Did Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis fight before 2002?
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No, but Tyson should have defended his WBC title against Lewis in 1996. Instead, he relinquished that belt to fight Bruce Seldon for the WBA title.\n\nInterestingly, Tyson and Lewis are about the same age, but Tyson peaked much sooner and had nowhere near a steady career as Lewis. By the time the two finally did fight in 2002, Tyson was a much lesser fighter than in his prime.
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Yup, great fighter. I remember him from the '84 Olympics. I saw him fight (and lose to) Tommy Hearns at Caesars Palace for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title in '91...He should have hung 'em up after losing to Michalczewski and Jones Jr. in succession, cause all he ended up doing was moving up to Cruiserweight and fighting a bunch of stiffs...
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Panama Al Lewis was a boxing trainer who was known for some dirty tactics. The first big controversy was when he was in the corner for Aaron Pryor's fight against Alexis Arguello. Lewis was going to give some water to his fighter in the corner but was overheard saying "NOT that one, I want the one I mixed…" when he was handed the bottle. However, it was never confirmed that there were any drugs or anything mixed into the water.\n\nThe incident that got Lewis banned from boxing took place when he trained Luis Resto for a match against Billy Collins in 1983. Resto picked up an unanimous decision, but it was found out after the fight that Lewis had removed over half the stuffing from his gloves.\n\nLewis was convicted of assault was incarcerated for 12 months. Resto was convicted of assault, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a deadly weapon and also served jail time. Both were permanently banned from boxing following this bout.
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Larry Holmes is correct.\nIn Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace on Oct 2, 1980\nAli's trainer, Angelo Dundee, threw in the towel at the end of round eleven.\n\nAli fought only once more after this TKO loss to Holmes.  He fought and lost a decision to Trevor Berbick in 1981.
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Tyson is past. Get over it. He's retired.
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HEAVYWEIGHT  \nCHAMPION: HASIM RAHMAN (US)  \nWON TITLE: August 18, 2005  \nLAST DEFENCE:  \nLAST COMPULSORY: April 24, 2004 by Klitschko  \nWBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valouev (Russia)  \nIBF CHAMPION: Chris Byrd (US)  \nWBO CHAMPION: Lamont Brewster (US)  \nContenders:  \nWBC INT. CHAMPION: Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)
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After his loss to Kevin McBride last year, Mike Tyson said he was through with boxing. He has been making money from public appearances lately on part of a world tour.
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Ali, and here's why:\n\nYes, Tyson, hits hard, so did Sonny Liston, Ken Norton, Joe Frasier Joe Foreman and Ernie Shavers. Tyson never had to fight heavyweights with the skills these fighters had\n\nAli was smart, could take a punch, stick, move counter punch and thoroughly frustrate an opponent, plus, he could out think them.\n\nThat's not to say that Tyson COULDN'T have beat Ali, after all, Ali WAS beaten in his prime by Fraiser and Norton, but he avenged those fights by beating the fighters that beat him...If Ali had "lost" to Tyson, he would have come back and figured out a way to beat him, just like he beat George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle"\n\nMuhammad Ali - THE GREATEST
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No sir \n    Henery Armstrong ( homisidal henery) held 3 world titles simultaneously. featherweight lightweight and welterweight on august 18, 1938. His record was 59-1-1 with 51 knockouts he scored 27 knockouts in 1937-38.\nArmstrong was a marvel of the ring. He worked at a fast pace, had quick hands and unlike most fighters seemed to pick up speed as the rounds went on. He was also a strong puncher and defensively his bob and weave style kept him from receiving the full impact of his opponent’s blows. The truth of Henry Armstrong is that he had much better boxing skills than some give him credit for
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I use to love boxing but rarely watch anymore. I would have better fight cards, make the champ defend the belts more often 4 to 5 months against a top 3 contender, promote better, give better less expensive access to top fights. Don't know if I will ever love boxing the way I use to now that UFC and Pride are around
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Mike Tyson in his prime was a monster. With his power and skill combined, you'd think he was unbeatable. He knew how to bob and weave right under an opponent's punches and come back with vicious combos to the head and body.\n\nHowever, I don't think any heavyweight boxer ever could outbox Ali. Muhammad Ali knew how to use the ring and could use his reach advantage to keep Tyson at the perfect distance to land punches while avoiding being hit himself. Not that I don't think Ali couldn't take Tyson's punches, but those body shots would have worn him down a bit by the later rounds.\n\nOverall, I say an unanimous decision victory for Ali, though not a very impressive one.
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I recently watched the ESPN Classic DVD of Mike Tyson's 19 highlight fights. Not including the last two fights, which was a foreshadowing of his 'fall from grace' outside the ring, this guy seemed like an invincible tank. Ali is one of the most graceful fighters, but I can't help but picture Tyson blocking most of Ali's jabs with his signature gloves-over-the-face defensive stance.. this combined with his swift outbursts of powerful punches would eventually connect and knock out Ali.
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Who was your english teacher???? Mike Tyson????
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Heavyweight:\n\nMichael Spinks v Larry Holmes    19 April 1986\n\nCruiserweight:\n\nEvander Holyfield v Dwight Muhammed Qawi     12 July 1986\n\nLight Heavyweight:\n\nSlobodan Kacar v Eddie Mustfa Muhammad     21 Dec 1985\n\nOne would assume that it was around 1986 that the championship fights were reduced to 12 rounds.\n\nOther details/weights can be found on www.world-boxing.com
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Yes, but better they didn't come in the first place. I remember all the fuss being created about allowing Mike Tyson into the country, and he was only here for a single boxing match and then would return home. The PC lefties though, don't like boxing, and he had been convicted (by a kangaroo court of feminists who had no hard evidence) of rape. Now, because it suits their agenda, anyone can come.
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I really don't think anyone could have taken Tyson is his prime.  He was far to overwhelming.  Roy Jones, Jr.?  I saw him fight guys that everyone said he shouldn't beat and he made them look silly; evading punches and throwing them from odd angles.  Tua needs to do more to even be int his conversation.
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It was Wladimir Klitschko. He fought Chris Byrd, who was the IBF heavyweight champion. Byrd's a skilled fighter who has been in The Ring magazine's top ten for about five years now. He had only two previous losses which, one of which was also against Wladimir Klitschko in 2000, though that time by decision.\n\nWladimir does have power, but his chin has been questioned. In his previous fight, he fought and beat Samuel Peter - a strong heavyweight without much skill. This time he fought Chris Byrd - a very skilled fighter without much power. He definitely has to find a guy next time who has both skill and power and dominate him also in order to really regain the fans' confidence.