HOLY SMOKE! : TYSON LOSES HIS WBA TITLE IN 11TH ROUND.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Daily News Staff Writer The resurrection resurrection (rĕz'ərĕk`shən) [Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in the Gospels has been from the beginning the central fact of of Mike Tyson's aura of invincibility Invincibility Great Boyg, the shapeless, unconquerable troll, representing the riddle of existence. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen Peer Gynt in Magill I, 722] , carefully crafted against inferior fighters since his release from prison, was exposed as a fraud by one of sports' true enigmas. Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. , 34 and washed up in the eyes of so many, knocked out Tyson 47 seconds into the 11th round to win the World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF heavyweight championship in one of boxing's greatest upsets before 16,325 wildly screaming spectators at the MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand Hotel. Only Buster Douglas' knockout of Tyson in 1990 tops it. ``Glory to God "Glory to God" is a Christmas carol popular among American and Canadian Reformed churches that have Dutch roots. It is translated from the Dutch "Ere Zij God" and is one of the most beloved carols sung in the Protestant churches in the Netherlands. ,'' said Holyfield. ``With God on your side, the things you decide to do you can do.'' Holyfield (33-3, with 24 knockouts) demonstrated early that he - unlike his four predecessors - was never afraid of Tyson (45-2, 40 KOs), taking and giving punches as if he were fighting an ordinary heavyweight. And he did it on Tyson's terms, toe-to-toe. However, the foght turned permanently in his favor in two unforgettable rounds. In the 10th, Holyfield hurt Tyson badly with a right hook and followed with a barrage of punches as the champion leaned helplessly against the ropes and the standing spectators went berserk ber·serk adj. 1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows. 2. . It seemed only the bell to end the round saved him from certain demise. His fate was sealed, though. Tyson had not recovered as the 11th began, and Holyfield took advantage, landing at least a dozen, hard punches from all angles and Tyson, again against the ropes, couldn't defend himself. Referee Mitch Halpern Mitchell Howard "Mitch" Halpern (July 14, 1967 – August 20, 2000) was a renowned boxing referee who officiated some of boxing's biggest matches. He began his career in March 1991 and went on to referee 87 championship fights and hundreds of non-title fights around the had no choice but to stop the fight. The contrast between this and Holyfield's third fight with Riddick Bowe This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , when he knocked the bigger man down but didn't have the energy to finish him off, was profound. And remember, Holyfield had ``retired'' after he lost to Michael Moorer Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12 1967) is a boxer who has been a world champion in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He came out of retirement to fight against Cliff Couser on December 9, 2006 at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a heart problem and had won only four of his previous seven bouts Bouts is the name of
Hence the long odds against him - 6-1 at fight time - and hence the magnitude of the upset. It was Holyfield's third title, equaling Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali, 1769?–1849, pasha of Egypt after 1805. He was a common soldier who rose to leadership by his military skill and political acumen. for the most in heavyweight history. ``(Sparring partner sparring partner Noun 1. a person who practises with a boxer during training 2. a person with whom one has friendly arguments Noun 1. ) Gary Bell n. 1. a. A loud cry of exultation or excitement. b. A shout uttered by a hunter or warrior. 2. A hooting cry, as of a bird. 3. The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough. on me a lot of days,'' Holyfield said. ``It was sad. But I didn't quit. I knew if I could get through that, get through the fight I could do something special. ``. . . All the people who said I couldn't win, that just gave me a boost. I used it to fuel me. I want to thank all of you.'' Tyson, who, along with his handlers handlers persons involved in the handling of, for example, circus animals. Includes grooms, milkers, herdsmen, strappers. Used mostly in referring to persons handling animals for show or auction. , showed Holyfield little respect during the prefight hype, was gracious gra·cious adj. 1. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. 2. Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor. 3. in defeat. ``Man, I just want to shake your hand,'' he said at the post-fight news conference as he walked toward Holyfield. ``I gave it my best. I was tired, but I kept on fighting. ``By the will of God, hopefully we'll do it again.'' As the fighters made their way to the ring, and during introductions, it was clear the crowd was with Holyfield. When he climbed through the ropes, Holyfield, as loose as if he were fighting Bobby Czyz Robert Edward ("Bobby") Czyz (born February 10, 1962 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American boxer. A New Jersey native of mostly Italian and some Polish descent,[1] he is both a former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion. , not Tyson, was greeted with a standing ovation. And several times during the fight a resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. majority of the spectators chanted chant n. 1. a. A short, simple series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes. b. A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner. c. ``Holyfield, Holyfield, Holyfield.'' Generally, Tyson was booed. And Holyfield was worthy of their faith. After the opening bell, Tyson charged across the ring as expected and landed a good right. Holyfield took it. ``It's all right,'' he said at that moment, his way of telling himself he could compete. From then on, it was a fight. In the early rounds, Holyfield seemed to establish credibility in Tyson's mind. As fearless as expected, Holyfield never backed up, he took Tyson's best shots and gave plenty back. Clearly, it wasn't the mismatch mismatch 1. in blood transfusions and transplantation immunology, an incompatibility between potential donor and recipient. 2. one or more nucleotides in one of the double strands in a nucleic acid molecule without complementary nucleotides in the same position on the other most thought it would be. By holding, Holyfield made it very difficult for Tyson to get off his punches inside. And when Tyson did have room to move his arms, Holyfield more often than not simply beat him to the punch. This, he said later, was part of his strategy. Holyfield's first huge round was the sixth, when the new champion knocked Tyson down with a left to the chest that caused no serious damage but removed any doubt that a monumental upset was a distinct possibility and further energized the crowd. It was in that round that Tyson suffered a minor cut over his left eye, the apparent result of their colliding heads, and it seemed to bother him from then on. The seventh, eighth and ninth rounds were fairly close as neither fighter landed a telling blow. And then, with about 25 seconds left in the 10th, Holyfield landed the first big punch and history was about to be made. ``Mike's been ko-ing people all his life,'' Holyfield said. ``And I witnessed that. I always wanted to fight the best of my era. ``You can't be considered great if you don't fight someone great.'' And beat him. In other heavyweight title bouts, Moorer stopped Francois Botha Francois Botha, also known as Frans Botha (born September 9, 1968) is a South African boxer, nicknamed the "White Buffalo". Botha has had a relatively distinguished career as a heavyweight boxer, having fought several World Heavyweight Champions including Mike Tyson, 18 seconds into the 12th and final round to retain his International Boxing Federation “IBF” redirects here. For other uses, see IBF (disambiguation). The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC. championship and Henry Akinwande Henry Akinwande (born October 12, 1965) is a professional heavyweight boxer and former WBO world champion. Akinwande was born in Lagos, Nigeria but turned professional in England. He made his professional debut in 1989 against Carlton Headley in London. retained his World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. belt by knocking out Alexander Zolkin 2:32 into the 10th round. Botha (36-1, 21 KOs) was much tougher than he was good. As a result, he took a terrific beating. Moorer (38-1, 31 KOs) showed off his considerable boxing skills - particularly a right jab against which Botha was helpless - by battering the slow, crude South African for most of the 11-plus rounds in his second title defense. Somehow, judge Stewart Winson had Botha winning 104-103 while the others judges scored it 106-100 for Moorer. Botha, who hadn't fought since December, won the admiration of the crowd by staying on his feet and fighting back before finally falling in the 11th and again in the 12th, as much from exhaustion Exhaustion Situation in which a majority of participants trading in the same asset are either long or short, leaving few investors to take the other side of the transaction when participants wish to close their positions. as Moorer's punches. Botha, who weighed 224, appeared to stun the notoriously weak-chinned champion, 219, with a few solid rights - bringing back memories of the night George Foreman George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He is the oldest man ever to win the heavyweight title, and also has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters of all time by Ring magazine. knocked out Moorer to win the title in the same arena - but he couldn't land the big one. Akinwande (31-0-1, 19 KOs) continued to build credibility with a dominating performance against a solid fighter. The 6-foot-6 -1/2 Nigerian, who fights out of England, frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: Zolkin (24-3, 15 KOs) all fight with a quick, hard left jab Left Jab is a one-hour radio program in the United States, airing on XM Radio Channel 167 (the Air America Radio channel). The show is hosted by David Goodfriend and Mark Walsh. and hurt the 6-5 Russian several times with a straight right that is