. Further tes-
After being paroled from prison, Tyson easily won his

comeback bouts against Peter McNeeley and Buster
Mathis Jr.. Tysons rst comeback ght grossed more
than US$96 million worldwide, including a United States
record $63 million for PPV television. The ght was purchased by 1.52 million homes, setting both PPV viewership and revenue records.[77] The 89-second ght elicited
criticism that Tysons management lined up "tomato
cans" to ensure easy victories for his return.[78] TV Guide
included the Tyson-McNeeley ght in their list of the 50
Greatest TV Sports Moments of All Time in 1998.[79]
1.1. MIKE TYSON

Tyson regained one belt by easily winning the WBC title from Frank Bruno in March 1996. It was the second
ght between the two, and Tyson knocked Bruno out in
the third round.[80] Tyson added the WBA belt by defeating champion Bruce Seldon in one round in September
that year. Seldon was severely criticized and mocked in
the popular press for seemingly collapsing to innocuous
punches from Tyson.[81]
1.1.5
TysonHolyeld ghts
Tyson vs. Holyeld I

Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyeld
Tyson attempted to defend the WBA title against Evander
Holyeld, who was in the fourth ght of his own comeback. Holyeld had retired in 1994 following the loss of
his championship to Michael Moorer. It was said that
Don King and others saw former champion Holyeld,
who was 34 at the time of the ght and a huge underdog,
as a washed-up ghter.[82]
On November 9, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tyson
faced Holyeld in a title bout dubbed Finally. In a surprising turn of events, Holyeld, who was given virtually no chance to win by numerous commentators,[83]
defeated Tyson by TKO when referee Mitch Halpern
stopped the bout in round 11.[84] Holyeld became the
second boxer to win a heavyweight championship belt
three times. Holyelds victory was marred by allegations
from Tysons camp of Holyelds frequent headbutts[85]
during the bout. Although the headbutts were ruled accidental by the referee,[85] they would become a point of
contention in the subsequent rematch.[86]
Tyson vs. Holyeld II and aftermath
Main article: Evander Holyeld vs. Mike Tyson II
Tyson and Holyeld fought again on June 28, 1997. Originally, Halpern was supposed to be the referee, but after Tysons camp protested, Halpern stepped aside in favor of Mills Lane.[87] The highly anticipated rematch was
dubbed The Sound and the Fury, and it was held at the
Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena, site of the rst
bout. It was a lucrative event, drawing even more attention than the rst bout and grossing $100 million. Tyson
received $30 million and Holyeld $35 million, the highest paid professional boxing purses until 2007.[88][89] The
ght was purchased by 1.99 million households, setting a
pay-per-view buy rate record that stood until the May 5,
2007, De La Hoya-Mayweather boxing match.[89][90]
5
eld on both ears. The rst time Tyson bit him, the match
was temporarily stopped. Referee Mills Lane deducted
two points from Tyson and the ght resumed. However,
after the match resumed, Tyson did it again; Tyson was
disqualied and Holyeld won the match. One bite was
severe enough to remove a piece of Holyelds right ear,
which was found on the ring oor after the ght.[93] Tyson
later stated that his actions were retaliation for Holyeld
repeatedly headbutting him without penalty.[86] In the
confusion that followed the ending of the bout and announcement of the decision, a near riot erupted in the
arena and several people were injured.[94]
As a subsequent fallout from the incident, US$3 million was immediately withheld from Tysons $30-million
purse by the Nevada state boxing commission (the most
it could legally hold back at the time).[95] Two days after the ght, Tyson issued a statement,[96] apologizing to
Holyeld for his actions and asked not to be banned for
life over the incident.[97] Tyson was roundly condemned
in the news media but was not without defenders. Novelist and commentator Katherine Dunn wrote a column
that criticized Holyelds sportsmanship in the controversial bout and charged the news media with being biased
against Tyson.[98]
On July 9, 1997, Tysons boxing license was rescinded
by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in a unanimous
voice vote; he was also ned US$3 million and ordered
to pay the legal costs of the hearing.[99] As most state
athletic commissions honor sanctions imposed by other
states, this eectively made Tyson unable to box in the
United States. The revocation was not permanent, as the
commission voted 41 to restore Tysons boxing license
on October 18, 1998.[100]
During his time away from boxing in 1998, Tyson made a
guest appearance at WrestleMania XIV as an enforcer for
the main event match between Shawn Michaels and Steve
Austin. During this time, Tyson was also an unocial
member of D-Generation X. Tyson was paid $3 million
for being guest enforcer of the match at WrestleMania
XIV.[101]
1.1.6 1999 to 2005

After Holyeld
Main articles: Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha and Mike
Tyson vs. Andrew Golota
In January 1999, Tyson returned to the ring to ght the

South African Francois Botha, in another ght that ended
in controversy. While Botha initially controlled the ght,
Tyson allegedly attempted to break Bothas arms during
a tie-up and both boxers were cautioned by the referee in
Soon to become one of the most controversial events in the ill-tempered bout. Botha was ahead on points on all
modern sports,[91] the ght was stopped at the end of the scorecards and was condent enough to mock Tyson as
third round, with Tyson disqualied[92] for biting Holy- the ght continued. Nonetheless, Tyson landed a straight
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right-hand in the fth round that knocked out Botha.[102]

Critics noticed Tyson stopped using the bob and weave
defense altogether following this return.[103]
Legal problems caught up with Tyson once again. On
February 5, 1999, Tyson was sentenced to a years imprisonment, ned $5,000, and ordered to serve two years
probation and perform 200 hours of community service
for assaulting two motorists after a trac accident on August 31, 1998.[104] He served nine months of that sentence. After his release, he fought Orlin Norris on October 23, 1999. Tyson knocked down Norris with a left
hook thrown after the bell sounded to end the rst round.
Norris injured his knee when he went down and said he
was unable to continue the ght. Consequently, the bout
was ruled a no contest.[105]
I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the
most ruthless champion there has ever been. Theres no
one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! I'm
Alexander! Hes no Alexander! I'm the best ever. Theres
never been anyone as ruthless. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm
Jack Dempsey. Theres no one like me. I'm from their
cloth. There is no one who can match me. My style is
impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children!
Praise be to Allah!"
Tysons post-ght interview after knocking out Lou
The Lewis-Tyson ght that took place on June 8, 2002, was one
Savarese 38 seconds into the bout in June 2000.[106]
In 2000, Tyson had three ghts. The rst was staged at the
MEN Arena, Manchester, England against Julius Francis.
Following controversy as to whether Tyson should be allowed into the country, he took four minutes to knock
out Francis, ending the bout in the second round.[107]
He also fought Lou Savarese in June 2000 in Glasgow,
winning in the rst round; the ght lasted only 38 seconds. Tyson continued punching after the referee had
stopped the ght, knocking the referee to the oor as he
tried to separate the boxers.[108] In October, Tyson fought
the similarly controversial Andrew Golota,[109] winning
in round three after Goota was unable to continue due to
a broken jaw. The result was later changed to no contest
after Tyson refused to take a pre-ght drug test and then
tested positive for marijuana in a post-ght urine test.[110]
Tyson fought only once in 2001, beating Brian Nielsen in
Copenhagen with a seventh round TKO.[111]
Lewis vs. Tyson
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
Tyson once again had the opportunity to ght for a heavyweight championship in 2002. Lennox Lewis held the
WBC, IBF, IBO and Lineal titles at the time. As promising amateurs, Tyson and Lewis had sparred at a training
camp in a meeting arranged by Cus D'Amato in 1984.[112]
Tyson sought to ght Lewis in Nevada for a more lucrative box-oce venue, but the Nevada Boxing Commission refused him a license to box as he was facing possible
of the most anticipated heavyweight ghts in years.
sexual assault charges at the time.[113]

Two years prior to the bout, Tyson had made several inammatory remarks to Lewis in an interview following
the Savarese ght. The remarks included the statement
I want your heart, I want to eat your children.[114] On
January 22, 2002, the two boxers and their entourages
were involved in a brawl at a New York press conference to publicize the planned event.[115] A few weeks
later, the Nevada State Athletic Commission refused to
grant Tyson a license for the ght, forcing the promoters
to make alternative arrangements. After multiple states
balked at granting Tyson a license, the ght eventually occurred on June 8 at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. Lewis dominated the ght and knocked out Tyson
with a right hook in the eighth round. Tyson was respectful after the ght and praised Lewis on his victory.[116]
This ght was the highest-grossing event in pay-per-view
history at that time, generating $106.9 million from 1.95
million buys in the USA.[89][90]
Late career, bankruptcy and retirement

In another Memphis ght on February 22, 2003, Tyson
beat fringe contender Cliord Etienne 49 seconds into
round one. The pre-ght was marred by rumors of
Tysons lack of tness. Some said that he took time out
1.1. MIKE TYSON
from training to party in Las Vegas and get a new facial 1.1.7 Exhibition tour
tattoo.[117] This would be Tysons nal professional vicTo help pay o his debts, Tyson returned to the ring
tory in the ring.
in 2006 for a series of four-round exhibitions against
In August 2003, after years of nancial struggles, Tyson
journeyman heavyweight Corey T-Rex Sanders in
[118][119]
nally led for bankruptcy.
In 2003, amid all his
Youngstown, Ohio.[126] Tyson, without headgear at 5 ft
economic troubles, he was named by Ring Magazine at
10.5 in and 216 pounds, was in great shape, but far from
number 16, right behind Sonny Liston, among the 100
his prime against Sanders, with headgear at 6 ft 8 in and
greatest punchers of all time.
293 pounds, a loser of his last seven pro bouts and nearly
On August 13, 2003, Tyson entered the ring for a face-to- blind from a detached retina in his left eye. Tyson apface confrontation against K-1 ghting phenom Bob Sapp peared to be holding back in these exhibitions to preimmediately after Sapps win against Kimo Leopoldo in vent an early end to the show. If I don't get out of this
Las Vegas. K-1 signed Tyson to a contract with the hopes nancial quagmire theres a possibility I may have to be
of making a ght happen between the two, but Tysons a punching bag for somebody. The money I make isn't
felony history made it impossible for him to obtain a visa going to help my bills from a tremendous standpoint, but
to enter Japan, where the ght would have been most I'm going to feel better about myself. I'm not going to
protable. Alternative locations were discussed, but the be depressed, explained Tyson about the reasons for his
ght ultimately failed to happen.[120]
comeback.[127]
On July 30, 2004, Tyson faced British boxer Danny
Williams in another comeback ght, this time staged in
Louisville, Kentucky. Tyson dominated the opening two
rounds. The third round was even, with Williams getting
in some clean blows and also a few illegal ones, for which
he was penalized. In the fourth round, Tyson was unexpectedly knocked out. After the ght, it was revealed
that Tyson was trying to ght on one leg, having torn a
ligament in his other knee in the rst round. This was
Tysons fth career defeat.[121] He underwent surgery for
the ligament four days after the ght. His manager, Shelly
Finkel, claimed that Tyson was unable to throw meaningful right-hand punches since he had a knee injury.[122]
1.1.8 Legacy
A 1998 ranking of The Greatest Heavyweights of AllTime by Ring magazine placed Tyson at No.14 on the
list.[128] Despite criticism of facing underwhelming competition during his run as champion, Tysons knockout
power and intimidation factor made him the sports most
dynamic box oce attraction.[129] According to Douglas
Quenqua of The New York Times, The [1990s] began
with Mike Tyson, considered by many to be the last great
heavyweight champion, losing his title to the little-known
Buster Douglas. Seven years later, Mr. Tyson bit EvanOn June 11, 2005, Tyson stunned the boxing world by der Holyelds ear in a heavyweight champion bout
quitting before the start of the seventh round in a close hardly a proud moment for the sport.[130]
bout against journeyman Kevin McBride. In the 2008
documentary Tyson, he stated that he fought McBride for In Ring Magazines list of the 80 Best Fighters of the
80 Years, released in 2002, Tyson was ranked at No.
a payday, that he did not anticipate winning, that he was Last[131]
72.
He is ranked No. 16 on Ring Magazine's 2003 list
in poor physical condition and fed up with taking boxing
of
100
greatest
punchers of all time.[132]
seriously. After losing three of his last four ghts, Tyson
said he would quit boxing because he felt he had lost his On June 12, 2011, Tyson was inducted to the
passion for the sport.[123]
International Boxing Hall of Fame alongside legendary
When Tyson red everyone working for him and got new Mexican champion Julio Csar Chvez, light welterKostya Tszyu, and actor/screenwriter
accountants in 2000, they prepared a statement showing weight champion [133]
Sylvester
Stallone.
he started the year $3.3 million in the hole but made $65.7
million.[124] The problem was that I spent $62 million
that year,' Tyson said, I just said to myself, Wow, this is
over. Now I can go out and really have fun..[124] In August 2007, Tyson pleaded guilty to drug possession and
driving under the inuence in an Arizona court, which
stemmed from an arrest in December where authorities
said Tyson, who has a long history of legal problems, admitted to using cocaine that day and to being addicted to
the drug.[125]
1.1.9 After professional boxing

In an interview with USA Today published on June 3,
2005, Tyson said, My whole life has been a waste I've
been a failure. He continued: I just want to escape. I'm
really embarrassed with myself and my life. I want to be
a missionary. I think I could do that while keeping my
dignity without letting people know they chased me out
of the country. I want to get this part of my life over as
soon as possible. In this country nothing good is going to
come of me. People put me so high; I wanted to tear that
image down.[134] Tyson began to spend much of his time
tending to his 350 pigeons in Paradise Valley, an upscale
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and sentenced to 24 hours in jail, 360 hours community service and 3 years probation. Prosecutors had requested a year-long jail sentence, but the judge praised
Tyson for seeking help with his drug problems.[142] On
November 11, 2009, Mike Tyson was arrested after getting into a scue at Los Angeles International airport
with a photographer.[143] No charges were led.
Tyson has taken acting roles in movies and television,
most famously playing a ctionalized version of himself
in the 2009 lm The Hangover. Tyson has continued to
appear in the WWE.
For more details on his acting and WWE appearances,
see Mike Tyson in popular culture.
In September 2011, Tyson gave an interview in which
Tyson in the ring at Las Vegas in October 2006
enclave near Phoenix, Arizona.[135]

Tyson has stayed in the limelight by promoting various websites and companies.[136] In the past Tyson had
shunned endorsements, accusing other athletes of putting
on a false front to obtain them.[137] Tyson has held entertainment boxing shows at a casino in Las Vegas[138] and
started a tour of exhibition bouts to pay o his numerous
debts.[139]
On December 29, 2006, Tyson was arrested in
Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of DUI and felony
drug possession; he nearly crashed into a police SUV
shortly after leaving a nightclub. According to a police
probable-cause statement, led in Maricopa County Superior Court, "[Tyson] admitted to using [drugs] today
and stated he is an addict and has a problem.[140] Tyson
pleaded not guilty on January 22, 2007 in Maricopa
County Superior Court to felony drug possession and
paraphernalia possession counts and two misdemeanor
counts of driving under the inuence of drugs. On February 8 he checked himself into an inpatient treatment program for various addictions while awaiting trial on the
drug charges.[141]
WWE Hall of Fame in 2012
he made comments about former Alaska governor Sarah

Palin that included crude and violent descriptions of interracial sex. These comments were then reprinted on
the Daily Caller website. Journalist Greta van Susteren
criticized Tyson and the Daily Caller over the comments,
which she described as smut and violence against
women.[144]
After debuting a one-man show in Las Vegas, Tyson

teamed up with director Spike Lee and brought the show
to Broadway in August 2012.[145][146] In February 2013,
Tyson took his one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed
Truth on a 36-city, three-month national tour. Tyson
On September 24, 2007, Mike Tyson pleaded guilty to talks about his personal and professional life on stage.[147]
possession of cocaine and driving under the inuence. The one-man show was aired on HBO on November 16,
He was convicted of these charges in November 2007 2013.
1.1. MIKE TYSON

In October 2012, Tyson launched the Mike Tyson Cares
Foundation.[148] The mission of the Mike Tyson Cares
Foundation is to give kids a ghting chance by providing innovative centers that provide for the comprehensive
needs of kids from broken homes.
In August 2013, Tyson teamed up with Acquinity Interactive CEO Garry Jonas to form Iron Mike Productions,
a boxing promotions company, formerly known as Acquinity Sports.
In September 2013, Tyson was featured on a sixepisode television series on Fox Sports 1 that documented his personal and private life entitled Being Mike
Tyson.[149][150]
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Tysons marriage to Givens was especially tumultuous,
with allegations of violence, spousal abuse and mental instability on Tysons part.[158] Matters came to a
head when Tyson and Givens gave a joint interview with
Barbara Walters on the ABC TV newsmagazine show
20/20 in September 1988, in which Givens described life
with Tyson as torture, pure hell, worse than anything I
could possibly imagine.[159] Givens also described Tyson
as "manic depressive" on national television while Tyson
looked on with an intent and calm expression.[158] A
month later, Givens announced that she was seeking a
divorce from the allegedly abusive Tyson.[158] They had
no children but she reported having had a miscarriage;
Tyson reports that she was never pregnant and only used
that to get him to marry her.[158][160] During their marriage, the couple lived in a mansion in Bernardsville, New
Jersey.[161][162]
In November 2013, Tyson released his book Undisputed

Truth, which also made it on The New York Times Best
Seller list.[151] An animated series named Mike Tyson
Mysteries, featuring Tyson solving mysteries in the style His second marriage was to Monica Turner from April
of Scooby-Doo, premiered on Adult Swim in late Octo- 19, 1997 to January 14, 2003.[163] At the time of the
ber 2014.[152]
divorce ling, Turner worked as a pediatric resident at
In early March 2015, Tyson appeared on the track Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington
[164]
She is the sister of Michael Steele, the former
"Iconic" on Madonna's album Rebel Heart. Tyson says DC.
[153]
Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland and former Republisome lines at the beginning of the song.
can National Committee Chairman.[165] Turner led for
In late March 2015, Ip Man 3 was announced. With divorce from Tyson in January 2002, claiming that he
Donnie Yen reprising his role as the titular character, committed adultery during their ve-year marriage, an act
Bruce Lee's martial arts master, Ip Man, while Mike that has neither been forgiven nor condoned.[164] The
Tyson has been conrmed to join the cast.[154] Princi- couple had two children; son Amir, and daughter Rayna.
pal photography began on March 25, 2015, and was preOn May 25, 2009, Tysons four-year-old daughter Exomiered in Hong Kong on 16 December 2015.
dus was found by her seven-year-old brother Miguel, unconscious and tangled in a cord, dangling from an exercise treadmill. The childs mother untangled her, admin1.1.10 Personal life
istered CPR and called for medical attention. She died of
her injuries on May 26, 2009.[166][167]
Eleven days after his daughters death, Tyson wed for the
third time, to longtime girlfriend Lakiha Kiki Spicer,
age 32, exchanging vows on Saturday, June 6, 2009, in a
short, private ceremony at the La Bella Wedding Chapel
at the Las Vegas Hilton.[168] They have two children;
daughter, Milan, and son, Morocco.[157]
Tyson has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[169]
While on the American talk show The View in early May
2010, Tyson revealed that he is now forced to live paycheck to paycheck.[170] He went on to say: I'm totally
destitute and broke. But I have an awesome life, I have an
The gates of Tysons mansion in Southington, Ohio, which he awesome wife who cares about me. ... I'm totally broke.
I had a lot of fun. It [going broke] just happened. I'm
purchased and lived in during the 1980s.[155]
very grateful. I don't deserve to have the wife that I have;
I don't deserve the kids that I have, but I do, and I'm very
Tyson resides in Seven Hills, Nevada.[156] He has been
grateful.[170]
married three times. He has fathered seven children, one
deceased, by three women; in addition to his biological In March 2011, Tyson appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres
children, Tyson includes the oldest daughter of his second Show to discuss his new Animal Planet reality series, Taking on Tyson. In the interview with DeGeneres, Tyson
wife as one of his own.[157]
discussed some of the ways he had improved his life in
His rst marriage was to actress Robin Givens, from
the past two years, including sober living and a vegan
[46]
Givens was
February 7, 1988 to February 14, 1989.
diet.[171] However, in August 2013 he admitted publicly
famous for her work on the sitcom Head of the Class.
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that he had lied about his sobriety and was on the verge which started airing on October 27, 2014 on Adult
of death from alcoholism.[172]
Swim.[178][179]
In December 2013, during an interview with Fox News,
Tyson talked about his progress with sobriety and how be- 1.1.12
ing in the company of good people has made him want to
be a better and more humble person. Tyson also talked
1.1.13
about religion and said that he is very grateful to be a
[173]
Muslim and that he needs Allah.
He also revealed that
1.1.14
he is no longer vegan after four years.[173]
In 2015, Tyson announced that he was supporting Donald 1.1.15
Trump's presidential candidacy.[174]
Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing
Pay-per-view bouts
Awards and honors
Source:[182]
1.1.11
In popular culture
For more details on this topic, see Mike Tyson in popular

culture.
Boxing
Ring magazine Prospect of the Year (1985)
2 Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (1986, 1988)

At the height of his fame and career in the late 1980s
2 Sugar Ray Robinson Award winner (1987, 1989)
and throughout the 1990s, Tyson was one of the most
recognized sports personalities in the world. Apart from
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Perhis many sporting accomplishments, his outrageous and
sonality (1989)
controversial behavior in the ring and in his private life
[175]
has kept him in the public eye and in the courtroom.
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (Class
As such, Tyson has appeared in myriad popular media in
of 2011)
cameo appearances in lm and television. He has also
been featured in video games and as a subject of parody
Professional wrestling
or satire.
The Blackstreet single "Booti Call" was written about
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012) [183]
Tysons rape trial and conviction.[176] Boogie Down Productions' 1992 song Say Gal also addressed the rape
Acting
trial.[177]
The lm Tyson was released in 1995 and was directed
by Uli Edel. It explores the life of Mike Tyson, from the
death of his guardian and trainer Cus D'Amato to his rape
conviction. Tyson is played by Michael Jai White.
2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (as a cast member of The Hangover)
Published in 2007, author Joe Laydens book The Last

Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and 1.1.16 See also
How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever, chronicled
Mike Tyson Wikipedia book
the lives of Tyson and Douglas before and after their
heavyweight championship ght. The book received positive reviews and claimed the ght was essentially the be1.1.17 References
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Chapter 2
Ringside opponents
2.1 David Jaco
times by knockout. Among the ghters he took on were

contender Jose Ribalta, future titleholders Tony Tucker,
and Mike Tyson, and former champion
[1]
David Lee Jaco (born January 24, 1954 ) is a retired Buster Douglas,
[1]
Mike
Weaver.
heavyweight boxer. He spent his career as a journeyman
ghting boxers to build up their career records. He Jacos losing streak was nally broken on March 11,
retired in 1994 with 24 wins (19 by knockout), 25 1988, when he knocked out previously unbeaten Zamlosses (18 by knockout), and 1 draw.[2] He lost bouts to bian Michael Simuwelu in the rst round. Again, it would
Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Tommy Morrison, Carl be his last victory for an extended period. Six defeats
Williams, Tony Tucker, Buster Douglas, Mike Weaver followed, including ghts against future champion Oliver
and Oliver McCall.[2]
McCall, an on-the-comeback trail George Foreman, and
Jaco was once proled on ABCs Prime Time Live as a Tommy Morrison.
Palooka,[3] or someone who never refused a ght for
the money.[4] Jaco later said, I was a palooka, one of
those guys who basically goes in there looking for a big
payday. I made thousands when I fought, but I didn't consider myself a palooka. I was a decent ghter.[3]
After his loss to Morrison Jaco went unbeaten in his next

ve ghts, winning four times and drawing against former
contender David Bey. After defeating Danny Sutton in
the last of those ve ghts, Jaco never won again. His
retirement ght resulted in him getting knocked out by
Bey.[1]
Former manager Richard Conti said David fought on

guts. That was his biggest strength. He was never the
quickest or the strongest ghter. He took a lot of beatAfter winning a local amateur Toughman competition, ings, but he always gave everything he ever had.[1]
Jaco trained for a year to turn pro.[1] His rst ght was
on January 6, 1981, and he defeated Vic Wallace by
knockout in four rounds.[1] He went on to win his next 2.1.2 Personal life
eleven ghts before a 1983 rst round knockout defeat
at the hands of future title contender Carl The Truth Jaco was born in Oregon, Ohio,[4] and grew up in Toledo
Williams.[1]
where he worked at Interlaken Steel after graduating from
2.1.1
Career
Jaco continued to ght journeymen like himself for the

next several months and won ve more ghts before
his next defeat, a unanimous decision against Carlos
Hernandez.[1] Jaco was dominated in that ght, losing all
ten rounds on one judges scorecard, eight on a second,
and seven on a third.[5]
Jacos rst high prole victory (and perhaps his only one)
came against young Canadian ghter and future title contender Donovan Ruddock, whom he beat on April 30,
1985 under controversial circumstances when Ruddocks
corner threw in the towel in the eighth round.[1] Ruddock
later was found to have a respiratory illness that almost
ended his career, which contributed to breathing problems that caused his corner to stop the ght.
Clay High School.[3][4] He was laid o in 1979, to earn

money for his wife and two young sons he entered into an
amateur Toughman competition.[3] He was so successful that he quickly turned pro and won every ght until his
rst loss to Carl The Truth Williams in June 1983.[3]
In 1986, Jaco used the money he made ghting Tyson
to move to Florida where his twin boys lived from his
rst marriage.[6] He remarried and had an addition four
girls. Today he is an independent contractor, transporting workers compensation recipients to their doctor
appointments.[6] He published a memoir of his boxing
experiences titled Spontaneous Palooka and Mr. Mom
(2012).[3]
Jacos two sons also boxed.[2] His son Aaron runs a boxThe victory over Ruddock was the last Jaco would see ing gym in Sarasota, Florida; Aarons rst appearance on
until 1988 as he was beaten in his next nine ghts, seven ESPN was in a ght against Hilario Guzman in 2004.[7]
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2.2. JESSE FERGUSON

In 2003, it was reported that Jaco ran a youth boxing program at the Manatee County Police Athletic League.[1]
In October 2005, Jaco was red from the position after
he was arrested in a McDonalds parking lot for possessing 30 grams of marijuana.[8] Jaco said I know the harm
in taking medication in pills and painkillers, so I took to
smoking marijuana to ease my pain and help me sleep at
night.[8] The program head Michael Polin said Jaco was
an excellent boxing instructor.[8]
2.1.3
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matches in the 1980s and 1990s. His professional career
is lled with matches with champions and contenders and
his name is linked with numerous boxing stars of the '80s
and '90s.
2.2.1 Pro career

After an amateur career in the early 80s, Ferguson turned
pro in 1983 at the age of 25. He had 10 straight wins (all
by knockout), the most notable being a 4-round knockout
of Reggie Gross.
This earned him a place in ESPNs 1985 Young Heavyweight tournament. He made a debut with a 4-round
knockout of Richard Scott, and followed it up in the semi[1] Steven Ponall (June 22, 2003). The Fights of His Life. nals with a 10-round points win where he outpunched
The Bradenton Herald (Database: NewsBank Retrieved
James Buster Douglas, a ght that would become more
January 26, 2014).
signicant over the years, as Douglas went on to upset
[2] Graham, Tim (2005-06-09). "'Palooka' Jaco gained from Mike Tyson in 1990 and win the undisputed heavyweight
championship of the world. In the nal he took on Tony
suering Tyson pain. ESPN.
Anthony and knocked him out in the 10th round, earning
[3] Robert Mladinich (April 26, 2012). Book Review: himself a world ranking.
2.1.4
References
David Jaco, Spontaneous Palooka. Boxing.com. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
His success was short-lived however. He was matched up

with Carl The Truth Williams, who was himself com[4] Mark Monroe (August 12, 2011). Oregon native has a ing o a disputed 15-round points loss to Larry Holmes.
story to tell. Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 26, 2014. Williams experience won out, as he climbed o the oor
[5] David Jaco - Boxer. Boxrec.com. Retrieved January twice to knock out Ferguson in 10 rounds.
26, 2014.
[6] Pablo Torre (August 2, 2010). life After Mike. Sports
Illustrated. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
[7] Ryan Boyd (July 24, 2004). Network Debut: Aaron Jaco,
Whose Dad Fought 50 Pro Bouts, Gets First Televised
Fight. The Bradenton Herald (Database: NewsBank Retrieved January 26, 2014).
[8] Roger Mooney (October 4, 2005). Pot-Smoking PAL
Boxer: I'm Sorry. The Bradenton Herald (Database:
NewsBank Retrieved January 26, 2014).
[9] Ric Russo (May 12, 1991). Jaco Rocks Payne - Fabrizzio
Draws. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
2.2.2 Tyson ght

In a theme that would continue throughout his long career, Ferguson was matched tough in his next ght. In
1986 he took on prospect Mike Tyson who was 17-0,
and making his national television debut. After an even
ght Tyson broke Fergusons nose in the fth round with
an uppercut, sending him to the canvas. Referee Louise
Rivera disqualied Ferguson in the next round, for what
he deemed excessive holding. The local commission
later changed the result to a TKO for Tyson.
2.2.3 Journeyman
2.1.5
External links
From this point on Ferguson became a part-time boxer,

nding it dicult to nd meaningful ghts but used reg Professional boxing record for David Jaco from
ularly by all the top contenders as a sparring partner,
BoxRec
who preferred training with him than risking ghting him.
In 1987 he fought only once, on the undercard of the
Tyson/Tucker ght, knocking out ex-contender George
2.2 Jesse Ferguson
Chaplin, sending him into retirement. In 1988 he fought
22-0 Orlin Norris for his NABF belt. Norris was a fastThis article is about the boxer. For the 19th-century rising prospect with slick skills and some big wins under
preacher, see Jesse Babcock Ferguson. For the actor, see his belt already. Fergusons ring rust showed as he was
Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
outpointed over 12 dull rounds.
It may be said that by this point Fergusons heart was no
Jesse Ferguson (born March 20, 1957) is a retired longer fully in the game. By the time he fought Oliver
American boxer who fought in several noteworthy boxing McCall in 1991, he had only had one ght in three years,
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a 6-round kayo of Terry Armstrong in 1990. Although
rusty and overweight, Ferguson appeared to get the better of McCall. However Ferguson had been relegated
to 'trial horse' status and McCall was given the decision. Three years later in 1994, McCall would knockout Lennox Lewis in two rounds to become heavyweight
champion of the world. In 1992 he took on Bruce Seldon
where an indierent Ferguson retired after ve rounds
with an eye injury. Three years later, Seldon would win
the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
CHAPTER 2. RINGSIDE OPPONENTS

and get the better of him. Once again Ferguson was on
the wrong end of a close decision as Mercer was awarded
a split decision that was even jeered by his hometown
crowd at Atlantic City. In 1994 Ferguson travelled to
the U.K. to ght Frank Bruno, who was returning after
his loss to Lennox Lewis. The overweight Ferguson collapsed in one round in a passionless performance. A year
later Bruno would outpoint Oliver McCall and win the
WBC heavyweight title.
In his only other ght in 1994 Ferguson was matched with

Ferguson dropped decisions to two ex-world champions, Larry Holmes, the 44-year-old former great who was on
Michael Dynamite Dokes and Tony TNT Tubbs, but another comeback trail. Ferguson despite being out of
shape had Holmes reeling in the second, and appeared to
in 1993 would see a turnaround of his fortunes.
get the best of the ex-champ. Yet again Ferguson was on
the wrong side of the points decision, and even the New
2.2.4 Upset, controversy and title shot
York Times reported it as: A robbery. Larry Holmes
came o second-best against Jesse Ferguson. By 1995
Main article: Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson
Ferguson was frequently out of shape and made little effort in his ghts. He had Jeremy Williams out on his feet
On February 6, 1993, Ferguson fought on the untelevised but quit in the 7th with a swollen eye. He dropped Alex
undercard of an HBO event at Madison Square Garden in Stewart twice but was denied the decision. He did nothing
New York. Ferguson was signed to ght Ray Mercer, a against Danell Nicholson and pulled out after 8 rounds. In
former World Boxing Organization world Heavyweight all three ghts he looked distinctly uninterested.
champion, in what was actually a heavyweight title eliminator but was regarded by many as a tune up for Mercer
for a potential second shot at a world championship. The
winner of the bout was to face the winner of the main
event between reigning WBA and IBF champion Riddick
Bowe and former champion Michael Dokes for the titles
at a future date. Ferguson, however, deed the odds and
defeated an underprepared Mercer by a unanimous decision to earn his shot against Bowe, who knocked out
Dokes in the rst round.
2.2.6 Return to form

In 1996 he was hired as chief sparring partner for champion Mike Tyson in the lead-up to his ght with Bruce
Seldon. It was during this time, with a little encouragement from Team Tyson, Ferguson began to realise he was
better than he gave himself credit for.
The win over Mercer proved controversial as Mercer was He returned late in 1996, now aged 39, and beat unlater investigated for allegedly trying to bribe Ferguson to defeated Bobby Harris. He followed this up with two
more wins before a high-prole ght on HBO with Tonlet Mercer win the bout.[1]
gan Samson Po'uha, in 1997. He decked Po'uha several
The ght was signed for May 22, 1993, and was staged times before knocking him out in the 8th round.
at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Ferguson came into
the ght below 230 pounds for the rst time in years and This led to another big ght on HBO in 1998, where
was considered to be in the best shape of his career. Be- a now 40-year-old Ferguson took on young and undecause the IBF did not consider Ferguson to be a legiti- feated powerful punching contender Hasim Rahman for
mate contender, they would not sanction the defense for the USBA belt. Ferguson lost by decision. Rahman
Bowe and only the WBA and lineal championships were would go on to defeat Lennox Lewis and become the
on the line. Ferguson thought he had a legitimate chance Heavyweight Champion of the World.
to knock the champion out, but Bowe disregarded his Ferguson followed up the Rahman ght with a 10-round
boasts. Ferguson was knocked down toward the end of decision win over ex-cruiserweight champ Tyrone Booze.
the rst round and barely made it back to his feet at the He then took on Obed Sullivan, ranked No. 4 in the
bell, then was dropped again as the second round began world, and won an upset decision.
and knocked out.
In 1999 Jimmy Thunder, citing an injury, dropped out of
a ght with Polish contender Andrew Golota. Ferguson
was tapped as Thunders replacement and accepted the
2.2.5 Remainder of pro career
bout on short notice; he lost the ght by decision.
Despite the defeat, Ferguson was back in the ring shortly
afterwards. He was matched against Mercer yet again,
who this time came in shape at 223. Although the ght
was closer, Ferguson still appeared to outpunch Mercer
After this loss Fergusons manager handed him back his

contract and stopped answering his calls. Ferguson could
no longer nd ghts. His career ended in 1999 with a
record of 26-18-0 with 16 knockouts.
2.3. JAMES TILLIS
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Ferguson spoke of comebacks in 2000 and 2002 but each 2.3.2 Pro boxing career
time nothing came of them. He complained of being
blackballed by the boxing establishment.
Tillis began his professional boxing career in 1978, with
a rst-round knockout of Ron Stephany. He won his rst
20 ghts with 16 knockouts. One of his most impres2.2.7 Professional boxing record
sive early victories was a seventh-round knockout of Ron
Stander in 1980. Stander had once challenged Joe Fra2.2.8 References
zier for the world title and was regarded as one of boxings most durable ghters. Other notable wins included
[1] http://articles.philly.com/1993-06-30/sports/25972262_ a knockout of the South American champion Domingo
1_mercer-first-jesse-ferguson-ray-mercer
D'Elia, and a points win over the sometimes dangerous
fringe contender Mike Koranicki.
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BoxRec Retrieved on 2009-02-19
Golata Puts The Hurt On Ferguson For 10
Title ght
In 1981, Tillis fought Hercules Mike Weaver for the

