Unveiling The Holmes-Tyson Mystery: Who Was The True Winner?

When holmes faced tyson, holmes was forced out of retirement and accepted a heap of cash with it, but was well past his best, despite showing some signs of his best days. Eight years ago, it was muhammad ali who endured an indecent exit from the sport, and holmes is the one who did the pounding. Some cried when joe louis went out, in. Billed as the last hurrah, holmes was a clear winner and it ended by corner retirement after ten rounds, making him the only man to ever defeat ali by stoppage. Whether tyson will encounter serious opposition anytime soon depends on former champion michael spinks and his promoter/manager, butch lewis.

Tyson had demonstrated by action and deed that he could reach and touch someone and redirect that person's explosion energy to a more positive and constructive. After the first defeat, an angry holmes, who had been one win away from tying rocky marciano s record of 49 straight victories, told the press that the great marciano. One boxing icon that has now weighed in on the bout is larry holmes, who fought tyson back in 1988, losing via a fourth round tko, and he made his prediction clear when. Tyson is the true champion, holmes said after the fight.