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Mike Tyson movie “is going to happen” – how will the film rank alongside the greatest boxing movies?

James Slater - September 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

According to a short story that appears courtesy of The Las Vegas Review-Journal, the on/off/on Mike Tyson biopic is very much on, with Jamie Foxx signed on the play Tyson and film giant Martin Scorsese signed on to direct. » Read Full Article

30 years ago today: Mike Tyson unifies the WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles with win over Tony Tucker

James Slater - August 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

Was it really thirty years ago – three full decades; a generation – when a peak Mike Tyson put all the heavyweight belts around his 34” waist? » Read Full Article

Boxing’s finest trash-talkers!

James Slater - July 15, 2017 Leave a Comment

Finally they are silent – for now. We’ve been “treated” to plenty of hype, nastiness, fun and games and, most notably, trash-talking these past four days; courtesy of Floyd Mayweather Junior and Conor McGregor. » Read Full Article

Who was the greater fighter: Tyson or Holyfield?

James Slater - June 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

Here on the celebration of Mike Tyson’s 51st birthday – and just two days and 20 years on from the former heavyweight champ’s infamous “Bite Fight” with Evander Holyfield – it might be interesting to ask: who was the greater fighter, Tyson or Holyfield? » Read Full Article

Glenn McCrory on Holyfield-Tyson II

James Slater - June 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

Dubbed, for obvious reasons, “The Bite Fight,” the return meeting between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson shocked the entire world like no other boxing match in history. » Read Full Article

When Mike Tyson lost a fight it almost always caused one HUGE shock

James Slater - June 11, 2017 Leave a Comment

The great, the fascinating, the exciting and the controversial boxing career of Mike Tyson officially ended today – in Washington DC of all places. » Read Full Article

15 years ago today: Lennox Lewis destroys the remnants of the once great Mike Tyson

James Slater - June 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

15 years ago today in Memphis, a must-see heavyweight collision took place, and going in nobody really knew what to expect. » Read Full Article

Mike Tyson releases new book dedicated to Cus D’Amato – says if Cus hadn’t died when he did, “there would have been no Don King”

James Slater - May 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mike Tyson knows full well he owes all his ring success to one man, Cus D’Amato, and, as is evident in the former heavyweight king’s new book: “Iron Ambition,” Tyson has never forgotten it. » Read Full Article