kenneth

It was not long after his first loss as a professional to Riddick Bowe, that Evander Holyfield made plans to come back. He did take a beating in losing his title to Bowe, so a few months lapsed before he announced an opponent. Alex Stewart was picked, the same fighter he fought in November of […]

After his mediocre performance against Larry Holmes in June, Evander Holyfield set his sights on a fall opponent. After Riddick Bowe disposed of Pierre Coetzer on July 18th, a November date was set for both boxers to meet. Friday, November the 13th was the date and the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas would

Evander Holyfield had agreed to fight the winner of the Ray Mercer vs. Larry Holmes fight on February 7th, 1992. Most so called experts had picked Mercer to win easily, but Holmes surprised them in a big way. The ex-champ totally outboxed Mercer enroute to an easy 12 round unanimous decision in Atlantic City. He

When his fight with Mike Tyson for November 8th, 1991 was cancelled because Tyson claimed he had injured himself, Evander Holyfield needed an opponent to replace him. Francisco Damiani, a contender from Italy was chosen, and Atlanta, Georgia would be the venue. It would be a chance for the champ to perform in front of

After his second defeat of Razor Ruddock on June 28, 1991, Mike Tyson signed to fight Evander Holyfield for the championship. November 8th at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas was the date and venue chosen. However, something happened that summer to change everything. Tyson was indicted for allegedly raping an 18 year old beauty contestant

After the upset in Tokyo, Buster Douglas celebrated his victory to the fullest. He went on all of the talk shows, appeared on a wrestling show instead of Tyson, and was enjoying life as a celebrity. One other thing occurred. He got fat. Evander had originally signed to fight Tyson on June 15, 1990, but

George Foreman began a comeback in March of 1987 to recapture the heavyweight championship he lost to Muhammad Ali in 1974. After a ten year hiatus from the sport in which he becamw a minister, boxing was the last thing on his mind. But after running out of money, he went back to the thing

After the controversial ending to their first fight on March 18, 1991, a rematch was immediately set up. Tyson acted increasingly bizarre and belligerent in the pre-fight interviews for the second bout, and it only him more unlikeable and annoying. I never liked him anyway, and these antics deepened that dislike. The second fight took

I had just come back from a ten day trip to Vegas and LA, when I went to the Pavilion in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to see Mike Tyson versus Razor Ruddock. I had stopped by the Mirage in Vegas while out there, and asked if Tyson or Ruddock were holding public workouts, and was

After the humiliating knockout on February, Don King tried to claim that there was a long count in the 8th round when Tyson dropped Douglas with a right uppercut. King claimed that the count actually reached 13, and that Tyson had knocked Buster out first, and should still be the champion. By the time the