Mike Tyson’s Losses And How They Affect His Legacy 07/30/2019 James Slater On this day in 2004, former two-time heavyweight king Mike Tyson was an ageing, past his best former superstar, fighting only for money – Fans liked to play the game in pretending that Tyson was still THE man, still the biggest puncher in the division, yet in truth the youngest heavyweight king in history was old, tired and looking to get out. read full article
Michael Spinks: Unbeatable At Light-heavyweight, But Remembered For One Night At Heavyweight 06/26/2019 James Slater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OVt_tPsv6Y How many fighters are remembered mostly, unfairly, due to their last fight, a crushing and humiliating loss? Case in point the great Michael Spinks. read full article
Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson: Better Late Than Never 06/08/2019 James Slater The two superstar heavyweights may not have been that different in age, but when Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson finally fought – on this day 17 years ago – the fight was no contest. read full article
Late 1990: When George Foreman And Mike Tyson Came So Close To Fighting One Another 05/14/2019 James Slater Arguably one of the most fascinating Dream Fights ever, fans still love to debate what would have happened had former heavyweight champions George Foreman and Mike Tyson clashed in the ultimate battle of punchers. read full article
Mike Tyson On Muhammad Ali: There’s No Way Other Fighters Can Match Him 03/14/201903/14/2019 James Slater It’s coming up three years since The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, passed away. Yet no-one will ever forget him, least of all hardcore fight historian and fellow great Mike Tyson. read full article
On This Day In 1988: Mike Tyson KO’d The Hitherto Unstopped Larry Holmes – does this mean Tyson would also have taken out Foreman? 01/22/2019 James Slater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp2ZeNEPNlA At the time of his rendering an ageing Larry Holmes unconscious, in disturbing fashion, not too many fans, experts or historians took too much notice of the Mike Tyson KO win; certainly the reigning heavyweight champ was given little praise or credit for taking out the 38 year old who had himself ruled the division from 1978 to 1985. read full article
20 Years On: Recalling The Mike Tyson/Frans Botha Clash 01/15/201901/15/2019 James Slater Twenty years ago, former heavyweight king Mike Tyson was the single most unpredictable fighter on the planet. No-one – as in absolutely no-one, not even Tyson himself – knew what would happen, what Tyson might do, when he was in the ring. read full article
Anthony Joshua Names His Three Greatest Heavyweight Champs 12/29/2018 James Slater Like many fighters before him, Anthony Joshua is a huge fight fan (it seems obvious a successful fighter would be a fan of his chosen sport but there are exceptions: Jermain Taylor for example, who said as champ that he is no boxing fan) – and AJ is also a student of the history of boxing. read full article
Mike Tyson says Tyson Fury’s mental strength gives him chance against Deontay Wilder 11/28/201811/27/2018 Steve Shupe Iron Mike Tyson is giving Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) a fighting shot at pulling off an upset against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on Saturday night in their mega-bout on Showtime pay-per-view at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. read full article
All These Years Later, Tyson’s Destruction Of Berbick Is Still Stunning 11/22/2018 James Slater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jqmT3NHBuI 32 years on, and people still talk about Mike Tyson’s electrifying KO of Trevor Berbick. As fans know, Tyson, then just 20 years of age, challenged the reigning WBC heavyweight champ on November 22, 1986. read full article