WBA World Heavyweight title. After a strong start,
2.3 James Tillis
Tillis tired. The ght would become famous for trainer
Angelo Dundee imploring Tillis to do something, asking
James Tillis (born July 5, 1957) is a former professional the ghter, Do you want to be a bum all your life?" Ulboxer. Known as Quick, he was known for his fast hand timately, Tillis lost a close points decision.
speed. Tillis challenged for the WBA world heavyweight
title in 1981, but was defeated by fteen round unanimous In June 1982, Tillis came o the oor to outpoint the
decision to Mike Weaver. Tillis was the rst man to go hard-hitting legend Earnie Shavers. He blew that mothe distance with a prime Mike Tyson in 1986. He holds mentum only a few months later, being upset by late subnotable wins over Ron Stander by TKO 7 in 1980, and stitute (and future world champion) Pinklon Thomas. In
the hard punching Earnie Shavers by ten round decision November 1982, Tillis fought former amateur rival Greg
in 1982. Tillis fought for the last time in 2001 at the age Page for the USBA Heavyweight title. He knocked Page
down, but again tired and was the victim of an eighthof 44.
round knockout loss. Page would go on to win the world
title.
2.3.1
Personal
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, he was the rstborn son

of James Tillis and wife Rose. Tillis attended Mclain
High School and grew up in a very religious southern
family, with an alcoholic father and a deeply religious
mother. His mother would later join First Baptist Mohawk Church under the leadership of Pastor Clint Simmons. He dreamed about being a professional prize
ghter and was given the nickname Quick by his rst
cousin Keith Reed. Quick was inuenced to begin
training to become a boxer after he listened to the 1964
bout between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston on the
radio. He enlisted the help of noted trainer Ed Duncan,
by becoming involved in the sport at the O'Brien Park
recreation center in north Tulsa. Tillis amateur record
of 92-8 led to his being considered for the United States
Olympic team. Due to an illness, he was unable to compete in the Olympic trials.
However, his impressive amateur career included three
state Golden Gloves and four state AAU titles. He lost
to future pro opponent Greg Page in the 1976 National
Golden Gloves. He also managed to beat future pro contender Renaldo Snipes, who he later turned pro with on
the same card in 1978.
Downward spiral
Having scored four wins, Tillis challenged future twotime world champion Tim Witherspoon in September
1983, for the vacant North American Boxing Federation
title. Tillis was shockingly bombed out in one round, apparently slipping on a wet spot in the ring as Witherspoon
hit him. After the ght, Tillis trainer Angelo Dundee left
him and advised him to retire, as he had just suered his
third defeat in thirteen months.
Tillis got a new team and put together four wins in 1984,
before challenging Carl Williams in a world title eliminator. Having decked Williams twice in the opening round,
Tillis tired and was outpointed. In 1985, under the guidance of trainer Drew Bundini Brown, he fought Joe Fraziers son and top contender Marvis Frazier. In a recurring theme, he had Frazier down in the second round, but
again ran out of gas and was outpointed. A few months
later, he traveled to South Africa to ght hard-hitting exchamp Gerrie Coetzee. Tillis lost a unanimous decision,
but sent Coetzee to hospital with stitches and missing
teeth.
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Stamina issue
On Feb. 12, 2010, the State of Oklahoma honored one

of its favorite sons, James Quick Tillis of Tulsa. Gov.
After extensive medical examination, Tillis strange re- Brad Henry signed a declaration making Feb. 12 James
current fatigue midway through ghts was found to de- Quick Tillis Day in Oklahoma.[2]
rive from a severe allergy to the classic ghters diet of
As of 2010 Tillis is living in Tulsa.[3]
milk and eggs. A doctor provided Tillis with a more suitable diet, in the training for his upcoming ght with Mike His daughter Iciss played basketball at Duke University as
Tyson, a red-hot prospect with a 19-0 (19 knockouts) a center, and was on the United States National Team for
record. Tillis appeared to be a new man, as he exchanged the 2003 Pan American Games. Iciss was later selected in
with Tyson and gave the future two-time champion a very the rst round by the Detroit Shock during 2004 WNBA
tough ght. Although ultimately outpointed, he was the Draft. She later played for the New York Liberty in 2006.
rst person ever to take Iron Mike the distance.
The new Tillis was short-lived however, as he traveled
to Australia and lost a decision to veteran Joe Bugner.
In 1987 he was upset in eight rounds, as underdog (and
regular Tyson sparring partner) Michael Williams came
o the oor to stop Tillis. Later in the same year, he
was stopped in ve rounds on cuts by future champ Frank
Bruno in London, and then knocked out in 10 rounds by
hard-hitting Johnny DuPlooy in South Africa.
2.3.5 Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame induction

On November 5, 2011, James Quick Tillis was Inducted into the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame, receiving
the John Mastrella Integrity Award.
Tillis places the priorities in his life as Serving The Lord

Jesus Christ, Cowboy-ing and volunteering with amateur
Having failed to secure a rematch with Tyson in 1988, boxing clubs.
this time for the undisputed heavyweight championship,
he made one last attempt at the big time. Tillis was Bringing to fruition lm adaptation of his autobiography,
brought in to ght reigning cruiserweight world champion Thinkin Big: The Story of James Quick Tillis, the Fightin'
Evander Holyeld, who was making a high-prole move Cowboy, is his pet project.
into the heavyweight ranks. Holyeld punched out Tillis
in ve one-sided rounds.
2.3.6 References
Tillis resurfaced in 1991. However, his days even as a

journeyman appeared over, as hard-hitting (and future
WBO World Champion) Tommy Morrison stopped him
out in one round.
Semi-retirement
[1] http://www.catboxentertainment.com/catboxaward.html
[2] http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=3684
[3] Adam Wisneski, Then and Now: Boxer 'Quick' Tillis
sees fortune, fame knocked out as fast as they came,
Tulsa World, August 8, 2010.
Tillis fought on and o until 2001. Although he still was

able to outpoint former top-ight amateur Craig Payne,
a 39-year-old Tillis was stopped in six rounds by Cli
Couser in 1996.
http://www.catboxentertainment.com/
catboxaward.html
Tillis fought his last ght in 2001, losing to clubghter

Rob Calloway when he was 44 years old.
http://www.ringsideboxingshow.com/
RingsideBoxingShowPage.html
2.3.3
http://www.powerpunchers.net/WEBPROTECT%
2Dfighterinterviews.htm
2.3.4
Life after boxing
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=
7622&more=1
In retirement he wrote an autobiography, Thinkin Big:

The Story of James Quick Tillis, the Fightin' Cowboy.
James Tillis received catBOX Entertainment, Inc.s Lifetime Sports Achievement Award. Tillis, whose ghting prowess named him quick and the ghting cowboy, was honored with the catBOX Entertainment, Inc.s
Lifetime Sports Achievement Award, before the main
event at catBOXs professional ght card set for February
11, 2010 at Remington Park Casino in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.[1]
http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=3684
http://poststar.com/sports/article_
3d5b9d82-ad9a-11df-963b-001cc4c002e0.html
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james-quick-tillis-memories-near-miss-kid-$-$32419
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press_release.pdf
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2.4. MITCH GREEN
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2.4.2 Pro career
a-comparison-of-master-plans-david-haye-vs-james-quick-tillis/
As a professional Green was one of NBC's Tomorrows
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18973998
Champions and was ranked as high as #7 by the World
Boxing Council, and also in the top ten by the World Box http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content11742.
ing Association. Mitch was undefeated in his rst sixhtml
teen bouts, which included a 1983 points win over the
rugged Floyd Jumbo Cummings, and a draw with trialhorse Robert Evans. His rst loss was a twelve round
decision to future WBC champ Trevor Berbick in a bid
for the United States Boxing Association title on August
10,
1985.
Professional boxing record for James Tillis from
BoxRec
2.4 Mitch Green
2.4.3 Tyson ght

Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Mitch Green
Mitch Blood Green (born January 13, 1957) is an

American former boxer. He is best known because of After a comeback win over Percell Davis he lost a ten
a 1988 street ght with Mike Tyson.
round decision to Mike Tyson in 1986 on HBO, in his
most famous ght. In the buildup to the ght Green had
complained bitterly of the disparity in purses between
him and Tyson when a day before the ght, Green learnt
2.4.1 Amateur career
he was being paid $30,000 to Tysons $200,000. He
As an amateur he won the New York Golden Gloves threatened to pull out of the contest and Green nally setfour times (1976, 1977, 1979, and 1980) and compiled a tled for being released from his managerial contract with
record of 64 wins and 7 losses, with 51 wins by knock- Kings stepson Carl in return for his short purse. Green
out. Green won the 1976 Sub-Novice Heavyweight put up a stubborn showing during the ght where Tyson
Championship and the 1977, 1979 and 1980 Heavy- was unable to hurt or put down Green, but did at one point
weight Open Championships. Green defeated Anthony knock out a gold tooth which landed in front of writer Phil
Zampelli to win the 1976 title. In 1977 Green defeated Berger.
Guy Casale for the title. In 1979 Green defeated Ralph
Fucci for the Championship and in 1980 Green defeated
Merlin Castellanos for the title.He suered a decisive cut
loss in the 1978 tournament, preventing him from win- 2.4.4 Post-Tyson
ning a fth Golden Gloves title.
Green had been scheduled to box James Bonecrusher
He was also a two-time Intercity Golden Gloves cham- Smith in December 1986 on the undercard of the Tim
pion. In 1977 he won the title by KO in round one Witherspoon-Tony Tubbs world heavyweight title ght.
over Calvin Cross and again in 1979 by a decision over However, when Tubbs dropped out claiming injury,
William Hosea.
Bonecrusher stepped in and won the title, leaving Green
Mitch lost against Russian boxing great Igor Vysotsky in without a ght or payday.
a 1978 matchup, and was considered a prospect for the Green refused to box for many years and was in frequent
1980 Olympic Games (held in Moscow), but the U.S. trouble with the law. He nally returned to the ring in
boycotted the event, and Green also lost to Marvis Fra- February 1993, now aged 36, against journeyman Bruce
zier in the quarternals of the Olympic Trials that year. Johnson. Again complaining about his purse and his new
He did, however, in the nals of the Eastern Regionals, manager, Green refused to throw any punches and armanage to beat perennial contender Woody Clark.
gued constantly with the referee, until the exasperated ref
In amateur competition Green also lost bouts to future
world champions Greg Page and Tony Tubbs, though he
did manage to beat Tubbs in the 1978 Sports Festival.
Surprisingly, he also lost to future cruiserweight champion Alfonzo Ratli in an 1980 New York-Chicago intercity matchup.
stopped the bizarre contest in the third.[2]
Throughout the 1990s, Green sporadically came out of

retirement, most notably in bids for the New York State
heavyweight title, against fringe contenders Melvin Foster
in 1994 and Brian Nix in 1998. A 1998 win over Mike
Dixon was ruled a 'no contest' when Green tested posiGreen trained at the United Block Association Gym in tive for marijuana. A March 1996 contest with Shannon
New York City.
Briggs fell apart when Green pulled a gun on his manager.
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2.4.5
Pro titles
2.5.1 Early life
Mitch was scheduled to ght James Broad for the NABF Marvis is the son of former heavyweight champion and
title in 1985, but dropped out of the ght for money rea- Hall of Famer, Joe Frazier. His sister Jackie Frazier-Lyde
sons.
was also a professional boxer, as was his brother Joe FraLate in his career, an aged Green held two spurious cham- zier, Jr. (a.k.a. Hector Frazier).
pionships. He won the World Boxing Empire SuperHeavyweight Title with a twelve round decision over
Danny Woord on March 9, 2002, and was proclaimed
the Universal Boxing Organization Heavyweight Champion on June 24, 2005. He never defended either title. His last ght was a fourth round knockout of Billy
Mitchem on August 2, 2005.
2.4.6

Marvis was a highly touted prospect and among the topranked amateur heavyweights. He was the 1979 National
Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion and 1980 National AAU Heavyweight Champion. His record was 56
wins and 2 losses.
Feud with Mike Tyson
Among his best amateur wins were against future pro

contender Mitch Green, and future champs Tim WitherGreen is best known for an incident that began in the early spoon, and Bonecrusher Smith. He also decisioned amahours of August 23, 1988, in Harlem. Tyson was with teur star Jimmy Clark. He was KOd by James Broad in
his good friend David R. Stec. The pair were shopping at the 1980 Olympic Trials nals.
Dapper Dans, a Harlem clothing store. Green had heard
that Tyson was in the area and went to track him down
in hopes of securing a rematch. A scue ensued and 2.5.3 Professional career
Green allegedly threw a punch and Tyson responded with
a straight right to Greens nose, requiring ve stitches. As a professional, Frazier is best remembered for two
Tyson broke his hand in the incident and had to postpone ghts, unfortunately both rst-round knockout losses: to
his ght with Frank Bruno. Later, although a New York champion Larry Holmes (a TKO) in 1983 and a risjury awarded Green $45,000 in damages in a civil law- ing Mike Tyson in 1986 (a KO). Pitted against Holmes
suit against Tyson, the sum did not cover the legal fees. after just ten pro bouts (all victories), Fraziers camp
Tyson later recounted his version of the ght in his book touted his speed and youth as signicant advantages over
and Broadway show Undisputed Truth.[3]
the champion. During the rst minute of the ght Frazier dropped his hands to his sides and playfully moved
his head back and forth, taunting Holmes: ill-advised
2.4.7 Professional boxing record
behavior against an experienced veteran. Just 2:06 in,
Holmes oored Frazier with a long right hand, knock2.4.8 References
ing him down; Marvis took an eight-count and got back
up. Dazed by the blow, Frazier was a sitting target and
[1] www.boxrec.com
Holmes followed up, appealing for the referee to step in
as he pummelled the younger man on the ropes. Finally,
[2] http://deadspin.com/why-i-fixed-fights-1535114232
the referee stopped the bout with just a few seconds left
[3] Smith, Nick (14 November 2013). Mike Tysons Undis- in the rst round, awarding Holmes a technical knockputed Truth the books 10 most astonishing claims. The out. Many in the sports press criticized father/trainer Joe
Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Frazier for changing his sons style from that of an outghter (which brought Marvis success as an amateur) to
an in-ghter, which many thought did not suit Marvis.
2.4.9
External links
After his loss to Holmes, Frazier continued to ght and

Professional boxing record for Mitch Green from won his next six bouts, including victories over future
world cruiserweight champion Bernard Benton, heavyBoxRec
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Green on Best Damn Sports Show Period!
and future champion James Bonecrusher Smith. With
the exception of a rst-round knockout in his rst ght
after losing to Holmes, all of Fraziers ghts went the
full ten round distance with him winning unanimous or
2.5 Marvis Frazier
majority decisions in each ght.
Marvis Frazier (born September 12, 1960) is an This set up the ght with the 24-0 Tyson, which was
American former professional boxer who fought in the broadcast live from the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens
heavyweight division.
Falls, New York by ABC. Frazier quickly proved to be no
2.6. ALFONSO RATLIFF

match for the future champion as Tyson came out ring.
Fifteen seconds into the ght, Tyson scored with a huge
uppercut that knocked Frazier senseless and hit him with
a combination as Frazier slumped to the canvas unconscious. Referee Joe Cortez started to count while looking at Frazier, but immediately waved o the ght once he
saw that Frazier was out cold. The bout only lasted thirty
seconds, which proved to be Tysons quickest knockout
of his career.
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2.6 Alfonso Ratli

Alfonso Ratli (born February 18, 1956) is an American
former boxer.
As an amateur, Ratli won the Chicago Golden Gloves

Recalling the ght in later years, Marvis Frazier con- title in 1980, and won a decision against Mitch Green in
ceded that he had underestimated the young Mike Tyson, intercity competition.
who had not yet won the rst of his world titles. Tyson
was just another guy who was going to be a statistic.
2.6.2 Professional career
Yeah, thats what I thought. I threw a jab and thats all
I remember.[1]
Ratli turned professional in 1980 and won the WBC
After Tyson, Frazier did not ght for a title again. Af- cruiserweight title with a decision win over Carlos De
ter nearly a year away from the ring following the loss Len in 1985. He lost the belt in his rst defense to
to Tyson, Frazier returned to ght twice in two months, Bernard Benton via decision the same year. In September
winning both of his bouts over journeymen ghters. He 1986, Ratli was stopped in the second round by Mike
won his nal ght against Phillipp Brown in 1988, retiring Tyson, who went on to become the youngest ever world
with a career record of 19-2.
heavyweight champion in his next ght. Ratli retired in
1989 after a TKO loss to Lee Roy Murphy.
2.5.4
After boxing
After retiring from boxing, he became an ordained min2.6.4 External links

ister and active participant in Prison Fellowship Ministries.[2]
Professional boxing record for Alfonso Ratli from
BoxRec
In 2013 Marvis completed his autobiography, Meet Marvis Frazier: The Story of the Son of Smokin' Joe, with coauthor Jamie Potter.
2.7 Trevor Berbick

2.5.5
Trevor Berbick (August 1, 1954 October 28, 2006)

was a Jamaican Canadian professional boxer. He won
the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon
2.5.6 References
Thomas, and lost it in his rst defence to a then 20[1] Dettlo, William (July 19, 2010). Marvis Frazier never year-old Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last man to ght
Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981.
won title but has no regrets. The Ring.
[2] Jones, Brent (Ed., April 19, 2007). "'Smokin' Joe' Frazier
dropping suit against daughter. USA Today. Archived
October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
2.5.7
External links
2.7.1 Biography
Early life
He was born on August 1, 1954 in Norwich, Port Antonio, Jamaica.
Professional boxing record for Marvis Frazier from

Rise to fame
BoxRec
Amateur record
Meet Marvis Frazier
Marvis Fraziers Facebook page
At 18, Husseini qualied for the World Championships

and was entitled to ght Victor Davis for the World
lightweight title. Davis was undefeated at the time and
was the crowds favorite, It was supposed to be an easy
win for Davis and the odds were 15-1 in his favor. The
ght took place in the Las Vegas MGM arena on June
24
14th 2009, Husseini was supposed to lose that ght But,
he ended up shocking the world by knocking out Davis
12 seconds in to the rst round, becoming the new World
Champion. It was the ght that went down in history
as the biggest title dissappint of modern boxing. Davis
claimed a rematch and claimed he was o gaurd, Husseini accepted the rematch which took place in Houston
3month later and also was able to knock out Davis 42 seconds in to the rst round. After his retirement and, in an
interview with The Ring magazine on Febraury 12 2014,
Davis stated that Husseini was the toughest man he had
ever stepped in the ring with.

that he had been double-crossed and that he had expected
the ght to be like American kickboxing, but it turned
out that the rules allowed Takada to kick Berbick below
the belt. Berbick refused to mount any oense, instead
repeatedly complaining to the referee as Takada kicked
him repeatedly in the legs. Takada claimed victory by
default when Berbick exited the ring.[1]
Afterwards, his career deteriorated further. He eventually fought his last bout in 2000 against Canadian journeyman Shane Sutclie, winning a 12-round unanimous
decision. Afterwards, a CAT scan revealed a blood clot
in his brain and his boxing license was revoked. His nal professional record was 49 wins (33 by knockout), 11
losses, and 1 draw.
Rise to fame
Husseini rose to fame quickly by qualifying For the world
championships in 2009 Where he fought Victor Davis for
the world lightweight title, Davis was undefeated at the
time and was the current world champion. It was supposed to be an easy win for Davis and the odds were
15-1 in his favor. The ght took place in the Las Vegas
MGM arena, and Husseini ended up shocking the world
by knocking out Davis 14 seconds into the rst round
making him the new world champion, which went down
in history as the one of the biggest title upsets in boxing.
2.7.2 Outside the ring

Berbick was a preacher at the Moments of Miracles Pentecostal church in Las Vegas.
Troubles with the law
Berbick was arrested on a number of occasions throughout his life and was sentenced in Florida to 5 years in
prison for sexually assaulting his childrens babysitter in
A 1980 upset of ex-champ John Tate (9th round KO) 1992. He served 15 months. In 1997, he violated his pasecured a title shot against Larry Holmes on April 11, role and was deported from the United States to Canada.
1981, but Berbick lost a 15-round unanimous decision. Due to his legal issues, he also had problems staying in
In his second ght after the loss, he beat 39-year-old Canada, losing his landed immigrant status and being ordered back to Jamaica in 1999.[2] Later in 1999 he won
Muhammad Ali in the nal ght of Alis career.
the right to remain in Canada.[3]
In 1982 he beat undefeated prospect Greg Page, and in
1984 he moved to Miramar, Florida and signed with promoter Don King. Wins over undefeated Mitch Blood Feud with Larry Holmes
Green and David Bey scored him another title ght, and
he won the WBC world heavyweight title by upsetting Berbick had a well-publicized feud with Larry Holmes,
Pinklon Thomas with an easy unanimous decision on whom he fought in the ring in 1981. Their feud culmiMarch 22, 1986. However, his reign as champion would nated in a public confrontation and brawl in 1991, which
be brief.
was caught on tape. After a verbal altercation indoors,
On November 22, in his rst defense of the title, Berbick Berbick was outside complaining about being kicked and
took on Mike Tyson, who was looking to break Floyd punched by Larry Holmes when Holmes climbed atop a
Patterson's record and become, at the age of twenty, parked car and launched himself at Berbick. The footage
[4]
the youngest ever heavyweight champion. In the second ends as the two are separated by police and others.
round, Tyson dropped Berbick with a quick knockdown.
Berbick was quickly overwhelmed by his opponent and
late in the round, he went down again. The champion
rose to his feet, but immediately stumbled backward and
fell back to the canvas. Berbick tried twice more to make
it to his feet but fell both times, and referee Mills Lane
stopped counting and waved the ght o to end Berbicks
reign as champion.
Retirement
He retired in Florida to be with his wife and four children (he had three children with his rst wife in Montreal) and started to train boxers at Kenny Barretts Gym
in Tamarac, Florida. Berbicks problems escalated. He
was again deported from the U.S. on December 2, 2002.
Along with Larry Holmes, Berbick is one of only two

men in professional boxing history to have fought both
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Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
In 1991, he went to the UWFI in Japan to ght Nobuhiko On October 28, 2006, Berbick was murdered at a church
Takada in a boxer vs. wrestler bout. Berbick claimed in Norwich, Jamaica by an assailant wielding a 2-inch-
2.8. JAMES SMITH
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thick (51 mm) steel pipe. He suered multiple blows to

the head and died at the scene.[5] He was buried at the
Berbick Family Plot Norwich Portland, Jamaica.
[11] Berbick Killer Gets Life.

[12] Trevor Berbick - Boxer. Boxrec.com. Retrieved 201208-13.
Police arrested two men, one of whom was Berbicks 20year-old nephew Harold Berbick,[6] in connection with
the murder. They were interrogated at the Port Antonio 2.7.6 External links
police station in Portland as of early in the morning of Oc Professional boxing record for Trevor Berbick from
tober 29.[7] Local residents indicated that the suspect was
BoxRec
involved in a land dispute with Berbick.[8] On November 3 it was reported that Berbicks nephew, 20-year-old
Sports Illustrated Obituary
Harold Berbick, and an unidentied 18-year-old man had
[9]
been charged with his murder by Jamaican police. On
American Heritage on Trevor Berbick vs. MuhamDecember 20, 2007, Harold Berbick was found guilty of
mad Ali
the murder of his uncle. His alleged accomplice, Kenton
Gordon, was found guilty of manslaughter. Both were
sentenced on January 11, 2008.[10] Harold Berbick was
sentenced to life in prison; Kenton Gordon was sentenced 2.8 James Smith
to fourteen years in prison.[11]
James Bonecrusher Smith (born April 3, 1953) is
an American former boxer who was, between December
2.7.3 In popular culture
1986 and March 1987, the WBA heavyweight champion,
losing the title in his rst defence. He was the rst heavyBerbick is briey portrayed as the ghost of Trevor Berbick weight champion with a college degree.
in the Ultimate Judgment Day episode of Mike Tyson
Mysteries.
2.8.1 Early life

2.7.4
Smith was born in Magnolia, North Carolina. After graduating from high school in, he attended James
2.7.5 References
Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, North Carolina, earning an associates degree in Business Adminis[1] Quebrada.net
tration in 1973.[1] Two years later, he earned a bachelors
from Shaw University
[2] Associated Press (1999-02-18). Trevor Berbick Ordered degree in Business Administration
[1]
from Canada. AP News Archive. Retrieved 2016-06-04. in Raleigh, North Carolina.
[3] CBC News (1999-12-05). Boxer Berbick wins deportation ght. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
[4] Canada. Sports - The Globe and Mail.
sports.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
Globe-
[5] Former heavyweight boxing champion found dead.

London: The Guardian. October 28, 2006. Retrieved
2006-10-28.
[6] Sun Sentinel

After serving in the US military and working as a prison
guard, Smith competed as an amateur compiling a record
of 35-4, before turning professional in November 1981,
at the late age of 28.
2.8.3 Pro career
He lost his rst ght against James Broad-Axe Broad, a

world class amateur and qualier for the 1980 Olympics
who was 20 as a pro. The ght was broadcast on ESPN,
and Smith had come in at short notice and was not in great
[8] Jamaican police make arrest in slaying of ex-boxing
shape, looking out of depth against the skilled Broad.
champ Trevor Berbick. Canadian Broadcasting CorpoSmith was dropped in 4 rounds with body shots, and
ration. October 30, 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
counted out.
[7] Former heavyweight boxing champion found dead.
Casper Star-Tribune. October 29, 2006. Retrieved 200610-29.
[9] Nephew Charged With Berbicks Slaying. New York

Times. November 3, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
[10] Berbicks nephew one of two convicted in boxers murder - boxing - ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com. 2007-12-21.
Retrieved 2012-08-13.
The following year Smith upset future cruiserweight

world champion and southpaw Ricky Parkey, then 20
as a pro, by winning a 6 round points decision. After
scoring two knockouts, Smith followed up the Parkey win
with another upset, an 8 round points decision over Chris
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McDonald, who was 801 as a pro and had been a top
amateur. He went on to score nine straight knockouts,
before traveling to the UK in 1984 to ght a world title eliminator against the hard hitting undefeated British
prospect Frank Bruno, who was 210 (21 KO). Once
again Bonecrusher would throw a spanner in the works.
Having been outboxed with relative ease by Bruno for the
rst nine rounds, he unleashed a salvo of power punches
to KO Bruno in the tenth and nal round, and qualied
for a world title shot. The ght showed all his strengths
and weaknesses he couldn't box with the best, but had
a great chin and world class power in both hands.
In November 1984 he fought the long reigning Larry
Holmes for the IBF heavyweight championship. Holmes
had a record of 450 and had won eighteen straight world
title ghts. After rocking Holmes several times, a waning Smith was stopped on advice of the doctor in the 12th
round, due to a bad cut. He again was behind on points.

other, and the professional consequences were worse as
Tysons management refused to allow Smith to ght on
any Tyson undercards afterwards.
Career end
He returned to the ring for a few months. He took on
Brazilian contender Adilson Maguila Rodrigues in So
Paulo, but dropped a very controversial decision.
In 1989, now aged 36, he took on the young powerpunching Jamaican-Canadian Donovan (Razor) Ruddock. Smiths own punch power was still evident as he
decked Ruddock hard in the 2nd round, but seemed to
punch himself out trying to nish Ruddock, who was a
crafty survivor. The next few rounds saw Smith tire, as
Ruddocks youth and power overwhelmed him, knocking
him clean out in the 7th round for the full 10 count. Ruddock would go on to become a star and feature in several
high prole ghts. Smiths career appeared to be over.
He announced his retirement after the loss and said he
would now pursue politics.
Smith came back in 1985 relegated to ghting on Don

King undercards. He lost a 10 round decision to 190
amateur star and future world champ Tony Tubbs in an
eliminator, won a 10 round decision over 181 Cuban
contender Jose Ribalta, but then dropped a wide 12 round Smith was back in the ring only two months later, KOing
decision to ex-world champ Tim Witherspoon in a bid for journeyman Calvin Jones jaw and followed up with three
Witherspoons NABF belt.
more knockouts before being matched with former vic1986 started no better as he dropped Marvis Frazier, also tim Mike Weaver in a battle of hard hitting ex-champs.
breaking Fraziers jaw, but still lost the 10 round decision. This time Smith was resigned to having to win a dull 12
At this time Bonecrusher began consulting a psychiatrist. round points decision over Weaver, although he did score
In his next ght he demolished hard-punching ex-world a knockdown in a brief moment of excitement. He also
champ Mike Weaver in one round. He followed it up with earned the superuous WBA Americas belt, and a world
two 10 round decisions over Jesse Ferguson (142) and ranking.
David Bey (152), arguably his most important decision After a year layo he was back, now aged 38, and scored
wins.
six knockouts, including a notable 8 round knockout of
In December 1986, while preparing for a ght with the the cement-skulled journeyman Everett (Bigfoot) Martin
erratic Mitch Blood Green, Don King informed him at (who had just taken George Foreman the distance), and a
short notice that Tony Tubbs had dropped out of his up- rst round knockout of equally hard hitting ex-contender
coming challenge to reigning WBA champ Tim Wither- Je Sims.
spoon, and now Smith would be getting a rematch with his
former conqueror, his second world title ght. Knowing
of Witherspoons mental weariness and lack of passion
due to a never ending legal war with King, Smith came
out fast. He dropped the usually durable Witherspoon
three times in the opening round, scoring a rst round
knockout and winning the WBA title in an upset.[2]
However he lost his world ranking and all his momentum

in November 1991 when he dropped a shocking 10 round
decision to club ghter Levi Billups who had a patchy 15
5 record. Smith looked under-prepared as he was banged
around and generally outhustled by Billups. He rallied to
knock down the underdog in the 9th, however it was too
little too late.
With his surprising victory over Witherspoon, Smith took

his place in an ongoing competition being conducted
by HBO and King to try to crown an undisputed world
heavyweight champion for the rst time since the retirement of Muhammad Ali. The victory garnered Smith another high prole ght, where he was to defend his belt
against newly-crowned WBC champion Mike Tyson in
a unication contest. Taking place on March 7, 1987,
the bout saw Tyson beat Smith to the punch in nearly every round while Smith resorted to holding to keep himself in the ght. The lopsided decision saw Smith lose
eleven rounds on two scorecards and all twelve on an-
Still active in 1992, now aged 39 and with a 3391

record, Smith regained some credibility with a 10 round
decision over Mark Wills. His old agitator Don King
gave him another opportunity on one of his undercards
and matched him with fellow aging warhorse Greg Page,
in a battle of two ex-champs. In the opening round
Bonecrusher tried to rush Page as he had done Witherspoon, however was decked himself for his eorts, and
was outpunched easily by Page over the 10 round distance.
In 1993 Smith lost to undefeated southpaw and #1 contender Michael Moorer. The paying audience jeered the
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two passive ghters through to the 10 round nish, where 2.8.5

