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Big win for Tyrell Biggs in a situation where the cut was just so bad,
there was no way it could continue to go on.
And he did the only thing, the only way he could have won the fight
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And that's go out there and knock out Fay because if it went on much longer,
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It just would have split him so badly, they would have had to stop the fight.
But.
Yes, Tyrell Biggs there taking his unbeaten streak, 14 to nothing, nine knockouts now.
And that's what boxing is all about.
A fellow there with a bad cut, Jeffrey, and he's only got one way out of that fight.
He had to knock David Bay out and he did just that.
And you kept telling him, he must have heard you all the way over there
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You know, he just seemed to be sitting off, Mike, and jabbing.
And you know, when you've got a cut like that, you've got to try to get out of there.
And the other way he could do that was with his right hand.
And he done it.
With that huge advantage in height and reach, he didn't actually fight a very clever fight,
did he? I mean, he let Bay into the fight.
No, I think Bay forced him in to fight close and he just stayed there early in the fight.
In the first couple of rounds, he just jabbed and he looked very, very good.
Last three, four and five rounds, he was just staying in there
and letting Bay dictate.
But in the sixth, he knew he had to get out of there
and throw a few good right hands and the fight was over.
And desperation took over and it was another victory
to Tyrell Biggs, the Olympic gold medallist.
Well, of course, the big one this afternoon coming up next live from Las Vegas,
Mike Tyson versus Bonecrusher Smith.
We'll be back in a moment to meet Mike Tyson, the man.
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Wherever you're watching, right around Australia, we hope you're enjoying the action.
As the tension mounts and the protaginists get ready for this afternoon's big heavyweight bout.
Mike Tyson and Bonecrusher Smith ready now to make their way towards the ring.
While we wait on them, let's take a look at this extraordinary young man, Michael Tyson.
At 20 years of age, the youngest heavyweight champion of all time.
Darling you sent me home. I know you sent me home. Darling you sent me home. I just do. I wish you knew. You sent me home.
I know you, you, you. Darling you, you, you.
I'm only four years older than the oldest person in here.
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On this day, the lesson is not how to throw a right uppercut, but rather how to say no to drugs.
I love the championship. I love being rich. I love having beautiful girlfriends. I love everything.
But I'll give it all away for my manhood. And I wouldn't belittle myself by putting a joint in my mouth or putting some white poison in my nose.
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When Mike Tyson won the WBC title, with the belt came the responsibilities of a champion.
That was a right to the body and an uppercut to the head and Fervick is down.
It's over. That's all. And we have a new era in boxing.
You're supposed to set examples. You can't be the heavyweight champion in the world and use foul language.
You can't drink. You can't drink out in public. You can't do any of these things around young kids.
You can't. It shouldn't be tolerated.
His picture has adorned the covers of magazines for the past year.
With it, every imaginable word to describe the awesome power of boxing's rising star.
This month, a story in Life magazine by renowned author Joyce Carol Oates.
She explains the Tyson phenomenon.
I think in the years to come, you have to deal with more complex issues of the self and the world and fame.
He's discovering, as many people have discovered, how boring fame is.
My reputation is immortal. Being the youngest champion, that's immortal.
But as far as a human being, I'm going to die. Eventually I'm going to die.
At the moment, he's just himself. I think that's one of the reasons that people find him so oddly charismatic, because he's not trying.
Are you able to date women while you're training or not?
Can I tell you something? I would like to date, but I don't have really time to date.
If I was to give any girl the attention that she deserves, except Lisa Bonet, I would give her all the attention.
I would make time to give her attention.
Well, that's very sweet.
They want to come over the table and get the autographs and the kids are going to look up to you?
I love kids. I love when the kids come over.
Isn't that nice?
That's the best part of it. That makes everything worthwhile, when the kids come up and everything.
Yeah. When you were a kid, you were delinquent, right?
I was a sweet delinquent, though.
It's probably his boyish charm and deadpan honesty that lures people to this 20-year-old.
In Joyce Carol Oates' words, quote,
the two men who are contending in this elevated, illuminated ring have a kind of poetic, almost dreamlike symbolic value attached to them.
