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BRUTAL KNOCKOUTS! When Mike Tyson DESTROYED Cocky Fighters For Disrespecting Him
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00:00Tyson, and you know it.
00:01Hit me, I'm gonna kick.
00:03I'm gonna kick.
00:05What the power?
00:07I ain't no joke.
00:09See the body shots?
00:12Let's play close.
00:15Before the fight, cocky fighters thought they could disrespect Mike Tyson,
00:19only to get crushed in the ring by his unstoppable power.
00:23Here again.
00:24Oh, what a left hand!
00:25In 1986, Mitch Blood, Green tried to insult Mike Tyson before their fight,
00:30calling him overrated and a media creation.
00:33Green bragged that his street toughness made him superior.
00:36His words only fueled Tyson's anger,
00:38and he dominated Green in the ring to prove his power was real.
00:41Tyson, if you know it, you hit me, I'm gonna kick.
00:45I'm gonna kick.
00:46Because Mitch Green carried a street legend's aura,
00:49many believed even Tyson might fold against him.
00:51Green stood taller and broader,
00:53and backed by a fearsome Harlem reputation,
00:56that made him look untouchable.
00:57The kind of man even champions avoided.
00:59Mitch Green, a tough kid,
01:01from the streets of the Bronx and Harlem.
01:03Tyson, from the streets of Brooklyn.
01:05We're here in the garden.
01:07The old days, that's how they used to settle these neighborhood wars.
01:09As soon as the fight began,
01:11Mitch Green charged in with wild aggression,
01:13throwing punches like a man desperate to prove something more than just skill.
01:16He wanted to hurt Tyson,
01:18not just outbox him.
01:19He learned in talking to some of the people he fought.
01:21Look at the, look at here, look at here.
01:23Just laughing at him.
01:24He didn't seem to me ready to be doing all the wrong things.
01:27For a brief moment, Green landed a few clean shots,
01:30showing flashes of confidence.
01:32Tie Tyson up, and a couple of good shots by Mitch Green.
01:35His best rally of the fight right here.
01:37But it didn't last long.
01:38Tyson quickly took control,
01:40unleashing a storm of brutal combinations that tore through Green's defense,
01:44and shattered his street-tough image,
01:46reminding everyone why he was the most feared fighter alive.
01:49There again.
01:51Oh, what a left hand!
01:52After the fight, Tyson said his goal wasn't to hurt Green,
01:55but to make him understand reality.
01:57He explained that Green's arrogance needed correcting,
02:00and that the ring would always expose the difference between talk and true greatness.
02:03I don't want to sound rudish or anything.
02:06I didn't want to knock him out or anything.
02:07I wanted to put a lot of pressure on him,
02:09and make him tie himself with it and give up.
02:11He wouldn't get knocked out.
02:12If he hit him on the chin,
02:14he can't see the punch in him.
02:15He would say,
02:15oh, I didn't see the punch that got knocked out.
02:17So I lifted up to himself,
02:18and as I must say,
02:19I must take my head off.
02:20He's a very tough individual.
02:21On February 16th, 1986,
02:24Jesse Ferguson stepped up to face Mike Tyson with bold confidence.
02:27I want to stay there and fight it,
02:29because nobody hasn't done that,
02:30and see how he reacts.
02:31I feel I have a better chance of beating him if it goes in the later rounds,
02:34but if it doesn't go in the later rounds, it's fine.
02:36He said he wanted to do what no one had done before,
02:39and promised to use his experience to beat Tyson,
02:41claiming he wanted to see how Mike would react against someone of true ability.
02:45In the earlier rounds,
02:46I'm strong,
02:47and in the later rounds,
02:47I get stronger,
02:48and I feel that I can't beat Mike Tyson.
02:51As soon as the bell rang,
02:52Mike Tyson wasted no time closing the distance against the taller Jesse Ferguson,
02:56who stood six feet one and a half inches to Tyson's five feet eleven inches.
03:00We saw a few seconds ago,
03:01one of the things that makes Tyson so special,
03:03he threw a tremendous left hook,
03:05missed with it,
03:05and didn't go off balance.
03:08Always in position to punch.
03:09Tyson cornered him with fierce pressure,
03:12trapping him against the ropes,
03:13and unleashing explosive hooks and uppercuts.
