on Saturday night. Watch me kick Tyson's ass. McNeel is hurt this time, Steve.
He's very hurt. They laughed at him. They mocked him.
And they believe Mike Tyson was just another young heavyweight who could be figured out, controlled, and eventually broken once the pressure built. I owe it to myself to go out there and beat Michael Tyson like I am. That is he's made for me.
Tai son. That was their first mistake. Because Tyson didn't just take disrespect personally, he turned it into something far more dangerous, using it as fuel to unleash a level of violence inside the ring that very few fighters in boxing history have ever been able to match.
From the very start of his rise, Tyson wasn't just knocking people out. He was overwhelming them, closing distance instantly, slipping punches, and forcing opponents into survival mode before they even had time to settle. Mike Tyson in his prime in those years from like 86, 87 to 89, 90, whatever those years were he was just storming the gates.
I put that Mike Tyson up against anybody who ever lived. That guy was a special fighter. He was a just a juggernaut.
Just you couldn't stop him. He was a different guy. It's like a a different model of fighter than we had ever seen in the heavyweight division before.
a [ __ ] destroyer, man, where every fight was an execution. I mean, just ferocious, destructive, accurate, everything is perfect. And yet, despite all of that, there were still fighters who believed they could outthink him, outlast him, or stand in front of him and prove he wasn't as dangerous as people claimed.
They learned quickly. When Tyson faced Trevor Bourbick, the reigning champion at the time, the fight was expected to test whether the young challenger could handle the moment, but instead, it turned into complete domination. Burb was the last person to fight Ali and he hurt Ali very bad when you fought him.
Was there any revenge or 100%? Yeah. No doubt about it.
I was going to kill him. You know I know I saw the way he beat he was hitting Ali really hard with everything he had. Ali didn't have nothing left.
He could he was trying to kill him. I said, "Oh, I can't wait till I get him. " He ended up brutalizing Ali.
And by that time, Ali was full-blown Parkinson's. He was talking slowly. His interview sounded absolutely awful.
There's no reason why Ali needed to even get in that. I mean, I'm sure he needed the money, which is why he did it. But he shouldn't have gotten in that ring.
He probably could have had a more fulfilling life after boxing if he didn't do that fight cuz he got brutalized by Bourbick. Everybody hated him. In fact, Mike Tyson's first belt came from beating up Bourbick.
And Mike said he hated this guy because Ali was his hero. Ali even like whispered in his ear like, "Yeah, kill that guy for me. " as Tyson stormed forward with relentless pressure, landing sharp combinations that sent Bourbick stumbling across the ring in one of the most iconic moments in boxing history.
Got it. That is disaster for all of the opponents of Mike Tyson. It's great that he has the courage, but this is a poor fight plan that Mike as soon as Oh, a light right hand, but the left notice the left hand is not clumping like it was against Piglin Thomas when he won the title.
He's wide with the left hook as Bervik and Tyson clust with the left hand. Look at this combination and vermin ready to go [cheering] again. He's left catches up without push ready to go again and he was down before the referee was forced to step in and stop the fight.
That night didn't just crown a champion. It introduced a problem the entire division now had to deal with. Alli, what do you think of Mike Tyson?
Awesome. He's powerful. He's strong.
He's got a big punch. If he hits you, you're in trouble. How would you have fared against him?
Would you have watched him? Stick moves. Yes.
Time out. I call him Mike Nightmare Tyson. That guy was a nightmare in the ring.
I mean, really, if he missed you with his left, then miss you with his right, he'd bite you. I didn't want to have anything to do with that guy. You didn't want him?
No, I didn't want him. Do you think he wanted you? No way.
We were both One was scared and the other was glad of that. I could really punch. And of course, I was an expert at punching downward.
My manager would hold the bag and he was down there. So, I learned to really develop power from punches, [music] guys who were down low. He was smart enough to understand that Tyson's Tyson's intelligent.