I want to watch him fight. I want to see what the next thing it is that he's going to be doing,
because I don't just see him as a boxer. I see him as somebody else with a little bit more sincerity
and a little bit more feeling than just somebody who's going out there to kill somebody.
I have never have witnessed the reaction from kids to my father, to adults, to social service people like the policemen.
I mean, it's just like everyone, black, white. I mean, everyone. And it's really wonderful to see.
It's coming at a time that everyone's going to know me. And I have to deal with it, and that's my responsibility.
I work so hard to get it now. When people stop putting the papers and stop backing from my autograph, then something's wrong.
I don't consider it like a legend. People make me a great fighter. You know, I think I'm so far away from being a great fighter.
Like, people, when they say great, they don't know. People don't know what great is.
Anybody could keep winning and knocking out and winning and winning is when you lose how you handle it.
Then it shows your personality. Then it shows what kind of man you really are.
Let me give you something to call me great. Let me give you a reason to call me great.
I mean, people call me great. You're the greatest thing. You'll be champ for 20 years.
People don't know how your mind works. Suppose I decide I want to get married. I want to give up boxing.
Suppose my only goal is just to win the title and just give up to be the youngest champion.
Michael Tyson, 28 fights, 28 victories, 26 knockouts, 16 in round one.
And just watching that profile on him, Jeff Fennig, there's a lot about you and he in common.
You know, you're both softly spoken. You both got into a bit of trouble early in life.
You both see yourself as role models and you both love kids.
Yeah, Mike, I think it's very important when you do get to the top to appreciate the way you got there and what you're there for.
You're not there forever like Mike Tyson said.
Whatever you can do to help people while you're there, I'll do to help them. I'm sure he does.
I know, part of your latest, you're taking up the offense against drugs because a lot of people get into trouble with drugs.
And in the fight game, a lot of fighters get into trouble with drugs.
Well, I think mainly over in America, the drug problem is terrible among fighters.
But here I've got my own Jeff Fennig fan club and, yeah, I am against drugs.
I think it's a terrible pity to see young kids in the street that get addicted to any kind of drugs.
So, you know, if I can do anything to help them, I will, Mike.
All right, Jeffrey, don't go away. In a moment, we will be back to take a look at Bonecrusher Smith,
a man who this afternoon intends to continue his fairy tale rise to the top in the toughest sport of them all.
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And this afternoon's upcoming heavyweight bout is the second last in an eight-fight series to establish once and for all
just who is the heavyweight champion of the world.
According to schedule, this afternoon's winner will go on to fight Michael Spinks to settle the argument.
And it almost seems that the one man who probably shouldn't be there at this stage, according to the script,
is old Bonecrusher Smith. But at the age of 33, he's just kept creeping up on him.
And those powerful fists of his have just kept popping his opponents right on the old jaw.
He's an interesting fellow, the old Bonecrusher. Let's take a look at him.
The hurly-burly of city life. Traditional breeding ground of prize fighters.
The strong and the clever rule. The ambitious escape the streets.
If there's a seedy fight gym nearby, a trainer with an eye for talent and a way of making anything seem possible,
occasionally it happens.
It rarely happens in the country, down on the farm.
They grow every kind of athlete except fighters, it seems.
It wasn't until long after he left the farm in Magnolia, North Carolina, that James Smith put on gloves.
What he grew was a big, powerful body.
Plowing fields, chopping wood, doing what had to be done to survive the hard country life.
There were no seedy fight gyms nearby, probably not a boxing glove in the county.
And I feel like this small field here, I guess it's a couple acres out here,
it would take us about two or three days to plow this field.
It's a hot, tedious job, tough job.
This is what's left of the okra field.
They had the last cutting out of here probably October.
And they'll start again about April and have okra again.
And okra is very good. We used to eat a lot of okra and everything.
Once the land dry out, they'll start preparing it for the next season.
When I was growing up, this is where we kept several chickens,
and it was six of us kids and our parents.
And the chickens would go in here and get out of the weather during the cold seasons.
And over here is where they went up and laid the eggs.
And we were glad we ate the chickens and also we ate the eggs also.
