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When Tyson first appeared on the big screen before entering the ring , a ripple of boos started that were quickly drowned out by a prolonged chorus of cheers from the predominantly Tyson crowd. As State Representative Joe Towns, who had lobbied to land the fight back in January when it was chased out of Nevada, said, "I'm with Mike. He's bad! And he's American...
...strangest aspect of the denouement was the joint TV interview that occurred with both a revived Tyson and a victorious Lewis in the ring minutes after the fight. Tyson, who had done more than his share of trash-talking before the bout, was suddenly the model of contrition, a veritable Boy Scout. He professed his regard for Lewis ("He knows I love both him and his mother"), said that all his bad-mouthing had only been to hype the fight, and suggested that he'd like a rematch...
...learned their lesson at the fracas-cum-pre-fight press conference last January when an enraged Tyson suddenly threw down his hat and, during the ensuing melee, bit Lewis in the thigh. After that, everyone agreed the two men should be kept apart until they crawl into the padded ring at The Pyramid, the 10-year-old downtown arena normally reserved for the city's new professional basketball team...
...with Lewis, the lanky 60-year-old Herenton is himself a former amateur boxing champion who maintains he got sidetracked from his destiny - to be a headliner at the pro level. "I never got beat once I got my growth," he says, reminiscing about his days in the ring...
...afraid of nobody, in the ring or out of the ring, if they got a gun or a knife. And I'll show him that, too," Tyson told reporters here the other day. "I'm just ready to get it on - and crush this guy's skull...