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The Tyson fight was the only loss of his professional career. Tyson also spoke of retiring, hinting that "this may be my last fight." [4] The win over Spinks has been described as the pinnacle of Tyson's boxing career. [6] It was also his last fight under longtime trainer Kevin Rooney, who was dismissed by Tyson in December. [54]
The fight between Spinks and Mike Tyson took place in June 1988, with Tyson knocking Spinks down twice on his way to a first-round knockout. Tyson and Dwight Muhammad Qawi were the only fighters to officially floor Spinks. It was Spinks's first defeat in the professional ring, and his last, as he retired following the fight.
Tyson would go on to easily defeat his next two opponents, knocking out aging former Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes in the 4th round and then knocking out Tony Tubbs in the 2nd round. This would finally set up the much anticipated Tyson–Spinks fight, a match Tyson would win in 91 seconds to capture the Lineal Heavyweight championship. [4]
Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. In only his eighth professional fight, he won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision, in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Since his fight with Mike Tyson, McBride beat Byron Polley, then suffered three upset losses. The first loss was against Mike Mollo , a second-round knockout loss. The second loss was against Andrew Golota , a sixth-round technical knockout loss after Golota skilfully worked a cut he had opened up over McBride's eye.
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This fight was mentioned in the animated TV series Mike Tyson Mysteries episode "Ultimate Judgment Day" from 2014. In the episode Mike Tyson says Trevor Berbick wanted to call their 1986 fight 'Ultimate Judgment Day', but then the ghost of Berbick appears to correct Tyson, saying that actually Tyson was the boxer that wanted to call it ...
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson may have taken center stage during their highly anticipated boxing match on November 15, but ring girl Sydney Thomas was the one to capture the attention of many viewers.