Word: tyson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That night Mike Tyson had taken on one of his many soon-to-be defeated challengers. We all began talking about Iron Mike, and then Jason and I took some jabs against each other, imagining the cheering crowd, fancying ourselves contenders for the heavyweight crown. We had both come to see The Game. Along the way, we had the fortune to catch up on a game...
...sport has succumbed to greed and gluttony. Promoters are as well known as the boxers they represent. Boxing has become a sick side-show. Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, whose out-of-ring problems have earned more press than his in-ring triumphs, is a pitiful heir to the throne Muhammed Ali sat in for so long...
When Muhammed Ali fought, people watched, cared. When Mike Tyson fights again--against Frank Bruno or whoever shows up to take a fall--will people watch and care? Or will they simply wait for Tyson's next exploit outside the ring...
College students, mostly from elsewhere in the Boston area, were seated at both low and high tables on genuine imitation leather chairs. Brooke stared at the electronic message board, reading the red letters streaming across it. "Tyson accuses Givens of faking a pregnancy to lure him into marriage...
...curious example of violence spilling over from the arena into the streets, Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson and one of his earliest ring conquests staged an impromptu rematch in New York City around 4:30 a.m. outside a 125th Street haberdashery that boasts a formidable clientele. Anyone purchasing a necktie at that hour better at least have been the champion of the Pacific fleet. After giving Mitch ("Blood") Green a Carmen Basilio facial, crumpling one of his licensed hands in the process, Tyson momentarily faced charges brought not by the law but by Green. They were eventually dropped...