Uh I won the World Junior Championships in Sto Domingo, Dominican Republic. And I remember the American team was saying, "Oh, well, you never fought the best. " So, I'm like, "Who's that?
" And they told me it was Mike Tyson, custom model. But the belief that Tyson could be exposed didn't disappear. And when he stepped in against Michael Spinx, many thought his undefeated record and experience would allow him to stay composed and control the fight.
Yet from the opening seconds, Tyson imposed himself with terrifying intent, cutting off the ring and landing a devastating right hand that ended the fight in just 91 seconds, erasing all doubt in brutal fashion. Tyson attacks immediately on round one. And Michael and no respect by Tyson for any jabs, but he's taking them.
The uppercut, body shot, down goes. And then came fighters who believed they could handle him over time. When Tyson fought Larry Holmes, the expectation was that experience and durability could slow him down.
But instead, Tyson applied relentless pressure from the start, breaking Holmes down with speed and power that he simply couldn't escape. Larry looking Mikely the way showing no respect so far. Boring in the way he Tyson just showing no fear of homes.
Hurry finally goes an off. Six, seven, eight, nine, 10 rounds if it goes that far. Larry with a sneaky right hand.
Almost caught Mike coming in. Tanks. Larry has brilliant defense.
Mike really has. Big question is how long can his leg stay strong. There's a lot of pressure.
The old Larry Holmes would have been snapping the left hand off. Again, look at the look on Larry's face. He looks almost in total fear.
Leave it down. He better keep it up in the face of this guy. Questions if in fact Larry can nail Tyson.
Tyson's blows this. He's going to keep the pressure on him constantly. Now he throws a punch.
Larry doing it. 20 seconds to go in this the third round. First good right hand landed.
Up on his toes now. This is the way a young And again, Larry knows how to tie him up. Look in his face now that he had to see [cheering] this.
Larry definitely is Larry Holmes cannot continue that round after. He was nailed right in the button. [cheering] The count is up to six, seven, and eight.
Do it against Ronaldo Stites. Need to go again. [cheering] He's got to hang on or he'll stop the fight.
Down he goes. He is knocked out. He didn't even bother the tunnel.
It was like a f dropping him multiple times until the referee stepped in to end a one-sided beating. And that became the pattern. Every time someone doubted him, every time someone spoke too much, and every time someone believed they could stand in front of Mike Tyson and survive, they were met with the same reality.
Mike worked [music] very hard. He the only person I can ever say train harder than me. When I work in the gym with him, I seen all the things that he would do.
I was just amazed. I'm like, God, you know, shoot 17 years old, he just a kill, man. I didn't think nobody going to beat him.
My goal, I wanted to be heavyweight champion of the world. And and only person I I knew if Mike Tyson do it, I could do it. He hit hard, but his he got short arms, right?
And so I seen Mike whoop whooping people that 6'4, 65, 66. Mhm. And they outweigh him by 20, 30 lbs.
He beat the daylights out of going through heavyweight contenders left and right. How did you feel going up against Mike Tyson? I felt very confident in my abilities.
Yes, I did. So I was aware of his potential, but I was I was there. So I got to look at him in a different way.
Not so much of what I seen the results of his ring bravado, but it was just him as a person looking at him and seeing him a little differently too like you did and then have this seven or eight seconds for this fight. I only trained probably two weeks or three weeks for this fight. I had to bury my best friend and I dedicated this fight.
I wasn't going to fight. I dedicated this fight to him. I was going to rip his heart out.
I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and most vicious and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one could stop [music] me.
Lynx is a conqueror. No, I'm Alexander. He's no Alexander.
I'm the best ever. There's never been anybody who's loser. I'm Sunny Listen.
I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their club.
There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious.
I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah.
The speed was too fast. The power was too much. And the pressure was something they simply could not escape.
Because Mike Tyson didn't just beat opponents, he dismantled them. And that is why even today, one rule in boxing still stands above everything else.
