Have three-and-a-half decades really gone by since a 20-year-old Mike Tyson darn near killed Trevor Berbick to brutally claim the WBC heavyweight title, in so doing making boxing history?
Evander Holyfield was a whopping, great 25/1 underdog. The former cruiserweight king and former two-time heavyweight ruler had suffered a “heart attack” in the ring during a fight, he had been KO’d by Riddick Bowe and, in his most recent fight, he had laboured to defeat former light-heavyweight champ Bobby Czyz.
According to gathering reports, Mike Tyson will face, or fight – yeah, let’s go with face – Logan Paul in some sort of an exhibition bout/event/show in February of next year.
Mike Tyson didn’t see anything from IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua or Oleksandr Usyk that he felt he couldn’t have dealt with if he’d fought either of them in the prime of his career.
Mike Tyson, along with Roy Jones, started the currently all-consuming, polarizing big-fight exhibition trend, so it’s no real surprise “Iron Mike” is interested to see what will happen when Evander Holyfield attempts to step back in time as he fights Vitor Belfort in Miami, Florida.
Oh, go on then, we might as well – Tyson Fury Vs. Mike Tyson; ‘The Two Tysons.’ In light of all the other crazy, dangerous, freak show-type boxing events going down these days, why not throw another one in the mix?
As fight fans know, Evander Holyfield, at age 58 (59 next month) will return to the ring this Saturday night, against MMA legend Vitor Belfort.
There was a time when “Iron” Mike Tyson could scare even the best fighters, and as to what Tyson could do to an average fighter, a mere mortal, well, we all saw in graphic detail how Tyson could reduce an opponent’s legs to jelly just by glaring at him.
35 long years ago today, a 20-year-old Mike Tyson met Cuban tough guy Jose Ribalta at The Trump Plaza. All this time later, former heavyweight king Tyson still says Ribalta was the toughest man he ever faced.
Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson has uploaded another quite incredible video of himself undergoing what looks to be an intense workout session.