Summary

FORMER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MIKE TYSON MAKES HIS CELEBRATED RETURN TO THE BOXING RING TONIGHT IN LAS VEGAS THE HEAVYWEIGHT IS SLATED TO FIGHT PETER MCNEELEY AT THE M-G-M GRAND HOTEL TYSON RETURNS TO THE RING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IN A CONFRONTATION THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE OF A COMING OUT PARTY THAN A FIGHT FOR TYSON TYSON IS RETURNING TO ACTION AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR A RAPE CONVICTION THE MAIN QUESTION CONCERNING MCNEELEY IS NOT WHETHER HE CAN WIN BUT WHETHER HE CAN LAST A ROUND HE ENTERS THE SCHEDULED 10-ROUND FIGHT WITH A 36-1 RECORD AND 30 KNOCKOUTS BUT AGAINST LOW CALIBER OPPONENTS TYSON HAS NOT FOUGHT SINCE JUNE 28TH, 1991, WHEN HE OUTPOINTED RAZOR RUDDOCK IN A 12-ROUND BOUT AT LAS VEGAS TYSON IS 41-1 WITH 36 KNOCKOUTS HIS ONLY LOSS WAS A 10TH ROUND KNOCKOUT BY JAMES BUSTER DOUGLAS IN TOKYO ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 1990 THAT COST HIM HIS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TYSON HAS BEEN EVEN MORE SURLY THAN USUAL IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT AND HAS SAID LITTLE ABOUT HIS OPPONENT

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 58260
Story Slug TYSON FIGHT (08/19/1995)
Location LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Format PKG NO TAG/VO SOT
Date 08/19/1995
Archive Time 4:31
TRT 1:50:01
Supers (Package) Las Vegas, Nevada Mason Pride, Boxing fan Steve Stacio, boxing fan Don King Mike Tyson, boxer Peter McNeeley, boxer Cordell Patrick, reporting (vo) Las Vegas, Nevada Mason Pride, Boxing fan Steve Stacio, boxing fan
Video Description (BOXING FOOTAGE IS NOT LICENSABLE) FANS IN HALL, SECURITY CHECKING FANS, BITES WITH TYSON, MCNEELEY, DON KING
Description FORMER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MIKE TYSON MAKES HIS CELEBRATED RETURN TO THE BOXING RING TONIGHT IN LAS VEGAS THE HEAVYWEIGHT IS SLATED TO FIGHT PETER MCNEELEY AT THE M-G-M GRAND HOTEL TYSON RETURNS TO THE RING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS IN A CONFRONTATION THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE OF A COMING OUT PARTY THAN A FIGHT FOR TYSON TYSON IS RETURNING TO ACTION AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR A RAPE CONVICTION THE MAIN QUESTION CONCERNING MCNEELEY IS NOT WHETHER HE CAN WIN BUT WHETHER HE CAN LAST A ROUND HE ENTERS THE SCHEDULED 10-ROUND FIGHT WITH A 36-1 RECORD AND 30 KNOCKOUTS BUT AGAINST LOW CALIBER OPPONENTS TYSON HAS NOT FOUGHT SINCE JUNE 28TH, 1991, WHEN HE OUTPOINTED RAZOR RUDDOCK IN A 12-ROUND BOUT AT LAS VEGAS TYSON IS 41-1 WITH 36 KNOCKOUTS HIS ONLY LOSS WAS A 10TH ROUND KNOCKOUT BY JAMES BUSTER DOUGLAS IN TOKYO ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 1990 THAT COST HIM HIS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TYSON HAS BEEN EVEN MORE SURLY THAN USUAL IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT AND HAS SAID LITTLE ABOUT HIS OPPONENT
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