gaining admiration as his career progresses. Akinwande staggered Zolkin with a right seconds before the bell to end the first round and knocked him down with another in the fourth. Zolkin, who was cut in the sixth, was unable to get inside - where he might have done his most damage - because of Akinwande's jab. And when Zolkin was able to breakthrough, which occurred more in the later rounds, Akinwande wrapped up his arms so he couldn't punch. ``The guy is strong,'' Akinwande said. ``He is a typical European fighter. I hit him with a lot of good shots and he stayed in there. He didn't hurt me. I saw all his punches coming.'' Akinwande, who was ahead on all cards, figures to face Tyson sometime soon as the latter attempts to sweep up Verb 1. sweep up - force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" drag in, embroil, tangle, drag, sweep all the heavyweight titles. Akinwande weighed 238, Zolkin 235. And Christy Martin Christy Martin (born June 12, 1968) is a female boxer. Martin, who is married to her manager and trainer Jim Martin and promoted by Don King, is nicknamed The Coal Miner's Daughter. stopped Bethan Payne at the end of the first round of a scheduled six-round women's bout. Martin (31-1-2, 25 KOs) hurt Payne (15-2, eight KOs) with a round-house right moments before the bell and the Atlanta fighter could not go on. Holyfield vs. Tyson round by round Round 1 Tyson landed a right that backed up Holyfield as the round began, then they wrestled. Tyson was after Holyfield and Holyfield was fighting back. Both were loading up but no damage was done in the first 30 seconds. Tyson landed a left hook but missed a right and they clinched. Tyson threw a right to the body. They clinched past the minute mark. Tyson missed a right and again they clinched. Holyfield landed a right to the head and Tyson missed a right. Tyson landed a hook, missed with a hook and landed a right. They clinched again. Tyson jabbed. Tyson missed a left hook and Holyfield came back with two hooks. Tyson came back with a hook and a right, then another right with 40 seconds left. Holyfield landed a hard right with 30 seconds left. Tyson landed a short right lead. Holyfield landed a right-left just before the bell. Tyson landed a right at the bell. The AP gives the round to Holyfield. Round 2 Holyfield missed a right and Tyson tied him up. Tyson landed a left hook, Holyfield missed a right. Both landed rights and then clinched. Tyson missed a big right then landed a right to the head. Holyfield landed a right and missed a hook at the minute mark. Tyson got in a hook, then another. They clinched. Mid-round passed with another clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. , then another. Both missed, and then Holyfield landed a right and then a hard left to the head, but Tyson fired back. Then they clinched with 50 seconds left. Action slowed for several seconds. They exchanged missed punches and then clinched. Tyson got in a stiff jab with about 10 seconds left. Holyfield's round. Round 3 Holyfield missed a right and fell into a clinch. Referee Mitch Halpern was being kept busy. Holyfield got in a hard right and another. Tyson landed a hard right at 30 seconds. They clinched again, then again and Tyson pushed Holyfield into the ropes. Halpern called time and warned both men about clinching. When the fight resumed, they clinched again. Both landed left hooks. Tyson got in another left hook and then they clinched with 1-1/2 minutes left. Tyson was warned for hitting on the break with 1:15 left and the crowd booed. Tyson got in a right and Holyfield came back with a right hand and then Holyfield bulled Tyson into the ropes. Tyson landed a short hook to the head and there was yet another clinch. Tyson landed a right to the body and they mauled each other for several seconds before Halpern broke them. Tyson landed a right, Holyfield came back with a right. Tyson landed a right. Tyson's round. Round 4 When Tyson came out for the fourth round, it marked the longest he had gone in any of the five fights he'd had since being released from prison in March 1995. Tyson came out with a flurry Flurry A drastic volume increase in a specific security. to the head. Holyfield landed a good right to the head as Tyson came in, and then pushed Tyson away. Tyson landed a jab and they clinched at 40 seconds. Holyfield landed a right hand and they clinched just past 1 minute. Tyson got in a good jab and Holyfield landed a right to the head, missed a hook and landed another right to the head. Tyson fired right back. He landed a left. They clinched and pushed each other around the ring. Tyson got in a good right to the head, then another that made Holyfield clinch. They stayed in the clinch for several seconds before Halpern broke them. Tyson missed a left hook and they clinched again. Tyson pushed Holyfield away and Holyfield landed a right-left to the head. Tyson landed a right to the head. Tyson landed a big right to the head with five seconds left. Holyfield's round. Round 5 They clinched and were quickly broken. Tyson got in a left jab and a right to the head. Holyfield landed a left to the head. Tyson landed a jab and left-right to the body as Holyfield complained of a low blow. Tyson landed a left-right and a hook that hurt