03:16Every punch landed with ruthless precision,
03:18forcing Ferguson on the defensive.
03:19That surrounds Mike Tyson's career answer.
03:23By the sixth round,
03:25Tyson's relentless assault reached its peak.
03:28A thunderous uppercut shattered Ferguson's nose,
03:30leaving no doubt about Tyson's dominance.
03:34Ferguson gamely hanging in,
03:36having trouble covering up.
03:38Four seconds,
03:39three seconds.
03:40The fight became another brutal showcase of his ferocity,
03:47proving size meant nothing against his power.
03:49Digs right to the body,
03:50and then comes straight up with the right uppercut.
03:52On June 24th,
03:532000,
03:54Mike Tyson versus Lou Savarese.
03:56Before the fight,
03:58Lou Savarese confidently declared that Tyson's intimidation wouldn't work on him,
04:02and promised to shock the world.
04:03And as Lou Savarese makes his way into the ring,
04:05what does he have to do to pull off the upset?
04:08He has to do an awful lot,
04:09but I'm not sure that he has what it takes.
04:11He might be underestimating Tyson's speed and Tyson's power.
04:15I think that Lou Savarese has to establish a great jab,
04:17work,
04:18make Tyson pay to get inside,
04:20tie him up when he gets too close,
04:21but on the wind,
04:22bang him with the right hand,
04:23make him pay,
04:24and make him earn every bit of ground he gets.
04:26Standing at 6 feet 5 inches,
04:28Savarese had a clear height advantage over the 5 feet 11 inches Tyson,
04:32and many believed his size could help him withstand Tyson's power.
04:35Tyson gives away 6 inches in height,
04:38about 20 pounds.
04:39Tyson turns 34 June 30th,
04:41Savarese 35 July 14th.
04:43Big height and reach advantages for Savarese.
04:45Towers at 6'5",
04:47imposing 80-inch reach.
04:49At yesterday's weigh-in, Tyson a consistent 222.
04:51You saw Savarese 241 and a quarter.
04:54Key rules,
04:55bit different here.
04:55Non-title fights in the UK.
04:57Only the ref scores.
04:58No ringside judges.
05:00No standing eight.
05:01No three knockdown.
05:02A fighter cannot be saved by the bell except in the last round.
05:04But the moment the bell rang,
05:06it became clear that confidence alone wouldn't save him.
05:09Tyson exploded forward like a storm,
05:11landing brutal shots that sent Savarese crashing to the canvas
05:14within seconds of the first round.
05:16This mic's only got one speed.
05:18It's fast forward.
05:19Within seconds.
05:20Down goes Savarese.
05:23Though Lou managed to stand back up,
05:25Tyson showed no mercy.
05:27As soon as the referee signaled to continue,
05:29Tyson charged again,
05:31pinning Savarese against the ropes
05:32and unleashing a relentless barrage.
05:34The referee had to step in and stop the onslaught
05:37just 38 seconds into the fight.
05:39I told you Savarese who's going to underestimate his speed and his power.
05:43A barrage by Tyson.
05:45The referee, John Quayle, steps in between.
05:47And he continues.
05:48Quayle's trying to stop it.
05:50Tyson says, I'm sorry, to the referee.
05:53He said, I'm sorry.
05:54He didn't hear John Quayle's instructions.
05:56And this fight may be over.
05:58It became one of the shortest fights of Tyson's career,
06:01ending almost as soon as it began.
06:03A pure display of Tyson's raw, unstoppable power.
06:06Is this your shortest fight ever?
06:08In any time, amateur, professional, ever?
06:10As-salamu alaykum, Maida.
06:12Um, I don't know, man.
06:16Yeah.
06:17In the post-fight interview,
06:18Lou Savarese admitted his disappointment,
06:21saying he had trained hard for months
06:22but failed to perform in the ring,
06:24accepting that Tyson's power and speed were overwhelming.
06:27I'm highly disappointed.
06:28I trained so hard for this fight for four months.
06:30I'm in great shape.
06:31But, you know, it can happen to get caught, unfortunately.
06:35The next fight happened on July 21st, 1989,
06:38at Convention Hall in Atlantic City.
06:40Jumped on me that particular day.
06:42Gave me a bloody nose and everything.
