Word: tysons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coronation fit for Don King. Earlier in the evening Mike Tyson had won a unanimous decision over Tony Tucker, thereby making Tyson the first fighter in a decade to be simultaneously recognized as the World Heavyweight Boxing champion by all three of the sport's ruling bodies: the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council and the International Boxing Federation. So to mark the occasion, Promoter King decided to mount a "throneization" at the Las Vegas Hilton. With Actor Dennis Hopper, Comic Eddie Murphy and former King of Boxing Muhammad Ali in attendance, King presented Tyson with a blue chinchilla...
...intensity level really took a jolt upwards with the start of the Bullet LaVolta. After the delicate sound of the Blake Babies, the decibel sound of Bullet hit you like a well-aimed right from Mike Tyson. Bullet LaVolta's strength comes from duelling guitars of Adams House junior Clay Tarver and Adams House Classics Tutor Corey Brennan: Tarver favors straight-forward riffs while Brennan produces lightning-quick metal solos. The result is a combination of licks reminiscent of the best MC5 or Cream and the manual dexterity of modern metal...
...people." To himself as much as anyone else, Leonard exulted, "I saw every punch coming," and no one should expect him to quit now. Maybe he will next try the light-heavyweight champion, his old friend Hearns. In a way, Leonard has beaten a heavyweight already. He knocked Mike Tyson clear off the stage...
MOST SOLARPLEXING Boxing is as twisted as ever, but a young heavyweight named Mike Tyson, 20, appears to be in the process of straightening everybody...
...Tyson next fights in March, meeting the winner of a Tony Tubbs-Tim Witherspoon match for the World Boxing Association title. The International Boxing Federation's Michael Spinks is standing by to face the survivor in May, without noticeable enthusiasm. Then there will be one champion...