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After his easy one round knockout of tomato can Peter McNeeley on August 19, 1995, Mike Tyson agreed to face Buster Mathis, Jr. on November 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Don King had scheduled it for the same day that Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield were to meet for the third time […]

Mike Tyson was sentenced to 3 to 6 years for rape on February 10, 1992. I was working my winter job as a security job at a local mall, and vividly recall listening to the day to day court reports in our security truck. What came to mind most was what Larry Holmes had predicted

After the controversial ending of their first fight, a rematch was agreed to for June 28, 1991 back at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Tyson acted bizarre in the pre-fight interviews, telling Ruddock “I want to make you my girlfriend with those big lips you have.” His act had gotten so old, and it seemed

Mike Tyson agreed to fight Donovan ‘Razor’ Ruddock on March 18, 1991 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, the first bout in his new contract with Showtime. Ruddock was a 6′ 3″ muscular Canadian, with a tremendous left hook, and proved to be Tyson’s biggest test in years. The pre-fight talks got nasty on Tyson’s

After losing his heavyweight title to Buster Douglas on February 11, 1990, Mike Tyson returned home beltless for the first time in 3 and a 1/2 years. His sister died as well, so he spent time trying to regroup, deal with her death, and forget about boxing for a while. As tough as he was

After his fifth round stoppage of Frank Bruno on February 25, 1989, Mike Tyson returned to the ring five months later on July 21st, to face Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams at Atlantic City Convention Hall. I took that Saturday night off from my part-time security job at a local mall, then drove to my sister’s

After his easy first round knockout of Michael Spinks on June 27, 1988, Mike Tyson experienced a tumultuous summer to say the least. He had married actress Robin Givens in February of 1988, and it was a troubled union from the start. Then in March, Tyson’s manager Jimmy Jacobs died after a long battle with

Mike Tyson traveled to Tokyo, Japan on March 21, 1988 to knock out an overweight, and undertrained Tony Tubbs in 2 rounds. I went over my sister’s house to watch it on HBO, and was hardly surprised at the outcome, especially when Tubbs entered the ring as such a fat slob. He got what he

After easily defeating Tyrell Biggs on October 16, 1987, Mike Tyson agreed to fight ex-champ Larry Holmes on January 22, 1988 at Atlantic City Convention Hall. Don King had tried to coax Holmes into a bout with Tyson for a year, but Larry finally agreed to a date, and a purse of 3.1 million dollars.

After his destruction of Pinklon Thomas on May 30, 1987, ‘Iron Mike’ Tyson was back in the ring two months later. This time his opponent was Tony ‘TNT’ Tucker, the IBF Heavyweight Champion. I saw the fight years later on VHS tape, and it was the first time Tyson fought someone who wasn’t intimidated at