06:43You know, I was a little, um,
06:44it shook me up because I was a professional with seven, eight fights.
06:48And I was saying to myself,
06:49oh my God, I gotta let this amateur come in the gym and do this to me.
06:52So I got very angry that night.
06:53I went home and thought about it.
06:55And the very next day,
06:56the very next day,
06:58I came in the gym with a different attitude towards him.
07:01Tyson and Williams had met in the Amateurs,
07:03where Williams claimed he'd busted Tyson up,
07:06a story Tyson strongly denied.
07:08Well, he spotted me when I was 14, 15 years old,
07:10and he couldn't kill me then.
07:12And now I'm five times, it's ten times the fighter now.
07:16Tyson came out aggressively
07:18and landed a powerful left hook to Williams' jaw
07:21that sent him crashing to the canvas.
07:23Keep that right hand up
07:24and watch Tyson's left hook,
07:26which is a powerful fight.
07:28That's it, let's go!
07:30Williams got up at the count of four,
07:32but referee Randy Newman
07:33judged that he was in no condition to continue
07:36and stopped the fight immediately,
07:38declaring a first-round TKO for Mike Tyson.
07:41He predicted a shock win.
07:43Tyson dropped him with a single left hook
07:44just 93 seconds into the first round.
07:47Tyson delivered the perfect punch,
07:58a single, explosive left hook
08:00that ended everything in seconds.
08:02It wasn't luck, it was precision.
08:04Well, no, I noticed my trains would tell me
08:06we were slipping and hooking.
08:08So when we slip,
08:08because usually I come in and I slip,
08:10and I get in there,
08:10and that's the hardest part,
08:11getting in there,
08:12and I never threw the punch.
08:13And so we were practicing,
08:14and I slip,
08:14so you're in there instantaneously,
08:16bing, throw the punch.
08:18And I did, and I was successful.
08:19He knew his power meant nothing without accuracy,
08:22and that fight proved it.
08:23With every perfectly timed shot,
08:25Tyson showed that sharpness,
08:26not just strength,
08:27was what made him unstoppable.
08:28And my punches were accurate and pinpoint,
08:31and I knew eventually I was going to get him.
08:32He has a reputation for getting hit with left hooks.
08:36Were you looking for that opening?
08:38No, I was very confident.
08:39I wanted to hit him,
08:39catch him with a good right hand.
08:41Believe my right hand is my favorite punch,
08:43but I never catch anyone with it.
08:45It's my best punch,
08:46and I always hit guys with left hook.
08:47Meanwhile,
08:48Williams insists he wasn't hurt badly enough
08:50for the referee to stop the fight,
08:51and says he was clear-headed,
08:53ready to continue,
08:54and the stoppage was unfairly premature.
08:56I wasn't even hurt to the point where,
08:58where I was in the,
08:59where I was in the,
08:59where I was on Queer Street,
09:01so to speak.
09:02I wasn't moving around,
09:03I wasn't wiggling,
09:04I wasn't falling down.
09:05There's nobody that can beat me.
09:07There's nobody that can beat me.
09:10After the fight,
09:11Larry Merchant remarked that Tyson
09:12had nearly run out of worthy opponents.
09:14He said few fighters could even be considered for him now,
09:17as Tyson's dominance and reputation
09:19as the undisputed champion made him untouchable,
09:22a force no one in the heavyweight division
09:24seemed capable of challenging anymore.
09:26What happened in the ring,
09:27you know,
09:27says it for Mike Tyson,
09:29my feeling is that
09:31when a fighter is as dominant as he is,
09:34there are very few other fighters
09:35who can compete with him,
09:36but he is such an extraordinary fighter
09:39that it's almost,
09:41in a sense,
09:42like a great artist
09:44who throws,
09:45who has too many paintings on the market,
09:46and it drives the market value
09:48of the individual paintings down,
09:50so that he has to,
09:52perhaps,
09:53fight some fewer fights.
09:55The fight between Mike Tyson and Trevor The Truth,
09:57Burbick,
09:58took place on November 22nd, 1986.
10:01But now you mean me,
10:02I'm the champ,
10:03but don't bother me,
10:04you know,
10:05he's trying to get what I want,
10:06what I have,
10:07and, um,
10:08that's enough for me to think about.
