By Geno McGahee “This is my time, my future, and I can’t wait to fight Mike Tyson.” – Frank Bruno, prior to his 1996 rematch with Mike Tyson When things go around they come around and seven years after their initial meeting, Frank Bruno would be the defending world champion going in against the challenger, [...]
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Mike Tyson Chronicles: Frank Bruno II – HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING NEWS
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September 29th, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee On June 8th, 2002, Mike Tyson would be exposed as a shell of his former self and not a true contender at the hands of reigning world champion, Lennox Lewis. Prior to the bout with Lewis, many were picking “Iron Mike” to regain the heavyweight title, citing the supposed weak chin of [...]
The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Alex “The Destroyer” Stewart – Boxing News
September 8th, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee “The only thing that I really see is me beating Mike Tyson.” – Alex Stewart On February 11, 1990, the unthinkable happened. Mike Tyson, a 42-1 favorite, the Undisputed and Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the world, was knocked out by the unlikely challenger, James “Buster” Douglas. At the time, Tyson was seen [...]
The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Peter McNeeley – Boxing News
July 31st, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee “Our future, Mike Tyson!” – Don King Peter McNeeley rated #7 by the WBA, with a record of 36-1, 30 KO’s, was the person chosen to face a returning Mike Tyson after four years away from the game. Tyson was finally released from prison, where he served time after the conviction for [...]
The Razor Ruddock Chronicles – Greg Page: The Comeback
June 21st, 2011 Geno By Mike Plunkett “This is a dangerous fight. Greg Page will desperately try to do anything to win” – Floyd Patterson In boxing a fighter is often only as good as his last fight. Few fighters have the clout necessary to land a big payday and further opportunity immediately after a significant high stakes setback. [...]
The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Frans “The White Buffalo” Botha
June 14th, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee “I feel like I’m Norman Bates with all of these doctors.” – Mike Tyson On June 28, 1997, one of the strangest and most memorable incidents in sport’s history would take place. The “Bite Heard Around the World” as many called it was a moment in the career of Mike Tyson that [...]
The Razor Ruddock Chronicles – The Mike Tyson Showdown
June 1st, 2011 Geno By Mike Plunkett By March of 1991, Donovan “Razor” Ruddock had all but climbed to top of the heavyweight landscape heading into his much anticipated showdown with the former undisputed heavyweight champion and self-proclaimed “baddest man on the planet”, “Iron” Mike Tyson. The breakout win over Michael Dokes a year earlier not only clearly thrust [...]
The “Razor” Ruddock Chronicles: Michael “Dynamite” Dokes
March 15th, 2011 Geno By Mike “Rubber Warrior” Plunkett So often in a given field of endeavor we start out with a certain number of guidelines that help us hit our marks as we work towards a certain objective. These fundamentals ensure the progress required towards meeting our goals while at the same time projecting an air of professionalism. [...]
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March 4th, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee On April 8th, 1995, a fight card would transpire where Larry Holmes attempted to repeat what George Foreman was able to do, and capture the heavyweight title. Holmes came within inches of achieving that feat, losing a close and debatable decision to the then WBC Heavyweight Champion, Oliver McCall. On the same [...]
The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Alex “The Destroyer” Stewart
February 22nd, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee “The only thing that I really see is me beating Mike Tyson.” – Alex Stewart On February 11, 1990, the unthinkable happened. Mike Tyson, a 42-1 favorite, the Undisputed and Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the world, was knocked out by the unlikely challenger, James “Buster” Douglas. At the time, Tyson was seen [...]
The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Evander Holyfield II
February 17th, 2011 Geno By Geno McGahee This may be the biggest moment in boxing history, or more appropriately, the most infamous moment in sports history. It was the famous ear-biting incident that Mike Tyson has been linked to permanently and has had his reputation, what was left of it, dragged through the mud over it. There is no [...]
Posted in BOXING NEWS, RSR CHRONICLES Tags: ear bite, holyfield, Mike Tyson, real deal, RSR No Comments »The “Razor” Ruddock Chronicles – The Early Years
February 16th, 2011 Geno By Mike “Rubber Warrior” Plunkett There’s an old axiom about prize fighters. It goes that you should never get too attached to them, never invest too much hope in them or get too caught-up in their careers, for in the end they’ll break your heart almost every time out. In a way the year 1986 [...]
The Manny Pacquiao Chronicles: Marco Antonio Barrera I
April 13th, 2008 Bad Brad By Daniel “Tex” Cohen In November of 2003, it would have been appropriate to use the old adage of geriatrics all over the world by saying that the “times were a changing.” At that point, the US had entered and stayed in the country of Iraq for eight months. The Democratic Presidential Nomination process was [...]
The Manny Pacquiao Chronicles: Erik Morales II
April 5th, 2008 Bad Brad By Daniel “Tex” Cohen There are particular fights throughout history in which one fighter becomes a different boxer than he was before the fight. These occurrences happen in terms of ascending or descending patterns. A boxer can climb the stairs or fall down them in terms of making a name and symbol for himself. Sometimes, [...]
Posted in RSR CHRONICLES Tags: boxing, chronicles, Edwin Valero, Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao No Comments »The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Donovan “Razor” Ruddock II
October 8th, 2007 Bad Brad By Geno McGahee The immediate rematch took place on June 28th, 1991. For Mike Tyson, this was an unnecessary fight. Even though he had stated after his first bout with Ruddock that a rematch wasn’t a bad idea, he realistically wanted a shot at the title. Although he was heavily favored to win the rematch, [...]
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