Holyfield and they clinched. Holyfield grabbed again when they were broken. Tyson landed a left hook and a right to the body. They got in close but landed nothing. Tyson landed a left hook to the head at midround before they clinched again. Tyson got in a jab and once again they clinched. Tyson landed a hard right with 1:06 left. Then the round was stopped briefly as tape came loose on Tyson's right glove. Then they came back and clinched. Tyson landed a left jab with 25 seconds left, then a left and right uppercut. Tyson's round. Round 6 Tyson landed a glancing right to the head and a hook to the head before Holyfield spun him around. Then they went into a clinch and Halpern had to go in and break them. Tyson landed a right to the head. Holyfield landed a short right to the head. Tyson landed a left-right to the head. Then action was stopped again while a doctor looked at a cut over Tyson's left eyelid eyelid /eye·lid/ (-lid) either of two movable folds (upper and lower) protecting the anterior surface of the eyeball. eye·lid or eye-lid n. but signaled the fight to go on. Tyson landed a right and then they mauled again. The crowd started chanting ``Hol-y-field!'' Tyson landed a short right to the head. Holyfield knocked Tyson down with a left hand at 44 seconds. Tyson was up at 5 as the crowd went crazy. Holyfield landed a jab, Tyson a left to the head and they clinched. Holyfield landed a short left and right, then a left-right to the head at the bell. Holyfield's round. Round 7 The sixth-round knockdown was the second of Tyson's career, the other being when he lost the title to Buster Douglas in 1990. The two blocked punches and clinched. Tyson landed a left hook to the head. Halpern warned Holyfield for holding although both fighters had been doing it. Holyfield got in two left jabs and the crowd chanted ``Hol-y-field!'' Tyson landed a good right hand at 1:55 and then they went back to mauling. Tyson landed a left hook, then another to the head. Tyson landed a right to the side of the head and they clinched. Holyfield landed a left, Tyson a right with 1:15 left in the round. Tyson complained about Holyfield using his head in the clinches clinches see clenches. . Tyson got in a short right to the head and they clinched. Tyson landed a hook to the body and a right to the head. Tyson was butted and his knees buckled with 15 seconds left. The crowd booed as Halpern called in a doctor to look at the eye. Tyson's round. Round 8 The round opened as did others, with the men clinching. Tyson landed a right to the side of the head. They clinched. Tyson landed a stiff jab and then they exchanged jabs. Tyson landed a left to the head, then another hook to the head with a minute gone. Tyson got in a jab. Holyfield wasn't doing much, then got in two jabs. Holyfield landed a right to the body, then backed away. Holyfield landed a left to the head, a left-right to the head and a left to the body. Tyson landed a hard right to the head. Holyfield landed a hook with 45 seconds left and they clinched again. Both landed hooks high on the head. Holyfield got in a jab. Holyfield's round Round 9 Tyson landed a left and they clinched. The first 30 seconds was mostly clinching. Tyson landed a right hand to the head and Holyfield came back with a right and pinned Tyson against the ropes. Holyfield landed a left to the body and a right to the head and Tyson landed a left to the head. Holyfield was beating Tyson to the punch and getting off the sharper punches. Tyson landed a right to the head at midround. The crowd chanted again for Holyfield, sensing an upset. They clinched again with a minute left. Tyson was unable to put anything together. Holyfield landed a hard right to the head, then another. Tyson fought back with three punches. Holyfield landed a right to the head with 10 seconds left. Holyfield's round. Round 10 Tyson threw a right to the body and then was quickly tied up. Tyson got in a left jab, then another, and Holyfield got in two short jabs. They exchanged toe-to-toe briefly then clinched with 40 seconds gone. Tyson dug a left to the body. Tyson landed a hard right and a left hook at 1:06. Tyson got in a right hand to the head and Holyfield answered with a right. Tyson got in a short hook with 1:20 left. Tyson dug a left to the body. The two exchanged punches and clinched with 55 seconds left. Tyson landed a right to the head. Holyfield got in two stiff left jabs to the face. Holyfield landed a hard right with 20 seconds left, followed by five hard rights. Tyson was in trouble at the bell after several punches to the head. The bell saved Tyson. Holyfield's round. Round 11 The bell rang but there was something over Tyson's eye and Halpern held up the action. Tyson looked beat. Holyfield landed a left-right to the head. Holyfield landed several hooks. He was working Tyson over. They stopped the fight. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (color) Mike Tyson Noun 1. Mike Tyson - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) Michael Gerald Tyson, Tyson gets back to his feet after Evander Holyfield knocks him down in the fourth round. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Box: Holyfield vs. Tyson round by round (see text) |
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