10:10Before the fight,
10:11analysts were intrigued by the contrast
10:13between Burbick's apparent confidence
10:14and the sheer aura
10:16surrounding the young Mike Tyson.
10:17Youngest heavyweight champion ever.
10:19He is unbeaten with knockout after knockout.
10:21In fact,
10:21Tyson,
10:22the challenger,
10:22will be the favorite.
10:24Burbick respects his younger opponent,
10:25but in a news conference today
10:27in Las Vegas,
10:28well,
10:28he was still very,
10:29very confident
10:30that his experience
10:32will win out in the end.
10:33He's been doing a good job.
10:34He's a good fighter.
10:35But now he mean me,
10:36I'm the champ,
10:37but don't bother me,
10:38you know,
10:39he's trying to get what I want,
10:40what I have,
10:41and, um,
10:43that's enough for me to think about.
10:45Sounds confident, doesn't it?
10:46Of course.
10:46You always sound confident,
10:47and after the fight,
10:48you may sound different.
10:49As soon as the bell rang,
10:50Tyson wasted no time
10:52asserting control.
10:53Burbick struggled to respond
10:54as Tyson's fists
10:55found their target repeatedly,
10:57culminating in a knockdown
10:58that left the audience stunned.
11:00To show how brave
11:01and how tough he is,
11:02he's done that all right,
11:03but, uh,
11:04that's not enough
11:05to hang on to your title.
11:06There he goes.
11:06The victory raised questions
11:08across the boxing world.
11:10Who could possibly challenge
11:11this young phenom?
11:12Despite the overwhelming dominance,
11:14Tyson himself remained focused
11:16and self-critical,
11:17emphasizing continual improvement.
11:19World Heavyweight Championship
11:20to see what happens
11:21to Mike Tyson,
11:22whoever is gonna stop
11:23this magnificent boxer.
11:25Despite his powerful win,
11:27Tyson stayed humble.
11:28Most definitely about that,
11:29because, you know,
11:30he helped develop my character,
11:32my skill and everything,
11:33and to proceed
11:35to match something like this,
11:37he prepared me,
11:38knowing that one day
11:39I would fight for the title
11:39and be the youngest champion ever.
11:41And it was heavy.
11:42Like you say,
11:42if I had to come home to him
11:43the next night,
11:44I would stay upstairs in my room
11:45because I knew
11:46I would hear so much criticism
11:47of all the mistakes
11:48that I'd done.
11:48He admitted he wasn't perfect,
11:50saw mistakes in his performance,
11:52and knew he still had more
11:53to learn and improve.
11:54Well, I know my job.
11:55I know what I have to do.
11:56And I feel,
11:57at my job,
11:58I'm the best at what I do.
12:00And the other things
12:01that determine
12:02your greatness and everything,
12:04you just have to prove
12:04by longevity,
12:06fighting and beating
12:06everyone around.
12:07That night marked
12:08the birth of a relentless force,
12:10young,
12:10unstoppable,
12:11and driven to chase perfection.
12:13Hit the body first
12:14and then hit him to the head.
12:15He said,
12:15you're throwing too many punches
12:16to the head,
12:16which he was right.
12:17But then I said,
12:18okay, Kevin,
12:19don't worry about it.
12:19I knew the fight
12:20within a few more rounds
12:22the fight was over.
12:23That moment wasn't just a victory.
12:24It was the spark of an era.
12:26A young Tyson was rising,
12:28unstoppable,
12:29disciplined,
12:30and obsessed with perfection.
12:31Let's take a look now
12:32at round two,
12:32and I'm sure at this point,
12:34you were one of those
12:35who were convinced
12:35that Mike was going to make
12:37short work of Trevor Burbank.
12:38When the fight was scheduled
12:39in June 1988,
12:41Michael Spinks was the IBF
12:42heavyweight champion,
12:43which made the matchup
12:44with Mike Tyson
12:45one of the most anticipated
12:46in boxing.
12:47Michael Spinks
12:48isn't an ordinary fighter.
12:49I don't want to go.
12:50I don't want to go.
12:53I don't want to go here.
12:59I know y'all,
13:00I thought I was cracking up,
13:01man.
13:02During the buildup,
13:03Spinks tried to play mind games,
13:04laughing at Tyson
13:05during media events
13:06and mockingly saying
13:08he wasn't scared of him.