Smith lost a lopsided decision.
It seemed at this point Smith was boxing now purely for 2.8.6 Notes
the payday. He competed in the One-Night Heavyweight
[1] Biography of James Smith at his charity, ChampiTournament in Bay St Louis (not included in the ocial
onForKids.org
record, counted as show), where a group of heavies of
varying quality would ght a series of 3 round ghts with [2] Tim Witherspoon Vs. James Bonecrusher Smith: VHS
Classic Rewind. Boxing 101.
the winner being awarded one million dollars. He beat
Lester Jackson and Marshall Tillman, before losing in the
[3] Living Legends Unite to Make a Dierence at Ring 10
semi-nal to Romanian prospect Daniel Dncu. Smiths
2nd Annual Fundraiser. Boxing 101.
old buddy Tony (TNT) Tubbs eventually won.
[4] BoxRec - Sedreck Fields.
In 1994 he was matched with power punching Tysonlookalike Lionel Butler, who was highly ranked and on a
red hot string of knockouts. Smith collapsed in 3 rounds, 2.8.7 External links
having oered little resistance.
Professional boxing record for James Smith from
Later that year he traveled to Europe to drop a points deBoxRec
cision to German Axel Schulz, and in Denmark he was
stopped in 5 rounds due to a cut from a headbutt, courtesy of Brian Nielsen. Smith was overweight for both of
these ghts, and his days as a contender were denitely 2.9 Pinklon Thomas
over.
He fought on and o for a few more years. In 1998 he
traveled to Australia to battle fellow relic Joe Bugner for
an obscure belt, but had to retire after one round when
his shoulder popped out. The same injury ended a ght
in 1999 with yet another aged ghter, old buddy Larry
Holmes. After this Smith nally saw sense and hung up
the gloves, aged 46 and with a record of 44171 (32
KOs).
Pinklon Thomas (born February 10, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBC
heavyweight title from 1984 to 1986. Nicknamed
"Pink", his distinguishing characteristics were his pink
boxing trunks and a powerful left jab. A native of
Pontiac, Michigan, who also lived on military bases in
South Carolina and Washington state, Thomas eventually
settled in Orlando, Florida.
In 1995, James helped establish the North Carolina Boxing Commission. He served as its rst chairman.[1]
2.9.1
2.8.4
Life after boxing
Pro career
Pinklon Thomas turned professional after just three amateur ghts and, with a record of 24-0-1, would nally get
his World title shot against reigning WBC champion Tim
Witherspoon in August 1984, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thomas won the WBC Heavyweight Championship with

a hard fought 12-round battle over Terrible Tim WithSmith became an ordained minister in 1996[1] and dedi- erspoon on August 31, 1984. Ten months later, he decated his life to helping young people stay clear of crime fended his title against ex-champion Mike Weaver, stopping Weaver with a single punch in the eighth round.
and drugs. Three years later, he retired from boxing.[1]
Thomas lost the WBC title to Trevor Berbick in March
In 2004 Smith started the non-prot organization
1986 by a decision.
Champion For Kids Inc. to provide scholarships to high
Thomas came back and reeled o three ko wins before
school students.
setting up a May 1987 challenge to WBC and WBA
Smith began working as a recruiter and the Director of Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Although Thomas
Intramural Athletics for Sandhills Community College in allegedly took the ght with a serious shoulder injury,[1]
June 2005.
he enjoyed success outjabbing Tyson. After a long break
He now works for the Working Families Party in New for a torn glove, action resumed in the 6th round where
York City. He now lives in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Tyson knocked Thomas out with a brutal fteen punch
Deeply committed to helping impoverished ghters, salvo, knocking the extremely durable Thomas down for
Smith was a guest at the Ring 10 Veterans Boxing Foun- the rst and last time in his lengthy career. Although he
dation 2nd Annual Fundraiser in 2012 where he ex- got up inside the count, the ght was waved o.
pressed his support of initiatives to better provide for Thomas went in and out of retirement over the following
years, taking ghts against top contenders.
those in need.[3]
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In December 1988 he returned from a 19-month lay- 2.10.1

o to ght #1 heavyweight contender Evander Holyeld.
Thomas looked rusty as he was outmatched over 7 rounds,
after which he was pulled out of his corner. Long-time
trainer Angelo Dundee advised Thomas to retire and
stopped working with him.
Thomas returned in 1990 to outpoint Curtis Isaac over
10 rounds, before being outpointed himself by the erratic and unpredictable Mike The Bounty Hunter. A
few months later he fought Riddick Bowe and pulled out
after 8 rounds. Bowe would go on to defeat Holyeld and
become undisputed world heavyweight champion.
In February 1991 he took on hard hitting heavyweight
Tommy Morrison but was cut and shaken up in the opening round, and pulled out on his stool. Morrison went on
to win the WBO belt.
Professional career
After turning pro in 1980, Tuckers early ghts were often

shown on NBC, as part of a collection known as Tomorrows Champions.
Tuckers progress in the professional ranks was slow. He
was injury prone, and he changed managers and trainers several times. Eventually his father Bob Tucker performed both roles. After enjoying a high prole upon
his professional debut, Tucker spent the majority of the
1980s boxing in o-TV bouts. In addition, he injured his
knee in a bout against Danny Sutton, which caused him
to miss a little over a year.
Thomas attempted one nal comeback in 1992, winning

twelve ghts before outpointing Craig Payne. In his nal
ght in January 1993 he was upset by journeyman Pon- In June 1984, he scored a win by knocking out Eddie
The Animal Lopez in 9 rounds on the undercard of the
cho Carter.
Tommy Hearns-Roberto Duran ght. It was the rst time
A comeback ght in 1999 with old foe Tim Witherspoon Lopez had ever been knocked down. In September 1984,
was not to be, because a ght with Larry Holmes for the he followed it up by outpointing Jimmy Young .
winner could not be conrmed.
In September 1986, Tucker nally landed a big ght,
against 242 lb James Broad-Axe Broad, for the USBA
belt and a world title eliminator. Tucker won by unani2.9.2 Retirement
mous decision.
Thomas now has a foundation, Project P.I.N.K. (Pride in Home Box Oce and Don King Productions orchesNeighborhood Kids), and is a motivational speaker.
trated a Heavyweight unication series for 1987, planning
among its bouts a match between reigning IBF champion Michael Spinks and Tucker. Spinks refused to
face Tucker, opting instead for a more lucrative bout
with Gerry Cooney. The IBF withdraw its championship
2.9.4 References
recognition of Spinks on February 19, mandating that
Tucker (as the IBFs number 1-ranked contender) face
[1]
its number 2 contender, Buster Douglas. Tucker won the
bout, and the vacant IBF crown, via 10th-round technical
[2] Pinklon Thomas. BoxRec.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
knockout.
Tucker, as the winner of the IBF title, was obliged to immediately defend his title in a unication bout with World
Boxing Association (WBA) and WBC champion Mike
Professional boxing record for Pinklon Thomas Tyson, in what would be the tournament nal. Despite
from BoxRec
having a broken right hand, Tucker faced Tyson on August 1, 1987. Tyson defeated Tucker by unanimous decision to unify the three championship titles, in the process
giving Tucker the distinction of having the shortest cham2.10 Tony Tucker
pionship reign in the history of the Heavyweight division
Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) is an (64 days).
American former professional boxer. He won the IBF Coincidentally, eight years later this exact scenario would
heavyweight title in 1987, but holds the unenviable dis- unfold to give Tucker another title shot, as the WBA
tinction of being the shortest-reigning world heavyweight would withdraw its championship recognition of George
champion in history, at only 64 days. Tucker also had a Foreman on March 4, 1995 after Foreman refused to face
notable amateur career, winning the 1979 National AAU Tucker (who was its designated #1 contender). Unlike the
Light Heavyweight Championship and a gold medal in 1987 scenario, this time Tucker would not earn a chamthe light heavyweight division at the 1979 Pan American pionship, as he would lose the match mandated by the
Games.
WBA, against #2-ranked contender Bruce Seldon.
2.9.5
External links
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2.11 Tyrell Biggs
Tucker returned to boxing in 1990, and by 1992 was back

in Don Kings stable. He won the NABF belt with a split
decision over the highly ranked Orlin Norris, and successfully defended it against future world champion Oliver
McCall, winning another 12-round decision. He nished
1992 with a 6th-round TKO of Frankie Swindell and set
himself up for another world title shot.
Tyrell Biggs (born December 22, 1960) is an American

former professional boxer who fought from 1984 to 1998.
He challenged once for the undisputed heavyweight title in 1987, losing to Mike Tyson via knockout. As an
amateur, Biggs represented the United States at the 1984
Olympics, winning a gold medal; he had previously won
bronze at the 1983 Pan American Games and gold at the
By 1993, Tucker had run his record up to 491 and in 1982 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight
May of that year he challenged Lennox Lewis for the division.
WBC world heavyweight title. Lewis won a 12-round
unanimous decision, knocking down Tucker twice. It was
the rst time in 34-year-old Tuckers career that he had 2.11.1 Early life
been o his feet.
Biggs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, making his
In 1995, George Foreman refused to defend his WBA
sporting debut playing basketball at West Philadelphia
world heavyweight title against Tucker, choosing to ght
High. He was a starting forward for the Speedboys Public
German Axel Schulz. Tucker and Bruce Seldon fought
League and City champions in 1978, a team that extended
for the vacant WBA belt in April 1995. Seldon won by
a state-record winning streak to 68 before a regular seaTKO after 7 rounds when doctors stopped the ght due
son loss to Overbrook. In '77, one of Biggs teammates
to Tuckers eye closing shut.
was Gene Banks, who went on to excel at Duke and play
Tucker lost his shot at a rematch when later that year in the NBA.
he was outpointed by a newly signed Don King heavyweight, British-Nigerian boxer Henry Akinwande, over
ten rounds.
In 1996 he was outpointed by old rival Orlin Norris. He
scored two low-key wins in California, and in 1997 traveled to the U.K. to challenge Herbie Hide for the vacant
WBO title. Tucker was dropped three times and knocked
out in round 2.
In 1998 Tucker challenged John Ruiz for his NABF belt.
Despite a big 6th round where he had Ruiz in trouble,
Tucker was eventually stopped in the 11th round.
He came back in May to knock out journeyman Billy
Wright in one round, but later had his license revoked
due to medical concerns about Tuckers vision.
2.10.3
2.10.4
References
[1] BoxRec - Tony Tucker.
2.10.5
External links
Biggs rst major success as an amateur boxer was winning the gold medal at the 1981 United States National
Boxing Championships in the super-heavyweight division. He repeated this feat the next year, and also in 1982
he won the World Championships in Munich, West Germany, where in the nal he defeated Francesco Damiani from Italy on points, who beat the legendary Teolo
Stevenson earlier in the competition. In 1983 Biggs won
a bronze medal on the Pan American Games, losing to
future professional challenger Jorge Luis Gonzalez in the
semi-nal. In addition, Biggs won a 3-2 split decision
over Cuban Angel Milian, who had beaten Greg Page ve
years earlier.
In 1984 Biggs won the gold medal at the Summer
Olympics in Los Angeles, California, defeating future professional world champion Lennox Lewis in the
quarter-nals. In the Olympics nal Biggs beat Damiani
on points again. The Cubans, including Stevenson, who
defeated Biggs two times before the Olympics, did not
participate on the games due to the Soviet boycott.
Biggs nished his amateur career with an outstanding
record of 108-6-4.
Tony Craig Tucker at BoxingRecords.com
Professional boxing record for Tony Tucker from

BoxRec
He turned professional soon after his Olympic victory,
scoring a 6 round unanimous decision over Mike Evans on
Earl Gustkey, "For one moment, Tucker had it all", November 15, 1984 at Madison Square Garden in New
Los Angeles Times, 5 January 1990.
York City in his rst bout. Besides Mike Tyson, Lewis
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and Damiani he went on to face such other boxing lu- 2.12 Larry Holmes
minaries as James Quick Tillis, Ossie Ocasio, Riddick
Bowe, Tony Tubbs, Buster Mathis, Jr., and Larry Donald For the politician and activist, see Larry Holmes (acbefore ending his career with a second round knockout of tivist).
Carlton Davis in 1998. He never won a title, but stalked
the rankings of contendership for much of the mid to late
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American
1980s.
former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, PennBiggs biggest pro ght was against Tyson, for the lat- sylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, the
ters undisputed heavyweight title. Biggs and Tyson dis- Easton Assassin.
liked each other, and Biggs bad mouthed Tyson before
left jab is rated among the best in boxthe ght. Biggs attempted to outbox Tyson, using his jab Holmes, whose
[1]
ing
history,
was
the WBC heavyweight champion from
and movement. But Tyson kept coming in and landing big
1978
to
1983,
The
Ring magazine heavyweight champunches, wearing him down until the ght was stopped in
pion
from
1980
to
1985,
and the IBF heavyweight chamthe 7th. Tyson admitted after the ght to carrying Biggs
pion
from
1983
to
1985.
He made 20 successful tiso he could inict more damage, to avenge Biggs pre[2][3]
[1]
tle
defenses,
placing
him
third all time, behind only
match comments.
Joe Louis at 25 and Wladimir Klitschko at 22. Holmes
Unfortunately the talented Biggs life has been a constant is also one of only ve boxersalong with Joe Frazier,
ght against drug and alcohol addiction. He had to en- Ken Norton, Leon Spinks and Trevor Berbickto defeat
ter rehab only a few months after turning professional, Muhammad Ali. He is also the only one to have ever
and some declare that his career at the time of the Tyson stopped Ali.
ght was already eectively over. Biggs robe was sometimes emblazoned with, Realise your potential, a drug Holmes won his rst 48 professional bouts, including vicrehabilitation mantra. An article published when he was tories over Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali,
40 years old characterized him as still ghting between Mike Weaver, Gerry Cooney, Tim Witherspoon, Carl
Williams and Marvis Frazier, and fell one short of matchstints in rehabilitation.[2][3]
ing Rocky Marciano's career record of 490 when he lost
His professional ring record concluded with 30 wins (20 to Michael Spinks in 1985. Holmes retired after losing a
knockouts) and 10 losses in 40 contests.
rematch to Spinks, but made repeated comebacks, and
The feature documentary about Tyrell Biggs life is cur- was unsuccessful in three further attempts (against Mike
Tyson, Evander Holyeld and Oliver McCall) to regain
rently in production.[4]
the title, the last in 1995. Holmes fought for the nal
time in 2002 and ended with a career record of 696.[4]
He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest heavy2.11.4 Professional boxing record
weights of all time[5] and has been inducted into both
the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Box2.11.5 Outside the ring
ing Hall of Fame.
Biggs competed in the American Gladiators Season 5
Gold Medal Challenge of Champions in 1993, losing to 2.12.1
1984 Gold Downhill Skiing medalist Bill Johnson.
2.11.6
References
[1] Olympic Heavyweights A History Part Three

[2] BOXER'S ORDEAL: JEERS, DRUGS
[3] Golden amateurs who never made talent pay
[4]
[5] Boxing record for Tyrell Biggs. BoxRec.com.
2.11.7
External links
Early life
Holmes was the fourth of twelve children born to John

and Flossie Holmes. When the family moved to Easton
in 1954, Holmes father went to Connecticut, where he
worked as a gardener until his death in 1970. He visited
his family every three weeks. He didn't forsake us, said
Flossie Holmes. He just didn't have anything to give.
The family survived on welfare.
To help support his family Holmes dropped out of school
when he was in the seventh grade and went to work at a
car wash for $1 an hour. He later drove a dump truck and
worked in a quarry.[6]
2.12.2 Amateur boxing career
When Holmes was nineteen, he started boxing. In his

Professional boxing record for Tyrell Biggs from twenty-second bout, he boxed Duane Bobick in the 1972
BoxRec
Olympic Trials. Holmes was dropped in the rst round
2.12. LARRY HOLMES

with a right to the head. He got up and danced out of
range, landing several sti jabs in the process. Bobick
mauled Holmes in the second round but couldn't corner
him. The referee warned Holmes twice in the second
for holding. In the third, Bobick landed several good
rights and started to corner Holmes who continued to
hold. Eventually, Holmes was disqualied for excessive
holding.[7]
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eleventh.[9]
His next three defenses were knockouts of Lorenzo
Zanon, Leroy Jones, and Scott LeDoux.
On October 2, 1980, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,

Holmes defended his title against Ali, who was coming out of retirement in an attempt to become the rst
four-time World Heavyweight Champion. Holmes dominated Ali from start to nish, winning every round on
every scorecard. At the end of the tenth round, Alis
trainer, Angelo Dundee, stopped the ght. It would be
2.12.3 Early boxing career
Alis only loss without going the distance for a judges
[10]
After the win, Holmes received recognition
After compiling an amateur record of 193, Holmes decision.
as
World
Heavyweight
Champion by The Ring magazine.
turned professional on March 21, 1973, winning a fourround decision against Rodell Dupree. Early in his career Ali blamed his poor performance on thyroid medicahe worked as a sparring partner for Muhammad Ali, Joe tion that he had been taking, claiming that it helped him
Frazier, Earnie Shavers, and Jimmy Young. He was paid lose weight (he weighed 217, his lowest weight since
well and learned a lot. I was young, and I didn't know he fought George Foreman in 1974), but it also left him
much. But I was holding my own sparring those guys, drained for the ght.[11]
Holmes said. I thought, 'hey, these guys are the best, the
Holmes seemed to show signs of regret, or at least sadchamps. If I can hold my own now, what about later?'"
ness, in punishing Ali so much during the ght. He apHolmes rst gained credibility as a contender when he peared in a post ght interview with tears in his eyes as he
upset the hard-punching Earnie Shavers in March 1978. was asked why he was crying, replying that he respected
Holmes won by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous deci- Ali a whole lot and he fought one of the baddest heavysion, winning every round on two scorecards and all but weights in the world today, and you cannot take credit
one on the third. Holmess victory over Shavers set up a from him.[12]
title shot between Holmes and WBC Heavyweight ChamAfter eight consecutive knockouts, Holmes was forced
pion Ken Norton in Las Vegas on June 9, 1978.
to go the distance when he successfully defended his title against future WBC Heavyweight Champion Trevor
2.12.4 WBC Heavyweight Champion Berbick on April 11, 1981. In his next ght, two months
later, Holmes knocked out former Undisputed World
Holmes v Norton
Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks in three rounds. On
November 6, 1981, Holmes rose from a seventh-round
The ght between Holmes and Norton was a tough, com- knockdown (during which he staggered into the turnpetitive ght. After fourteen rounds, all three judges had buckle) to stop Renaldo Snipes in the eleventh.
the ght scored dead even at seven rounds each. Holmes
rallied late in the fteenth to win the round on two scorecards and take the title by a split decision.[6]
Holmes vs. Cooney
In his rst two title defenses, Holmes easily knocked out
Alfredo Evangelista and Ossie Ocasio. His third title defense was a tough one. On June 22, 1979, Holmes faced
future WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver, who
was lightly regarded going into the ght sporting an uninspiring 198 record. After ten tough rounds, Holmes
dropped Weaver with a right uppercut late in round
eleven. In the twelfth, Holmes immediately went on
the attack, backing Weaver into the ropes and pounding him with powerful rights until the referee stepped in
and stopped it. This man knocked the devil out of me,
Holmes said. This man might not have had credit before
tonight, but you'll give it to him now.[8]
Main article: Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney

On June 11, 1982, Holmes defended his title against
Gerry Cooney, the undefeated #1 contender and an IrishAmerican. The lead up to the ght had many racial
overtones. Holmes said that if Cooney wasn't white,
he wouldn't be getting the same purse as the champion (both boxers received $10 million for the bout).[13]
Although Cooney tried to deect questions about race,
members of his camp wore shirts that said Not the White
Man, but the Right Man.[13] In their ght previews,
Sports Illustrated and Time put Cooney on the cover, not
Holmes. President Ronald Reagan had a phone installed
in Cooneys dressing room so he could call him if he won
the ght. Holmes had no such arrangement. Lastly, boxing tradition dictates that the champion is introduced last,
but the challenger, Cooney, was introduced last.[13]
Three months later, on September 28, 1979, Holmes had

a rematch with Shavers, who got a title shot by knocking out Ken Norton in one round. Holmes dominated the
rst six rounds, but in the seventh, Shavers sent Holmes
down with a devastating overhand right. Holmes got up,
survived the round, and went on to stop Shavers in the The bout was held in a 32,000 seat stadium erected in a
32
Caesars Palace Parking lot, with millions more watching

around the world. After an uneventful rst round, Holmes
dropped Cooney with a right in the second. Cooney came
back well in the next two rounds, jarring Holmes with his
powerful left hook. Holmes later said that Cooney hit
me so damned hard, I felt itboomin my bones.[14]
Cooney was tiring by the ninth, a round in which he had
two points deducted for low blows. In the tenth, they
traded punches relentlessly. At the end of the round, the
two nodded to each other in respect.[14] Cooney lost another point because of low blows in the eleventh. By then,
Holmes was landing with ease. In the thirteenth, a barrage of punches sent Cooney down. He got up, but his
trainer, Victor Valle, stepped into the ring and stopped
the ght.[14]
still couldn't come up with enough nancial backing to

stage the ght.[20] Don King then planned to promote the
ght, but Holmes lost a lawsuit led by Virginia attorney Richard Hirschfeld, who said he had a contract with
Holmes that gave him right of rst refusal on a HolmesCoetzee bout. Holmes then decided to move on and ght
someone else.[21]
On November 9, 1984, after a year out of the ring,

Holmes made his rst defense of the IBF title, stopping
James Bonecrusher Smith on a cut in the twelfth round.
In the rst half of 1985, Holmes stopped David Bey in
ten rounds for his 19th title defense. His next against
Carl The Truth Williams was unexpectedly tough. The
younger, quicker Williams was able to out-jab the aging
champion, who was left with a badly swollen eye by the
After the ght, Holmes and Cooney became close end of the bout. Holmes emerged with a close, and disfriends.[14][15]
puted, fteen-round unanimous decision.
Trouble with the WBC
Holmes next two ghts were one-sided decision wins over
Randall Tex Cobb and ex-European champion Lucien
Rodriguez. On May 23, 1983, Holmes defended his title against Tim Witherspoon, the future WBC and WBA
Heavyweight Champion. Witherspoon, a six to one underdog and with only 15 professional bouts to his name,
surprised many by giving Holmes a dicult ght. After twelve rounds, Holmes retained the title by a disputed
split decision.[16] Boxing Monthly named it one of the ten
most controversial decisions of all time.
On September 10, 1983, Holmes successfully defended
the WBC title for the sixteenth time, knocking out Scott
Frank in ve rounds. Holmes then signed to ght Marvis
Frazier, son of Joe Frazier, on November 25, 1983. The
WBC refused to sanction the ght against the unranked
Frazier. They ordered Holmes to ght Greg Page, the
#1 contender, or be stripped of the title. Promoter Don
King oered Holmes $2.55 million to ght Page, but the
champion didn't think that was enough. He was making
$3.1 million to ght Frazier and felt he should get as much
as $5 million to ght Page.[17]
On September 21, 1985, Holmes stepped in the ring looking to equal Rocky Marciano's 49-0 career record and
to make his twentieth successful title defense. His opponent was looking to make history as well. After winning the undisputed championship at light heavyweight,
Michael Spinks decided to move up in weight and try to
become the second ghter after Bob Fitzsimmons to win
titles at both light heavyweight and heavyweight. It would
be Spinks whose historical destiny would be fullled, albeit controversially, as he defeated Holmes via unanimous decision to become the rst reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight title.[22] After
the ght, a bitter Holmes said, Rocky Marciano couldn't
carry my jockstrap.
Holmes had a rematch with Spinks on April 19, 1986.
Spinks retained the title with a disputed fteen-round
split decision. The judges scored the ght: Judge Joe
Cortez 144141 (Holmes), Judge Frank Brunette 141
144 (Spinks) and Judge Jerry Roth 142144 (Spinks.)[23]
In a post-ght interview with HBO, Holmes said, the
judges, the referees and promoters can kiss me where
the sun don't shineand because we're on HBO, thats
my big black behind.[24]
On November 6, 1986, three days after his 37th birthday,

[25]
Holmes had an easy time with Frazier, knocking him out Holmes announced his retirement.
[18]
in the rst round.
The following month, Holmes relinquished the WBC championship and accepted recognition as World Heavyweight Champion by the newly 2.12.6 Comebacks
formed International Boxing Federation.[19]
2.12.5
IBF Heavyweight Champion
Holmes signed to ght Gerrie Coetzee, the WBA Champion, on June 15, 1984 at Caesars Palace. The ght
was being promoted by JPD Inc., but it was canceled
when Caesars Palace said the promoters failed to meet
the nancial conditions of the contract. Holmes was
promised $13 million and Coetzee was promised $8 million. Even after cutting the purses dramatically, they
Main articles: Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes, Ray

Mercer vs. Larry Holmes and Evander Holyeld vs.
Larry Holmes
On January 22, 1988, Holmes was lured out of retirement by a $2.8 million purse to challenge reigning Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. Tyson
dropped Holmes in the fourth round with an overhand
right. Holmes got up, but Tyson put him down two more
times in the round, and the ght was stopped. It was the
2.12. LARRY HOLMES
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only time Holmes would be knocked out in his lengthy

career. After the ght, Holmes once again retired.[26]
Holmes returned to the ring in 1991 and became a much
more active ghter, usually ghting on USA Tuesday
Night Fights cards every few weeks against up and comers
and journeymen. After ve straight wins, he fought Ray
Mercer, the undefeated 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, on
February 7, 1992. Holmes pulled o the upset and won
by a twelve-round unanimous decision.[27] The win got
Holmes a shot at Evander Holyeld for the Undisputed
World Heavyweight Championship. On June 19, 1992,
Holyeld defeated Holmes by a twelve-round unanimous
decision.[28]
On April 8, 1995, he fought Oliver McCall for the WBC
title. Holmes lost by a close twelve-round unanimous decision. Two of the judges had him losing by only one
point, while the other judge had him losing by three
points.[29]
Holmes was back in the ring ve months later, resuming
the pace he had set since his comeback. However, an aging former champion was growing tired of the sport and,
after he fought and knocked out Anthony Willis in June
1996 on another USA boxing event, Holmes announced
that unless he received a shot at the title, the ght against
Holmes in Beaufort, South Carolina in 2010.
Willis was likely to be his last.
On January 24, 1997, Holmes got one last opportunity to
ght for a heavyweight championship when he traveled
to Copenhagen to ght undefeated International Boxing
Organization champion Brian Nielsen. Nielsen won by
a twelve-round split decision to retain the International
Boxing Organization title.[30]
2.12.8 Life after boxing

Holmes invested the money he earned from boxing and
settled in his hometown of Easton. When he retired from
boxing, Holmes employed more than 200 people through
his various business holdings. In 2008, he owned two
restaurants and a nightclub, a training facility, an oce
complex, a snack food bar and slot machines.[36] Holmes
currently co-hosts a talk show What The Heck Were They
Thinking?[37]
Holmes and George Foreman signed to ght on January

23, 1999 at the Houston Astrodome. Foreman called o
the ght several weeks before it was to take place because
the promoter failed to meet the deadline for paying him
the remaining $9 million of his $10 million purse. Foreman received a nonrefundable $1 million deposit, and In 2014, Holmes sold his business complex in Easton to
Holmes got to keep a $400,000 down payment of his $4 business entrepreneur Gerald Gorman.[38]
million purse.[31]
In 2016 Larry Holmes guest starred as himself in an
Holmes next two ghts were rematches with old foes. On episode of the Mike Tyson Mysteries titled Unsolved
June 18, 1999, he stopped Bonecrusher Smith in eight Situations.
rounds,[32] and on November 17, 2000, he stopped Mike
Weaver in six.[33]
2.12.9 Personal life
Holmes nal ght was on July 27, 2002 in Norfolk, Virginia. He defeated Eric Butterbean Esch by a ten-round
Larry Holmes married his wife, Diane, in 1979. Together
unanimous decision.[34]
they have had two children, Kandy Holmes and Larry
Holmes Jr.[39] He has two brothers, Robert Holmes and
Mark Holmes.
2.12.7
Honors

2.12.11 See also
Holmes was inducted into the International Boxing Hall

of Fame in 2008.[35]
List of heavyweight boxing champions
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List of WBC world champions
2.12.12
References
[1] 10 things to still appreciate about Larry Holmes.

ESPN.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[22] Pat Putnam (September 30, 1985). Michael Played the

Heavy. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[23] Holmes vs Spinks 2nd Fight Scorecards. boxrec.com.
Retrieved 2011-03-28.
[2] Larry Holmes. Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
[24] Pat Putnam. Battle of the Ballot. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[3] The Bryan Times. News.google.com. Retrieved 201602-25 via Google News Archive Search.
[25] SPORTS PEOPLE Holmes Retires. New York Times.

November 7, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[4] Larry Holmes Boxer. boxrec.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

[5] Boxing: Historians Rankings of The Great Heavyweights. tripod.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[6] Pat Putnam (November 6, 1978). Don't Hate 'em Just
Hit 'em. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on
October 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[7] Bobick Captures Olympic Berth. The Tuscaloosa News.
Associated Press. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[8] Weaver hurts Holmes before bowing in 12. The
Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. June 23, 1979.
Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[9] Will Grimsley (September 29, 1979). Holmes Wins
Wild Brawl. The Argus-Press. Associated Press. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[10] Doom In The Desert. Sports Illustrated. October 13,
1980. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[11] Ali Reportedly Used Drug to Lose Weight. The Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 6, 1980. Retrieved February
26, 2015.
[12] Video on YouTube
[13] Dahlberg, Time (June 30, 2007). Holmes and Cooney
recall divisive ght. USA Today.
[14] Tallent, Aaron (June 9, 2006). Larry Holmes vs. Gerry
Cooney. TheSweetScience.com. Archived from the
original on February 21, 2009.
[26] Tyson Batters Holmes in 4 Rounds. Herald-Journal.

Associated Press. January 23, 1988. Retrieved February
26, 2015.
[27]
[28] Tim Wahlberg (June 20, 1992). Holyeld beats Holmes
by unanimous decision. The Argus-Press. Associated
Press. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[29] McCall beats Holmes. The Daily Gazette. Associated
Press. April 7, 1995. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[30] Holmes loses to Nielsen. Gadsden Times. January 25,
[31] HolmesForeman ght reportedly is o. The Free
Lance-Star. Associated Press. January 2, 1999. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[32] "'Bonecrusher' Smith retires. Manila Standard. June 26,
[33] Spotlight. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 21,
[34] Holmes Wins. Lakeland Ledger. July 30, 2002. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[35] Larry Holmes. International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[15] Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney: Foes for a Night,

Friends for a Lifetime | Boxing 101 | Sports Media 101.
Worldboxing101.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
[36] Hart, Colin (May 15, 2008). Holmes Sweet Holmes.

The Sun (London). Retrieved June 10, 2011.
[16] Pat Putnam (May 30, 1983). Holmes Really Had a

Spoonful. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 26,
2015.
[37] Sattereld, Lem (October 28, 2009). Larry Holmes:

ESPN Documentary 'Didn't Do Me Justice'". AOLNews.
Retrieved May 16, 2012.
[17]
[18]
[38] Deegan, Jim (December 19, 2014). Larry Holmes sells

Easton building for $1.7 million, paves way for Internetbusiness incubator. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
[19]
[20] On Again, O Again Fight May Be On Again. Times
Daily. July 3, 1984. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[21] Holmes signs for title ght in November. Eugene
Register-Guard. Associated Press. September 19, 1984.
Retrieved February 26, 2015.
[39] Reaman, Denise (September 25, 1994). Diane Holmes

Wife Of Champion And Mother Of Two Is Happier Away
From Celebrity Lights Career.. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
[40] Larry Holmes Boxer. boxrec.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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Scott. After 11 ghts, he fought fellow undefeated

prospect Clarence Hill on August 7, 1982 and won by
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Jimmy Young (who had defeated George Foreman) on
Larry Holmes ght-by-ght career record at
April 10, 1983, he was signed by Don King and began
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2.13.3 World Championship ghts

Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tubbs
Tony Tubbs (born February 15, 1958) is an American

former professional boxer who fought from 1980 to 2006.
He won the WBA heavyweight title in 1985 by defeating Greg Page, but lost it in his rst defense against Tim
Witherspoon the following year. In 1988, Tubbs challenged for the undisputed heavyweight title, losing to
Mike Tyson.
2.13.1
Amateur career
As an amateur, Tony Tubbs competed in 253 bouts, compiling a record of 240 wins and 13 lossesprimarily in
the heavyweight division.[1] In a 1976 match between the
USSR and the United States, Tubbs lost by knockout in
the second round to future Soviet Heavyweight Champion
Igor Vysotsky.[2]
On April 29, 1985, Tubbs challenged Greg Page for

the WBA Heavyweight Championship. Page and Tubbs
fought seven times as amateurs, with Page winning six of
them, but for their only meeting as professionals, Tubbs
won by a fteen-round unanimous decision. On January
17, 1986, Tubbs made his rst title defense against former
WBC Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon. Tubbs
weighed-in at 244 pounds (111 kg), 15 more than he
weighed for the Page ght, and lost the title by a fteenround majority decision.
Tubbs and Witherspoon had a rematch scheduled for December 12, 1986, but Tubbs pulled out of the ght and
was replaced by Bonecrusher Smith, who knocked Witherspoon out in the rst round. Tubbs said he had an injured shoulder, but promoter Don King accused Tubbs
of trying to get more money. On March 21, 1988, Tubbs
In 1978 Tubbs lost in the quarternals of the world Cup challenged Mike Tyson for the Undisputed World Heavyto the great Cuban boxer Teolo Stevenson. Tubbs was weight Championship; after out-boxing Tyson in the rst
the only opponent who managed to go the distance with round, Tubbs was knocked out in the second.
Stevenson. In 1979, Tubbs became the National AAU
Heavyweight Champion by defeating Mitch Green and On November 21, 1989, Tubbs out-pointed top conGreg Page, both contests were rematches of previous de- tender Orlin Norris, winning the North American Boxfeats. In the match meeting USSR-United States Tubbs ing Federation title. However, Tubbs tested positive for
[3]
defeated the two-time amateur European champion Eu- cocaine. Tubbs was stripped of the title and the victory
gene Gorshkova and the future silver medalist of the was changed to a no contest.
Olympic games Peter Zaev. In 1979 Tubbs won the IBA On April 20, 1991, a 34-year-old Tubbs lost a controBoxing World Cup, defeating Khoren Inguana.
versial ten-round decision to future Undisputed World
By 1980 the conclusion of Tubbs amateur career was the Heavyweight Champion, Riddick Bowe. The general
Olympic Games, but Tubbs was unable compete due to consensus in the media was that Tubbs had easily outthe US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. boxed Bowe. On August 8, 1992, Tubbs was upset by
Among his other notable Amateur victories were defeat- Lionel Butler in a rst-round knockout. Tubbs came back
ing James Broad and Jimmy Clark, and 1980 Olympic to out-point future WBA Heavyweight Champion Bruce
bronze medalist Stephen Left. As an amateur, Tubbs Seldon and the undefeated Alexander Zolkin, but then
served as a sparring partner to Muhammad Ali, helping suered another rst-round knockoutthis one to clubthe former to prepare for his rematch with Leon Spinks ghter Jimmy Ellis.
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
2.13.2
Early professional career
2.13.4 Peoples Choice Heavyweight Tournament
Tubbs, nicknamed TNT, made his professional debut on In December 1993, Tubbs took part in the one-night
June 14, 1980, with a rst-round knockout of Bruce Peoples Choice Heavyweight Tournament in Bay Saint
36
Louis, Mississippi. He knocked out Willie Jackson in

New York Times July 22, 1992
the rst round and won three-round decisions over 1984
Philadelphia Inquirer December 8, 1993
Olympic Gold Medalist Tyrell Biggs, Jose Ribalta, and
Daniel Dncu to win the tournament. Depending on
pay-per-view revenue, he had a chance to win $1 million.
He was paid $170,000.
2.13.5
Late career
From 1994 to 1997, Tubbs went 3-3 with one no-contest.

