With another chapter in the history of the venue surely looming large on the horizon, there can be no better time to look back at some of the greatest fights ever to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Many purists will argue that the MGM Grand’s first real ‘superfight’, a spectacle that draws paying television audiences from every continent, was the fight simply … [Read more...]
When Deep Acknowledges Deep – Mike Tyson Talks Up the Impact of Joshua Vs Klitschko Fight
In every profession, the best always know the best when they see them. That is why you will see legends in different fields of sports choosing to identify with a select few. Most of them are those they feel are in the same league or level with them. It was on the 3rd of May 2015 that the full of bravado Floyd Mayweather, who is nicknamed the Money Man, defeated Manny … [Read more...]
Donald Trump was awful at boxing, too
1988. Amid cries of conflict of interest, grown-up rich kid, real estate mogul, and future President of an increasingly dystopian United States, Donald Trump, announced that he was now “business and boxing adviser” for heavyweight champ Mike Tyson. ''Mike Tyson has asked me and I have agreed, to serve jointly, with regard to future decisions about Mike Tyson's career,” Trump … [Read more...]
Old School: Part Two
By Ted Sares A pier six mind-set involving an inclination to engage in brutal street-like brawls was a part of the old-school mix. The Basilio-DeMarco wars were the sin quo non of Old School, but for a pure, visual definition, the best I can do is recommend the Monroe Brooks-Bruce Curry fight in 1978 in which the fighters fought with both skill and savagery and let it all … [Read more...]
Remembering Lewis-Tyson: The Fight that Signaled the End of an Era
Adapted from the book: The Last Great Heavyweights-From Ali and Frazier to Lewis and Tyson By Ollie Odebunmi January 22, 2002. The Press Conference at the Manhattan Hudson Theatre The lights dim on stage, and the black-clad, squat, powerful figure of Mike Tyson, saunters out and steps onto the left-hand podium. Lewis emerges to the right of the … [Read more...]