KNOCKED OUT A LEGEND !!! Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson | Highlights HD [60fps] | June 8, 2002
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- Lewis was making his first defense of The Ring magazine title. In 2002, The Ring once again started to award championship belts. The magazine started awarding belts in 1922, when it was founded, but stopped when the magazine came under new ownership in 1989.
On January 22, 2002, there was a press conference in New York City to officially announce the fight. Tyson was introduced first. He strode onstage and then stared in the direction of where Lewis was supposed to appear. When Lewis came onstage, Tyson quickly walked toward him. A Lewis bodyguard stepped between them and pushed Tyson back. Tyson quickly took a fighting stance and threw a roundhouse left at the bodyguard that missed. Lewis raised his fists and threw a punch as dozens of boxing officials and members of both camps swarmed onto the stage. With all the pushing and shoving, both fighters went to the floor. While they were on down, Tyson, who suffered a cut on his forehead, bit Lewis' leg. WBC president Jose Sulaiman was knocked unconscious in the melee when he hit his head on a table. On August 1, 2002, he filed a $56 million lawsuit against Lewis and Tyson.
Promoters had planned to stage the fight in Las Vegas on April 6, 2002, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission voted 4-1 to deny Tyson a license on January 29. Several other states-including California, New York and Texas-also refused to give Tyson a license. Washington, D.C., and Detroit were in the running to host the fight, but Memphis landed the match with a promise of a $12.5 million site fee.
Both fighters were guaranteed $17.5 million.
The contracts addressed the possibility of the fight ending with a flagrant foul. The fighter committing such an infraction would forfeit $3 million of his purse to the other man. Tyson also was forced to agree to pay Lewis $335,000 for biting his leg during the brawl at the press conference announcing the fight. Payment was due June 9.
Lewis was under contract with HBO and Tyson was with Showtime. For that reason, many thought the fight wouldn't take place. Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, said the fight would be on HBO or it wouldn't happen, and Showtime senior vice president Jay Larkin said Tyson would fight on HBO "when pork chops grow on the palm trees of Tel Aviv." However, the two networks eventually agreed to work together. The pay-per-view commentators were HBO's Jim Lampley and Showtime's Bobby Czyz. Each network also had a team call the fight for a potential delayed broadcast. If Lewis won, HBO would televise the replay and pay Showtime $3 million. If Tyson won, Showtime would air the replay and pay HBO. Michael Buffer and Jimmy Lennon Jr. shared announcing duties. Buffer introduced Lewis, and Lennon introduced Tyson.
Lewis was a 2-1 betting favorite.
Before the fighters entered the ring, a dozen yellow-shirted security guards formed a barrier from corner to corner to keep them apart. The fighters received instructions in the dressing room from the referee and didn't meet at the center of the ring to touch gloves.
Lewis vs. Tyson was the highest-grossing event in pay-per-view history, generating $106.9 million from 1.95 million buys in the USA. It was surpassed by Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007. It remains, however, the highest-grossing heavyweight pay-per-view event in boxing history.
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Tyson always had a punchers chance to win, took a great shot but not the best chin ever though
Lennox beat a shadow of Mike
Mike dodged Lennox for years though…..
@@zlrs0113 he could've fought him after he beat Bruno the 2nd time but it more lucrative to fite Seldon .
@@daveyboy_ thank you for proving my point
@@zlrs0113 doesn't mean that he dodged him . It means that he's going for more money , would u say that Fury is dodging Wyte Because he wants to unify the belt ? Nope .
@@daveyboy_ fury wasn’t dodging whyte because he’s going for a stronger and more respected opponent which is wilder, and the next person he wants is usyk to be the undisputed champion. Mike pretended Lennox didn’t exist even though Lewis was calling his name for several years. So by the time they fought Tyson was past his prime (so was Lewis).
Last undisputed heavyweight champion