He retired but came back in 2002. He lost two of his rst
three comeback ghts, but then won his next ve, including a win over 18-0 Brian Minto. His last ght was a sixround unanimous decision over clubghter Adam Smith
on November 4, 2006.
Professional boxing record for Tony Tubbs from

BoxRec
Google Image Search: Tony Tubbs
2.14 Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks (born July 13, 1956) is an American former boxer who was an Olympic gold medalist and world
2.13.6 Criminal convictions
champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Nicknamed Jinx, which spawned the nickname
Tubbs has been to prison for cocaine-related crimes and of his right hand: The Spinks Jinx,[1][2] he is the brother
failure to pay child support for some of the 16 children of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and unhe says he has. On November 30, 2009, Tubbs pleaded cle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight and light midguilty to cocaine possession.
dleweight champion. He is also one of only ve people,
along with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyeld, Oliver McCall and Brian Nielsen to defeat Larry Holmes and the
2.13.7 California Boxing Hall of Fame
only one to do it twice.
Tubbs was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of
Fame on June 25, 2011 in Studio City, CA. Tubbs attended the induction with his family, mother and children.
2.13.8
2.13.9
References
[1] BoxRec. Tony Tubbs Amateur Career. BoxRec. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
[2] Igor Vysotsky Boxing Record. BoxRec. Retrieved 11
June 2014.
[3] In the News - Tony Tubbs. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2.13.10
After a successful amateur career, which culminated in

him winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics, Spinks
went undefeated in his rst 31 professional ghts, beating such opponents as Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Eddie
Mustafa Muhammad, Marvin Johnson and Eddie Davis
en route to becoming undisputed world light-heavyweight
champion. Following ten successful title defences, Spinks
moved up to heavyweight and as underdog beat the longreigning IBF heavyweight champion Larry Holmes; in doing so, Spinks became the rst reigning light-heavyweight
champion to win the heavyweight title. In his nal ght,
Spinks was knocked out by Mike Tyson in 91 seconds,
the only defeat of his professional career.
Spinks has been inducted into the International Boxing
Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. The
International Boxing Research Organization and Boxrec
rate Spinks among the ten greatest light-heavyweights of
all time.[3][4]
Sources
Toledo Blade February 3, 1980
The Pittsburgh Press April 7, 1983
Spinks won the 1974 156-pound Golden Gloves Light

Middleweight Championship by defeating Wilber
Cameron in Denver, Colorado and then took the Silver
Medal in the National AAU 165-pound Championship
Competition in 1975, losing in three rounds to Tom
Sullivan in Shreveport, Louisiana. He rebounded to
take the 1976 National Golden Gloves Middleweight
championship with a three-round victory over Lamont
Kirkland in Miami, Florida, and that same year captured
Gettysburg Times April 30, 1985

Philadelphia Inquirer January 18, 1986
Daily News December 5, 1986
Los Angeles Times March 22, 1988
Sports Illustrated March 29, 1988
2.14. MICHAEL SPINKS

the United States Olympic Trials Middleweight Championship by defeating Keith Broom in Cincinnati, Ohio.
He went on to defeat the Soviet Union's Rufat Riskiev
to win the Gold Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal. Spinks nished with a 93-7 amateur record
with 35 knockouts.[5]
37
in round 12 and went on to become world Light Heavyweight champion with a 15 round decision win. He defended the title once in '81, beating Vonzell Johnson by a
knockout in seven.
1982 began with a knockout victory over Mustafa Wassaja. Spinks had become a superstar, at least in the boxing world. He began appearing on the covers of boxing
magazines and boxing fans started clamoring for a unication ght with WBC champion Dwight Muhammad
Qawi. Tragedy struck his life, however, when in January
1983, his 24-year-old wife, Sandy Massey, died in a car
crash, leaving Spinks the single parent of his two-year-old
daughter, Michelle.
With the Olympics behind him, Spinks returned to work

at a chemical factory in St. Louis, scrubbing oors and
cleaning toilets, as one source tells it. He had no big contracts awaiting him and, while Michael appeared to experts to be the more promising of the two brothers, Leon
was at that time the big shooting star, a television staple
of ABC Sports, on his way to a shot at heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Michael had their mother to care
for, and he was intent on helping Leon prepare for Ali.
All of this pushed Michaels career to the back burner. It Spinks vs Qawi
was Butch Lewis in 1977 who convinced Michael to turn
Meanwhile, the ght all the fans wanted was being asked
professional.[2][6][7]
for by boxing critics and magazine editors, too. On
March 18, two months after his wifes death, Spinks and
Qawi met in a boxing ring. The ght was broadcast by
HBO World Championship Boxing, and, according to the
Early years
book The Ring: Boxing the 20th Century, Spinks had a
very tough moment to overcome before it even started:
Spinks then turned professional with a win over Eddie His daughter asked him, while he was in his dressing
Benson, knocked out in one round on April 17, 1977 in room, if her mother would come to watch the ght. After
Las Vegas. Spinks began with that, a 31 ght winning breaking into tears he composed himself and dominated
streak that would almost extend to the end of his career. the ght with his jab and plenty of strategic hooks and
After four more wins, Spinks nished '77 with the rst crosses. He repeatedly stopped Qawi in his tracks over
ght that began a gradual ascent in opposition quality: an the rst 11 rounds (Rounds 7 and 10 being his best), but
eight round decision over Gary Summerhays, a popular cautiously waited for Qawi to come out of his crouched
young boxer of the time.
defense to resume his assault. Qawis best moments were
In 1978, Spinks won two ghts, including an eight round accidentally stepping on Spinks foot in round eight (apdecision over former world Middleweight title challenger parently this was ocially scored a knockdown by the
Tom Bethea, in the same undercard where his brother judges) and a few too little, too late bombs in round
Leon dethroned Ali as world Heavyweight champion in 14. The ocial scores of 144-140, 144-141 and 144141 surely reected a mis-scored rd. 8 knockdown as
Las Vegas.
Spinks realistically only surrendered 2 possible rounds (1
1979 saw Spinks get less than three minutes of boxing ac- and 14). He defended the title one more time before
tion inside a ring, with his only ght ending in a rst round the end of the year, against Oscar Rivadeneira in Alaska,
knockout of Marc Hans, but in 1980, Spinks took his as- whom he beat by a ten round knockout.
cent towards the top to another level, when he beat future
IBF super-middleweight champion Murray Sutherland, Spinks fought only once in 1984, retaining his crown with
David Conteh, and fringe contenders Ramon Ronquillo a twelve-round majority decision over Eddie Davis. He
and Alvaro Yaqui Lopez (who challenged for a world ti- and Qawi were only a couple of weeks away from ghting
tle four times). Of his ve wins that year, three came by a rematch in September of that year, but that ght got
knockout, Sutherland and Johnny Wilburn being the only called o when Qawi was injured during training. Spinks
also was recognized as IBF Light heavyweight champion
ones who lasted the distance.
in 1984.
First world title
Holmes vs Spinks
By 1981, Spinks was already a top ranked contender, and
after beating former and future world light-heavyweight
champion Marvin Johnson by a knockout in four rounds,
the WBA made Spinks their number one challenger,
and so, on July 18 of that year, he met WBA lightheavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, once
again in Las Vegas. Spinks dropped Mustafa Muhammad
In 1985, Spinks beat David Sears and Jim McDonald,

both by knockout, in title defenses, before challenging
Larry Holmes for the world heavyweight championship
in a ght recognized by the IBF. Holmes was trying
to tie Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0 as the heavyweight champion, but it was Spinks who made history that
38
night, winning a controversial and narrow fteen-round heavyweight champion in history.[11]

unanimous decision and becoming the rst world lightheavyweight champion since Tommy Burns in 1908 to
win the world heavyweight title. His controversial victory
over Larry Holmes was named Ring Magazine Upset of
the Year. With this, Michael and Leon had also become
the rst pair of brothers ever to be world heavyweight 2.14.3 Post boxing
champions, followed two decades later by Wladimir and
Vitali Klitschko.
In 1986, Spinks and Holmes fought a rematch, and had Spinks remains pretty much out of the public eye, alnearly the same result, this time Spinks winning by a 15 though Ken Hissner reported that, In October 2007 he
round split decision. After that, he retained the world was introduced into the ring at the Legendary Blue Horiquite at home in the ring
heavyweight championship once again, by a knockout in zon in Philadelphia. He seemed[12]
waving
and
talking
to
the
fans.
four against Steen Tangstad. In 1987 he was stripped of
the crown by the IBF for refusing to ght their mandatory challenger, Tony Tucker, and accepting a higher offer to ght Gerry Cooney instead. Spinks knocked out
Cooney in ve rounds, and after Mike Tyson had unied
the Heavyweight belts, fans started clamoring for a ght
between them as many still recognized Spinks as the legitimate Lineal champion.
Spinks is the rare top ghter who left the sport with both
money and his health and never returned to the ring.
Aside from a rare event honoring him and occasionally attending ghts, Spinks has remained o the boxing scene
and out of the public eye.
Spinks went undefeated ghting during the deepest era in

Light Heavyweight history. And he beat the real heavyweight champion to win the title, who was also undefeated. Michael Spinks is the most accomplished light
Spinks asked that the court bar Johnson and Williams

from transferring any further assets from Lewiss estate
until there can be a full accounting and payments to
Spinks are resumed.[16]
The former champion lives privately in a seven-bedroom

house, not including the guest house, on a ve-acre
spread outside Wilmington, Delaware. However, he has
been known for visiting schoolscarrying his gold medal
Spinks vs Tyson
and four title beltswhere he tells kids to pursue their
The ght took place in June 1988, with Tyson knocking dreams. Most of the kids don't have a clue who I am,
[13]
Spinks down twice on his way to a rst round knockout. he says, but they listen when they see all the gold.
Tyson was the only ghter to oor Spinks. It would be For years he remained close to his former promoter,
Spinkss rst defeat in the professional ring, as well as his Butch Lewis, training ghters and making rare public aplast, as he retired following the ght.
pearances at events promoted by Lewis.[14]
Spinks had a record of 31 wins and 1 loss, with 21 wins In 2011, however, after Lewis died from natural
by knockout as a professional.
causes,[15] it was reported that Spinks had sued Lewiss
In addition to his success as a heavyweight, Spinks is gen- estate in a Delaware Chancery Court, alleging that the
erally considered one of the greatest light-heavyweight promoter had failed to properly manage more than $24
champions and ghters of all time. He was the only light- million Spinks had earned in the ring and had violated
heavyweight champion to remain undefeated in the en- their agreements that Lewis would continue to manage
tire history of the division since its inception in 1903 Spinkss money and pay his living expenses for the rest of
(until Joe Calzaghe), as well as the only reigning light- the boxers life. The lawsuit alleged that he commingled
his personal funds with Spinkss and used Spinkss money
heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight title.
to pay his and his childrens own personal and business exThe Ring Magazine in 2002 ranked Spinks as the third penses. Also name as a defendant was Robert L. Johnson,
greatest light-heavyweight of all time, behind Ezzard founder of Black Entertainment Television, head of the
Charles and Archie Moore, but ahead of Tommy real estate rm of RLJ Development LLC, in Bethesda,
Loughran, Bob Foster, Harold Johnson, Maxie Rosen- Maryland, and one of the executors of Lewiss $8.5 milbloom and Billy Conn. Furthermore, Spinks did what
lion estate.
no other light-heavyweight champion was ever able to do:
move up to win the world heavyweight championship, by According to Spinkss lawyers, following Lewiss death
Johnson and attorney Leonard Williams stopped the paydecisioning IBF champion Larry Holmes in 1985.[8]
ments without telling him, which in turn caused Spinks
On The Ring Magazines list of 100 greatest punchers of health insurance to lapse and bills totaling up to $50,000
all time, Spinks was ranked 42nd.[9]
a month to go unpaid. Spinks had to invade his penOn The Ring Magazines list of the 80 Best Fighters of the sion and retirement funds and incur signicant taxes and
Last 80 Years, released in 2002, Spinks ranked 41st.[10] penalties in order to meet these obligations, the boxers
East Side Boxing said in its tribute to Spinks, Michael lawyers added in the lings.
2.15. FRANK BRUNO
2.14.4
2.14.5
Amateur highlights
Compiled an amateur record of (93-7)[5]

Won the 1974 Light Middleweight (156 lb.) National Golden Gloves Championship.
Won the 1976 Middleweight (165 lb.) National
Golden Gloves Championship in Miami, Florida.
39
[12] Hissner, Ken, Michael Spinks Interview - From Olympic

Boxing Champ to Rocking the Pro Scene!", May 27, 2010
Doghouse Boxing.
[13] O'Keefe, John, Michael Spinks, Champion Boxer Sports
Illustrated Magazine, Volume 91, No. 5, August 9, 1999,
p. 20.
[14] Eisele, Andrew, Michael Spinks from 1976 Summer
Olympics About.com Boxing
Won the Middleweight Gold Medal for the United

States at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal,
Canada. Results were:
[15] Goldstein, Richard, Butch Lewis, Flashy Promoter for

Boxings Spinks Brothers, Dies at 65 New York Times,
July 24, 2011
Defeated Jean-Marie Emebe (Cameroon) forfeit
[16] Feeley, Jef, & and Phil Milford, Boxing Champion Michael Spinks Sues Former Promoters Estate
Bloomberg Business Week, October 14, 2011; the case is
Michael Spinks v. the Estate of Ronald E. Butch Lewis,
6931, Delaware Chancery Court (Wilmington).
Defeated Ryszard Pasiewicz (Poland) points

Defeated Alec Nstac (Romania) forfeit
Defeated Rufat Riskiyev (Soviet Union) TKO
3
[17] BoxRec, Michael Spinks
Made it to the nals of the 1975 National AAU, losing to Tommy Brooks
2.14.7
From Mt Scott Community Center in Portland, Oregon.
2.14.6
References
[1] Lotierzo, Frank J., Michael Spinks: A Real Champion

Viewing Boxing From Ringside, Tom Donelson, Editor
(Writers Club Press, 2002), p. 112
[2] Lotierzo, Frank J. "'Spinks Jinx' Charmed and Unparalleled at Light Heavyweight. East Side Boxing. Archived
from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved February
2, 2015.
[3] Light-heavyweight. IBRO. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
[4] World all light-heavyweight ratings. BoxRec. Retrieved
2011-06-13.
[5] BoxRec, Michael Spinks
[6] Oates, Joyce Carol, & John Ranard, On Boxing (HarperCollins Publishers, 1987, 1995, 2006), p. 34
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
Further reading
Florio, John; Shapiro, Ouisie (2013). One Punch

from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael
Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title. Lyons
Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7627-8300-7.

Professional boxing record for Michael Spinks from
BoxRec
2.15 Frank Bruno

For the Canadian Paralympic athlete, see Frank Bruno
(athlete).
Franklin Roy "Frank" Bruno, MBE (born 16 NovemLotierzo, Frank J., Michael Spinks: A Real Champion ber 1961) is a British former professional boxer who
Viewing Boxing From Ringside, Tom Donelson, Editor fought at heavyweight. His career spanned fourteen years,
in which time he won the WBC and European heavy(Writers Club Press, 2002), pgs. 111-12
weight titles, and faced multiple world champions includBoxRec, Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of ing Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. He won the WBC
All-Time, As selected by The Ring magazine in various
heavyweight title in 1995, defeating Oliver McCall at a
years, Lt Heavyweights, September 2002 Issue
packed Wembley Stadium. Bruno was known for his exThe 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!". The Ring cellent punching power: he won 40 of his 45 bouts and 38
Yearbook: 2003 Edition: 96. October 2003.
by knockout, giving him a 95% knockout rate from the
ghts he won; his overall knockout percentage is 84.44%.
The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years, as selected by
Like Henry Cooper before him, Bruno has remained a
the Ring Magazine in the Annual 2002 Volume II Issue
popular celebrity with the British public following his reLotierzo, Franbk Michael Spinks: An Appreciation
tirement from boxing.
40
2.15.1
Boxing career
Bruno became a professional boxer in 1982, quickly

achieving 21 consecutive wins by knockout. This streak
caught the attention of international boxing magazines,
such as The Ring, KO Magazine, Boxing Illustrated and
Ring En Espaol. During this period Bruno defeated former world title contender Scott LeDoux, the fringe contender Floyd Cummings, Belgian champion Rudy Gauwe,
British contenders Tony Moore and Eddie Nielson, and
opponents such as Bill Sharkey, Walter Santemore and
Ken Lakusta. However, in May 1984 the up-and-coming
future world heavyweight champion, American James
Bonecrusher Smith, halted that streak when he defeated Bruno by knockout in the tenth and nal round of
their bout, with Bruno leading clearly on all three judges
cards. As a general view, Bruno was carefully managed,
whereby he developed well to later give a strong account
of himself in the big matches.
Bruno won his next six bouts against respected opposition. He won the European heavyweight title with a KO
over Swedens Anders Eklund, KO'd former European
champion and world title contender Lucien Rodriguez in
one round, was taken the distance for the rst time by the
useful world rated Phil Brown, and beat fringe ghters
Larry Frazier and Je Jordan.
as one of the worlds leading heavyweights. He defeated

contender Carl Williams, and then journeymen such as
Jose Ribalta, Pierre Coetzer, and Dutchman Jan Emmen.
In 1993 he had a third world title chance against young
Lennox Lewis, who was making the second defence of
the belt (his rst of three championship reigns). The
Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno ght was the rst time
that two British boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title.[1] Lewis beat Bruno on a stoppage in round
seven, Bruno again failing to take his title chance after
leading the contest on points up until what proved the nal round.
Bruno again regrouped, dispatching trialhorse Jesse Ferguson in one round, and the fringe contenders Rodolfo
Marin and Mike Evans equally easily.
On 24 September 1994, Oliver McCall beat Lewis with
a surprising and somewhat controversial second round
knockout victory at Wembley Arena, and, after outpointing Larry Holmes, he came to England to defend the
WBC title against Bruno. On 2 September 1995, Bruno
nally became world champion by outpointing McCall
over twelve rounds. Bruno did not last long as champion
the contract he signed to get McCall meant he had to
face Mike Tyson in his rst defence. Tyson beat Bruno on
a stoppage in round three,[2] Bruno performing unusually
poorly in what turned out to be his last bout as a professional, due to a severe eye injury caused by Tyson. Bruno
was advised not to ght again to avoid running the risk of
causing any more damage to it, which could result in permanent blindness. Bruno retired soon after the ght.
Bruno got back into title contention with an impressive

one round KO win over former WBA champion Gerrie
Coetzee of South Africa, and, in July 1986, he challenged
Tim Witherspoon for the WBA heavyweight title. After
once again leading on the cards for most of the ght, he Brunos publicist throughout most of his career was sports
ran out of steam and was defeated by knockout in round historian Norman Giller, who wrote three books in hareleven.
ness with Frank: Know What I Mean, Eye of the Tiger
Bruno once again got himself back into title contention and From Zero to Hero. His manager for all but his last
with wins over former contender James Tillis and jour- ve ghts was Terry Lawless, who signed him as a proneymen Reggie Gross and Chuck Gardner. In October fessional shortly after he had become ABA heavyweight
1987 Bruno faced the veteran Joe Bugner in an all British champion at the age of eighteen.
match up. Bugner although long past his peak, was coming o impressive wins over Greg Page, James Tillis and
David Bey. Bruno won by TKO in the 8th round, the ref- 2.15.2 Personal life
eree stopping the bout, although it appeared the protesting Bugner could have continued.
Bruno grew up with ve siblings in Hammersmith, West
In 1988, Bruno challenged Mike Tyson for the undis- London. His mother was Jamaican and his father was
puted world heavyweight title. In the opening moments, Dominican.[3] In 1990, Bruno married his partner Laura
the ghters came together with huge punches. Brunos at a small church in Hornchurch, an area of Greater Lonlegs buckled, and he took a big step back, inadvertently don near the border with Essex. They had two daughters:
stepping o the ring apron. Most agree that he would Nicola and Rachel, and a son, Franklyn.[4] However, their
have gone down, at least to a knee in any event, and this relationship deteriorated, and they divorced in 2001.[5]
was called a knockdown. Bruno did not complain, and On 22 September 2003, Bruno was taken from his home
instead gathered himself to continue, ultimately rocking near Brentwood in Essex by medical sta assisted by poTyson (for the rst time in Tysons career) with a left hook lice ocers, under the provisions of the Mental Health
toward the end of the round. However, Tyson recovered Act 1983. He was taken to Goodmayes Hospital in
and eventually beat Bruno when the referee stopped the Ilford, where he underwent psychological and psychiatric
contest in round ve with Bruno taking heavy punish- tests.[6] He had been suering from depression for sevment, lying helpless on the ropes.
eral months beforehand. He was later diagnosed as havBruno kept winning ghts, helping him to retain his spot ing bipolar disorder.[7] On 9 October 2005 he admitted
2.15. FRANK BRUNO
41
that his cocaine use, which began in 2000, contributed to

his mental health problems.[8] Media coverage of Brunos
problems raised controversy, the principal accusations
being gross intrusion and insensitivity. Particular criticism was aimed at The Sun, whose headline in the rst
editions the next day read Bonkers Bruno Locked Up.
Second editions retracted the headline and attempted to
portray a more sympathetic attitude towards Bruno and
mental health in general.[9] As an attempt at atonement,
the paper established a charity fund for people suering
from mental illness, although some mental health charities condemned The Sun's latter action that day as being
grossly cynical in the light of the former. On 24 February 2008, Bruno oered his support to former footballer
Paul Gascoigne, who on 21 February had been sectioned
under the Mental Health Act.[10] Bruno also spoke on his
own personal experiences in the mental health system at
a conference run by Hari Sewell, on 22 June 2009.[11]
In December 2013, Bruno spoke to the Daily Mirror in
support of their mental health campaign, stating: Mental illness is a terrible thing to have to cope with but Ive
learnt its a ght you can win if you live your life the right
way.[12]
stand as the Conservative candidate in the traditionally

safe Tory seat of Brentwood and Ongar[15] against the
independent Member of Parliament, Martin Bell. His
proposed slogan was Don't be a plank, vote for Frank!"
However, this idea was quickly dismissed by Conservative Central Oce.[16] But in an interview with BBC
Sport at the time Bruno laughed at the story and denied
he had any intention of standing.
In December 2005, Bruno announced that he was to become a father for the fourth time since nding new romance with old friend Yvonne Clydesdale. The pair, who
rst met ve years previously at a health resort, began dating months after bumping into each other at a wine bar
near his home. Yvonne gave birth to baby Freya on 10
May 2006. On 10 October 2006, Bruno and his partner
Yvonne Clydesdale were jointly awarded 50,000 damages for libel against The People newspaper and publishers MGN in respect of false claims made about the pairs
relationship.[13]
He supports West Ham whilst also having an anity for

Aberdeen.
In 2006, he was one of a number of celebrities who were

recorded on the World Cup song, "Who Do You Think
You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?".
On 15 August 2009 he appeared on The Weakest Link
beating Duke McKenzie in the nal for 12,800. He had
a small role in the 2008 British crime drama Cass. Bruno
made a brief guest appearances in episodes of the ITV
comedy show, Harry Hills TV Burp in February and October 2011. On 21 April 2011, Bruno appeared on the
ITV1 chatshow The Alan Titchmarsh Show, where he was
candid about his previous health issues. In 2011, he made
a guest appearance in Sooty. On 20 April 2012, Bruno
was featured in the ITV series Piers Morgans Life Stories.
Bruno completed the 2011 London Marathon which is

the third marathon he has run successfully. He has also
run numerous half marathons. He is also a patron for
The Shannon Bradshaw Trust, a childrens charity. Bruno
regularly makes personal appearances and also sells autographed items of memorabilia.[17]
On 23 July 2013, Bruno was featured in the BBC Three
documentary Rachel Bruno: My Dad and Me.[18][19]
In 2006, Bruno published an autobiography Frank: Fighting Back. It won the Best Autobiography category of the 2.15.4
British Sports Book Awards.[14]
2.15.5 Titles in boxing

2.15.3
Media appearances and non-boxing 2.15.6 References

interests
Brunos image was enhanced by his relationship with the

BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, his appearances on the early Comic Relief programmes in the 1980s
and his frequent appearances thereafter on television and
on stage (in pantomime).
In 1991, he opened "The Ultimate" at Lightwater Valley
which was, at the time, the longest roller coaster in the
world. He described the ride scarier than Mike Tyson".
In 1995, the year of his world championship, he released
a cover version of "Eye of the Tiger", the theme song of
the movie Rocky III. It reached No. 28 in the UK charts.
In 1999, he featured on the celebrity special in the second
season of Fort Boyard.
In January 2001, Bruno announced that he wanted to
[1] Eskenazi, Gerlad (10 August 1993). Bruno vs. Lewis:

A Personal Battle of Britain. nytimes.com. Retrieved 10
January 2014.
[2] Mike Tyson v Frank Bruno 2 1996. Tysontalk.com. 1
September 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[3] Friedman, Jack; Sanderson, Laura (20 February 1989).
British Champ Frank Bruno Steels Himself for Iron
Mike. People. Time Inc. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
[4] Rachel Bruno: My Dad & Me, 23 July 2013
[5] Bruno to divorce BBC 8 August 2001. BBC News. 8
August 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[6] Goodwill messages for Bruno BBC 24 September 2003.
BBC News. 24 September 2003. Retrieved 10 January
2014.
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[7] Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned?".

guardian.co.uk. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January
2014.
[8] Ex-boxer Bruno admits cocaine use BBC 9 October
2005. BBC News. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[9] Owen Gibson (23 September 2003). Sun on the ropes
over 'Bonkers Bruno' story | Media | MediaGuardian.
Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
2.16 Carl Williams

Carl Williams (November 11, 1959 April 7, 2013),
nicknamed The Truth, was an American boxer from
Belle Glade, Florida who was the USBA United States
Heavyweight Boxing champion, and who fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s.
[10] Bruno oers support to Gascoigne BBC 24 February

2008. BBC News. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Williams won two New York Golden Gloves Championships. Williams won both the 1980 New York Golden
Gloves Sub-Novice Heavyweight Championship and the
[11] Staines, Richard (20 June 2009). Frank Bruno to discuss 1981 Heavyweight Open Championship.
BME mental health services | News. Nursing Times. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
[12] Owens, Nick (1 December 2013). Frank Bruno is back
and is ghting t but this time its not boxers hes battling
Mirror Online. Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January
2014.
[13] Bruno gets 50,000 libel damages BBC 10 October
2006. BBC News. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[14] Sue Mott (1 April 2006). Bruno boxing clever. The
Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
[15] Bruno considers election ght BBC 12 January 2001.
BBC News. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[16] Blow for Brunos election plan BBC 12 January 2001.
BBC News. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[17] Sporting Dinner with Frank Bruno MBE Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
[18] BBC Three Rachel Bruno: My Dad & Me. bbc.co.uk.
Retrieved 10 January 2014.
[19] 9.0010.00pm (1 January 1970). Media Centre Programme Information Rachel Bruno: My Dad And Me.
BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
2.15.7
External links
Ocial website
Professional boxing record for Frank Bruno from
BoxRec
Williams stopped (RSC-2) John Kibelka of the New

York City Recreation in the nals of the 1980 SubNovice Heavyweight Championship and in 1981
Williams stopped (RSC-2) Ronald Turner of the
25th Precinct in the nals to win the Championship.
Williams trained at the New York City Recreations
O'Connell Center.
Williams won the 1981 heavyweight Intercity
Golden Gloves over Craig Bodzianowski.

Williams rst title shot was against Larry Holmes, a ght
he lost in a controversial decision. His next ght was a
victory against Jesse Ferguson.
Williams is perhaps best known for having fought and lost
to Mike Tyson in a battle for the undisputed heavyweight
championship. The rst round knockout loss to Tyson
in 1989 was a devastating defeat for Williams. Midway
through the round, Tyson slipped a jab from Williams
and loaded up with one of the most devastating counterpunches of his career, smashing Williams and sending
him down for an eight count. The referee waved o the
ght and Williams immediately launched a mild protest
to the ocial and ringside judges but to no avail. He believed that the ght was stopped too early and he was not
given more of an opportunity to demonstrate to the ofcial that he was not disoriented after the knock-down.
In a post ght in-ring interview, Williams appeared to be
uninjured, spoke clearly, and expressed his disappointment that he was not given the opportunity to show my
stu. Williams also called for a rematch, however this
never occurred.
Frank Bruno in the 21st century Tribute on british- After the defeat by Tyson, Williams became a journeyboxing.net
man heavyweight. His other notable ghts include losses
to Larry Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Tommy Morrison,
Prole: Frank Bruno BBC News prole 22
and Frank Bruno, and wins against Bert Cooper and
September 2003
Trevor Berbick.
How Brunos troubles began BBC Sport article 23 Williams retired in 1997 with a professional record of 30September 2003
10-0-1 with 21 knockouts.
2.17. BUSTER DOUGLAS
2.16.3
43
After retirement
eight months and two weeks, losing on October 25, 1990

to Evander Holyeld via third-round knockout, in his only
Williams worked for Allied-SpectaGuard in New York title defense.
City at the World Trade Center as a security agent
and eld supervisor. After the September 11 attacks,
Williams worked for Verizon in Queens, New York, as a 2.17.1 Early life
security guard. Later he worked for Forte Security Group
in New York City, as a security guard at the Copacabana The son of professional boxer William Dynamite Douglas, Douglas grew up in Columbus, Ohio, in the predomand Marquee nightclubs until he became ill.
inantly black Linden-area neighborhood of Windsor Terrace. He attended Linden McKinley High School, where
2.16.4 Death
he played football and basketball, leading Linden to a
Class AAA state basketball championship in 1977. After
Williams died on April 7, 2013, of esophageal cancer. high school, Douglas played basketball for the Coeyville
He was survived by a daughter, Carlahorse, and a son, Community College Red Ravens in Coeyville, Kansas,
Daniel. He was predeceased by his 12-year-old daughter from 1977 to 1978; the seventeen-year-old was a 6 feet 0
Nijah, who died of leukemia.[1]
inch power forward. He is in the Coeyville Community
College Mens Basketball Hall of Fame.[1] He also played
basketball at Sinclair Community College from 1979 to
2.16.5 References in popular culture
1980 in Dayton, Ohio, before attending Mercyhurst University on a basketball scholarship. He moved back to
Williams was the inspiration for a parody character on the Columbus to focus on boxing.[2] For a brief period of
Fox program In Living Color, Carl The Tooth Williams, time during his early twenties, Douglas was known as
portrayed by Jamie Foxx, a boxer so named because he the Desert Fox within the Columbus boxing commuonly had one tooth. Williams would live his everyday nity. This moniker was axed to Douglas because of
life in his boxing apparel, making all appearances while a misinterpreted encyclopedia entry regarding Douglas
singing the opening line to "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang.
MacArthur and Erwin Rommel. Several friends of Buster
Douglas mistakenly believed that Douglas MacArthur
was known as the Desert Fox and subsequently ad2.16.6 Professional boxing record
dressed the future heavyweight champion as such. However, Buster Douglas distanced himself from the Desert
2.16.7 References
Fox label no later than 1985 because of clarication
from his promotional team and the concern that he might
[1] http://www.boxing.com/ten_count_for_carl_the_truth_
be confused with Syrian boxer Ghiath Tayfour.[3][4]
williams.html
2.16.8
External links
2.17.2 Boxing career
Professional boxing record for Carl Williams from Douglas made his debut on May 31, 1981 and defeated
Dan O'Malley in a four round bout. He won his rst ve
BoxRec
ghts before coming into a ght with David Bey twenty
pounds heavier than he usually did in his early ghts. Bey
knocked Douglas out in the second round to hand him his
2.17 Buster Douglas
rst defeat. After six more ghts, all wins, Douglas fought
Steen Tangstad to a draw on October 16, 1982. He was
James "Buster" Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an penalized two points during the course of the ght which
American former professional boxer. He is best known proved to be the dierence.
for his stunning upset of Mike Tyson on February 11,
1990 in Tokyo to win the undisputed world heavyweight After the draw Douglas beat largely journeyman ghters
title. At the time Tyson was undefeated and considered to over the next fourteen months. Two of his wins were
be the best boxer in the world, as well as one of the most against Jesse Clark. Douglas fought him a total of three
feared heavyweight champions in history due to his utter times and knocked him out all three times. In his last ght
domination of the division over the previous three years. of 1983, Douglas was dominating opponent Mike White,
The only casino to make odds for the ght (all others de- but White knocked him out in the ninth round.
clining to do so as they considered the ght such a fore- On November 9, Douglas was scheduled to ght heavygone conclusion), had Douglas as a 42-to-1 underdog for weight contender Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas. Berbick
the ght, making his victory, in commentator Jim Lam- pulled out of the bout three days before it was schedpley's words, The biggest upset in the history of heavy- uled and Randall Tex Cobb elected to take the ght
weight championship ghts. Douglas held the title for in Berbicks place. Douglas defeated the former heavy-
44
weight contender by winning a majority decision. The a pigeon in this bout, he hasn't found him.
next year he fought up-and-coming contender Jesse Fer- Tysons cornermen appeared to be unprepared for the
guson, but was beaten by majority decision.
suddenly dire situation. They had not brought an endswell
Douglas fought three times in 1986, defeating for- or an ice pack to the ght, so they were forced to put
mer champion Greg Page and fringe contender David tap water into a latex glove to hold over Tysons swelling
Jaco in two of the ghts. This earned him a shot at eye. By the end of the ght, Tysons eye had swollen althe International Boxing Federation championship that most completely shut. In the eighth round, Tyson landed
Michael Spinks was stripped of for refusing to defend it. a right uppercut that knocked Douglas down. The refDouglas started well against Tony Tucker and was ahead erees count created controversy as Douglas was on his
on points, but he ran out of gas and was stopped in the feet when the referee reached nine, although the ocial
tenth round.
knockdown timekeeper was two seconds ahead. In the
After the Tucker defeat Douglas won four consecutive ring the nal arbiter of the knockdown seconds is the
ghts and went on to ght Trevor Berbick in 1989, win- referee and a comparison with Douglass winning knocklater revealed that
ning by a unanimous decision. He followed that up with down count issued to Tyson two rounds[6]
both
ghters
had
received
long
counts.
a unanimous decision victory over future heavyweight
champion Oliver McCall, and earned a shot at the undisputed heavyweight championship held by Mike Tyson,
who became the universally recognized champion after
knocking out Spinks in one round in 1988. (Douglas
fought on the undercard of the event and defeated Mike
Williams by TKO in seven rounds.)
Championship ght against Mike Tyson
Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas
The ght against Mike Tyson was scheduled for February
11, 1990 and took place in Tokyo at the Tokyo Dome.
Almost everyone assumed that the bout was going to be
another quick knockout for the champion. No challenger
had taken Tyson beyond the fth round since 1987. Many
thought it was just an easy tune-up for Tyson before a future mega-ght with undefeated Evander Holyeld, who
had recently moved up to heavyweight from cruiserweight
where he became the rst boxer to be the undisputed
champion of the weight class. Douglas was given so little chance of lasting against Tyson, let alone beating him,
that nearly every betting parlor in Las Vegas refused to
hold odds for the ght. The one casino that did, The Mirage, made Douglas a 42-to-1 underdog.
Douglass mother, Lula Pearl, died 23 days before the title bout.[5] Douglas, who had trained hard, surprised the
world by dominating the ght from the beginning, using
his 12-inch reach advantage to perfection. He seemingly
hit Tyson at will with jabs and right hands and danced
out of range of Tysons own punches. The champion had
not taken Douglas seriously, expecting another quick and
easy knockout victory. He was slow, refusing to move his
head and slip his way in (his usual eective strategy) but
rather setting his feet and throwing big, lunging hooks, repeatedly trying to beat Douglas with single punches. By
the fth round, Tysons left eye was swelling shut from
Douglass many right jabs, and ringside HBO announcers
proclaimed it was the most punishment they had ever seen
the champion absorb. Larry Merchant memorably added,
Well, if Mike Tyson, who loves pigeons, was looking for
Tyson came out aggressively in the dramatic ninth round

and continued his attempts to end the ght with one
big punch hoping that Douglas was still hurt from the
eighth round knockdown. Both men traded punches before Douglas connected on a multi-punch combination
that staggered Tyson back to the ropes. With Tyson hurt
along the ropes Douglas unleashed a vicious attack to try
to nish o a dazed Tyson but, amazingly, Tyson withstood the punishment and barely survived the 9th round.
In the tenth round, the severe punishment Douglas had
inicted on Tyson nally began to take its toll on the
champion. Douglas dominated the round from the outset. While setting Tyson up with his jab Douglas scored
a huge uppercut that snapped Tysons head upward. He
then followed with a rapid four-punch combination to the
head, and knocked Tyson down for the rst time in his
career. Tyson struggled to his knees and picked up his
mouthpiece lying on the mat next to him. He awkwardly
attempted to place it back into his mouth. The image of
Tyson with the mouthpiece hanging crookedly from his
lips would become an enduring image from the ght. He
was unable to beat the referees count, and Douglas was
the new heavyweight champion of the world. As Douglas
said in an interview years later, I thought Tyson was getting up until I had seen him looking for that mouth piece
and then I knew that he was really hurt. So anytime you
know you only got ten seconds to get up so you arent
going to worry about anything but just getting up rst.
So when I had seen him looking around for that mouth
piece I knew he was really hurt.[7] By contrast, during
Douglass knockdown two rounds earlier, Douglas shows
to be ready to continue early in the count (he bangs his
st against the canvas in frustration at having let Tyson
land the crucial counterpunch, showing no signs of being
seriously hurt). Douglas, however, clearly waits for the
referee to count to 8 before getting up.
Douglass joy over the victory soon turned to confusion
and anger as manager John Johnson informed him in the
dressing room that Tyson and Don King were lodging an
ocial protest about the referees knockdown count in the
eighth round. A week later, during an in-studio interview
with HBOs Larry Merchant, Douglas admitted that the
2.17. BUSTER DOUGLAS

protest and the post-ght confusion ruined what should
have been the best time of his life. During that interview
with both ghters, Merchant asked Tyson the rst four
questions, infuriating Douglass management crew, who
stopped just short of walking out of the HBO studios.
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journeyman Louis Monaco. In a bizarre ending, Monaco
landed a right hand, just after the bell ending round one,
that knocked Douglas to the canvas. Douglas was unable
to continue after a ve-minute rest period and was consequently awarded the win by disqualication (on account
of Monacos illegal punch).
A ght with light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr.

