Mike Tyson
The World will be mine again
There was no more ‘Iron’ Mike, there was Mike Tyson – an ex-champion who had a dream – to conquer the world once again. In the following article we will follow his adventure through some of the hardest times of his life, because there is nothing more impossible than rebuilding your reputation, which took decades to evolve and seconds to be ravaged.
Boxing commentators described the post-prison Tyson as “a pinch heavier and a little more disciplined” than before. Kid Dynamite was really not in his best physical condition, but his mind was obsessed with a dream and as every great person, he didn’t wait for a chance – he just grabbed one!
His comeback fight was against hot-tempered Peter McNeely. Both boxers had almost identical styles – bobbing and weaving like Joe Frazier, but Mike was the quality fighter.
Mighty Mike scored a high percentage of accurate blows and slipped almost every of McNeely’s punches. He destroyed his opponent in under 90 seconds and came back as one of the top heavyweight contenders.
Next in the line was Buster Mathis Jr. – a classic counter puncher. Mike never really had problems facing this type of fighters, because his reactions and reflexes were better than most of the heavyweights in the division. In the 3rd round Tyson made a sidestep and punished Mathis with two right uppercuts, which sent him down.
Six years later Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno met again, but this time the sides were changed – Tyson was now the contender and Bruno – the WBC champion. The fight started identically to the first one – Bruno began holding and hitting Tyson while Kid Dynamite tried to get inside and open up. Mike didn’t have trouble winning every round, but he wanted to move in for the kill. That happened in the beginning of the 3rd round – Mike slipped under Bruno’s uppercut and made a devastating body-head combination, followed by three destructive, leaping, right uppercuts to the head of Bruno. The referee stopped the fight with Bruno lying on the ropes. 6 years later there it was – ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson had returned for another reign, for another Mike Tyson era.
The World will be mine again
There was no more ‘Iron’ Mike, there was Mike Tyson – an ex-champion who had a dream – to conquer the world once again. In the following article we will follow his adventure through some of the hardest times of his life, because there is nothing more impossible than rebuilding your reputation, which took decades to evolve and seconds to be ravaged.
Boxing commentators described the post-prison Tyson as “a pinch heavier and a little more disciplined” than before. Kid Dynamite was really not in his best physical condition, but his mind was obsessed with a dream and as every great person, he didn’t wait for a chance – he just grabbed one!
His comeback fight was against hot-tempered Peter McNeely. Both boxers had almost identical styles – bobbing and weaving like Joe Frazier, but Mike was the quality fighter.
Mighty Mike scored a high percentage of accurate blows and slipped almost every of McNeely’s punches. He destroyed his opponent in under 90 seconds and came back as one of the top heavyweight contenders.
Next in the line was Buster Mathis Jr. – a classic counter puncher. Mike never really had problems facing this type of fighters, because his reactions and reflexes were better than most of the heavyweights in the division. In the 3rd round Tyson made a sidestep and punished Mathis with two right uppercuts, which sent him down.
Six years later Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno met again, but this time the sides were changed – Tyson was now the contender and Bruno – the WBC champion. The fight started identically to the first one – Bruno began holding and hitting Tyson while Kid Dynamite tried to get inside and open up. Mike didn’t have trouble winning every round, but he wanted to move in for the kill. That happened in the beginning of the 3rd round – Mike slipped under Bruno’s uppercut and made a devastating body-head combination, followed by three destructive, leaping, right uppercuts to the head of Bruno. The referee stopped the fight with Bruno lying on the ropes. 6 years later there it was – ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson had returned for another reign, for another Mike Tyson era.