13:09The making of the Tyson-Spinx fight
13:11did definitely begin
13:13when Mike entered
13:13the heavyweight series
13:14because at that time,
13:15Spinks was the IBF champion.
13:18In the pre-fight interview,
13:20Mike Tyson appeared
13:21completely composed,
13:22showing no fear or worry.
13:24His calm voice
13:25and steady expression
13:26made it clear
13:27he already believed
13:28victory was his.
13:29And I believe,
13:29Mama,
13:29I'm the only one
13:30that's level-headed.
13:31Everybody else is losing their mind.
13:32Everybody else is paranoid.
13:34And even whatever I do,
13:35it's going to be my decision
13:37because I break my leg,
13:39we all stop getting paid.
13:41And even though we're friends,
13:42the main issue here is money.
13:44This is a business.
13:45Everybody wants to make money.
13:45You don't care if I have
13:4650 million in a bank
13:47or 20 million.
13:48Everyone could always use a dollar.
13:50In the ring,
13:51Tyson proved his calm
13:52was confidence.
13:53He attacked Spinks
13:54with explosive power,
13:55knocking him out
13:56in just 91 seconds,
13:57one of the quickest finishes
13:58in boxing history.
14:00The right hand lands
14:00to the head of Mike Spinks.
14:02It's Tyson all the way
14:03here in round number one.
14:05Vicious shots to the body.
14:06Nothing really heavy landing yet,
14:08but he's taking them.
14:09The uppercut.
14:10Body shot.
14:11Down goes.
14:12Mike Spinks
14:13for the first time.
14:14The count is up to four
14:16and five
14:17and six
14:18and seven
14:19and eight.
14:20That was a body shot
14:21that took him down.
14:23Here comes Mike Spinks in.
14:24He leads to the right hand.
14:26Down he goes.
14:27I don't think you'll get up from this.
14:28After his victory,
14:30Tyson said in the post-fight interview
14:32that Michael Spinks
14:33tried to play mind games
14:34before the match,
14:35acting confident
14:36and laughing to hide fear.
14:37Tyson explained he saw through it
14:39and stayed focused,
14:40knowing intimidation
14:41wouldn't work on him
14:42because he entered the ring
14:43already certain of winning.
14:44I think he was trying to
14:46scrutinize with my brain
14:47and make me wait it out.
14:49But you know,
14:49I was getting upset.
14:50I wanted to go.
14:51I'm the kind of guy
14:51who just want to fight.
14:52Let's get in there and fight.
14:53I don't care who comes in first.
14:54We come in both at the same time.
14:56That's what we planned.
14:56We come on together.
14:58And so.
14:59After the fight,
15:00many analysts laughed
15:01at how short it was,
15:02saying the press conferences
15:03and interviews
15:04seemed longer than the match itself.
15:06The entire buildup
15:07had weeks of tension
15:08and excitement,
15:09but once the bell rang,
15:10it all ended in just 90 seconds,
15:12leaving fans shocked
15:13by Tyson's dominance.
15:14Eight punches and out.
15:16The walk to the ring,
15:17the introductions,
15:18the referee's instructions,
15:19the interviews,
15:20everything was longer
15:22than the fight.
15:22In the fight,
15:23Mike Tyson looked
15:24completely natural
15:25and powerful,
15:26every punch sharp
15:27and controlled.
15:28His movements
15:28showed pure confidence
15:29and strength,
15:30proving why he was
15:31the most feared heavyweight alive.
15:33But Mike Tyson
15:34appears to be
15:35almost like
15:35a natural force
15:37the way he comes at you.
15:38He's not going to give you
15:39a chance to just
15:40stand around and box
15:41at the pace
15:42you want to box at.
15:43Don't you have to hit him
15:44with something
15:44to hold him off?
15:46You got to sting him.
15:47You got to break his rhythm.
15:49Michael Spinks,
15:50because he's so unorthodox,
15:51he punches with angles,
15:53he does things
15:54that are not really in the book,
15:55but I think he has
15:56the physical attributes,
15:58the height,
15:59the good jab,
16:00and not really good
16:02foot movement.
16:03That's it for today's video.
16:04Stay tuned until next time.
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