was touted in the late 1990s, although ultimately fell
through.[11] In 1998 Douglas was knocked out in the
Main article: Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyeld
rst round of a ght with heavyweight contender Lou
Savarese. Douglas subsequently had two more ghts,
While the IBF immediately recognized Douglas as its winning both, and retired in 1999 with a nal record of
champion, the WBA and WBC initially refused due to 38-6-1.
Tysons protest.[8] However, Tyson withdrew his protest
four days later amid worldwide public outcry and demands from boxing commissions around the world, and 2.17.3 Film and game
Douglas was ocially recognized as undisputed heavyDouglas made his feature lm acting debut in the Artie
weight champion.[9][10]
Knapp science ction comedy lm Plutos Plight.
While still champion, Douglas appeared on the February 23, 1990 episode of the World Wrestling Federations Douglas was the star of the video game James 'Buster'
"WWF The Main Event", as special guest referee for a Douglas Knockout Boxing for the Sega Master System and
rematch between Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Sega Genesis. (In reality, Sega took a pre-existing game,
Savage. Originally, Tyson was scheduled to be the guest Final Blow, changed the name, and changed one of the
referee, but following the upset, the WWF scrambled to characters names to Douglas.) This game is considered
sign on Douglas for the event. At the end of the match, as a response to Nintendo's Mike Tysons Punch-Out!!,
Douglas was provoked into a 'storyline' punch and knock- especially since Tyson lost to Douglas, which Sega took
out of Savage, who was the 'heel' wrestler in the match. advantage in order to promote their early "Genesis does
what Nintendon't" advertisements - an advertising camThe defeated Tyson clamored for a rematch and Dou- paign in which Douglas frequently participated in.
glas was oered more money than he had ever made for
a ght. Not wanting to deal with Tysons camp or his In 1995, HBO aired Tyson, a television movie based upon
promoter Don King, Douglas decided to make his rst the life of Mike Tyson. Douglas was portrayed by actor
defense against #1 contender Evander Holyeld, who had Duane Davis.
watched the new champion dethrone Tyson from ringside
in Tokyo. Douglas went into the October 25, 1990 ght at
2.17.4 Honors
246 pounds, 15 pounds heavier than he was for the Tyson
match and also the heaviest he had weighed in for a ght
Douglas is one of the few non-students to be honored by
since a 1985 bout with Dion Simpson, in which he tipped
Ohio State University with the opportunity to dot the i
the scale at just over 247 pounds.
during the performance of the Script Ohio by The Ohio
Douglas came out rather sluggish, and was thoroughly State University Marching Band.[12]
dominated by Holyeld during the rst two rounds. In
the third round Douglas attempted to hit Holyeld with a
hard uppercut that he telegraphed. Holyeld avoided the 2.17.5 Professional boxing record
uppercut and knocked an o-balance Douglas to the canvas with a straight right to the chin. Douglas did not get 2.17.6 See also
up, ending his brief reign. He retired after the ght.
After the upset
Later career
List of undisputed boxing champions

Douglas vs Holyeld was a reported $24.6 million payday for Douglas. Doing little for the next several years,
Douglas gained weight, reaching nearly 400 pounds. It 2.17.7 References
was only after he nearly died during a diabetic coma that
he decided to attempt a return to the sport. He went back [1] Mens Basketball Hall of Fame. Coeyville Community
College. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
into training and made a comeback. He was successful
at rst, winning six straight ghts, but his comeback al- [2] A changed Buster Douglas reconnects with true self.
Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
most came to a halt in a 1997 disqualication win over
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[3] Arabic Eurosport:

( in Arabic) Archived March
14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
[4] Long, Bill (2007). Tyson-Douglas: The Inside Story of the
Upset of the Century. Potomac Books. pp. 122124.
[5] Timeline James Buster Douglas. The Columbus Dispatch. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
[6] Anderson, Dave (1990-02-12). SPORTS OF THE
TIMES; Referees Count Is What Counts. The New York
Times. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

Tillman twice defeated Mike Tyson as an amateur, winning both bouts via close decisions. Tillman went on
to win heavyweight gold at the Los Angeles Olympics
against highly touted Canadian boxer Willie de Wit
2.18.2 Pro career

Further information: Mike Tyson vs. Henry Tillman
Tillman turned pro in 1984 as a cruiserweight and had

a disappointing professional career, primarily due to a
weak chin. In 1986, he was knocked down twice and
upset by Bert Cooper via a decision. However, in 1987
[8] Berger, Phil (1990-02-12). Boxing Ocials Could
he was able to secure a shot at WBA Cruiserweight TiOverturn Defeat of Tyson. New York Times. Retrieved
tle holder Evander Holyeld. Holyeld dropped Tillman
2011-09-20.
three times en route to a 7th round TKO, according to
[9] What They Really Meant to Say Was.... Los Angeles WBA rules. Tillman later lost to Willie DeWitt in a rematch of their 1984 Heavyweight Olympic Final bout. In
Times. 1990-02-14. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
1990, he took on Mike Tyson in Tysons comeback bout
[10] Berger, Phil (1990-02-14). Tyson Concedes; Wants Re- after his loss to James Buster Douglas. Tyson knocked
him out in the rst round. He nished his professional
match. New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
career with a record of 25-6-0 with 16 knockouts.
[7] Buster Douglas on the Tyson vs Douglas ght. boxingmemories.com. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
[11] Will He Be A Tyson Chicken?". Sports Illustrated.

1998-05-04. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
In the movie Rocky V, Tillman played contender Tim

Simms who lost a bout to Tommy Gunn played by
[12] The i"-Dot Tradition, OSU Marching and Athletic Bands Tommy Morrison.
Online
In the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street,
Dev stated that Henry Tillman was the greatest heavyweight never to have won a world heavyweight champi2.17.8 External links
onship.
Ocial website
Professional boxing record for Buster Douglas from
BoxRec
In July 2004, Tillman was sentenced to 37 months

in prison after pleading guilty to federal identity theft
charges.
Busters new book with co-author Tony Reynolds:

Busters Backyard Bar-B-Q, Knockout Diabetes
2.18.4
Diet (Amazon.Com)
References
Busters Twitter ID: iambuster
[1] Henry Tillman. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.

Sports Reference LLC.
Buster Douglas movie Plutos Plight
[2] Boxing record for Henry Tillman. BoxRec.com.
Video of the knockout of Mike Tyson

Datos y curiosidades sobre Buster Douglas en espanol
2.18 Henry Tillman

Professional boxing record for Henry Tillman from
BoxRec
2.19 Alex Stewart
Henry Durand Tillman (born August 1, 1960) is an For other people named Alex Stewart, see Alex Stewart
American former boxer. He was born in Los Angeles, (disambiguation).
California.[1]
2.20. DONOVAN RUDDOCK
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Alex Stewart (born 28 June 1964) is a former 2.20 Donovan Ruddock

professional boxer. He represented Jamaica at the 1984
Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the heavyweight Donovan "Razor" Ruddock (born December 21,
division at the 1983 Pan American Games.
1963) is a Canadian professional boxer. A promising
heavyweight of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ruddock earned his nickname of Razor for his cutting jab,
but he was better known for his powerful hybrid left
hook/uppercut, which he called The Smash. One of
Stewart was a member of the Jamaican 1984 Olympic the best exhibitions of his left hand power was his brutal
team. He was beaten by Swedens Hkan Brock in the 1990 knockout of former WBA heavyweight champion
1/8 nal of the heavyweight competition, losing by a 5-0 Michael Dokes.
decision. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the Pan
American Games. Lost to Michael Bent(t) in a thrilling
2.20.1
match in the 1985 Heavyweight Golden Gloves Finals.
Professional career
Early years
2.19.2
Pro career
Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Alex Stewart

Nicknamed The Destroyer, Stewart did just that in the
heavyweight ranks, at least early in his career. Stewart
reeled o 24 consecutive wins, all by KO, prior to dropping his rst loss to Evander Holyeld.
Stewart is probably best known for being blown out by
Mike Tyson in the rst round in 1990,[1] and lost to
other notable heavyweights of his era, including Michael
Moorer, George Foreman, and Oleg Maskaev.
As an amateur, Ruddock had a win over Lennox Lewis.[1]

He turned pro in 1982, but his career started slowly, having only 11 ghts between 1982 and 1985. He won eight
of his rst nine ghts, but drew his fth. More controversy would follow in April 1985 when he lost to journeyman David Jaco, who'd been KO'd by a young Mike
Tyson the year after. After eight rounds Ruddocks corner threw in the towel after he complained of breathing
problems. Jaco was awarded a TKO victory. It was discovered Ruddock had a rare respiratory illness and doctors told him his career might be over.
Return to the ring

Stewarts loss to Foreman is likely his most notable ring
performance. Although Foreman knocked him down
After taking 10 months o after rehabilitation Ruddock
twice, Stewart recovered to lose a narrow majority demade a full recovery to the doctors surprise and resumed
cision to Foreman, in which Foreman was badly swollen
his boxing career winning 9 straight ghts, 8 of them
about the face.
by KO also picking up an impressive decision win over
former WBA heavyweight title-holder Mike Weaver before winning the Canadian heavyweight championship by
a rst-round knockout against Ken Lakusta in 1988
In 1989, after two more wins by KO, a ght with another former WBA heavyweight title-holder was made,
against the hard-hitting James Bonecrusher Smith. In
Alex Stewart has a daughter, Tenille Stewart born in the round 2, Ruddock was oored heavily by Smith but
1985.
showed his heart by getting up, coming back in the round,
and impressively knocking out Smith in round 7.
2.19.4
Personal life
2.19.5
References
[1] Finger, David E. (2014). Rocky Lives!. Potomac Books,

Inc. p. 254. ISBN 9781612343099. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
2.19.6
External links
A title bout was made with undisputed heavyweight

champion Mike Tyson, scheduled for November 1989
in Edmonton, Alberta.[2] Tyson, claiming illness, cancelled and opted instead to ght James Buster Douglas
in Tokyo. Tyson would go on to lose in one of the biggest
shocks in boxing history. Many accused Tyson of avoiding Ruddock.
Ruddock vs Dokes
Professional boxing record for Alex Stewart from 1990, Ruddock fought former heavyweight champion
BoxRec
Michael Dokes. Ruddock went into the ght as under-
48
dog but put on one of the best performances of his career
knocking out Dokes in the 4th round. Dokes appeared to
be seriously stunned on the ropes after taking Ruddocks
famous Smash left hook. A right hand followed, which
appeared to put Dokes out, but Ruddock threw another
two hooks and Dokes was knocked out cold for minutes.
Diculty nding opponents
After another KO win over Kimmuel Odum in 1990,
Ruddock had diculty nding a marquee opponent.[3]
Ruddock hoped to ght Evander Holyeld (fresh from a
KO win over James Buster Douglas for the heavyweight
championship). Instead, Holyeld opted to ght 42-yearold George Foreman.[4]

hardest he'd ever been hit, something he still says to this
day.
Tyson vs Ruddock II
Donovan Ruddock II
Main article: Mike Tyson vs.
After such a controversial rst meeting, a rematch was

called for. The second Tyson-Ruddock ght took place
on June 28, 1991.
The rematch went the distance, a full 12 rounds. Tyson

knocked Ruddock down twice during the bout, and won
by unanimous decision. The severity of the struggle was
evident on both ghters after the ght: Ruddock had a
broken jaw and Tyson suered a perforated eardrum.
Sports Illustrated reported that Ruddocks jaw may have
been broken as early as the fourth round.[5] Tyson was
Mike Tyson
magnanimous after his triumph, praising Ruddock as a
great heavyweight: Man this guy is tough, he'll be chamWith no big name opponent, Ruddock took a warm up pion of the world one day if he stays dedicated and doesn't
ght against Mike Rouse in December 1990 winning by slip up.
1st round knockout. The boxing world was calling for
Holyeld, Bowe and Tyson to ght Ruddock and prove
who was the best heavyweight. Ruddock would nally After Tyson
get his big ght in 1991 after it was announced in January that Ruddock would ght Mike Tyson in March af- Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Donovan Ruddock
ter Tyson accepted Ruddocks challenge. Both ghters
were praised in the boxing world for making the ght hap- After losing to Tyson for the second time, Ruddock
pen and it was seen by many as the ght between the two picked up victories over former heavyweight champion
best heavyweights in the world as Evander Holyeld was Greg Page and got an impressive win over undefeated
still lightly regarded as champion. It would pit Tyson, the hope Phil Jackson; both ghts again were won by KO.
number #1 contender, against Ruddock who was number Those victories set up a bout with Lennox Lewis in Lon#2, for the right to ght the winner of Holyeld-Foreman. don on Halloween 1992. The bout was an ocial WBC
Final Eliminator and seen as an elimination bout for the
opportunity to face the winner of the upcoming Bowe Tyson vs Ruddock Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Holyeld match.[6] Ruddock was knocked out in the secDonovan Ruddock
ond round.
Tyson-Ruddock happened on March 18, 1991. The ght
received much attention and at the time was one of the
biggest pay-per-view ghts to date. The ght was brutal with Tyson scoring a knockdown in round 2 and then
knocking Ruddock down toward the end of round 3. The
ght went back and forth with Ruddock showing incredible heart and determination. Ruddock had his big moment in round 6 after connecting with some big shots and
an uppercut that stunned Tyson before the bell sounded.
Tyson started Round 7 charging at Ruddock and catching him with numerous big shots. Referee Richard Steele
controversially stopped the ght even though it appeared
Ruddock, although staggering, was healthy enough to
continue. The premature stoppage caused tempers to boil
over with people angry at the decision. Fighting broke out
between both camps in the ring. Steele had to be escorted
out of the ring after the angry protests. The only people
who seemed calm through it all were the two ghters who
both praised each other after the ght with Tyson saying
He punches like a fucking mule kick, stating it was the
After more than two years out after the Lewis defeat Ruddock came back in 1994 with a points win over Anthony
Wade which led to a ght with Tommy Morrison in 1995.
In the rst round he put Morrison down, but let the opportunity for an early stoppage slip, and was given a count
himself in the second round after grabbing the ropes after being caught by a Morrison uppercut. Again, like the
rst Tyson ght, Ruddock was controversially stopped on
his feet in the 6th round.
Comeback
After the loss to Morrison, Ruddock disappeared for 3
years until he returned once again in 1998. Ruddock
was scheduled to challenge Vitali Klitschko for the WBO
heavyweight title in April 2000, yet was forced to withdraw at late notice due to injury. After building up a winning streak against journeymen opponents, Ruddock won
the Canadian heavyweight title for a second time with a
tenth round win over Egerton Marcus in October 2001,
2.21. PETER MCNEELEY

then retired with a record of 38 wins (28 KOs), 5 losses
and 1 draw.
On March 28, 2015 Ruddock returned to the ring with a
fth round knockout win over Raymond Olubowale.[7]
2.20.2
Legacy
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[7] "Razor Ruddock survives knockdown to win comeback at

the age of 51", Boxing News, March 30, 2015. Retrieved
March 30, 2015
[8] The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!". boxrec.com.
[9] For Razor Ruddock, boxings wounds won't heal.
LasVegasSun.com.
[10] Gelf Magazine Razor Ruddock, Inventor.
gelf-
When asked about his boxing career he stated that his

magazine.com.
ghts with Tyson took everything out of him, and believed they also nished Tyson, insisting both he and [11] Amazon.com: BOXER COMPACTOR: Appliances.
amazon.com.
Tyson were never the same after those ghts.
Ruddock was ranked 70th on Ring Magazine's list of 100
Greatest Punchers Of All-Time.[8]
[12] http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=1869&
cat=boxer
2.20.3
Life after boxing
In the late 1990s Ruddock had led for bankruptcy as a

number of failed investments, including $1 million that he
lost when his Fort Lauderdale nightclub Razors Palace
went under; had left him cash poor. A contract dispute
ruined a close relationship with his brother and former
manager, Delroy.[9]
In 2006 Ruddock invented a non-electrical garbage compacter called The Boxer which he hoped would become
a success. Ruddock marketed the device he designed
one day after becoming increasingly frustrated with the
amount of waste his family was creating,[10] and sold it
from his website Razorruddock.com. As of November
2013, the site is no longer online and the product is listed
on Amazon as unavailable with no indication for future
availability.[11]
2.20.4
2.20.5
Titles
2.20.6
References
[1] Nack, William (1993-02-01). The Great Brit Hope.

Sports Illustrated (Time Warner). Retrieved 2007-03-22.
[2] Fernandez, Bernard (1991-01-27). Rugged `Razor' Ruddock Aims For World Title. Seattle Times (The Seattle
Times Company). Retrieved 2008-06-20.
[3] Starkman, Randy. 1990, August 17. Good foes hard to
get for Razor, The Toronto Star, F5.
[4] Starkman, Randy. 1990, October 31. Holyeld doesn't
faze Razor: Toronto boxer unimpressed by third-round
KO of Douglas, The Toronto Star, D8.
[5] Smash Dance. CNN. 1991-07-08. Retrieved 2010-0501.
[6] J. Golden. Lewis - Ruddock, Lennoxs Big Gamble. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
Professional boxing record for Donovan Ruddock

from BoxRec
Donovan Razor Ruddock A Comeback Without
a Conclusion
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2.21 Peter McNeeley

Peter McNeeley (born October 6, 1968) is an American former heavyweight boxer, best known for his 1995
ght with Mike Tyson in which McNeeley had famously
vowed to wrap Tyson in a cocoon of horror.[1] McNeeley fought aggressively and was knocked down twice
within the rst two minutes as a result. McNeeley was
disqualied after his manager Vinnie Vecchione stepped
into the ring to stop his ghter from taking any more punishment after the second knockdown. TV Guide included
the ght in their list of the 50 Great TV Sports Moments
of All Time in 1998.[2]
2.21.1 Early life

McNeeley is the son of former heavyweight contender
Tom McNeeley. Peter McNeeley is a graduate of
Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
and holds a bachelors degree in political science.[3]
2.21.2 Career
After his loss to Tyson in 1995, McNeeley won the USBF
heavyweight championship with a second round stoppage of Mike Sam at the Fleet Center in Boston. He
recorded four consecutive early-round knockouts over a
nine-month stretch before he suered another setback at
the hands of journeyman Louis Monaco in Denver on July
13, 1996.
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Apart from the ght with Tyson, other notable opponents 2.22 Buster Mathis, Jr.
include Eric Butterbean Esch, Henry Akinwande and
Brian Nielsen. Esch stopped McNeeley in the rst round Buster Mathis Jr., (actually Buster DAmato Mathis- not
in their meeting in 1999, while Akinwande was able to a Jr.) (born March 25, 1970 in East Grand Rapids, Michistop him in the second round of their meeting in 2001.
gan), is an American former professional boxer in the
Now living in Norwood, Massachusetts, McNeeley heavyweight division.[1]
spends his time in the gym teaching others to box.
2.21.3
Legal troubles
2.22.1 Early life
The son of Buster Mathis, a heavyweight boxer from the

In 1995, McNeeley was arrested and charged with assault 1960s, who left his son a great legacy, being invited to the
and battery with a dangerous weapon.[4]
Olympics, and was a contender with boxing champions
In March 2006, McNeeley was arrested in Norwood, such as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Mathis Jr. was
Massachusetts, after he punched a man and stole his wal- a heavy man and took up boxing because he was bullied
as a child until the age of 14, and also for the benet of
let containing 200 dollars.[5]
losing extra weight.
In June 2006, McNeeley was arrested for driving the getaway car used in a robbery of a Walgreens in Stoughton,
Massachusetts. After searching the car, police recovered 2.22.2 Professional career
$180 in cash and a black fanny pack which had also been
stolen from the store.[6] The charges were later reduced to Mathis Jr. turned pro in 1991 and quickly put together
larceny. Since 2009 Peter has devoted his time to charity 12 wins. A busy, crowding ghter, Mathis was small for
work throughout New England and Canada. Most no- a heavyweight at around 220 lbs but skilled enough to beat
tably for The HUG Foundation of MA and the Boys & fairly respected ghters like Levi Billups, Justin Fortune
Girls Club of Summerside PEI
and Mike Dixon very early in his career. Buster Mathis
2.21.4
2.21.5
References
[1] The Big Question. Sports Illustrated. 1995-08-21.

Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
[2] 50 Greatest TV Sports Moments of All Time, TV Guide,
July 11, 1998
encouraged his son to fewer higher paying ghts, using the

Mathis name to his advantage. He was considered a weak
puncher (3 KOs in those 12 ghts) but his opposition was
above average.
In 1993 he challenged Mike 'The Bounty' Hunter (233) for his USBA heavyweight belt. Hunter won a close
decision over Mathis. The loss however was soon voided
after Hunter later tested positive for cocaine.
In 1994 Mathis again contested the USBA belt (stripped
from Hunter), this time winning an impressive 12 round
decision over ex-Olympic champion Tyrell Biggs (27-7).
[3] Whatever Happened To: Peter McNeeley. The Herald

News. April 22, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
In August of that year Mathis was brought in as the comeback opponent for former undisputed champion Riddick
[4] Ellement, John (November 15, 1995). McNeeley pleads Bowe. After a good eort bobbing and weaving out of
not guilty to Roxy assault. The Boston Globe. Retrieved the way of Bowes best shots, Mathis began to fall behind
and took a knee in the fourth. Bowe knocked Mathis out
28 May 2011.
while he was on the oor, yet instead of being disqual[5] "'Hurricane' McNeeley arrested for assault. USA TO- ied, referee Arthur Mercante Sr and New Jersey comDAY. 2006-03-02. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
mission boss Larry Hazzard agreed to void the contest.
[6] "'Hurricane' McNeeley arrested in holdup. USA TODAY. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
[7] Peter McNeeley. BoxRec.
In 1995 Mathis retained his USBA belt with a point win

over contender Alex Garcia, thus setting up a ght with
Mike Tyson. This was Tysons second ght since being
released from prison earlier in the year.
Mathis Sr did not see his sons ght with Tyson, his nal
battle was health problems of diabetes and kidney issues.
Mathis Sr. died a few weeks before the Tyson ght. In
Professional boxing record for Peter McNeeley from the third round Tyson knocked Mathis out with a right
uppercut. Many believed that if Mathis Sr had been alive
BoxRec
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Ocial Website
Tyson ght Buster Jrs trainer and long time friend Joey
2.23. BRUCE SELDON
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Fariello died, and Buster quickly lost his spark for the 2.23.2 Professional career
sport.
A 1996 ght with prospect Obed Sullivan ended with a no Known as The Atlantic City Express, Seldon began his
contest in the 5th round, after Sullivan was badly cut in a career on October 4, 1988 with a rst-round knockout of
clash of heads. This was the third no contest in Mathiss Joel McGraw and won his rst 18 ghts without a blemish. During his winning streak he defeated some notable
relatively brief career.
boxers: Ezra Sellers (future world cruiserweight title
In November 1996 Mathis lost his USBA belt to unde- challenger), Ossie Ocasio (former cruiserweight chamfeated Lou Savarese.
pion and heavyweight title challenger), David Bey (former
world rated contender), and Jose Ribalta (former
Mathis retired at the age of 26 with a 21-2 (7 KOs)
world
title contender).
record, and 3 no contests.
On April 18, 1991 future WBC heavyweight champion
Oliver McCall handed Bruce his rst defeat. Seldon was
2.22.3 After boxing
ahead on the scorecards but tired and was knocked down
by McCall three times in the ninth. In his next ght SelAfter his boxing career he studied education receiving a don was matched with future undisputed world heavybachelors degree from the University of Miami. He cur- weight champion Riddick Bowe who defeated him.
rently resides in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan and spends his free time speaking to youth to encour- Seldon returned in 1992 with a victory over Jesse Ferguage and motivate them, signing autographs and speaking son whom he stopped on an eye injury, but was knocked
to foster children. Buster Mathis is now the vice president down and outpointed the same year by ex-champion Tony
of a non-prot, Buster Mathis Inc. (www.thebullybuster. Tubbs. Seldon signed with promoter Don King in 1993
org) and oers elementary children the Bully Buster Pre- and boxed on a series of his undercards, most notably in
vention Program through a boxing technique called the August 1993 when he stopped ex-champion Greg Page in
'peek-a-boo'. Buster Mathis is single and has no children nine rounds.
at this time.
WBA heavyweight title
2.22.4
2.22.6
External links
In 1995, world heavyweight champion George Foreman

was stripped of the WBA title for declining to defend it
2.22.5 References
against Tony Tucker. As Seldon was the second-ranked
[1] Cashmore, Ellis (2013-04-16). Tyson: Nurture of the contender, a ght between him and Tucker was arranged
Beast. Wiley. p. 95. ISBN 9780745674575. Retrieved for the vacant belt on April 8, 1995 in Las Vegas. Seldon, the underdog, used his jab to great eect and swelled
29 September 2014.
Tuckers eye shut, to the point where the ght was stopped
by the ringside doctor after seven rounds.[1]
Professional boxing record for Buster Mathis, Jr.
from BoxRec
On August 18, 1995, Seldon fought on the undercard

of the Mike Tyson-Peter McNeeley ght that marked
Tysons return to boxing. In the rst defense of his title,
Seldon again used his jab to control Joe Hipp and stop
him in the tenth round.[2]
2.23 Bruce Seldon

Seldon vs Tyson
Bruce Samuel Seldon (born January 30, 1967) is a onetime world heavyweight champion, having won the World Main article: Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson
Boxing Association title in 1995. In forty-eight career
ghts, Seldon won forty with thirty-six knockouts.
Seldons next defense was scheduled against Tyson, who
Seldon fought from 1988 until 1996, and again from 2004 in early 1996 won the WBC title for a second time by
knocking out Frank Bruno. The bout was originally to
until 2009.
be a title unication ght, with both Seldons WBA belt
and Tysons WBC belt at stake. However, the WBC mandated that Tyson defend his belt against former champion
Lennox Lewis rst. Since the ght with Seldon was alSeldon compiled an amateur record of 204 and won the ready signed, Tyson vacated his belt and only Seldons
New Jersey Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champi- was on the line when the two fought on September 7,
onship.
1996.
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The ght was marred by controversy as Seldon lost by

knockout in the rst round. His performance in the ght
was vastly criticized, as he was knocked down twice on
what appeared to be light or phantom punches from
Tyson. Rumors started that Seldon had been paid to take
a dive against Tyson, with the fans chanting x following the decision. Although Seldon claimed in a post ght
interview with Jim Gray that he did not take a dive, the
criticism of his performance (including accusations that
he took a dive) did not stop and Seldon elected to retire following the ght. The late rapper Tupac Shakur
attended the ght on that night, and was shot on the journey home, leading to his death 5 days later
2.23.3
Comeback
Seldon attempted a comeback at age 37 in 2004.[3] He defeated two journeymen before gaining a high prole ght
on HBO with Gerald Nobles. Abandoning his jab and
boxing style for a punch out, Seldon decked Nobles in the
second and was ahead on points but ended up throwing in
the towel due to an eye injury in the ninth. In his next
bout, an overweight Seldon was stopped in two rounds by
Tye Fields.
2.24 Evander Holyeld

Evander Holyeld (born October 19, 1962) is an
American former professional boxer. He held the
undisputed world championship in both the cruiserweight
and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname
"The Real Deal". He is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having won the WBA, WBC, IBF and
lineal titles in 1990; the WBA, IBF and lineal titles again
in 1993; and WBA and IBF titles in 1996; and the WBA
title for a fourth time in 2000.
As an amateur, Holyeld represented the United States
at the 1984 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the
light heavyweight division. He turned professional at the
age of 21, moving up to cruiserweight in 1985 and won
his rst world championship the following year, when
he defeated Dwight Muhammad Qawi for the WBA title. Holyeld then went on to defeat Ricky Parkey and
Carlos de Len to win the WBC, IBF and lineal titles,
thus becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion.
He moved up to heavyweight in 1988, later knocking out
Buster Douglas in 1990 to claim the undisputed WBA,
WBC, IBF, The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight
titles.
He successfully defended the heavyweight crown three

times, scoring victories over former champions George
Foreman and Larry Holmes, before suering his rst professional loss to Riddick Bowe in 1992. Holyeld regained the crown in a rematch one year later, beating
Bowe by majority decision for the WBA and IBF titles
Seldon is currently training his super middleweight son (Bowe having relinquished the WBC title beforehand).
Isiah Seldon. While not ocially 'retired', Seldon is more Holyeld later lost the titles to Michael Moorer in 1994
involved with his sons career at this time. Bruce Sel- by majority decision.
dons career record stands at 40 Wins and 8 losses, with
Holyeld was forced to retire in 1994, only to return a
36 knockouts.
year later. In 1996 he went on to defeat Mike Tyson by
eleventh-round technical knockout to reclaim the WBA
title, in what was named by The Ring as the Fight of the
Year and Upset of the Year. This made Holyeld the rst
boxer since Muhammad Ali to win the world heavyweight
title three times. Seven months later, Holyeld won the
2.23.5 References
1997 rematch against Tyson, when the latter was disqualied in round three for biting o part of Holyelds ear.
[1] Beaver County Times. Seldon wins heavyweight crown.
During this reign as champion, he also avenged his loss
April 9, 1995, p. B2. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.
to Michael Moorer, when he stopped him in eight rounds
to reclaim the IBF title.
[2] Dahlberg, Tim. Seldon bloodies Hipp to retain title.
Seldon launched a second comeback in 2007, now into
his 40s, and knocked out a series of journeymen before
being knocked out himself by ranked contenders Kevin
Johnson and Fres Oquendo. He was also KO'd in four
during an exhibition with Alexander Povetkin.
Eugene Register-Guard, August 20, 1995, p. 1F. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.
[3] Lawrence Journal-World. Seldon wants Tyson next.
March 9, 2004, p. 2C. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.
2.23.6
External links
In 1999 he faced Lennox Lewis in a unication bout for

the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and lineal titles, which
ended in a controversial split draw. Holyeld was defeated in a rematch eight months later. The following
year, he won a unanimous decision over John Ruiz for the
vacant WBA title, becoming the rst boxer in history to
win a version of the heavyweight title four times.[2] Holyeld lost a rematch against Ruiz seven months later and
faced him for the third time in a draw.
Professional boxing record for Bruce Seldon from Holyeld retired in 2014, and is ranked number 77 on The
BoxRec
Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.[3] Box-
2.24. EVANDER HOLYFIELD
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ingScene also ranked him the greatest cruiserweight of all and his last ght for 1985 was against Anthony Davis on
time.[4]
December 21 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He won by
knocking out Davis in the fourth round.
2.24.1
Early life
He began 1986 with a knockout in three rounds over former world cruiserweight challenger Chisanda Mutti, and
proceeded to beat Jessy Shelby and Terry Mims before
being given a world title try by the WBA Cruiserweight
Champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi. In what was called
by The Ring as the best cruiserweight bout of the 1980s,
Holyeld became world champion by defeating Qawi by
a narrow 15 round split decision. He culminated 1986
with a trip to Paris, France, where he beat Mike Brothers
by a knockout in three, in a non-title bout.
Evander Holyeld was born on October 19, 1962, in the

mill town of Atmore, Alabama. The youngest of nine
children, Holyeld was much younger than his other siblings and was born from a dierent father.[5] Holyelds
family later moved to Atlanta, where he began boxing
at age 7 and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. At
13, he qualied to compete in his rst Junior Olympics.
By age 15, Holyeld became the Southeastern Regional
Champion, winning this tournament and the Best Boxer In 1987, he defended his title against former Olympic
Award. By 1984 he had a record of 160 wins and 14 teammate and Gold medal winner Henry Tillman, who
had beaten Mike Tyson twice as an amateur. He retained
losses, with 76 by knockout.
his belt, winning by seventh round knockout, and then
Holyeld describes himself as a physical late-bloomer":
went on to unify his WBA belt with the IBF belt held by
upon graduating from high school he was only 5 ft 8 in
Ricky Parkey, knocking Parkey out in three rounds. For
(1.73 m) tall and weighed only 147 pounds (67 kg).[5] By
his next bout, he returned to France, where he retained
age 21, he had grown to 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and weighed
the title with an eleven round knockout against former
178 pounds (81 kg).[5] He grew an additional 2 1 2 inches
world champion Ossie Ocasio. In his last ght of 1987,
(6.4 cm) in his early twenties, nally reaching his adult
he oered Muhammad Qawi a rematch and, this time, he
height of 6 ft 2 1 2 in (1.89 m).
beat Qawi by a knockout in only four rounds.
When he was 20 years old, Holyeld represented the U.S.
1988 was another productive year for Holyeld; he
in the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela,
started by becoming the rst universally recognized
where he won a silver medal after losing to Cuban world
World Cruiserweight Champion after defeating the
champion Pablo Romero. The following year, he was the
Lineal & WBC Champion Carlos De Len at Las Vegas.
National Golden Gloves Champion, and won a bronze
The ght was stopped after eight rounds.[9]
medal in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California after a controversial disqualication in
the second round of the semi-nal against New Zealands
Kevin Barry.[6][7][8]
Heavyweight
2.24.2
Professional career
Light Heavyweight
Holyeld started out professionally as a light heavyweight
with a televised win in six rounds over Lionel Byarm at
Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1984. On January 20, 1985 he won another six-round decision over
Eric Winbush in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On March
13, he knocked out Fred Brown in the rst round in Norfolk, Virginia, and on April 20, he knocked out Mark
Rivera in two rounds in Corpus Christi, Texas.
After that ght, he announced he was moving up in weight