Smith, the oldest child, started his unlikely odyssey to the ring through education of all things.
His parents, Jesse and Bertha, told him it was the way to better himself.
He listened. If he didn't...
They would get out the switch, they'd go out and cut limbs and stuff and beat us up.
They didn't spare the rod on us. It helped out and paid off in the end.
And it's very important to stay on the kids and make sure they're doing what they're supposed to be doing.
And I appreciate my parents for doing that for me.
And I'm sure my brothers and sisters feel the same way.
He did well enough in school to go to Shaw University in Raleigh and graduate with a degree in business.
He would become the first college grad to win a Ph.D. as a heavyweight.
It's been very helpful to me, indirectly more than directly.
I don't really work a nine-to-five job, but I still get a chance to use it with reading and dealing with contracts
and dealing with people and understanding where they're coming from. It's a great feeling.
Smith didn't take a job on Wall Street, visit Madison Square Garden and become a star.
He joined the Army.
It was a quick decision. It was a very impulsive decision.
And after I made that decision to go in, I kind of wondered if I made the right decision
after completing college and going into the Army.
But in looking back, it was a great experience.
I was stationed in Germany, and I was over there for 15, 16 months and just away from everything.
I got a chance to grow up, really.
In Germany, Smith put on gloves and began busting people up.
That's how he got the name Bone Crusher.
He was 24 years old, still four years away from turning pro.
It takes aggression and hostility to be a good fighter.
And that was one of my biggest problems in starting out.
That was one of the things I had to overcome.
And we did a few things to overcome that.
You have to be two different people.
As a fighter, you have to go in there with that killer instinct and take the guy out
because he's going to do it to you if you don't do it to him.
But after you come out of the ring, you have to be a gentleman.
And I try to be a gentleman, and it's very important.
So Bone Crusher Smith started professional boxing at 28, which is too old.
He grew up on a farm in a small town, the wrong environment.
He got a college degree and joined the Army.
Considering the odds he's already beaten, is there any wonder he laughs at the odds against him tonight?
I look at myself as a guy that has opportunity and has been able to take advantage of opportunity,
has faced adversity and been able to come out a winner and come out a champion.
And I think that's going to be one of the main differences in this fight with Mike Tyson.
He's never faced adversity.
He's known that pretty much he's been the favorite going into all his fights.
And he's never had to overcome odds, overcome anything, and just go in there and do the best he can.
And he knew he was going to win the fight.
I think he's in a tough situation.
I got a chance to be a superstar.
Mike Tyson's a media star, and I love it.
It's a great story about to unfold, isn't it?
There's old Jimmy Smith, the first university graduate to ever be a world heavyweight boxing champion
up against the youngest man to ever be the heavyweight champ, Mike Tyson.
And he's had fewer fights than Mike Tyson, Jeff.
He's only had 24 fights because he was a late bloomer.
He's not without blemish.
He has lost five of them, unlike Tyson, who's never been beat.
But I notice the 19 victories he's had, 14 by knockout.
So it is hard to see this one going, the journey.
Yeah, it's very difficult to believe it will go the journey.
But his last couple of fights have been all against pretty worthy opponents, Larry Holmes and Mike Weaver.
And he's did pretty well against all of them.
He lost against Holmes, but he put up a great performance.
And Holmes wasn't at his best, but he wasn't at his worst either.
It's a funny business, isn't it, that a fellow can come along at the age of 28, turn pro,
and five years later be fighting for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Yeah, it is. It's a dream come true for him.
And I suppose hopefully if he wins today, he'll cap it all off.
All right. We'll be back in a moment.
Stay with us coming up live, Mike Tyson versus Bonecrusher Smith.
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And there it is live. That's the scene in Las Vegas, USA.
The Hilton Hotel. They've built this ring especially outside.
They usually have their fights in the auditorium there.
This has been built outdoors. A capacity crowd there.
Live as we cross now to the big one. Bonecrusher Smith versus Michael Tyson.
Inside.
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
I'd like to introduce the world's premier pipe promoter, Mr. Don King.
And Don King getting a big hootin' and hollerin' from the people here in attendance.
