Mike Tyson’s final world championship charge got here on the back of a brutal finish over a Nordic star who felt his devastating wrath.
Out of the championship picture for 4 years off the back of his rematch disqualification loss to Evander Holyfield, Recent York icon Mike Tyson was long-linked to a showdown with a British star.
And eventually difficult Olympic hero Lennox Lewis for the crown in his final foray for gold, Tyson earned his shot with a vintage win.
Recording his penultimate profession win, Tyson was the topic of an unsightly race row in a heated trip to enemy territory.
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Mike Tyson’s demolition of Brian Nielsen
Travelling to Denmark just after the turn of the century, on at the present time in 2001, Tyson drew the challenge of the impressive heavyweight slugger, Brian Nielsen.
Tasked with handing the Dane just his second-ever profession loss, Tyson was facing an emerging star who boasted an attention grabbing 62-1 skilled record.
Nonetheless, pre-fight Tyson was branded an “abekat” by Nielsen, which translates to “monkey cat” — which was wrongfully translated to “monkeyman”. Tyson was livid on the apparent racial remark from the hometown star.
In consequence, Tyson issued a brutal pre-fight warning to Nielsen, claiming the remark in query would “make me [him] punish him even greater than I had planned.”
Within the ring, Tyson would take care of Nielsen in a timely fashion, dominating throughout the early exchanges.
And forcing a sixth-round corner win, Tyson made the Danish star retire on his stool before the beginning of the seventh, organising his showdown with Lewis.
Mike Tyson’s final profession win
Suffering a knockout loss to Lewis inside eight rounds of their title showdown the next yr, Tyson’s late profession activity was limited to only a single fight per yr until his 2005 retirement.
And in his final victory, the Catskills puncher turned back the clock with a devastating first-round win.
Paired with compatriot Clifford Ettiene, Tyson would turn in one in every of the quickest victories of his illustrious profession, stopping the previous with a knockout win in only 49 seconds.
Following the bout, Tyson was immediately tied to a rematch with heavyweight kingpin Lewis, before filing for bankruptcy and launching an infamous lawsuit against ex-promoter Don King.