to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship held by
Tyson. His rst ght as a Heavyweight took place on July
16, when he beat former Tyson rival James Quick Tillis
by a knockout in ve, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (Tillis had
gone the distance with Tyson). For his third and nal bout
of 1988, he beat former Heavyweight Champion Pinklon
Thomas, also by knockout, in seven rounds.
Holyeld began 1989 meeting another former Heavyweight Champion, Michael Dokes. This ght was named
one of the best ghts of the 1980s by Ring magazine, as
best heavyweight bout of the 1980s. Holyeld won by a
knockout in the tenth round, and then he met Brazilian
Champion Adilson Rodrigues, who lasted two rounds.
Cruiserweight
His last ght of the 1980s was against Alex Stewart, a
Both he and his next opponent, Tyrone Booze, moved hard punching fringe contender. Stewart shocked Holyup to the cruiserweight division for their ght on July eld early, with quick, hard punches, but eventually fell
20, 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia. Holyeld won an eight- in eight.
round decision over Booze. Evander went on to knock out In 1990, Holyeld beat Seamus McDonagh, knocking
Rick Myers in the rst round on August 29 in Holyelds him out in four rounds. By this time, Holyeld had been
hometown of Atlanta. On October 30 in Atlantic City Ring Magazines Number 1 contender for two years and
he knocked out opponent Je Meachem in ve rounds, had yet to receive a shot at Tysons Heavyweight title.
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that snapped Coopers head back. Referee Mills Lane
stopped the bout in the seventh.
In his rst ght of 1992, he faced former world heavyMain articles: Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyeld,
weight champion Larry Holmes, who was 42 years old,
Evander Holyeld vs. George Foreman, Evander Holyand had just pulled o an upset against Ray Mercer. Dureld vs. Bert Cooper and Evander Holyeld vs. Larry
ing the bout, Holyeld suered the rst scar of his career
Holmes
with a gash opening up over his eye, the result of Holmes
elbow. The ght ended with a unanimous decision in faHolyeld had been promised a title shot against Tyson in vor of Holyeld.
1990. Before that ght could occur, in what many consider to be the biggest upset in boxing history, relatively
unknown boxer, 29-year-old, 231 lb. Buster Douglas de- Holyeld-Bowe I & II
feated the 23-year-old, 218 lb. Mike Tyson in ten rounds
in Tokyo to become the new Undisputed Heavyweight Main articles: Evander Holyeld vs. Riddick Bowe and
Champion. Instead of ghting Tyson, Holyeld was Dou- Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyeld II
glas rst title defense.
They met on October 25, 1990. Douglas came into the
ght at 246 lb. and oered little in the ght against Holyeld, who was in great shape at 208 lb. In the third round
Douglas tried to start a combination with a big right uppercut. Holyeld countered with a straight right hand
that was lightning quick and Douglas went down for the
count. Holyeld was the new undefeated, Undisputed
Heavyweight Champion of the World. At the time of the
knockout, Holyeld was ahead on all three judges scorecards, all seeing it 2018 for Holyeld. In his rst defense, he beat former and future world champion George
Foreman by unanimous decision in 12. The ght was
billed as a Battle for the Ages, a reference to the age
dierential between the young undefeated champion (28
years old) and the much older George Foreman (42 years
old). Holyeld weighed in at 208 pounds and Foreman
weighed in at 257 pounds. Foreman lost the ght by a
unanimous decision, but surprised many by lasting the
whole 12 rounds against a much younger opponent, even
staggering Holyeld a few times and knocking him o
balance in the seventh round.
Then a deal was signed for him to defend his crown
against Mike Tyson in November 1991. Tyson delayed
the ght, claiming he was injured in training, but was
then convicted for the rape of Desiree Washington and
sentenced to six years in prison, so the ght did not happen at that time. They fought in 1996 (Holyeld won by
a TKO in 11) and a rematch in 1997 (Holyeld won by
disqualication in 3, after Tyson bit both of his ears).
Holyeld made his next defense in Atlanta against Bert
Cooper, who surprised him with a very good eort.
Holyeld scored the rst knockdown of the ght against
Cooper with a powerful shot to the body, but Cooper returned the favor with a good right hand that sent Holyeld
against the ropes; while not an actual knockdown, referee Mills Lane gave Holyeld a standing 8-count. Having suered the rst technical knockdown of his professional career, Holyeld regained his composure quickly
and administered a beating that left Cooper still on his
feet, but unable to defend himself. Holyeld landed brutal power shots, culminated by repeated vicious uppercuts
In the beginning of a trilogy of bouts with the 25-year-old

Riddick Bowe, who had won a silver medal in the 1988
Olympics, in the Super Heavyweight division, he suered
his rst defeat when Bowe won the undisputed title by a
12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Round ten of
that bout was named the Round of the Year by Ring Magazine. Holyeld was knocked down in round 11. He made
the mistake of getting into a slugfest with the younger,
bigger and stronger Bowe, leading to his defeat.
He began 1993 by beating Alex Stewart in a rematch, but
this time over the 12-round unanimous distance.
Then came the rematch with Bowe on November 6, 1993.
In what is considered by many sporting historians as one
of the most bizarre moments in boxings history, during
round seven the crowd got o their feet and many people
started to run for cover and yell. Holyeld took his eyes
o Bowe for one moment and then told Bowe to look up
to the skies. What they saw was a man in a parachute
ying dangerously close to them. The man almost entered the ring, but his parachute had gotten entangled in
the lights and he landed on the ropes and apron of the
ring, and he was then pulled into the crowd, where he
was beaten by members of Bowes entourage. Bowes
pregnant wife, Judy, fainted and had to be taken to the
hospital from the arena. Twenty minutes later, calm was
restored and Holyeld went on to recover his world heavyweight titles with a close 12 round majority decision. The
man who parachuted down to the middle of the ring became known as The Fan Man and the ght itself became
known as the Fan Man Fight. His victory over Bowe that
year helped Holyeld being named as ABC's Wide World
of Sports Athlete of the Year for 1993.
Title loss to Moorer and rubber match with Bowe
Main articles: Evander Holyeld vs. Michael Moorer
and Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyeld 3
His next ght, April 1994, he met former WBO Light
Heavyweight Michael Moorer, who was attempting to be-

come the rst southpaw to become the universally recognised world heavyweight champion. He dropped Moorer
in round two, but lost a twelve round majority decision. When he went to the hospital to have his shoulder
checked, he was diagnosed with a heart condition and had
to announce his retirement from boxing. It later surfaced
that the chairman of the medical advisory board for the
Nevada State Athletic Commission believed his condition
to be consistent with HGH use.[10]
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to go on. Tyson bit Holyeld again, this time on the other
ear. Tysons teeth tore o a small section of the top of
his opponents ear, known as the helix, and spat that bit
of esh out onto the canvas.
The immediate aftermath of the incident was bedlam. Tyson was disqualied and a melee ensued.
Tyson claimed his bites were a retaliation to Holyelds
unchecked headbutts, which had cut him in both ghts.
Others argued that Tyson, knowing he was on his way
to another knockout loss, was looking for a way out of
the ght. His former trainer, Teddy Atlas, had predicted
that Tyson would get himself disqualied, calling Tyson
a very weak and awed person.[13]
However, watching a television show hosted by preacher

Benny Hinn, Holyeld says he felt his heart heal. He and
Hinn subsequently became friends and he became a frequent visitor to Hinns crusades. In fact, during this time,
Holyeld went to a Benny Hinn crusade in Philadelphia,
had Hinn lay hands on him and gave Hinn a check for
$265,000 after he was told he was healed. He then passed Holyeld vs. Moorer II and Holyeld vs. Bean
his next examination by the boxing commission. Holyeld later stated that his heart was misdiagnosed due to Main articles: Evander Holyeld vs. Michael Moorer II
and Evander Holyeld vs. Vaughn Bean
the morphine pumped into his body.
In 1995, Holyeld returned to the ring with a ten-round

decision win versus former Olympic gold medalist, Ray Next came another rematch, this time against Michael
Moorer, who had recovered the IBFs world title. HolyMercer. He was the rst man to knock down Mercer.
eld knocked Moorer to the canvas ve times and referee
Holyeld and Bowe then had their rubber match. Holy- Mitch Halpern stopped the ght between the eighth and
eld knocked Bowe down with a single left hook but Bowe ninth rounds under the advice of physician Flip Homanprevailed by a knockout in eight. Holyeld later claimed sky. Holyeld once again unied his WBA belt with the
that he contracted hepatitis before the ght.[11]
IBF belt by avenging his defeat by Moorer.
In 1998 Holyeld had only one ght, making a mandatory defense against Vaughn Bean, who was defeated by
decision at the Georgia Dome in the champions homeHolyeld vs. Tyson I Main articles: Tyson-Holyeld town. For the rst time, Holyelds performance called
I and Holyeld-Tyson II
into question whether age was diminishing his ability to
continue as a championship ghter.[14]
Holyeld-Tyson ghts
1996 was a very good year for Holyeld. First, he met

former world champion Bobby Czyz, beating him by a
Holyeld-Lewis ghts
knockout in six. Then, he and Mike Tyson nally met.
Tyson had recovered the WBC and WBA Heavyweight
Championship and, after being stripped of the WBC title for not facing Lennox Lewis, defended the WBA title against Holyeld on November 9 of that year. Tyson
was heavily favored to win, but Holyeld made history
by defeating Tyson in an 11th round TKO. This was the
third occasion on which Holyeld won the WBA Heavyweight title. However, the ght was not recognized as
being for the Lineal championship, which was held by
George Foreman at the time.[12]
Main articles: Evander Holyeld vs. Lennox Lewis and

Evander Holyeld vs. Lennox Lewis II
Holyeld vs. Lewis I By 1999, the public was clamoring for a unication bout versus the WBC World Champion, Lennox Lewis of the United Kingdom. That bout
happened in March of that year. The bout was declared
a controversial draw after twelve rounds, where it appeared to most that Lewis dominated the ght.[15] Holyeld claimed his performance was hindered by stomach
Holyeld vs. Tyson II: The Bite Fight Holyelds re- and leg cramps.[16] Holyeld and Lewis were ordered by
match with Tyson took place on June 28, 1997. Known the three leading organizations of which they were chamas The Bite Fight, it went into the annals of boxing as pions to have an immediate rematch.
one of the most bizarre ghts in history. The infamous incident occurred in the third round, when Tyson bit Holyeld on one of his ears and had two points deducted. Ref- Holyeld vs. Lewis II The second time around, in
eree Mills Lane decided to disqualify Tyson initially, but November of that year, Lewis became the Undisputed
after Holyeld and the ringside doctor intervened and said Champion by beating Holyeld via unanimous decision
Holyeld could continue, he relented and allowed the ght by three American judges. Holyeld said I haven't felt
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this good after a ght since I was a cruiserweight, Holyeld said. It makes me think I should have fought a little
harder against Lennox. Maybe I'd be sore and sick, but
I'd have the victory.[17]
Trilogy with John Ruiz
In 2000, Lewis was stripped of the WBA belt for failing to meet lightly regarded Don King ghter John Ruiz,
having fought Ruizs conqueror David Tua, and the WBA
ordered Holyeld and Ruiz to meet for that organizations world title belt. Holyeld and Ruiz began their trilogy in August of that year, with Holyeld making history by winning on a controversial, but unanimous 12
round decision to become the rst boxer in history to be
the World Heavyweight Champion four times. Holyeld
blamed his lackluster performance on a perforated (broken) eardrum.[18]
Seven months later, in March 2001, it was Ruizs turn to
make history at Holyelds expense when he surprisingly
managed to knock Holyeld down and beat him by a 12
round decision to become the rst Hispanic ever to win a
Heavyweight title. On December 15 of that year, Holyeld challenged Ruiz for the title, in an attempt to become
champion again. The ght was declared a draw and John
Ruiz maintained the WBA Championship title.
Holyeld vs. Byrd
Main article: Chris Byrd vs. Evander Holyeld
2002 began as a promising year for Holyeld: in June, he
met former World Heavyweight Champion Hasim Rahman, to determine who would face Lewis next. Holyeld
was leading on two of the three scorecards when the ght
was stopped in the eighth round due to a severe hematoma
on Rahmans forehead above his left eye that was caused
by a headbutt earlier in the ght. Holyeld was ahead, so
he was declared the winner by a technical decision.
The IBF decided to strip Lewis of his belt after he didn't
want to ght Don King-promoted ghter Chris Byrd, instead going after Tyson, and declared that the winner
of the ght between Holyeld and former WBO Heavyweight Champion Byrd would be recognized as their
Heavyweight Champion. On December 14, 2002, Holyeld once again tried to become the rst man ever to be
Heavyweight Champion ve times when he and Byrd met,
but Byrd came out as the winner by a 12-round unanimous decision.
Consecutive losses & New York suspension

Larry Donald on November 13, 2004. He lost his third
consecutive match in a twelve round unanimous decision.
In August 2005 it had been reported that the New York
State Athletic Commission had banned Evander Holyeld
from boxing in New York due to diminishing skills despite the fact that Holyeld had passed a battery of medical tests.
Comeback
Holyeld was initially criticized for his ongoing comeback; but he is adamant that his losses to Toney and Donald were the result of a shoulder injury, not of old age.
Holyeld had looked better in his rst four ghts since
Donald and appeared to have answered the critics who
say that he lacks the cutting edge and ability to follow up
on crucial openings that he had in his youth.
Holyeld defeated Jeremy Bates by TKO on August 18,
2006 in a 10 round bout at American Airlines Center
in Dallas, Texas. Holyeld dominated the ght which
was stopped in the second round after he landed roughly
twenty consecutive punches on Bates.
Holyeld defeated Fres Oquendo by unanimous decision
on November 10, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas. Holyeld
knocked Oquendo down in the rst minute of the rst
round and continued to be the aggressor throughout the
ght, winning a unanimous decision by scores of 116111
and 114113 twice.
On March 17, 2007, Holyeld defeated Vinny Maddalone
by TKO when Maddalones corner threw in the towel to
save their man from serious injury in the ring.
On June 30, 2007, Holyeld defeated Lou Savarese,
knocking the bigger and heavier Savarese down in the
fourth and again in the ninth round, en route to a unanimous decision win. This was Holyelds fourth win in ten
months, two of them by KO. This victory nally set the
stage for Holyelds title ght against Sultan Ibragimov,
for the WBO Heavyweight title.
Holyeld vs. Ibragimov On October 13, 2007, Holyeld was defeated by Sultan Ibragimov. Although unable
to defy his critics by winning a fth Heavyweight title,
Holyeld refused to be backed up by the young champion and even rattled him in the closing part of the 12th
round. The ght was mostly uneventful, however, with
neither ghter being truly staggered or knocked down. In
most exchanges, Sultan was able to land two punches to
Holyelds one. The end result was a unanimous decision for Ibragimov, with scores of 118110 and 117111
twice.
On October 4, 2003, Holyeld lost to James Toney by Holyeld vs. Valuev He told BBC Scotland's Sports
TKO when his corner threw in the towel in the ninth Weekly I'm gonna ght, be the heavyweight champion
round. At age 42, Holyeld returned to the ring to face of the world one more time. Then I'm gonna write an-
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put in jeopardy due to economic disagreements but was
later conrmed to be on April 10, 2010 at the Thomas &
Mack Center in Las Vegas.[23] When asked about his upcoming bout, the four-time world heavyweight champion
said: I've been hearing for a while that I can't do it. All
it does is light a re under me to prove people wrong.
He also added: I can still ght. I don't want to leave
until I've become the undisputed heavyweight champion
one more time. Thats been my goal the entire time.[24]
The American boxer scored an eighth round knockout of
Botha to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Heavyweight title.[25][26]
El Paso Texas, June 30, 2007 vs. Lou Savarese
Holyeld started slowly as usual in the early going. Botha

held and hit Holyeld, and took the control of the ght for
the rst three rounds. However, the South African could
not slow down Holyeld, though he did hurt him, and the
American boxer slowly began to punch him more to take
control of the bout in the later rounds. In the seventh
round Holyeld stunned Botha and knocked him down
in the eighth round. Though he beat the count, Holyeld
cornered him and landed many punches that forced the
referee Russell Mora to stop the bout. At the time of the
stoppage, Holyeld was behind on two judges cards, 67
66, while the third judge had it 6964 for the American
boxer. Only 3,127 attended the ght.[27]
other book and tell everybody how I did it. On December 20, 2008 he fought, at the Hallenstadion in Zrich,
Switzerland, the WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai
Valuev for a paycheck of $600,000, the lowest amount he
has ever received for a championship ght. At the weighin, he weighed 214 pounds, Valuev weighed a career low
of 310 pounds.
Holyeld vs. Williams
Valuev defeated Holyeld by a highly controversial majority decision after a relatively uneventful bout. One After the Botha ght, Holyeld said he was interjudge scored the bout a draw 114114, while the others ested in ghting either Vitali Klitschko, the current
had Valuev winning 116112 and 115114. Many ana- WBC Champion, or his younger brother Wladimir Kl[28][29]
Holyelds next bout against Sherman
lysts were outraged at the decision, thinking Holyeld had itschko.
[19]
The
Tank
Williams
on November 5, 2010 at Joe Louis
clearly won. There was talk of a rematch in 2009.
Arena in Detroit, Michigan was then postponed twice beThe WBA did their own investigation into the contro- fore nally being rescheduled to January 22, 2011 and
versial decision;[20] As the World Boxing Association moved to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West
(WBA) always cares about and respects the fans and the Virginia. Holyeld started the bout slowly and in the secmedias opinion, the Championship Committee has or- ond round, he was cut in the left eye following an accidered a panel of judges to review the tape of the ght dental clash of heads. In round three as he took several
between Nikolai Valuev and Evander Holyeld, for the combinations. After the end of the round, Holyeld told
WBA heavyweight title read a statement from the WBA. his corner that he was unable to see due to the cut. ConThe organization also expressed that they will give a de- sequently, the bout was ruled a no contest.[30]
cision accordingly in the following weeks. Many speculated that an immediate rematch would be the most likely The WBC had allegedly agreed to match Holyeld up
scenario, but this never materialised. Valuev lost the with Vitali Klitschko after ghts with Williams and
[31]
WBA title in his next ght against British boxer David Nielsen.
Haye.
Holyeld vs. Nielsen
Holyeld vs. Botha
A ght with Brian Nielsen, the most popular Danish

heavyweight in that countrys history, was scheduled for
March 5, 2011 in Denmark, but needed to be postponed
to May 7, 2011 due to a cut Holyeld received in the
Williams ght.[32]
After the loss to Valuev, Holyeld took a period of inactivity. He reportedly agreed to ght South African
boxer Francois Botha on January 16, 2010; it was agreed
that the venue for the ght would be the Nelson Mandela
Memorial Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. A few weeks The ocial weigh-in was held on Friday night in Denbefore the ght, it was revealed that the bout would be mark, with Holyeld at 225 pounds, while his opponent
postponed to February 20, 2010.[21][22] The match was Nielsen, with his shorts on, weighed 238 pounds. It is to
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be noted that Nielsen had never been this light in his career. Neilson had said that although it would be mighty
dicult for him to beat Holyeld, he promised it would
not be one sided aair. Holyeld said that if he won he
would move to next level and challenge for major titles.
the steroid claims in order to clear his name.[40]
Holyeld was again linked to HGH in September 2007,

when his name came up following a raid of Signature
Pharmacy in Orlando, Florida.[41] As of September 2007,
Signature Pharmacy is under investigation for illegally
Holyeld started the ght aggressively, pressing the 46- supplying several professional athletes with steroids and
year-old Nielsen into the ropes and landing several hard HGH.[42]
jabs and hooks, knocking him down in the 3rd round.
Despite getting a swollen eye in the 4th round, Nielsen
kept on clowning to provoke Holyeld throughout the 2.24.5 Life outside the ring
bout, prompting his trainer, Paul Duvill, to beg him to
stop fooling around and focus on Holyeld. In round 10,
Nielsen pushed a tired-looking Holyeld into the ropes
with a series of combinations, before Holyeld turned it
around. Holyeld pushed Nielsen into a corner and battered him with combinations until the referee stopped the
contest.[33][34]
2.24.3
Present
After the Nielsen ght, Holyeld attempted to land a shot

at a world Heavyweight title (all major belts were held by
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, at that time). However,
after more than a year of trying to land this ght, Yahoo
News reported his intention to retire in 2012, with Holyeld stating, The games been good to me and I hope I've
been good to the game. ... I'm 50 years old (on Friday)
and I've pretty much did everything that I wanted to do in
boxing. [35] Later that same month, however, Holyeld
seemed to change his mind, saying that he still considers
himself a serious contender. [36] Unable to secure a title shot, his career went into limbo for several months.
However, In June 2014, after not ghting in over three Holyeld at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2010.
years, Holyeld announced his nal retirement. He is
currently a boxing adviser to heavyweight prospect Zhang Holyeld is the younger brother of actor and dancer,
Bernard Holyeld, and currently lives and trains in
Zhilei.[37]
Fayette County, Georgia. He is separated from his third
wife Candi,[43] with whom he has two children. Holyeld
[44]
2.24.4 Allegations of steroid and HGH use has eleven children with six dierent women. His son,
Elijah Holyeld recently committed to play football at the
[45]
On February 28, 2007, Holyeld was anonymously linked University of Georgia.
to Applied Pharmacy Services, a pharmacy in Alabama
that is currently under investigation for supplying athletes
with illegal steroids and human growth hormone (HGH).
He denies ever using performance enhancers.[38]
Holyelds name does not appear in the law enforcement
documents reviewed. However, a patient by the name
of Evan Fields caught investigators attention. Fields
shares the same birth date as HolyeldOctober 19,
1962. The listed address for Fields was 794 Evander,
Faireld, Ga. 30213. Holyeld has a very similar address. When the phone number that, according to the
documents, was associated with the Fields prescription,
was dialed, Holyeld answered.[39]
By 1992, Holyeld was already a household name, endorsing multiple products on television, such as Coca
Cola and Diet Coke. He also had a video game released
for the Sega Genesis and the Sega Game Gear: Evander
Holyelds Real Deal Boxing. After his conversion, he
started professing his Christianity everywhere, reminding the public before and after his ghts that he is a bornagain Christian.
In 1996 Holyeld was given the opportunity to carry the
Olympic torch when it was on its way to his hometown of
Atlanta for that years Olympics. October 4 of this year
he was married to Dr. Janice Itson, with whom he had
one child.
On March 10, 2007 Holyeld made a public announce- He founded Real Deal Records which signed the briey
ment that he would be pursuing his own investigation into successful group Exhale.
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On September 22, 2007 Holyeld released the Real Deal A Utah landscaping rm also has gone to court seeking
Grill cooking appliance via TV infomercials. The Real $550,000 in unpaid debt for services.[49]
Deal Grill is manufactured by Cirtran Corp.
In 2012 the Independent described Holyeld as at
Holyelds popularity has led to numerous television ap- broke and bankrupt despite having earned 350 million
pearances for the boxer. His rst television show appear- over his boxing career.[50]
ance was the Christmas special of the Fresh Prince of BelAir in 1990, playing himself. In 2005, Holyeld came
in fth place on ABCs Dancing with the Stars with his 2.24.6 Professional boxing record
partner Edyta Sliwinska. He also made an appearance
on the original BBC Strictly Come Dancing Champion 2.24.7 Titles in boxing
of Champions showdown, which featured the nal four
teams from the 2005 edition of the British series, plus 2.24.8 See also
two celebrities from spino versions, paired with British
professional dancers, one featuring Holyeld paired with
List of cruiserweight boxing champions
Karen Hardy, and Rachel Hunter paired with Brendan
Cole. Holyeld also had minor roles in three movies during the 1990s, Summer of Sam, Necessary Roughness, and
List of WBA world champions
Blood Salvage (which he also produced). He made a guest
appearance on Nickelodeons Nickelodeon GUTS during
its third season in 1994. He appeared once in an episode
List of IBF world champions
of Phineas and Ferb. In the episode, he is an animated
character but the producers wanted to make the most of
Holyelds ear, so his animated character was only given
2.24.9 References
half an ear.
On August 13, 2007, Holyeld was conrmed to participate in a boxing match at World Wrestling Entertainment's Saturday Nights Main Event against Matt Hardy.
He replaced Montel Vontavious Porter, who had to pull
out after being legitimately diagnosed with a heart condition that was not part of a storyline.
In late 2007 and early 2008, Holyeld was among a number of celebrities to be doing television ads for the restaurant chain Zaxbys.
Holyeld appeared as himself in the 2011 remake of
Arthur.
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(UK).[46] On January 6, 2014, he was reprimanded by the
show after saying in a conversation with another housemate that gayness is abnormal and can be xed.[47] On
January 10, 2014, he became the rst housemate to be
evicted.
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Evander Holyeld at the Internet Movie Database
2.25. FRANCOIS BOTHA

New Georgia Encyclopedia
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with two judges scoring it 94-94 and one judge scoring it
95-93 in favor of Botha. This was in Etiennes hometown.
Details of Ibragimov ght
2.25 Francois Botha
Comeback
Francois Botha (born 28 September 1968, in Witbank,

Mpumalanga), also known as Frans Botha, is a South In July 2007, Botha returned to boxing with a unanimous
African boxer, nicknamed The White Bualo.
decision victory over Bob Mirovic in a ght held in South
Botha is best known for winning the IBF World Heavy- Africa. Botha dominated the ght with two judges holdweight title in Germany against Axel Schulz in 1995, a ing Botha won all twelve rounds and one judge ruling he
title for which he was later stripped after testing positive won ten of twelve. The bout was for the interim WBF
for steroids. Botha also lost heavyweight world title ghts World Heavyweight title.
against Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Botha On 6 February 2009, Botha beat Ron Rocky Guerrero
has competed in numerous kickboxing and mixed mar- by unanimous decision for the vacant WBF heavyweight
tial arts events.
title in South Africa. He successfully defended his WBF
title against Timo Homann on 15 May 2009 in Germany, winning the ght by split decision.
2.25.1
Boxing career
Botha was scheduled to box Joey Abell on 27 March 2010

(postponed from the earlier date of 16 January 2010) at
Early career
the Uganda Nelson Mandela Memorial Stadium in Kampala, Uganda.[2][3][4] On 10 January, the World Boxing
Main articles: Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha and Foundation executive has decided to vacate the WBF
Lennox Lewis vs. Francois Botha
World Heavyweight Title due to Botha not defending
within the agreed time limit.
Botha has had a relatively distinguished career as a heavy- On 10 April 2010 Botha lost via knockout in the 8th
weight boxer, having fought several world heavyweight round to Evander Holyeld at the Thomas and Mack Cenchampions including Mike Tyson, Shannon Briggs, Axel ter in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyeld won the WBF heavySchulz, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir weight title for his victory.
Klitschko. Botha suered a fth round knockout to Mike
Tyson, and the famous ght with Shannon Briggs, which Since then, Botha has won against former undefeated
South African prospect Flo Simba. He then fought
ended in a draw.
Michael Grant for the vacant WBF heavyweight title and
Botha had a victory in 1995 against Germanys Axel
was leading on the scorecards when he was knocked out
Schulz to win the IBF heavyweight Championship, but with a long right hand from Grant with seconds remaining
later tested positive for the steroid nandrolone [1] he and
in the contest.[5] Two ghts later, Botha fought Francesco
his camp claimed to be prescribed by a doctor for an arm Pianeta, who was undefeated in 29 ghts, losing the 10
injury. The result of the ght was then changed to a No
round bout on points.
Contest and the IBF do not recognize Botha as former
champion, although Botha was introduced as a former He was due to ght New Zealand dual-international
champ in every single professional boxing contest he has Sonny Bill Williams in Brisbane on 24 November 2012.
However, the ght was cancelled and moved to Februengaged in since.
ary. Finally the Williams ght did take place in Brisbane.
In 1996 The White Bualo bounced back with a coura- However, only 10 out of a publicised 12 rounds were
geous eort with Michael Moorer for the IBF crown on fought. Bout judges awarded the ght to the New Zealand
the undercard of Mike Tysons rst contest with Evander Champion on points. Since that night in Brisbane there
Holyeld. Moorer knocked him out in the twelfth round. has been a lot of talk in the media, ranging from a failed
This eventually led to ghts with Mike Tyson, Shannon drugs test, to no drugs testing at all, no WBA ocial
Briggs, and heavyweight title showdowns with Lennox present at the bout, and one ght judge stated that the
Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Botha came up on the rst he heard about the ght being 10 rounds was from the
short end via knockout in both of those encounters for arena announcer. However, despite all the media specuthe heavyweight title.
lation, the WBA has conrmed that the ght was legitFour months after the Klitschko ght, Botha fought con- imate and Williams the recognised International heavytender Cliord Etienne, and knocked him down twice, weight title-holder.[6] Botha is hoping for a possible rebut was denied a victory and received a majority draw match against Williams in Cape Town.
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2.25.2
Kickboxing and mixed martial arts 2.26

career
From 2003-2006 Botha participated several times in the

kickboxing combat sport, K-1. His current K-1 record
is 4-11, with two wins coming against K-1/Kickboxing
legends Jerome Le Banner and Peter Aerts. Bothas nal
K-1 match was a 3 round decision loss to Jorgen Kruth on
20 May 2006 in a K-1 superght in Stockholm, Sweden.
Orlin Norris
Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in

Lubbock, Texas,[1] is an American boxer who held the
WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the
lesser known brother of retired former champion Terry
Norris.
As an amateur, he won the National Golden Gloves title.

Botha also had one mixed martial arts ght. On 31 DeNorris turned pro in 1986 as a heavyweight and became
cember 2004 he lost to Yoshihiro Akiyama via an armbar
a highly ranked and much avoided contender. Although
submission in the rst round.
only 5'10, and not a big puncher, Norris relied on his ne
On 14 October, Botha beat Espedito Da Silva by KO at boxing skills to outbox and pile up points versus his much
K-1 Rules Africa Bomba-Yaa 2006.
larger opponents.
Botha made a return to kickboxing in 2008. On 30 March
2008, Botha defeated muay thai kickboxer Kaoklai Kaennorsing at The KHAN in Seoul, Korea by decision. He 2.26.1 Heavyweight contender
lost to French kickboxer Le Gentleman Gregory Tony
In 1988 he won the NABF heavyweight title with a deciat WFC 6 on 27 September 2008 in Bulgaria.
sion over the towering Larry Alexander, and followed it
up with more easy points wins over respected challengers
Renaldo Snipes, Jesse Ferguson, and ex-world champion
Greg Page (boxer).
Page had been considered as an opponent for Evander
Holyeld; however, after defeating Page, the shot was
not
oered to Norris. In 1990 he was outboxed by crafty
2.25.5 Mixed martial arts record
ex-world champion Tony Tubbs (a decision later changed
to a no-decision after Tubbs tested positive for an illegal
2.25.6 References
substance), and followed up that momentum killer with
a further loss, an 8th round TKO to hard hitting Bert
[1] BOXING;Botha Tests Positive Again. The New York Cooper, where Norris was decked in the 8th round and
Times. 27 January 1996.
twisted his knee, unable to continue.
2.25.4
Kickboxing record
[2] Holyeld v Botha ght in Uganda is delayed. BBC News.