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Now they're not going to allow Mike Tyson to stay out here and stand around and cool off too much.
Bonecrusher Smith had better be making his way into the ring very, very shortly.
Of course the idea, when you have two champions you have to give and take a little bit.
So Bonecrusher's people decided they wanted to come out second.
They agreed to that. They decided they would fight 12 rounds as they do in the WBC.
But they would have the three knockdown rule in effect as they do in the WBA.
As you know, there's no three knockdown rule in the WBC.
So it's kind of interesting the way the WBA and WBC got together.
And we're waiting now for Bonecrusher Smith.
Of course the strategy being let him come out and cool off.
But I don't think Kevin Rooney and Matt Baranski and Steve Lott are going to allow that.
And the gentlemanly people that handle James Bonecrusher Smith decide instead of playing games, let's let it happen.
Bonecrusher Smith, 33 years old, 6 feet 4 in height, a reach of 82 inches.
He'll have an advantage of almost 5 inches in height and 11 inches in reach in this fight.
He's considered one of the most devastating punches in boxing, and again so is Mike Tyson.
But his one round knockout over Tim Witherspoon to win the WBA title in December 12th.
On just a week's notice, of course he was training for a Mitch Green fight.
But that's full evidence, that's all the evidence we needed to know.
They say Smith was a late bloomer.
He really didn't really, well I suppose didn't begin his boxing career until he was around 23, 24 years old.
He came in a prominence in May of 84 when he knocked out England's Frank Bruno in the 10th round.
He followed that in his first chance in the world title on November 9th of 1984 against Larry Holmes.
He cut Larry in that fight.
He was a decided underdog, and it took Holmes 12 rounds and a lot of headaches to stop the determined James Bonecrusher Smith.
Here he is, James Bonecrusher Smith in the ring.
So all the combinations, all the stories, they're all written and this is what it's all about.
Let's see what's going to happen.
Again, the big things to talk about.
The power of both punches, you've got to say Tyson is more powerful.
At 28 wins he's got 26 KO's and 19 wins for Bonecrusher Smith.
He has 14 knockouts.
Both of them can punch.
The big factor is nobody has really come in and attacked Mike Tyson before.
Mitch Green tied him up.
Ellis tried to box with him.
Most everyone else was scared to death of him after he started really improving.
He's got the devastating uppercut.
And the big advantage that I see that he has over Bonecrusher is he's got great foot speed.
Great uppercut. He can hit with either hand.
Besides the foot speed, he's got great hand speed.
Bonecrusher doesn't possess that, although he can throw a punch.
Bonecrusher is not afraid of this guy.
So that's the stage. It's all set.
It's going to be the 10-point must scoring system, meaning the winner of the round will get 10 points.
The loser 9 or less. I don't think we're going to have to worry about the scoring in this fight.
I think it's going to end in a knockout, but that's the ruling.
Welcome to the Las Vegas Hilton Sports Arena, where tonight the dynamic duo,
in association with the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, presents the super fight, sponsored by Miller Lite.
This bout is sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Dwayne Ford Chairman, Harold Buck,
the Executive Director, the Commissioners at ringside, Mr. Sammy Macias, Mr. Sig Rogich, and Mr. Herb Santos.
The WBC representatives at ringside, the President of that body, Jose Suleiman, and the Representative, Ray Clark.
The WBA representatives at ringside, the President of that body, Gilberto Mendoza,
and the Representative, James Bens.
The officials assigned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the main event of the evening,
the judges are Lou Tabot, Dolby Shirley, and Jojo Guerra.
The timekeeper is Mike Licella. Counting at the knockdowns, Mike Morobito.
The attending positions at ringside, doctors Donald Romeo, Flip Homanski, and Elias Ghanem.
And your referee is Mills Lane.
This is the main event of the evening.
12 rounds of boxing for the unification of the WBC and the WBA Heavyweight Championships.
Introducing, in the red corner, fighting out of Magnolia, North Carolina, weighing in at 233 pounds.
With a professional record of 19 wins, 5 defeats, with 14 KOs.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the WBA Heavyweight Champion of the World, James, bone crusher, Smith.
And in the blue corner, from Catskill, New York, weighing 219 pounds.
He is undefeated in his professional career with 28 wins, no defeats, 26 KOs.
He is the WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World, Iron Mike Tyson.
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When you get two king-size guys like this, it's unbelievable the enthusiasm people have at ringside.
While I have an opportunity, I want to thank the people down in Jamaica that are with us for this telecast.
We also have the Jamaican Minister of Sports, the Honorable Edmund Bartlett, is here on the very special invitation of Mr. Don King,
who was recently honored by the government of Jamaica down there.
And Jamaicans are able to see this fight tonight live.
Compliments of Don King. We're certainly glad you can be here.
There you see the tail of the tape. The big story, the crusher, 4 1⁄2 inches taller, 14 pounds.
14 pounds heavier. He's 13 years older and has 10 inches at least in reach advantage.
We're all set to go. Bob Sherlin here. Glad that you can be with us around the world.
This is round one, the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
Mike Tyson right away goes after Bone Crusher. The crusher trying to keep him off.
We're expecting to see Bone Crusher try to tee up more. Mike gets the first punch through.
Mike goes right after the crusher and you can see the hand speed difference immediately.
Bone Crusher Smith ties him up. Managed by Carl King and Ellen Kornberg.
They've got him ready for this big one and they expect a big upset here.
Two Heavyweight Champions of the World. There'll only be one left after tonight.
Oh, Mike just missed the right hand. Bone Crusher almost got nailed with that right hand by Mike Tyson.
Crusher so far hasn't thrown too much and you can really see how much slower Bone Crusher is than Mike Tyson.
Tyson really giving no respect for the punching power. He's boring right in. The crusher finally hit Tyson.
But Tyson has Bone Crusher wobbled a little bit. But Crusher as soon as he gets hit with his height and long arms, hangs on.
Mike Tyson, all business in his eyes, pours in. Crusher tries to throw up. The punch doesn't land.
Bone's got to keep that hand out. He wants to fight a little bit like Mitch Green and try to survive here.
I expected to see Crusher come out and bombs away a little bit more.
I can't see him trying to survive with this guy. He's got to mix with him or he's going to get knocked out.
Mike Tyson has come to fight Bone Crusher a little tentative here in round number one.
Oh, big shot by Mike Tyson again. No damage done to the crusher.
For Justin round one, it's scheduled for 12. It won't go that far. You can be sure of that.
This thing will end long before 12. But Crusher better start throwing some punches.
Mike Tyson, when he gets hit, just seems to get ignited.
It almost looks like Crusher telegraphs his punches as he throws them.
Tyson looking to land the big bomb.
I mean, he really looks like a little guy in there against Bone Crusher Smith.
And by God, he's a tough little guy if you want to call him little.
Crusher misses the wild lemon punch. And inside, Tyson trying to get his arms free.
Crusher tying him up. Mills Lane as he worked that out for him to keep Crusher off him.
Crusher can't cut around the eyes.
We've never seen Mike Tyson cut because we've never seen anyone really hit him.
20 seconds remaining and this is the first round.
Remember, the three knockdown rule is an effect of this fight.
It looks like the Crusher will survive the first round.
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A Crusher can try to land some punches, but it's Tyson who lands them.
Tyson getting his hands and really sort of roughing up and trying to intimidate Bone Crusher.
This is round two. It's schedule for ten.
The big punch is starting to come and now Crusher ties it up.
Might be a little bit of a cut below the eye of Bone Crusher.
The left eye.
Tyson really looks like he wants to mix it up with this guy.
Very tentative and he has Bone Crusher almost flinching.
He's not fighting the fight that I expected him to.
He's cut by the left eye already.
Remember he was cut against Larry Holmes, a bad cut.
When Mike Tyson sees blood, he'll go after it.
I really don't understand this fight plan for the Crusher.
He got nailed with a left hook that time.
Crusher trying to hang on to this guy.
Crusher trying to survive here.
People booing about hanging on.
Now they call time out.
Who are they taking the point away from here?
They're taking one point away from Bone Crusher Smith.
Bone Crusher tries to leave with a right hand and Tyson just gets infuriated
and lands about three punches.
Now Tyson hanging on.
Bone Crusher trying to get lucky with one big shot.
That eye does not look good.
The left eye of Bone Crusher Smith.
He saw a bad cut in the eye of Tarell Biggs earlier tonight.
He went under and knocked out David Bates.
I don't think you're going to see that happen here.
The fight has not developed the way the experts thought it would be.
We really expected to see Bone Crusher come out and tee off.
But instead it's Mike Tyson doing exactly what he's done with everybody else.
He's already got Bone Crusher badly cut by the left eye.
And it's a matter of time when it's going to be a TKO or knockout
from the way things are going right now.
Tyson comfortably won the first round.
He's comfortably winning this round.
It's only the second round of a scheduled 12 round fight.
It will never go that far.
People don't like all the holding on.
Bone Crusher is a matter of survival.
Mike Tyson has fury in his eyes.
The big tall lumbering guy is able to tie him up.
He doesn't frustrate Tyson one bit.
Tyson with the school with his hanging on stuff with Mitch Blood Green.
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After two rounds, and he's just controlling the play and the fight.
He's got Bone Crusher cut already.
And Crusher wants to hang on,
and all Tyson wants to do is just get one flush shot at him.
Oh, big right hander through.
And the left hook immediately.
Bone Crusher grabs him again.
Crusher is trying to survive and hopes to get lucky with one shot.
This far he hasn't been able to hit Tyson at all.
Tyson truly proving to me now that he is moving into the realm of great champions.
Tries to bang away at the eye again.
And see Tyson when he was in close, just looked right up at the eye of Bone Crusher.
And now Bone Crusher is being distracted by the eye.
Tyson tries to get that right hand on it again.
He doesn't.
And he's in tight. Tyson just does not stop throwing punches.
And Bone Crusher, you can see, as he wipes away the eye, is annoyed by the cut over his left eye.
Tyson just relentlessly gets his uppercuts to do everything he has to win a fight.
Just a total look of confidence on his face, determination.
And this is the way it's going to progress, it looks like.
And Tyson can land the big bomb.
Or Dr. Don Romeo says, hey, the cut's too bad.
But Bone Crusher does throw a shot.
It's telegraphed so much that Mike, with a quick feet, has no trouble getting away from it.
This is round three, scheduled for 12.
At the time, Crusher landed a couple of punches there.
Mike Tyson just keeps looking for opportunities to bang on that cut.
You see Mills Lane in there, doing a great job refereeing as Mills Lane.
It's a tough fight to referee with all the hanging on.
And Mike is a rough house sort of guy.
He's got the head near the face.
And right now, Bone Crusher's complaining to Mills about the butting of the WBC champion, Mike Tyson.
Thirty seconds to go in the round.
You see the time remaining inside of 25 now.
Tyson just hasn't been able to land that big punch yet.
I really expected to see more fireworks in the first round.
But Bone Crusher was intimidated like everybody else that's fought this guy.
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So far, it's been all Mike Tyson.
Crusher's got to do what his corner said and start throwing some punches.
Thus far, all he's been doing, just like Mitch Green did, is hang on and try to survive.
It's not frustrating to Tyson because nothing bothers him.
He loves it in the ring.
He saves his time in the ring.
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He has no respect for the power of Bone Crusher.
He just walks in.
He moves his body from side to side.
And then looks for an opportunity to land his own bomb.
He has no fear of Bone Crusher at all.
Forcing the fight all the way.
Crusher backing up as he can see.
And then pleased to be able to hang on and stop this mighty Iron Mike from putting him away.
Mike, why over that right hand?
I was very surprised at the Mitch Green fight to see that Tyson didn't get more frustrated.
And he's not frustrated here.
He lands the right hand, lands it on the left.
This guy has the patience to look for the uppercut.
Look for the uppercut.
And he lands it when he backs off.
He feels lame, prevents it.
He's stuffing in between them.
Blood trickling down that left eye again.
A Bone Crusher.
And you see Tyson planting his head right next to it.
You almost see the adrenaline pumping now for Tyson.
He really wants to take this guy up.
You see Mills trying to bat away the hands of Bone Crusher.
This is round four.
Bone Crusher looks like he had a little lapse there as he just started walking toward the Zier.
You don't want to get any lapses when you're in the ring with this guy.
It's a survival situation for the Crusher.
He's got to start throwing some punches.
Mike is just heating up the rounds.
Ten, nine, ten, nine.
And ten, nine.
I love those.
A point taken away in the second round.
It might have been a ten, eight round.
And this is a very important round for the betters out here in Las Vegas.
The oddsmakers had an overall underbetting situation as the bell ends round four.
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As far as the scoring's been, it's been all Mike Tyson.
Mike has won every round.
Of course, the judging is done by three judges here.
Luke Talbot, Dolby Shirley, both of Las Vegas,
and Jose Jojo as he's known, of Mexico.
Mike has a look on his face,
and he just wants to take this guy's win off.
Mike, the way he fights, the way he carries himself,
he almost looks bored sometimes.
But he's like a machine.
He's like a child crusher starting to.
Tyson doesn't return anything but punches.
Mike always looks like he's mad in there.
And if he doesn't look mad, he looks bored.
Whatever he looks, he throws a lot of love.
If he didn't develop again, as the way we thought,
the bone crusher's definitely his idea is to try to survive.
I don't know how that could be a good fight plan
because the kid, Tyson, is younger by 13 years.
He's only 20 years old.
Bone crusher, 33.
Great physical condition.
But still, you get over 30 in this game,
and you go on against a kid 20, it's tough.
And he's having a tough time with Mike Tyson,
who continues to throw punches,
no matter how he's tied up somehow
or he gets the bang away at bone crusher.
Come on, come on.
Come on, man.
Come on, come on.
Get back.
Mike, you really feel like you're in an alley brawl with this guy.
Crusher tries to unleash one,
but it's Tyson that's able to land a little bit of one.
Didn't get him full with that.
When Tyson lands full, you know, because the guy wobbles,
and then he'll throw about 20 punches to finish him off.
Come on, come on.
Come on, Crusher.
Tyson, all business.
Crusher trying to get his shot.
Two good right hands landed that time.
See Mike's head bouncing up there,
trying to get near that eye.
Crusher getting a little bit of confidence.
He seems to be more confident this round
than he has been throughout the first four rounds.
But he's still not throwing a lot of shots.
Hasn't landed anything full on Tyson.
Tyson's landed a couple of pretty good ones,
but nothing really, really heavy yet.
It's very difficult with the...
what is it, 10 inches in reach that bone crusher has.
It's easy for him to tie Mike up.
Ooh, wow, that left hook.
If that had caught him, it would have killed him.
Or anyone else.
What a left hook.
He just barely grazed the jaw of bone crusher.
There's the bell ending round five.
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They want him to throw more left hooks.
Tyson circles around him.
Very quick afoot, very quick hands by Tyson.
Wanted to jab and throw the right hand behind it.
Krusher able to move his head away on those shots
when he's got him tied up.
But Krusher has got to throw some punches.
It's just developing every round.
10-9, 10-9, 10-9, 10-9, and 10-9 all for Tyson.
Providing there may have been a 10-8 round
if there were a point taken away
in the third or fourth round.
Bones for the toying, trying to toy
with the head of Mike Tyson.
And Tyson pays no attention to it.
It's not the type of guy you want to make justice to.
You want to throw some punches.
Tyson almost walked into an uppercut that time.
And Bone Krusher is getting more confident.
And now Mills Lane warns him about throwing the elbow.
What he does, he takes the left elbow and sets the head up
and then throws the right hand.
Notice the head of Tyson always right close to that eye
and in the face of Bone Krusher.
I don't know what Bone Krusher's trying to do
other than maybe distract Tyson a little bit
by holding his arms out like that.
Or maybe he's trying to get some circulation
or something in the end.
I just can't see him toying with this guy.
He's too dangerous.
With crowd booing, Krusher.
Krusher trying to use any technique he can
to catch Mike Tyson off guard.
Trying to sucker punch him and set him up for sucker punch.
And now Tyson can do these kind of again.
This is round six, scheduled for 12.
Most people in the world didn't believe it would go this far.
Krusher unable to get through with his powerful hands.
Neither guy has really landed that full flush punch yet.
Neither guy has been staggered.
And as they say that, a right and left jab,
which is more than a punch from Mike Tyson,
bounces the head back of Bone Krusher.
Krusher better throw that right hand at his producer.
Kevin Rooney right above is screaming and yelling at Mike Tyson
to throw more jabs and follow up with the right hand.
Trying to hurt Krusher inside.
Tyson never changes expression on his face.
Krusher again trying to set him up for sucker punch.
Throw one big shot.
Not a little change of expression.
And the bell ends the round.
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And here comes Tyson off his stool.
See if Tyson listens to Ronny.
And let's see if he throws more left jab.
There's one that caught Crosby.
Oh, the right hand caught him.
Still a smile on the face of the Crosby.
He hasn't crushed too many bones tonight.
His long arms have the ability, or at least us five have the ability, to tie Tyson up a bit.
Now they're yelling from Tyson's corner.
They're yelling from Tyson's corner.
They want to get through the right hand now.
But Tyson's going to take the bone crusher back to what he started doing in the sixth round.
And that's circling and looking for the opportunity to almost sucker punch Tyson.
Tyson in the black trunks.
Crusher in the red trunks.
Bone crusher much taller.
Much greater reach but hasn't been able to land anything yet.
the body and then come upstairs
and so he leans over and tries
to go to the body.
I'm telling you I know you can
see it pretty clearly on
television but when you're
sitting we're so close here they
can see every wrinkle in the
face when the expression changes
I want to tell you Tyson will
put the fear of God in anybody
and I've seen a lot of heavy
weight title fights.
This guy.
He's got a lot of weight.
This guy.
This guy is frightening to look
at a close.
Just barely missed with that
right hand.
We're in round seven.
It's scheduled for twelve.
Most people didn't believe it
would go this far.
Tyson comfortably up front has
won every round of the fight.
In fact at this stage in the
fight it would.
It would almost take a knock
out or several knockdowns for
bone crush to win the fight.
All Tyson has to do is just
keep that jab going and keep
pressure off him and he can win
this fight in a cake walk down.
That isn't the way he wants to
do it.
He wants it to come.
Tyson went down.
It's a slip.
I think they're going to call
it a slip.
The first time I've seen Mike
slip off his face.
Sweat over that corner.
It got the crowd's attention.
The blood coming much heavier
from the eye of bone crushing
this round.
Oh of course I hit Tyson again
even though it was a slip.
I think it psychologically was
good for crushing to see Tyson
on the canvas.
Oh man.
Right at the bell.
He tagged Tyson.
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A lot of blood coming from it.
They've done a good job in that
corner.
Tyson I think would like to get
out of this thing now as soon as
he can.
It hasn't developed into the
wall we expected.
You certainly expected a
lot more action in the first
couple of rounds especially the
strategy that bone crushes
corner has decided to use.
You know it's hard to believe it
could work unless he gets lucky
and catches him.
You see that hit bouncing off
the cheek and off the chin of
bone crusher.
And again you see the referee
mills lane warn him about using
the head.
Tyson uses everything he's got
trying to get that right hand
free.
Of course the question is I
wanted to get it free.
Things that tie him up this is
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Tyson hasn't had travel too
many times Russia proving he's
got plenty of hot hanging in
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successfully scoring too many
points.
The midway point round number
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has only been in the eighth
round three times and that's
what he went in with quick
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10 with Jose Rafa before
knocking him out.
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Mike Tyson his jab is a little
bit of a big jab but this guy
has a punch and he lands it.
Oh he caught him the phone kind
of takes a deep breath and
catches his breath and now he
ties him up.
Russia can't afford to take a
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This guy can hurt you at any
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I don't know who he took that
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It's been a big night of boxing
and once again Ball Gryzzy gets
tagged.
Tyson's won every single round
in the fight.
I don't think you folks at home
need me to tell you that.
Now he's getting to Ball Gryzzy.
His legs are a little wobbly.
A couple of more shots like that
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