4 January 2010.
[3] Dan Rafael. ESPN.com.
[4] BoxRec Boxing Records.
[5] Frans Botha - Boxer.
[6] Boxing: Nasser blamed for confusion over ght, by
Patrick McKendry, nzherald.co.nz, dated 7 March 2013.
In 1990 Norris regained some ground by beating future

world champion Oliver McCall by split decision, and in
1991 regained his NABF title with a rst round knockout of Lionel Washington. He defended the title against
ex-world champion Tony Tucker; however, he lost on a
controversial split decision, after it appeared Norris had
outboxed his giant opponent rather easily.
2.26.2 Cruiserweight World Champion
After the Tucker performance, Norris struggled to nd

contenders who would risk ghting him, and was forced
to move down a division, into the cruiserweights. Having won the USBA belt in that division, in 1993 Norris
beat Marcelo Victor Figueroa to capture the vacant WBA
cruiserweight title and went on to successfully defend the
title ve times, including two wins over Arthur Williams
Professional boxing record for Francois Botha from
and a victory over Adolpho Washington (two future world
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champs). Norris also retained his WBA Cruiserweight title in Mexico with a crushing win over fellow American
Professional MMA record for Francois Botha from
James Heath.
Sherdog
In 1995 the weight draining caught up with Norris, as
Prole at K-1
a very sluggish, strange performance saw him lose his
[7] Kunlun Fight 34:
Bothu(Croatian)
Asihati
pobijedio
Fransa
2.27. JULIUS FRANCIS
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belt to Nate Miller via 8th round KO in London, Eng- 2.27 Julius Francis
land. Norris was hospitalised after the ght although he
checked himself out the following morning.
Julius Francis (born 8 December 1964) is a former
British heavyweight champion boxer who participated in
many noteworthy boxing matches in the 1990s and 2000s.
2.26.3 Return to heavyweight
In 2007, he also participated in a mixed martial arts bout.
In 1996 he moved back up to heavyweight and scored a
revenge win over an aging Tony Tucker; however, a long
legal battle with Don King saw him lose his WBA mandatory #1 challenger status and instead of a challenge to
King-promoted champion Evander Holyeld, Norris was
forced to ght 6'7 King-managed heavyweight Henry
Akinwande in an eliminator. Akinwande stayed at long
range and scraped a decision over Norris. Once again a
heavyweight title ght escaped Norris.
2.27.1 Boxing career

Early career
He turned pro in 1993 at the late age of 28 with a ve

round knockout of Graham Arnold. He put together six
wins (3 by knockout), including two in the US, before
being matched, somewhat prematurely, with future world
In 1999 he travelled to the UK and demolished colourful heavyweight champion John Ruiz. Francis was stopped in
prospect Pele Reid in one round, but Herbie Hide pulled 4 rounds by body shots.
out of a WBO title ght with Norris at the last minute.
In 1995 Francis won Southern Area title ghts against
Norris lined up a memorable ght with Mike Tyson in Damien Caesar and Keith Fletcher. However, he squan1999. After the rst round ended, Tyson knocked Nor- dered a big opportunity in an eliminator, when far ahead
ris down with a left hook and Norris injured his knee on points after nine rounds, hard hitting Scott Welch
when he went down. Norris said he was unable to con- came from behind to drop him three times and stop him
tinue the ght and the bout was ruled a no contest. Af- in 10. After this ght, Welch would go on to win the
ter the ght, Norris received an MRI scan at the Valley British title and challenge for a world title, while FranHospital Medical Center and was diagnosed with a dislo- cis was dropped by his team and relegated to journeyman
cated kneecap. Nevada State Athletic Commission physi- status.
cian Dr. Flip Homansky conrmed that the scan clearly
shows the path his kneecap took as he fell and then got Later in 1995, he took a ght in Russia and was outback up, popping it back into place. Tyson accuses Nor- pointed by local Nikolai Kulpin and, in London, lost a deris of throwing the match.[2] Norris was an aging ghter batable decision by half a point to veteran Michael Murby the time he came back in 2000, outscored by Andrew ray.
Golota, and in 2001 making little eort and collapsing Francis showed marked improvement in 1996, knocking
in sixty seconds against Vitali Klitschko in Germany, and out ex-victim Caesar in the rst round to regain his Southlosing a 12 round decision to Brian Nielsen in Denmark ern Area title, outpointing Michael Holden, and scoring
for the IBO title.
the biggest win of his career to date as he took on hard
In 2005, he scored a dull draw with former champion hitting Big Bad James Oyebola and destroyed the giant
Nigerian in 5 one sided rounds.
Vassiliy Jirov, injecting some life back into his career.
The big win over Oyebola got Francis a February 1997
shot at Zeljko Mavrovic for his European title, on
the champions home turf of Austria. Francis stole
Mavrovics bizarre mohawk haircut for the ght and even
2.26.5 References
dyed it blonde. In the ght itself, Francis strangely took a
knee from body shots in the 8th and watched the ref wave
[1] Lubbock, Texas. City-Data.com. Retrieved May 31, the ght o. Mavrovic would go on to lose on points to
2014.
Lennox Lewis in a World title challenge, a ght that Lewis
[2] Schuyler, Ed. Knee, Not Ear, New Source of Tysons would say in 2006 was the hardest of my career.
Woes. Daily Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 201303-22.
Experienced pro
[3] http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=515&cat=
boxer
In June, Francis was back, outpointing the hard hitting

Zambian Joseph Chingangu in London for the Commonwealth title, and in September retained his Common2.26.6 External links
wealth title and won the vacant British title with a 6th
Professional boxing record for Orlin Norris from round knockout of Garry Delaney in Northern Ireland.
His manager Frank Maloney was unsuccessful in attemptBoxRec
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ing to move Francis up in 1998, as he was outpointed in
Germany by local icon Axel Schulz in a European title
eliminator, and a second visit to German shores saw him
decked three times and stopped in the second round by
giant Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko. Klitschko would go on
to win the World Heavyweight title.
In 1999, Francis was back and enjoyed the best form of
his career. In January, he defended his British and Commonwealth titles against the amboyant, hard hitting and
highly rated prospect Pele Reid, who was 13-0 (13 knockouts) and favoured to beat Francis. Francis took Reid
apart in 3 one-sided rounds.
In April, he was again the underdog as he defended
against another highly rated prospect, this time Frank
Warren's undefeated Danny Williams, who was 15-0 (12
knockouts). Francis used all his smarts to widely outpoint the Brixton Bomber. This win gave Francis the
coveted Lonsdale Belt outright as he had now won three
British title ghts.

Downward slide
Francis was now 38 years old and with a respectable
record of 23-10-1 (12 knockouts).
He would mix in with high class company in the UK, Germany, Russia, and other locations, but he would not win
another ght. The most notable ghts were a November 2003 second-round KO loss to future champ Oleg
Maskaev (26-5), a February 2004 decision loss to fast rising Matt Skelton (11-0), and a May 2004 decision loss to
Olympic Champion Audley Harrison (15-0).
Francis appeared to have reached the end of the road in
May 2006, when he was outpointed over 4 rounds by
unknown Scott Lansdowne. He was 41 years old and
weighed well over 19 stone. Having lost 14 ghts in a
row, his record now stood at 23-24-1 (12 knockouts).
Overall, Francis has won four British Heavyweight title

ghts and ve Commonwealth title ghts, as well as two
challenges for the European title and he has fought four
In June, he enjoyed the sweetest victory of his career as former or future World champions, besides owning his
he outpointed former conqueror Scott Welch who was 22- very own much heralded Lonsdale belt.
3 (17 knockouts). He would vacate his Commonwealth
title later in the year to set up the biggest ght of his career. At the age of 35, Francis got a shot at visiting iconic 2.27.2 Mixed Martial Arts career
ex-champ Mike Tyson, in Manchester in January 2000.
Francis was decked ve times and lost in two rounds, al- In the summer of 2007, Francis announced that at Cage
though enjoyed the biggest payday of his career (around Rage 23: Unbelievable on 22 September 2007 he would
350,000). The certainty of his defeat can be gauged by be making his mixed martial arts debut against Gary
the fact that The Mirror, a national newspaper in the UK, Turner. Francis stated that he expected the move to
had paid for an advert on the soles of Franciss shoes. mixed martial arts to be comfortable for him as he was alBBC Sport Less than two months later, a disinterested ready a good kickboxer before he took up boxing. His opFrancis was back in the ring and lost his British title on a ponent Gary Turner was previously beaten by Matt Skelclose decision to Michael Holden, whom he had already ton, one of Franciss own conquerors, in a K-1 tournabeaten. Holden would later vacate the title due to injury. ment in 2000.
In 2001, Francis returned to complete his trilogy with Francis lost his MMA bout against Turner by submission
Holden, outpointing him over 12 rounds, and setting up (Strikes) at 2:15 in Round 2.
a July rematch with Danny Williams, who was now #1
in the UK, world rated, and held the British and Commonwealth titles. Francis failed to repeat his earlier win, 2.27.3 Professional boxing record
losing in the 4th round due to a swollen eye.
He would resurface in September 2002 in Denmark, scor- 2.27.4 Mixed martial arts record
ing an upset over undefeated Steen Nielsen, who he
knocked out in 6. This earned him a European title shot in 2.27.5 External links
Germany against the Turk Sinan Samil Sam, who had just
Professional boxing record for Julius Francis from
crushed Danny Williams in 6 rounds. Francis appeared
BoxRec
to make little eort, quitting in the 7th round from body
shots.
Professional MMA record for Julius Francis from
In early 2009, he began a new career with Fightt TrainSherdog
ing a (UK based tness training company) as a Personal
trainer/Boxing coach teaching city professionals the art
of Boxing.
2.28 Lou Savarese
Lou Savarese (born July 14, 1965) is an American

former professional boxer from Greenwood Lake, New
York.
2.28. LOU SAVARESE
2.28.1
Amateur career
Savarese won two New York Golden Gloves Championships. Savarese won the 1985 Super-Heavyweight
Novice Championship and the 1986 Super-Heavyweight
Open Championship. In 1985 Savarese stopped (RSC2) Jonathan Hill of Gleasons Gym in the nals to win
the Championship and in 1986 Savarese defeated Alex
Stewart of the Uptown Gym in the nals to win the
Championship. In 1987 Savarese advanced to the nals
of the Super Heavyweight Open division. He was to
have met future Heavyweight Champion Riddick Bowe
but Savarese was injured and could not box. Savarese
trained at the Cage Recreation Center in White Plains,
New York. Savarese is originally from Greenwood Lake,
New York. He now resides in Houston.
2.28.2
Professional career
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membership to anyone, and promised free personalized,
autographed photos to each new member.
The idea worked, and Savarese was next faced with his
rst relatively known opponent, Buster Mathis Jr.. This
ght was for the NABF's vacant regional Heavyweight title, and Savarese won the title on November 1, 1996, by
knocking Mathis out in round seven, at Indio, California.
Next was a major ght against former two time world
Heavyweight champion George Foreman. The ght was
held on April 26, 1997, in Atlantic City. It was Savareses
HBO Boxing television show's debut, and for the widely
unrecognized WBU world Heavyweight title. While
Savarese lost for the rst time, he nevertheless impressed
boxing critics and fans, many of whom felt he deserved
the split decision that was given to Foreman. Savarese
lost by scorecards of 110-118, 112-115 and a favorable
114-113.
Based on his performance against Foreman, the outcome

of his next ght, against David Izon on November 1, was
considered to be a mild upset. Savarese and Izon fought
Further information: Mike Tyson vs. Lou Savarese
at New York's famed Apollo Theater, and Savarese suffered his rst knockout defeat, when Izon beat him in ve
Savarese, a Roberts Elementarian, began his professional rounds.
boxing career on April 30, 1989, knocking out James
Smith (not the former world Heavyweight champion) in But Savarese would rebound by scoring two important
four rounds at Galveston, Texas. Savareses rst win by wins: on April 23, 1998, he defeated Je Lally by a
rst round knockout came on his second ght, against knockout in round two at the Sheraton Hotel in Houston, and then, on June 25, he scored what was arguably
Terrence Roberts, on May 25, at Atlantic City.
his biggest career win, beating James Douglas, a former
Savarese won his rst eight ghts by knockout. On April world Heavyweight champion and the rst man to beat
19, 1990, Savarese was forced to ght an entire boxing Mike Tyson, by knockout in the rst round to pick the
ght for the rst time, when he defeated Mike Robinson also widely unrecognized IBA's World Heavyweight tiin Poughkeepsie, New York by a six round decision. He tle.
proceeded to win his next seven ghts by knockout, and,
in 1991, Kayo boxing cards published a trading card fea- After that, he fought only twice in 1999, winning a split
decision over then prospect Lance Mount Whitaker and
turing Savarese.
losing by ten round decision against future Lennox Lewis
On September 20 of that year, he and Robinson had a re- world championship challenger Michael Grant, on June
match, with Savarese knocking Robinson out in the fourth 19 at New Yorks Madison Square Garden.
round. His next ght, against Mike Faulkner on November 26, at White Plains, New York, resulted in a ve More than one year later, on June 24, 2000, Savarese had
his rst ght abroad, when he faced Tyson in Glasgow,
round disqualication win for Savarese.
Scotland. The ght was stopped thirty eight seconds into
On November 21, 1992 Savarese fought Larry Givens, the rst round. While attempting to stop Tyson, referee
who is mostly famous for his incredible lack of success John Coyle was accidentally pulled to the oor by him.
as a professional boxer. Givens retired with a record of Tyson was declared the winner by technical knockout.
3-46. Savarese managed to KO Givens in the 2nd round.
Savarese remained active, and, after two wins, he beat
Savarese ran his record to 36-0, with 30 knockouts, David Bostice on November 2, 2001 by a twelve-round
but he was a relatively unknown ghter: apart from the decision.
1991 Kayo boxing trading card, no other type of media attempted to make Savareses name a household one, Another major win for Savarese came on September 22,
partly because of the type of opposition he had met. Of 2002, when he beat former two-time world Heavyweight
Savareses thirty six opponents, none was known to most champion Tim Witherspoon by a knockout in round ve
boxing fans. So the Savarese management team came at Friant, California.
with an ingenious, and not very often seen, way to draw On March 15, 2003, he lost the title to former John
the publics attention towards Savarese: a Lou Savarese Ruiz world title challenger Kirk Johnson, who knocked
fan club was created, and, by the middle 1990s, the fan Savarese out in four rounds at Dallas.
club was being advertised on major boxing magazines,
such as Ring and KO. The advertisement oered free Attempting to win another regional Heavyweight title,
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Savarese fought Leo Nolan, for the IBAs vacant Americas Heavyweight title, but he lost to Nolan by a twelve
round unanimous decision on May 7, 2004. Lou Savarese
returned to the ring on March 18, 2006 stopping Marcus
Rhode in two rounds at Convention Center in Fort Smith,
Arkansas. His record now stands at 44-6-36 kos.
Savarese is trained by Jesse Reid, who survived a shooting

in 1984 when another of his boxers, former WBC world
Jr. Welterweight champion Bruce Curry shot him two
days after losing to Billy Costello.
In 1990, he got into a ght with Piotr Biaostocki in a bar

in Poland. Facing charges of assault and battery, he ed
rather than risk ve years in prison. [1] Later that year, he
married an American citizen of Polish descent and settled
in Chicago. [2] Gootas Olympic results were as follows:
Lou Savarese continued his comeback by stopping Travis

Fulton in 3 rounds on January 18, 2007, in Houston TX.
Savarese showed he still has decent ability and has now
brought his record to 45-6-37 kos.
On June 30, 2007, Savarese fought former Heavyweight
Champion Evander Holyeld. He fought with great heart
but lost by decision to a sharp looking Holyeld. Savarese
announced after the ght that he had given it his all but it
wasn't good enough, and this would be his last bout.
2.28.3
Acting career
Savarese has been featured in episodes of The Jury,

Guiding Light, The Sopranos, Damages and Rescue Me
as well as the movie We Own the Night. He also played
a lead role in ESPNs documentary Cinderella Man: The
James J. Braddock Story, for which he received excellent
reviews for his portrayal of boxer Max Baer. Other recent works include the independent lm Nickys Game,
A Matter of Honor (lm)|A Matter of Honor, and Knock,
Knock, a horror lm in which he plays Rico, the villain.
2.28.4
2.28.5
External links
Savarese Promotions
The Warsaw-born Golota had 111 wins in an amateur

career that culminated in his winning a bronze medal at
the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Golota won other international
amateur tournaments as well.
1st round bye

Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) 5-0
Defeated Harold Obunga (Kenya) 5-0
Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (South Korea) RSC 2

In 1992, he turned professional, knocking out Roosevelt
Shuler in three rounds. He had three more knockouts
and then went the distance for the rst time, defeating
Robert Smith in six rounds. He won his next 16 ghts
by knockout. His wins included Bobby Crabtree and Je
Lampkin. Following his KO of Crabtree he was featured
in Ring Magazine's new faces section. Soon after, he
faced a respected contender, Maron Wilson. Golota won
a ten round decision. He won his next ve bouts by knockout. His opponents included Samson Po'hua and Darnell
Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time. The win over Po'hua was memorable
for the moment in which Goota bit Po'hua on the shoulder, two years before the infamous bite-lled rematch between Evander Holyeld and Mike Tyson.[3]
Golota vs. Bowe I & II
Professional boxing record for Lou Savarese from Main articles: Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota and
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Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota II
Lou Savarese at the Internet Movie Database
2.29 Andrew Golota

Andrew Golota (born Andrzej Goota; 5 January 1968)
is a Polish former professional boxer. As an amateur he
won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the
1988 Olympics, and as a professional is a four-time world
title challenger. Despite his accomplishments and more
than 40 professional wins, Golota is best known for twice
being disqualied against Riddick Bowe for low blows,
for quitting on his stool twice (once against Mike Tyson),
and for being knocked out by Lennox Lewis in the rst
round.
Golotas rst high-prole ght came against former

heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. Bowe hadn't
fought in nearly a year since his third and nal ght with
Evander Holyeld, which he won by technical knockout
in the eighth round, and had said regarding his opponent, how do you train for a bum?", paying no attention
to his opponents win-loss record. The ght was held at
Madison Square Garden on 11 July 1996, and was televised by HBO as part of its World Championship Boxing
series.
Early in the ght it appeared that Bowe had underestimated his opponents skills. However, Golotas penchant
for not following the rules was also showcased in this
ght as he had trouble keeping his punches above Bowes
2.29. ANDREW GOLOTA

belt line. After being repeatedly warned, referee Wayne
Kelly began deducting points from Golota and had done
so twice prior to the seventh round. Early in that round
Kelly took a third point from Golota and warned him that
if he did it again, he was going to lose the ght. Golota
continued to ght and with less than a minute left in the
round landed several hard shots that appeared to have
Bowe staggered. However, with 37 seconds remaining in
the round Golota dropped Bowe with another blatant low
punch, directly to the genitals, and Kelly disqualied him.
What ensued was a dramatic riot that left a large number
of civilians and policemen injured, including Goota himself, who was hit by a member of Bowes entourage with
a two-way radio and required eleven stitches to close a cut
on his head. The riot, which has been named Riot at the
Garden, was called Event of the Year by Ring Magazine.
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Grant in the rst round. He was ahead on all three
judges scorecards in the tenth round when he himself was
knocked down. When asked by referee Randy Neuman
whether he wanted to continue, he shook his head twice
and then haltingly answered No.
In 2000, Goota fought in China beating Marcus Rhodes
with a third round knockout. Later in 2000, he faced former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Tyson knocked
Golota down in the rst round, and in between rounds
Golota told his corner to stop the ght but his corner
talked him into continuing. In the third round, as he
had done in the Grant match, Goota told the referee
he did not want to continue. The result of the ght was
later changed to no contest when Tyson failed a post ght
drug test, testing positive for marijuana. Following the
Tyson ght, Goota was inactive for nearly three years
before returning to the ring on 14 August 2003. He
scored a technical knockout of journeyman Brian Nix in
the seventh round. On November 15, Golota knocked
out Terrence Lewis in the sixth round at Verona, New
York. Goota then received a second world title shot,
ghting IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd at New
York Citys Madison Square Garden on 17 April 2004.
The ght resulted in a draw.
The controversy of Golota vs. Bowe I created interest

in a rematch. Golota vs. Bowe II was on Pay Per View
and Goota once again led Bowe on the scorecards only to
be disqualied in the ninth round by referee Eddie Cotton, again for multiple low blows. This ght also proved
to be controversial, and a protest was led by Gootas
camp to try to overturn the ghts result. Michael Katz, a
sportswriter, coined the term Foul Pole for Goota. Both
ghts are featured on HBO's documentary Legendary On 13 November 2004, Goota received his second world
Nights The Tale of Bowe Golota.
title shot in a row. Despite knocking down WBA champion John Ruiz twice within the bout, he lost by unanimous decision.[6]
Championship ght with Lewis
Golota received his third world title try in a row on
21 May 2005 against WBO champion Lamon Brewster.
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota
Though heavily favored to win, Goota lost when Brewster knocked him down three times inside the rst round,
Despite two losses in a row, Goota became the WBC
prompting the referee to stop the bout. On 9 June 2007,
number one contender. On 4 October 1997, he received
he beat Jeremy Bates in the 2nd round by technical knocka shot at the worlds Heavyweight championship against
out. Goota fought Kevin McBride on October 6, 2007
Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City, NJ. Goota was knocked
in Madison Square Garden and won by TKO in the 6th
out in the rst round.
round, winning the IBF North American Heavyweight
Goota subsequently claimed that an injection of championship.
lidocaine for tendonitis in his right knee given to him by
On 19 January 2008, Goota defeated Mike Mollo by
his physician shortly before the ght made him woozy
unanimous decision in 12 rounds to win the World Boxing
and impaired his vision. The adverse eects of lidocaine
Association Fedelatin heavyweight championship belt. In
include dizziness, blurred vision, seizures. As a result,
January, 2009, Goota lost by rst round TKO to Ray
he led a medical malpractice suit against his physician,
Austin. On 24 October 2009 in d, Goota fought
claiming that the injection had cost him the ght and a
Tomasz Adamek and lost by TKO in the 5th round. The
deal with HBO for $21 million to broadcast his next four
event was hosted on Polsat TV, it was also broadcast live
to ve ghts.[4][5]
online on ipla.tv platform. It was the largest live internet
transmission in Poland.
Later career
Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota

2.29.4 Other
Gootas boxing career continued with him beating former 2-time world champion Tim Witherspoon by decision. In his next match, he lost to Michael Grant by a
knockout in the tenth round in one of The Ring's 1999
ghts of the year. Goota scored two knockdowns of
Golota took part in Census 2010 commercials, recorded

in Polish and English. In 2010, he appeared in the Polish
edition of Dancing with the Stars (Taniec z Gwiazdami)
with partner Magdalena Soszyska-Michno. In his rst
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appearance he danced waltz. He fell out on 7 November He was both Zealand champion and Danish champion for
2010, in 1/8 nal. He reached 5th place.
ve consecutive years (1988-1992), and also won numerous international tournaments. His career as an amateur
ended after the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992 where he
2.29.5 References
won the bronze. In the seminals he lost to the powerful
Cuban Roberto Balado. Ballado won 15 to 1.
[1] Down and Dirty, sportsillustrated.cnn.com; retrieved 8
March 2015.
[2] http://articles.philly.com/
1997-09-21/sports/25550733_1_
andrew-golota-bowe-last-year-england-s-lennox-lewis
[3] BraggingRightsCorner.com; accessed 8 March 2015.
In total, Nielsen boxed 111 ghts as an amateur and won

104. He only took a count once in amateur career, and
only once was he stopped before time - during the 1989
European Championship bout, where he suered a cut
near one of his eyes. His opponent at this match was the
Greek boxer George Tsachakis who attended the nal.
[4] Ackert, Kristie, Golata Sues Own Doctor Over Shot, nydailynews.com; accessed 8 March 2015.
2.30.2 Pro career
[5] Golota Says Injection Made Him Feel Woosy, The New
York Times; accessed 8 March 2015.
After his win over 41-year-old ex-World Boxing Association champion James 'Bonecrusher' Smith in October
1994, Nielsen began to attract attention. He went on to
hold the minor IBO belt during an unbeaten streak equaling that of legend Rocky Marciano. He later held the
minor IBC belt.
[6] Rafael, Dan. Ruiz, Byrd, Rahman victorious in ring.

USA Today. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
[7] Andrew Golota - Danell Nicholson; retrieved 8 March
2015.
2.30.3 Tyson ght

2.29.6
External links
Andrzej Goota ocial site

Andrew Golota on Facebook
On 13 October 2001, Nielsen fought Mike Tyson at the

Parken Stadium in Denmark. After six rounds heavily in
Tysons favour, Nielsen quit on his stool citing an eye injury. Nielsen was knocked down once in the third round.
Professional boxing record for Andrew Golota from

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2.30.4
Announced comeback and Holyeld

ght
2.30 Brian Nielsen
On February 8, 2010, Brian Nielsen told reporters

that he was prepared to return to the ring, after 8
years of absence,[1] and that a proposed ght against
For other people named Brian Nielsen, see Brian Nielsen
Evander Holyeld had been met with interest by both
(disambiguation).
sides.[2] Though originally thought unrealistic by former
promoter Mogens Palle, due to Nielsens bad knee,[3]
Brian Nielsen (born 1 April 1965) is a Danish former Nielsens comeback was conrmed by Nielsens promoter
professional boxer who held the IBO heavyweight title.
Sauerland Event on June 1, 2010.
2.30.1
Amateur career
Nielsen met Holyeld on May 7, 2011 in a World Boxing

Federation (WBF) title bout, in Copenhagen. Holyeld
won the ght, knocking Nielsen down in the 3rd with a
left hook and stopping him by TKO in the 10th.
During his amateur career, Nielsen had 104 victories with

only 7 losses. He won bronze medals in the super heavyweight division at the 1991 European Championships and
2.30.5 Controversy
the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona where he gained local
popularity by goong around during the bouts.
At a press conference prior to the Mike Tyson ght,
Brian Nielsen was sent to Svendborg, where Johnny Nielsen called Tyson an abekat which was erroneously
Antonsen had arranged a match against the local hero translated as monkey. The Tyson camp took great ofCarsten Dahl. Nielsen easily beat Dahl, winning the bout fense at this supposed racial slur, and Tyson himself deby knockout in the second round. Dahl later got the op- clared, This will make me punish him even more than I
portunity for revenge, but again Nielsen won by knock- had planned.[4] The controversy over the remark calmed
down when the expression was claried to the media by
out.
2.31. LENNOX LEWIS
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Danish linguists as having no racial connotations and sim- 2.30.8 External links
ply meaning brat in Danish.[5]
Professional boxing record for Brian Nielsen from
Controversy arose in early 2004, when journeyman
BoxRec
heavyweight Thomas Williams stated that he had been
bribed to throw his ght against Nielsen in March, 2000.
Along with promoter Robert Mitchell, Williams was indicted by the United States District Court for the District
of Nevada for match xing in order to promote the career of white heavyweight hope Richie Melito, and it was
during the FBIs investigation of that case that Williams
admitted to intentionally losing to Nielsen. The x was
arranged by promoter Robert Mittleman, a frequent associate of Nielsens promoter Mogens Palle, who later confessed that he had been paid $1,000, while Williams had
received up to $40,000 from Palle in order to lose the
ght. Williams, Mitchell and Mittleman were all found
guilty of sports bribery by the court in November and December, 2004.[6][7]
2.31 Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE, (born 2 September
1965) is a former professional boxer who reigned as the
last undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds
dual British and Canadian citizenship. As an amateur
he represented Canada at the 1988 Olympics, winning
a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating future world champion Riddick Bowe in the nal. As a professional Lewis became undisputed champion by defeating Evander Holyeld, successfully uniying his WBC title with Holyelds WBA and IBF titles.
Prior to the rematch he was awarded the IBO title. Lewis
is regarded by many as one of the greatest heavyweight
boxers of all time, and also as the greatest British ghter
of all time.[2][3]
The Nielsen vs. Williams ght was the 57th of Nielsens

career and was one of the ghts leading to his meeting
with Tyson. Both Nielsen and Mogens Palle denied any
knowledge of match xing in media statements, and the
ndings of the American case did not lead to criminal Lewis turned professional in 1989, winning his rst 21
proceedings in Denmark, and Nielsen was not accused of ghts before knocking out Donovan Ruddock in 1992
any wrongdoing.
to take over the number one position in the WBC rankings. He was declared WBC heavyweight champion in
December 1992 after Riddick Bowe was stripped of the
title. Lewis lost the title to Oliver McCall in 1994, but defeated McCall in a rematch to win the vacant WBC title
in 1997. He defended the title four times before becom2.30.7 References
ing the lineal champion when he beat Shannon Briggs by
[1] Super-Brian p vej til comeback. Jyllands-Posten. knockout in 1998. Lewis became undisputed champion
when he defeated Evander Holyeld in 1999. In 2001
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[2] Holyeld: Det lyder som en great ght"". Jyllands- avenged the defeat in a rematch later in the year to regain his titles. After defeating Mike Tyson by knockout
Posten. 2010-02-09.
in 2002 and stopping Vitali Klitschko in 2003, Lewis re[3] Palle: Comeback helt ude i hampen. Jyllands-Posten. tired from boxing in 2004, having beaten every opponent
he ever faced in professional competition.
2010-02-09.
[4] Tyson angered by alleged remark by Nielsen. ESPN.
2001-10-12. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
[5] James Lawton (2001-10-13). Boxing: Trapped Tyson
must satisfy the paymasters. The Independent. Archived
from the original (Reprint) on 2007-07-15. Retrieved
2007-07-12.
[6] FIGHTER, BOXING PROMOTER CONVICTED OF
SPORTS BRIBERY. U.S. Department of Justice. 200411-04. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
[7] BOXING PROMOTER SENTENCED FOR FIXING
FIGHTS. U.S. Department of Justice. 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
[8] Brian Nielsen - Boxer. Boxrec.com. Retrieved 201207-15.
Lewis is 6 feet 5 inches (196 centimetres) tall and has

an 84-inch (213 cm) reach. During his boxing prime, he
weighed about 245 pounds (111 kg). Lewis often referred
to himself as the pugilist specialist.
2.31.1 Early life

Lewis was born on 2 September 1965, in London, England to parents born in Jamaica.[4] At birth he weighed
10 pounds 10 ounces (4.8 kg), and was given the
name Lennox by the doctor, who said he looked like a
Lennox.[5] Lewis moved to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
in 1977 at the age of 12. He attended Cameron Heights
Collegiate Institute for high school, where he excelled in
Canadian football, soccer and basketball.[6] In the 1982
83 school year, he helped the schools AAA basketball
team win the Ontario provincial championship.[7][8]
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2.31.2
Amateur career
him as one of the worlds best heavyweights. Sportscaster

Larry Merchant declared, We have a great new heavyLewis eventually decided that his favourite sport was box- weight.
ing. He became a dominant amateur boxer and won the The win over Ruddock made Lewis the number one conworld amateur junior title in 1983.[9]
tender for Riddick Bowe's heavyweight championship.
At the age of 18, Lewis represented Canada as a super
heavyweight at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He advanced to the quarter-nals, where he lost a
ght by decision to American Tyrell Biggs, the eventual
gold medalist.
Bowe refused to face Lewis, and held a press conference

to dump his title in a trash can and relinquish it. On 14
December 1992, the WBC declared Lewis its champion,
making him the rst world heavyweight titleholder from
Britain in the 20th century.
Lewis chose not to turn professional after the Olympics,

and instead fought four more years as an amateur, hoping for a second chance to win a gold medal. At the
1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he lost in
the preliminary round to Petar Stoymenov of Bulgaria.[10]
Lewis won the Commonwealth Games Gold medal in
1986. After winning several more amateur titles during
those years, he travelled to Seoul, South Korea for the
1988 Summer Olympics and achieved his goal. In the
gold medal match, Lewis defeated future world champion
Riddick Bowe by a second round referee stopped contest
(RSC). He was Canadas ag bearer at the Games closing
ceremony.[11]
Lewis defended the belt three times, defeating Tony

Tucker, whom he knocked down for the rst time in
Tuckers career, and he followed this with knockout victories over Frank Bruno and Phil Jackson. The Lennox
Lewis vs. Frank Bruno ght was the rst time two Britishborn boxers fought for a version of the world heavyweight
title in the modern era.[17]
Further information: Lennox Lewis vs. Donovan Ruddock, Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker, Lennox Lewis vs.
Frank Bruno, and Lennox Lewis vs. Phil Jackson
Loss to McCall
2.31.3
Professional boxing career
Having achieved his goal, Lewis declared himself

a professional and moved back to his native England. He claimed he had always considered himself
British,[12][13][14] but many British fans regarded him as
a Canadian at heart and a Briton for convenience.[15] In
2015 Lewis explained When I turned pro, I had to go to
the United Kingdom in order to pursue my career. The infrastructure to develop boxers wasn't in Canada then.[16]
Lewis signed with boxing promoter Frank Maloney and
his early professional career was lled with knockouts
of journeymen. After he signed with American promoter Main Events, he won the European heavyweight
title in 1990 against Frenchman Jean Maurice Chanet. In
his next ght in March 1991, Lewis won the British title against undefeated, world-ranked Gary Mason, and in
April 1992 won the Commonwealth title against Derek
Williams.
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall

Lewis lost his WBC title to Oliver McCall on 24 September 1994 in a huge upset at the Wembley Arena in London. In the second round, McCall landed a powerful right
hook, putting Lewis on his back. Lewis returned to his
feet at the count of six, but stumbled forward into the referee in a daze. Referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia felt Lewis
was unable to continue and ended the ght, giving McCall
the title by technical knockout. Lewis and others argued
the stoppage was premature and that a champion should
be given the benet of the doubt.[18] They also contended
that Garcia, a Mexican referee working for the Mexicanbased WBC, had been persuaded by promoter Don King
to end the ght early if the opportunity arose, to bring
back the heavyweight title to his promotional stable.[19]
In spite of the Lewis camp protests, Boxing Monthly editor Glynn Leach pointed out that Lewis only seemed to
recover his senses once the ght was waved o, and that
in the opinions of everyone I spoke to at ringside, the
decision was correct.
Lewis was a top-ve world heavyweight. He defeated former WBA heavyweight champion Mike Weaver, 1984
Olympic Gold medalist Tyrell Biggs, former world
cruiserweight title holders Glenn McCrory and Osvaldo After the ght, Lewis decided he needed a new trainer to
replace Pepe Correa, who had become increasingly diOcasio, and journeymen Levi Billups and Mike Dixon.
cult to work with. Correa denounced Lewis in public after being red. Renowned trainer Emanuel Steward, who
WBC champion
had been McCalls trainer during their ght, was Lewis
choice. Even before the ght with McCall, Steward had
On 31 October 1992, Lewis knocked out Canadian seen much potential in Lewis and immediately expressed
Donovan Razor Ruddock in two rounds for the num- a desire to work with him. He corrected several of Lewis
ber one contenders position in the WBC rankings. It technical aws, which included maintaining a more balwas Lewis most impressive win to date, and established anced stance, less reliance on his straight right hand, and
2.31. LENNOX LEWIS
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a focus on using a strong, authoritative jab; the latter of Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs, and Lennox Lewis
which would become a hallmark of Lewis style through- vs. eljko Mavrovi
out the rest of his career. Their partnership lasted until
Lewis retirement, both having mutual praise and respect
for each other to this day.[19]
Lewis vs. Holyeld
Regaining the WBC title
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Lionel Butler
In his rst comeback ght, Lewis was given a chance
to ght for the mandatory challenger position within the
WBC and won it by knocking out American contender
Lionel Butler. However, at the behest of promoter Don
King, the WBC bypassed him and gave Mike Tyson the
rst chance at the title recently won by Briton Frank
Bruno from Oliver McCall. Bruno had previously lost
to both Lewis and Tyson.
Lewis had the number 1 contenders slot in the WBC
rankings when he knocked out Australian Justin Fortune,
then defeated former WBO Champion Tommy Morrison
in October 1995, followed by Olympic gold medalist and
former WBO champion Ray Mercer in a close majority
decision in May 1996. Lewis successfully sued to force
Tyson to make a mandatory defence of the WBC title
against him or force him to give up the title, winning a
four million dollar settlement from promoter Don King.
Rather than ght Lewis, Tyson relinquished the WBC title to ght Evander Holyeld. The WBC title was declared vacant. This set up a rematch between Lewis and
McCall, who met on 7 February 1997 in Las Vegas for
the WBC title.
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Oliver McCall II
In one of the strangest ghts in boxing history, McCall
(having lost the rst three rounds) refused to box in the
fourth and fth rounds. He then began crying in the ring,
forcing the referee to stop the ght and award Lewis the
victory and the title. As newly re-crowned WBC champion, Lewis successfully defended the title during 1997
against fellow Briton and former WBO world champion
Henry Akinwande, who was disqualied after ve rounds
for excessive clinching. Lewis then met Polands Andrew
Golota, whom he knocked out in the rst round. Lewis
retained the WBC world title in 1998 when he knocked
out lineal champion Shannon Briggs in ve rounds (Briggs
had recently outpointed George Foreman in a controversial ght to win the lineal title), and beat formerlyundefeated European champion eljko Mavrovi from
Croatia in a 12-round unanimous decision. Lewis stated
in 2006 that his ght with Mavrovic was the most awkward win of his career.[20]
Main article: Evander Holyeld vs. Lennox Lewis

On 13 March 1999, Lewis faced WBA and IBF title
holder Evander Holyeld in New York City in what was
supposed to be a heavyweight unication bout. Lewis
fought a tactical ght, keeping Holyeld o balance with
a long jab and peppering him with combinations almost at
will. Although most observers believed Lewis had clearly
won the ght, the bout was declared a draw, to much controversy. The raw statistics of the ght suggested the bout
belonged to Lewis, who landed 348 punches compared to
Holyelds 130. Lewis also out-jabbed Holyeld 137 to
52.[21] Judge Eugenia Williams, who scored the ght in
Holyelds favour, said she saw Lewis land fewer punches
than Holyeld.[22]
Lewis vs. Holyeld II
Main article: Evander Holyeld vs. Lennox Lewis II
The sanctioning bodies ordered a rematch.[23] Eight
months later in Las Vegas (13 November 1999), the two
men fought again in a more open and entertaining contest than the original ght, with the two boxers having
some heavy exchanges from rounds 6 to 9. The punch
stats however still clearly favoured Lewis who landed 195
punches to Evander Holyelds 137 punches, although interestingly Lewis landed 119 power shots and 76 jabs,
showing a denite shift in his tactics from the rst ght
when he focused more on the jab. This time around
the 3 Judges did score the ght unanimously (115113,
116112 & 117111) all in favour of Lewis who became
undisputed heavyweight champion of the World. The
British public voted Lewis the 1999 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[24]
Reign as Undisputed Champion
Main articles: Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant, Lennox
Lewis vs. Francois Botha and Lennox Lewis vs. David
Tua
After Lewis defeated Holyeld the WBA ordered Lewis

to defend the title against John Ruiz of Puerto Rico, who
was then an obscure Don King ghter who had been made
the WBAs #1-ranked contender. The WBA gave perFurther information: Lennox Lewis vs. Tommy Morri- mission for Lewis to ght his WBC mandatory Michael
son, Lennox Lewis vs. Ray Mercer, Lennox Lewis vs. Grant rst if he would ght Ruiz next, to which Lewis
Henry Akinwande, Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota, agreed. Opposed to this, King challenged this decision in
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court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis-Holyeld rematch contract that said Lewiss rst bout as undisputed
champion would be against the WBAs number one contender. Lewis was therefore to be stripped of his WBA
belt if he fought Grant rst. It was because of this that
the WBA instated its Super Champion title, giving unied titleholders who also hold a WBA belt more time to
defend against mandatory challengers.
Lewis proceeded to ght the 6 ft 8 inch American Michael
Grant who he considered the best contender available. He
successfully defended his WBC, IBO & IBF titles against
Grant with a second round knockout victory in Madison
Square Garden in April 2000.
Later that same year, Lewis knocked out South African
Francois Botha in two rounds in London, before winning a 12-round decision against New Zealander and IBF
mandatory opponent, David Tua in Las Vegas.
Lewis vs. Rahman
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman
On 21 April 2001, Lewis was knocked out by 15-to-1
underdog Hasim Rahman in a bout in South Africa. Prior
to the bout, Lewis had a role in the lm Oceans Eleven in
which he boxed against Wladimir Klitschko.
The Lewis-Tyson ght was one of the most anticipated heavyweight ghts in years.
Lewis vs. Rahman II

uled for 6 April 2002 in Las Vegas. Las Vegas, however,
rejected the ght because of Tysons licensing problems
and several other states refused Tyson a license before
Lewis immediately sought a rematch with the new cham- Memphis nally bid $12 million to land it.
pion; however, Rahman, now being promoted by Don
By the end of the seventh round Tyson was tired and slugKing, tried to secure another opponent for his inaugural
gish, his face swollen and his eyes cut. He was knocked
title defence. Lewis took Rahman to court to honour the
out in the eighth by a right hook. After the ght, George
rematch clause in their contract. Rahman was ordered to
Foreman declared, He [Lewis] is, no doubt, the best
honour the clause and give Lewis a rematch in his rst tiheavyweight of all time. What hes done clearly puts
tle defence. While promoting the rematch with Rahman
him on top of the heap.[26] This was the highest-grossing
[25]
on ESPN's Up Close, the ghters got into a brawl simevent in pay-per-view history, generating $106.9 million
ilar to the one between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in
from 1.95 million buys in the US, until it was surpassed by
front of Howard Cosell on Wide World of Sports. Lewis
De La Hoya-Mayweather in 2007.[27] Both ghters were
regained the title on 17 November by outclassing and then
guaranteed $17.5 million.
knocking out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round of their
rematch.
Main article: Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II
Lewis vs. Klitschko

Lewis vs. Tyson
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
On 8 June 2002, Lewis defended his title against Mike
Tyson. Ticket sales were slow because they were priced
as high as $2,400, but a crowd of 15,327 turned up to
see boxings then biggest event at the Pyramid Arena
in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyson also had to pay Lewis
$335,000 out of his purse for biting him at the news conference announcing the ght, which was originally sched-
Main article: Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

In May 2003, Lewis sued boxing promoter Don King for
$385 million, claiming that King used threats and bribery
to have Tyson pull out of a rematch with Lewis and a ght
on the card of a Lewis title defence.
Lewis scheduled a ght with Kirk Johnson for June, but
when Johnson suered an injury in training, Lewis fought
2.31. LENNOX LEWIS

Vitali Klitschko, the WBCs No. 1 contender and former
WBO champion. Lewis had planned to ght him in December, but since Klitschko had been on the undercard
of the Johnson ght anyway, they agreed to square o on
21 June. Lewis entered the ring at a career high 256
pounds.[28] Lewis was dominated in the early rounds and
was wobbled in round two by solid Klitschko punches.
Lewis opened a cut above Klitschkos eye with a right
cross in the third round and gave a better showing from
the fourth round onwards. With both ghters looking
tired before the start of round seven, the doctor advised that the ght should be stopped because of a severe cut above Klitschkos left eye, awarding Lewis victory by TKO. Klitschko was leading 5856 on all three
judges scorecards when the ght was stopped. Lewis
was guaranteed $7 million and Klitschko $1.4 million.
The gate was $2,523,384 from an attendance of 15,939
at the Staples Center in California. The ght aired live on
HBOs World Championship Boxing and was watched in
4.6 million homes.[29]
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waits until I am in retirement to call out my name, said
Lewis. I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy.
I'll beat him up for free.[35]
Along with Gene Tunney and Rocky Marciano, Lewis is
one of three world heavyweight champions to have retired
with no unavenged defeats.
In 2008, Lewis was inducted into Canadas Sports Hall of
Fame.[36] In 2009, in his rst year of eligibility, Lewis was
inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.[37]
He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in
2012.[38]
Lewis worked as a boxing analyst for HBO on Boxing After Dark from 2006 until 2010.
Interviewed about the ght by HBO, doctor Paul Wallace 2.31.4

explained his decision:
When he raised his head up, his upper eyelid covered his eld of vision. At that point I
had no other option but to stop the ght. If he
had to move his head to see me, there was no
way he could defend his way against a punch.
Outside boxing
In 2000, Lewis appeared on Reection Eternal's debut

album Train of Thought, giving a shout out on the track
Down for the Count.
In 2001, Lewis had a role in the lm Oceans Eleven in
which he boxed against Wladimir Klitschko.
In 2002, Lewis was reportedly oered 5m by

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) chairman Vince
Because Klitschko had fought so bravely against Lewis, McMahon to take up professional wrestling in his indusboxing fans soon began calling for a rematch. The WBC try. His camp held discussions over a possible match with
agreed, and kept the Ukrainian as its No. 1 contender. WWE superstar Brock Lesnar in February 2003, at the
No Way Out pay-per-view event.[39] Prior to the oer
Lewis initially was in favour of a rematch:
Lennox was familiar with wrestling; he was part of the
famous match held in the old Wembley Stadium between
I want the rematch, I enjoyed that ght. It
The British Bulldog and Bret The Hitman Hart for the
was just a ght. We went at it. You have to
Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam in 1992,
play dollars and cents but I'm opting more for
representing the Bulldog during his entrance while bear[33]
the rematch.
ing a Union Flag.
Klitschkos face required sixty stitches.[30][31][32]
Negotiations for the rematch followed but Lewis changed

his mind.[34] Instead, Klitschko fought and defeated Kirk
Johnson on 6 December in WBC Eliminator, setting up
a mandatory rematch with Lewis. Lewis announced his
retirement shortly thereafter in February 2004, to pursue
other interests, including sports management and music
promotion, and vacated the title. Lewis said he would not
return to the ring. At his retirement, Lewiss record was
41 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 32 wins by knockout.
In 2003, Lewis made a brief cameo appearance in the

Jennifer Lopez and LL Cool J video All I Have.
Retirement
Lewis has also done a public service announcement

against domestic violence for Do Something.[40]
Though it was rumoured in an article published by the

Daily Mail on 24 February that he would return to ght
Klitschko once again, Lewis quickly shot down those rumours on his personal website. In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. He
In 2006 he appeared in the movie Johnny Was with

Vinnie Jones.
Lewis played in the World Series of Poker in both 2006
and 2007, and was knocked out without winning any
money.
Lewis appeared on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice in 2008.
He came in fourth place (out of 14).
In 2011 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from

Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
Lewis is a supporter of his home town football club, West
Ham United.[41]
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Aleksandr Miroshnichenko
Ulli kaden-avenged in 1988 Olympics
Tyrell Biggs-avenged as a professional
Jorge Luis Gonzalez-avenged
Petar Stoymenov
1983 Junior World Super Heavyweight Champion
Represented Canada as a Super Heavyweight at the
1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Results were:
Defeated Mohammad Youssuf (Pakistan)
TKO 3
Lost to Tyrell Biggs (United States) points
1985 Silver Medalist at World Cup competition.
1986 Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the
Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland
1987 Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Pan
American Games in Indianapolis. Lost to Jorge Luis
Gonzalez of Cuba in the nal.
1987 Won the North American Super Heavyweight
championship competition, defeating Jorge Luis
Gonzalez
Won the Super Heavyweight Gold medal for Canada
at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Defeated Chris Odera (Kenya) TKO 2
Lewis in January 2008
2.31.5
Defeated Ulli Kaden (East Germany) TKO 1

Defeated Janusz Zarenkiewicz (Poland) forfeit
Personal life
Upon retiring from boxing, Lewis moved to Miami Beach

with his wife, Violet Chang, a former Miss Jamaica
runner-up. They have four children. Lewis told Aven- 2.31.7
turaUSA.com in 2007 that he is contemplating opening
an international boxing academy and perhaps one day
2.31.8
starting a record label, but he has yet to embark on either endeavour. Lewis has a villa at the Tryall Club in
2.31.9
Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Defeated Riddick Bowe (United States) TKO

2.

Titles in boxing
Pay-per-view bouts
Lewis is an avid amateur chess player, and funded an 2.31.10 Styles from birth
after-school chess programme for disadvantaged youth,
one of whom earned a university chess scholarship at
Lennox Lewis, CM (19881999)
Tennessee Tech.[42]
Lennox Lewis, CM, MBE (19992002)
2.31.6
Amateur highlights
Record: 757 (58 KOs)[43]
Lennox Lewis, CM, CBE (2002present)
2.31.11 See also

Losses
Razor Ruddock-avenged as a professional

List of Canadian sports personalities
2.31. LENNOX LEWIS
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List of British heavyweight boxing champions

List of European Boxing Union heavyweight champions
2.31.12
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Klitschko... for $100m London 24, 10 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
[42] Elder, Larry (2008). Stupid Black men: how to play the
race card-- and lose. Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-36733-3,
p. 201-203.
[43] Lennox Lewis. HBO.com. Home Box Oce, Inc. 20
February 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
[44] Lennox Lewis career boxing record. Boxrec.com. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
2.31.13
External links
Ocial Site
BBC Sports-Lewis career in photos
2.32.3 Rise to the top

Further information: Mike Tyson vs. Cliord Etienne
Etienne was named 2000s Most Exciting Fighter to
Watch in the heavyweight division by The Ring Magazine, largely the result of his unanimous decision over
then-undefeated Lawrence Clay Bey. The ght was
widely considered to be one of the best heavyweight
matches of that year. He also beat Lamon Brewster, the
future WBO heavyweight champion, on points after ten
rounds in May 2000. He landed a contract with Showtime
and his stock began to rise, but it quickly fell after an
upset loss to Fres Oquendo, who stopped Etienne in the
eighth round of their ght in March 2001.
After re-building some of his lost stature with wins, he
was catapulted to the worlds stage in a 2003 ght against
Mike Tyson, where Etienne suered a rst-round knockout only 49 seconds after being caught with a right hand.
2.32.4 Decline
After the loss to Tyson, Etiennes future seemed to be
that of a journeyman opponent. Calvin Brock stopped
Etienne in the third round in January 2005.
Etiennes last ght was against Nicolay Valuev. The

Professional boxing record for Lennox Lewis from Beast from the East, who would go on to become the
WBA champion, stopped Etienne in the third round of
BoxRec
their ght in Bayreuth, Germany in May 2005.
Lennox Lewis at the Internet Movie Database
2.32.5 Trouble outside the ring
2.32 Cliord Etienne

Cliord Etienne (born March 9, 1970) is an American
former professional boxer who is currently serving a 105year prison sentence without possibility of parole.
2.32.1
Background
On August 11, 2005, Fightnews.com reported Etiennes

ring career likely over with the following story:
Well known heavyweight Cliord Etienne was
arrested Wednesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and
the attempted murder of a police ocer. Etienne
allegedly robbed a local business, car-jacked a
vehicle containing a woman and her children,
then pulled a gun on police ocers. He is being
held in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with a
$70,000 bond.
Etienne took up boxing while serving a 40-year prison

sentence for armed robbery and won the state prison boxing championship. While in prison he was a member of
the Gunslingers prison boxing team in Louisiana and
reportedly had a 300 prison record. He was released on
good behavior after serving 10 years.
On June 22, 2006, following his trial in Baton Rouge,
Etienne was found guilty and sentenced to 150 years
in prison without parole for an allegedly cocaine fueled
crime spree that included robbing a check cashing business, carjacking and kidnapping a family, and attemptUpon being paroled from prison in 1998 he became a ing to shoot two policemen.[1] In April 2013 his senprofessional boxer; he won 29 matches (20 knockouts), tence was reduced from 150 years to 105 years due to
lost 4, and drew 2.
a technicality.[2]
2.33. DANNY WILLIAMS
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2.32.6
2.32.7
References
Williams turned pro in 1995 knocking out Vance Ideans

in two rounds. He fought routinely on Frank Warren undercards and compiled a 150 (12 knockouts) record. He
is currently managed by London promoter Michael Helliet and is trained by Jim McDonagh. He took his rst
big step up in April 1999 to challenge Julius Francis for
his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. A hot
favourite, Williams lost in a points decision to the 34year-old veteran.
Mike Tyson KOs Cliord Etienne

Tyson knocks out Etienne in 49 seconds
Etienne arrested
Heavyweight boxer Etienne arrested
Cliord Etienne The Black Rhino Sentenced to
150 Years in Prison
2.32.8
References
[1] http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/
2006-06-23-etienne-sentenced_x.htm
Francis would later vacate the Commonwealth title for

a big money ght with Mike Tyson. Williams won the
title with a closely contested split decision over respected
British contender (and former amateur clubmate) Harry
Senior.
British and Commonwealth champion
[2] http://www.boxingscene.com/
In 2000 Williams put together four knockouts before
clifford-etiennes-sentence-drops-from-160-years-105-$-$64220
ghting Mark Potter for the Commonwealth title and

the vacant British title. In an extremely dramatic ght,
Williams suered a dislocated right arm, yet very bravely
fought on with one arm over two rounds before knocking
[2]
Professional boxing record for Cliord Etienne from Potter out with a left uppercut.
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After an eight-month layo for surgery and recovery,
2.33 Danny Williams

Daniel Peter "Danny" Williams (born 13 July 1973)
is a British professional boxer. A former British and
Commonwealth heavyweight champion, Williams is best
known for scoring a knockout victory over Mike Tyson in
July 2004, which earned him a mandatory WBC heavyweight title opportunity. In December of that year, he
challenged then-reigning champion Vitali Klitschko, but
lost via an eighth-round stoppage.
2.33.1
Amateur career
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing

gym in SE London, Williams learned his trade quickly,
often sparring with the likes of clubmates Henry Akinwande and Derek Angol. In 1991 Williams won the
PLA tournament and won a gold medal in Sardinia multination tournament and a gold medal in the Greek multinations tournament. In the Finland multi-nations in 1992
he won a bronze medal.
Williams also won a bronze medal at the European Championships 1993 at heavyweight in the 91 kg/201 lbs limit
and bronze at super heavyweight at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[1] Williams also won a gold medal at the
1994 Liverpool multi-nations tournament. His amateur
record was 296.
Williams returned to knock out a respected opponent Kali Meehan in 32 seconds,[3] and then avenged his defeat to Francis, stopping the 36-year-old on an eye injury in the 4th round.[4] Afterwards he was signed by
Don King and ended 2001 knocking out US journeyman Shaun Robinson in two rounds on an undercard in
America.[5] His tenure under King would prove to be uneventful, and he did not renew his contract at the end
of 2002, a year that saw Williams retain his British and
Commonwealth titles with a knockout of late sub Michael
Sprott[6] and a points win over Keith Long. As this was
Williams third defence of the British title, he won the
Lonsdale belt outright,[7] before dropping out of a ght in
America with hard hitting South African southpaw Corrie
Sanders, because it coincided with Ramadan.
European title shot
In February 2003 Williams travelled to Germany to ght
the Turk Sinan Samil Sam for his European heavyweight
title. A hot favourite, Williams was surprisingly dropped
three times and stopped in six rounds.[8] In the UK, his
local rivals Audley Harrison and Herbie Hide derided him
in the press.
Williams returned with a fourth round stoppage of Australian Bob Mirovic to retain his Commonwealth title,
then knocked out Michael Sprott in ve rounds to defend
his British & Commonwealth titles.
To begin 2004, Williams re-signed with Frank Warren
78
then lost his British and Commonwealth in a third meet- continued to swing wild punches but not without taking
ing with Michael Sprott via a disputed close points deci- some huge shots from Williams. After 2:15 in the fourth
sion.
and with the cut getting worse, the referee waved the ght
o. According to the rules of the IBF, it was declared a
no contest. Sauerland managing director Chris Meyer deTyson vs Williams
fended the decision. The rules are clear, he said. We
had an accidental headbutt and the referee, who consulted
Main article: Mike Tyson vs. Danny Williams
the doctor several times, ruled he could not continue to
protect his health. Speaking exclusively to SecondsOut
After two comeback knockout wins, Williams boxed for- after the ght a disappointed Williams said: He (Platov)
mer world champion Mike Tyson in Freedom Hall State was looking for a way out and he got it. He knew the rules
Fairground, Louisville, Kentucky in July 2004. After and worked them. He was starting to tire and knew it was
staggering Williams numerous times in the rst round, only a matter of time before I knocked him out. ...I found
Tyson began to tire in the fourth round, when Williams it slow in the early rounds but I when I got going I started
threw a torrent of punches, forcing Tyson to go down. to get on top. He knew I was gonna knock him out and
Tyson was counted out sitting with his back to the ropes he was looking for a way out. Im not sure whether or not
and made no attempt to get to his feet while looking up it was a punch or a head clash that cut him in the second
round. It took be a little while to get going but I really
at the referee.
enjoyed it, it was a great ght while it lasted. But he was
looking for a way out. He kept falling to the oor and it
WBC title shot
was only a matter of time before I knocked him out.
In December he nally challenged for a world heavy- On 30 May 2008 Williams defeated unbeaten Gerweight title, but Vitali Klitschko proved too much, as man, Konstantin Airich in a highly controversial ght.
Williams had a total of 3 points deducted in rounds 2
Williams was stopped in the 8th round.[9]
and 5[10] creating a feeling afterwards that the referee was
blatantly on the side of the German. In addition he was
Return to domestic level
given 2 standing 8 counts by the referee in round 3 despite
not actually being knocked down or touching the canvas,
In December Williams regained his old Commonwealth and was also counted after slipping in round 4.[11] After
belt by beating undefeated Olympic gold medallist managing to ght back and score a knockdown himself
Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the in round 5, in the 6th round Williams unleashed a series
Commonwealth title with a controversial points win over of extremely punishing blows on his opponent sending
undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating him reeling across the ring. At this point Airichs proAdnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost moter Ahmet Oner controversially ran over and rang the
His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a re- timekeepers bell himself to end the round and save his
match with Skelton
ghter, even though there was still 1:28 left to go in the
[12]
In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a ght round. Despite this confusion the ght continued after
with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks no- the shortened 6th round and after seeing his man absorb
tice. By his own admission he had been training for eight more heavy punishment in the next round Oner eventuweeks for a ght with British champion Scott Gammer. ally threw in the towel handing Williams a 7th round TKO
Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suering a bro- victory.
ken nose.
In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in
Wales with a 9th round knockout of Scott Gammer.
Williams came in at the lightest he had been since his pro
debut 16 stones 4 pounds {4 stones lighter than his previous ght} after training himself for the ght just with a
piece of paper that contained a conditioning programme
given to him by Joe Dunbar who had worked with Lennox
Lewis.
After he had watched the tape of his ght with Gammer,
Williams decided he would continue boxing and took a
ght with 261 22 KOs Ukrainian prospect Oleg Platov.
He came in again at 270 lbs. Both ghters were engaged
in wild exchanges from the rst bell on. The Ukrainian
picked up a badly-bleeding cut above the left eye following an accidental headbutt in the second round and he
In the aftermath of the ght Williams was extremely critical of the performance of both the referee and ght promoters, and has called for the British Boxing Board of
Control to conduct an immediate investigation into the
ght.[13][14]
Williams faced John McDermott at Goresbrook Leisure
Centre, Dagenham on 18 July 2008. Despite being deducted three points in rounds eleven and twelve, he defeated McDermott in a majority points decision.
Williams vs Sosnowski
He was due to face John McDermott in a rematch at York
Hall on 8 November 2008, but McDermott withdrew due
to a rib injury. Williams also faced a bout with Francois
2.33. DANNY WILLIAMS
79
Botha on 30 November 2008 in Egypt.[15] Polish ghter stopped in the second round. Williams announced his
Albert Sosnowski was called in as a late replacement for retirement once again shortly afterwards,[19] but a return
McDermott.
to boxing was scheduled against 03 middleweight MarWilliams suered a shock defeat by 8th round TKO and vin Meyer, leading to various hoax articles claiming that
as a result the Botha ght was called o. The McDer- Williams was moving down to middleweight. This ght
mott rematch was nally arranged for the 2 May 2009 in never happened, and neither did a rematch with Zoltan
a defence of the British Heavyweight Championship belt Petranyi for the Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO)
that Williams held. Williams won the match in a points European title, which was called o on the day of the ght
after Williams was cut when he fell over in the shower.
victory over McDermott.
The two ghters entered the ring on ght night to apologise to the crowd for the incident. A second rescheduling of the ght, which had already been postponed from
Prizeghter
2011 due to personal problems for Williams,[20] was
Williams took part in the Prizeghter tournament on 2 promised but has yet to be scheduled.[21]
October 2009. In the run up to the tournament Williams
Williams had two unsuccessful title challenges in Septemsaid he would knock out Audley Harrison and show himber 2012, being outpointed in Finland by Janne Katajisto
self as the best British heavyweight. In his rst bout on the
for the obscure Baltic Boxing Union belt and then being
night, Carl Baker from Sheeld beat Williams on points
stopped in the 4th round against Christian Hammer in a
after knocking him down twice in the opening round.
WBO European heavyweight title ght. Williams refused
to take a drugs test after the ght, claiming there was no
point as he was going to retire, and that he was shot.[22]
Williams vs Chisora
Williams defended his British title for a third and nal
time against Dereck Chisora on 15 May 2010. Williams
lost by KO in round two. Before the ght he promised
this would be his last ght, win or lose, but he has yet to
announce his retirement. The ght was originally due to
take place against Sam Sexton in February but was put
back to May after Sexton injured his hand. Sexton withdrew from the ght again after his mother suered a brain
aneurysm and Chisora stepped in as a replacement.[16]
Comeback
Just days after announcing yet another retirement,

Williams called out Mark Potter for a rematch of their
famous clash in 2000 when Williams knocked out Potter
despite having a dislocated shoulder. Potter responded
saying he was very keen on the ght. The ght is likely
to be unlicensed as Potters BBBofC license was taken
away after suering a detached retina, while the BBBofC
have already announced their reservations against licensing Williams.[23] Williams later claimed he had been told
to call out Potter on camera, and that he was not being
serious.
Once again, Williamss retirement proved to be shortlived as he fought Denis Bakhtov in Podolsk, Russia on
8 December 2012, losing by unanimous decision over 10
rounds. He fought again just 13 days later losing in a
points decision against Werner Kreiskott over 8 rounds.
In March 2013 he was stopped in round 2 by cruiserweight Mairis Briedis in Riga, Latvia. This ght was unsanctioned. Danny fought Kelvin Price on 18 May 2013
losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went
on to ght notorious English hard man Dominic Negus in
an unlicensed ght in London, England as a farewell to
his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round.
Williams returned to boxing after nearly a year of inactivity with a 2nd round TKO victory over German Frank
Kary Roth in Bielefeld on 5 March 2011. Williams was
now being licensed to ght by the Baltic League of Professional Boxing, with the British Boxing Board of Control stating they had concerns about Williamss decline in
ability to box. On 9 April, he scored his second KO win
since his comeback. He won a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 June Williams suered a TKO
defeat against Manuel Charr. The ght was controversially stopped in round 7 after a barrage from Williams
was returned by a short urry from Charr. It appeared
that the referee stopped the ght in Charrs favour as soon
2.33.3 Championships
as it looked like he may be in trouble.[17] He then won a
SD against Alfred Cole on 3 September, in Sweden, Cole
2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winreturning after two years away from the sport.
ner)
A ght with unbeaten Alexander Ustinov was set to take
place in October 2011, but Williams withdrew due to a
2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
viral infection.[18] Williams fought the Norwegian heavyweight boxer Leif Olve Dolonen Larsen in Pabellon Mu WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
nicipal, Silla, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain on
Friday 2 December 2011. Williams was dropped sev WBU Championship
eral times by the former NFL footballer and the ght was
80
2.33.4
Islam and personal life
[18] Ustinov vs Bakhtov is Set, Danny Williams Withdraws

Boxing News. Boxingscene.com (18 October 2011). Retrieved on 7 March 2013.
Danny Williamss parents are both originally from the

Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout [19] Exclusive: Danny Williams nally calls time on ring caMuslim and was rst drawn to Islam while abroad, I went
reer. News.boxrec.com (7 December 2011). Retrieved
to Turkey and heard the Adhan" he explained. I was a
on 7 March 2013.
Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried
on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of [20] Danny Williams Withdraws From Petranyi Clash on June
4 Boxing News. Boxingscene.com (19 May 2011). Relife for me and this was the way of life for God.[24]
trieved on 7 March 2013.
2.33.5
2.33.6
References
[21] Danny Williams-Zoltan Petranyi: What Really Happened

Boxing News. Boxingscene.com (13 June 2012). Retrieved on 7 March 2013.
[1] Commonwealth Games1994. Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl

(21 July 2009). Retrieved on 7 March 2013.
[2] Hero Williams pulls out victory. BBC Sport. 21 October
2000.
[3] Williams wants Audley ght. BBC Sport. 10 June 2001.
[4] Sweet revenge for Williams. BBC Sport. 28 July 2001.
[22] Exclusive Danny Williams walks away from boxing after

refusing drugs test | BoxRecNews. News.boxrec.com (11
October 2012). Retrieved on 7 March 2013.
[23] Jay, Phil D. (13 October 2012) Mark Potter sceptical of
Danny Williams rematch advances. worldboxingnews.net
[24] Williams on Islam. BBC. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 10
July 2005.
[25] Danny Williams : Boxer. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 7
March 2013.
[5] Ruiz retains WBA title. BBC Sport. 16 December 2001.

[6] Williams retains heavyweight crowns. BBC Sport. 12
February 2002.
[7] Williams retains British title. BBC Sport. 17 September
2002.
[8] Williams stopped in Berlin. BBC Sport. 13 February
2003.
[9] Trickett, Alex (12 December 2004). Exposed Williams
hits Klitschko wall. BBC Sport.
[10] Davies, Gareth A (2 June 2008). Danny Williams requests ght investigation. The Daily Telegraph (London).
Archived from the original on 20 June 2008.
[11] Williams-Airich Video: Watch an amazing heavyweight
battle as Danny Williams takes on Konstantin Airich, the
referee and others!. Eastsideboxing.com (30 May 2008).
Retrieved on 7 March 2013.

Professional boxing record for Danny Williams
from BoxRec
2.34 Kevin McBride

For the footballer, see Kevin McBride (footballer).
Kevin Martin McBride (born 5 May 1973) is an Irish
professional boxer[1] who is best known for defeating and
retiring Mike Tyson in 2005. As an amateur, McBride
competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
[12] Williams to lodge ght complaint. BBC Sport. 2 June

2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
McBride debuted in December 1992, with a victory

against Gary Charlton. In 1997, he defeated Paul Dou[13] Williams to lodge ght complaint. BBC Sport. 2 June glas to win the All-Ireland Heavyweight Title, and in
2002 he defeated Craig Tomlinson to add the IBC Amer2008.
icas Heavyweight Title. McBride currently resides in the
[14] Danny Williams Demands Investigation of Airich Bout heavily Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester in Boston and
Boxing News. Boxingscene.com.6 February 2008.
trains in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts.[1]
[15] Williams slams ref over Mcdermott bout.
Scene. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
Boxing
[16] Sam Sexton withdraws from Danny Williams title ght.

BBC Sport. 2 May 2010.
[17] Sturm retains WBA title. Fightnews.com (25 June 2011).
Retrieved on 7 March 2013.
McBrides career-dening performance was a victory

over Mike Tyson, former undisputed world heavyweight
champion, via a 6th-round TKO on 11 June 2005 When
Tyson quit the ght by informing the referee that he would
not be able to continue to round Seven in the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.[2] The aged Tyson explained in a
post ght interview that his heart wasn't into the sport any
2.34. KEVIN MCBRIDE
81
more.[3] Tyson announced his retirement after the bout, 2.34.2

saying I'm not going to disrespect the sport anymore by
losing to this caliber of ghter.[4]
2.34.3

References
[1] McBrides Boxing Record boxrec.com Retrieved: 14

July 2007
[2] McBrides career britishboxing.net Retrieved: 14 July
2007
[3] No 'guts, no glory for Tyson in defeat boxing ESPN
[4] Tyson won't 'disrespect' boxing by ghting on | Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 17
September 2010.
[5] Boxing Aguilera wins, McBride upset. Fightnews.com. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

McBride in his corner during the Andrew Golota ght at the
Madison Square Garden in October 2007.
McBride has suered six losses by knockoutincluding

twice against ghters with losing records. Since his
ght with Mike Tyson, McBride beat Byron Polley, then
suered three upset losses. The rst loss was against
Mike Mollo, a second-round knockout loss. The second
loss was against Andrew Golota, a sixth round technical
knockout loss after Golota skilfully worked a cut he had
opened up over McBrides eye. After three years inactivity, McBride, the 'Clones Colossus, attempted a comeback in an eight rounder on 10 July 2010 at the MidHudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, but
lost every round-and the bout-in an upset to cruiserweight
veteran Zack Page, a journeyman with a losing record as a
professional. Despite standing 6 ft 6 in and weighing 282
pounds to Pages 6 ft 0 in and 205 pounds, McBride was
outworked and out punched by his smaller, faster, more
aggressive opponent.[5]
On 9 April 2011 McBride fought former cruiserweight
and light heavyweight world champion Tomasz Adamek
for the IBF International Heavyweight and NABO Heavyweight Championship belts at the Prudential Center in
Newark, New Jersey. Adamek won a 12 round unanimous decision.
His most recent defeat was on 29 July 2011 against
Polish boxer Mariusz Wach, during a boxing gala held
at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut. It
was Mcbrides third consecutive defeat against a Polish
boxer, having lost earlier to Andrzej Goota and Tomasz
Adamek. It is speculated that McBride will announce the
end of his boxing career.
McBrides nickname, The Clones Colossus, recalls
Barry McGuigan's sobriquet The Clones Cyclone.
Professional boxing record for Kevin McBride from

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Nightstallion Version 2: Made by Nameneko from version 1 of Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg and version 2 of Image:Coa Bermuda.svg
by Cronholm144.
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File:Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg License: Public domain Contributors: Province of British Columbia [2] Original artist: Original concepts of Arthur John Beanlands; Ambrose
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File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg License: Public domain Contributors: The ag of Bulgaria. The colors are specied at http://www.government.bg/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0034&
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File:Flag_of_Connecticut.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Flag_of_Connecticut.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Egypt.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg License: CC0 Contributors:
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File:Flag_of_England.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg License: Public domain Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
File:Flag_of_Finland.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Florida.svg Source:
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File:Flag_of_Ghana.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Illinois.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Ireland.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg License: Public domain
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artist: ?
File:Flag_of_Jamaica.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Lombardy.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Flag_of_Lombardy.svg License: Public domain Contributors: Unknown Original artist: F l a n k e r
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File:Flag_of_Louisiana.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Flag_of_Louisiana.svg License: CC-BYSA-3.0 Contributors:

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File:Flag_of_Minnesota.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Flag_of_Minnesota.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Mississippi.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Monaco.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg License: Public
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File:Flag_of_Poland.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg License: Public domain Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
File:Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg License: Public domain Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
File:Flag_of_Quebec.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Russia.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg License: PD Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
File:Flag_of_Samoa.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg License: Public domain
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File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg License: PD Contributors: ?
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File:Flag_of_Tonga.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg License: CC0 Contributors:
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File:Flag_of_Turkey.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg License: Public domain
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Rape conviction, prison, and conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

After professional boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.10 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.11 In popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.12 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.13 Titles in boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.14 Pay-per-view bouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.15 Awards and honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.16 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1.18 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Upset, controversy and title shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Remainder of pro career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pro boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame induction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Feud with Mike Tyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Outside the ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.10 Tony Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.10.1 Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.10.3 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.10.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11 Tyrell Biggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.2 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.3 Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.4 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.5 Outside the ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.11.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12 Larry Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.2 Amateur boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.3 Early boxing career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.4 WBC Heavyweight Champion Holmes v Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.5 IBF Heavyweight Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.8 Life after boxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.9 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.10 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.11 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.12.13 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13 Tony Tubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.2 Early professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.3 World Championship ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.4 Peoples Choice Heavyweight Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.5 Late career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.6 Criminal convictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.7 California Boxing Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.8 Professional boxing record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.13.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.14 Michael Spinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.14.1 Amateur career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.14.2 Professional career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .