Yen recalled that, as a boxing fan of Tyson’s, he relished the chance to spar with the former world heavyweight champion on-screen. But Yen also had no illusion about Tyson being a real boxer, not an actor, and knew that Tyson’s boxing moves were not only for show. «When I was in a scene with him, I had to remind myself that I have to be very cautious. I daren’t allow myself to think I was shooting a scene for a film,» Yen told the masterclass. «I had to treat it as a real fight in a boxing ring with him and it was a matter of life and death. I couldn’t afford to be distracted in any way, otherwise it wouldn’t have been a K.O., it would have cost me my life.»
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Michael Gerard Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1966, to Lorna Tyson and Jimmy Kirkpatrick. His father ran off before he was two years old, and Mike grew up with all the temptations of ghetto life. By the age of twelve, he was in a street gang and had been in and out of juvenile court. Finally, after an armed robbery conviction, in 1978, he was sent to the Tryon School for Boys, a reformatory, where the physical education instructor, Bobby Stewart, spotted his potential as boxer. box in yahoo.com 1981, Stewart introduced the 14-year-old Tyson to his friend, the legendary Cus D’Amato, and D’Amato introduced him to the «sweet science» of boxing.
On his performance, he added: «I am happy. Like I said before the fight, it is going to end sooner than the first fight and I did it. Joe, hell of a fighter, respect to him. I like him and respect him, everybody please care for him.»
Living the fast life was impacting Tyson as early as 1989, when he took on Frank Bruno for the first time. Tyson wrote that he was in bad enough shape that Bruno should have beaten him, but he managed to emerge victorious on a fifth-round TKO.
«I felt his punch coming at me, 90 miles per hour, I kid you not. And I couldn’t really move sooner because I had to be poised. I felt his forearm just… I felt the wind. It was like a tornado. And he knocked that punching bag.»
Zhilei Zhang (Chinese: 张志磊; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìlěi; born May 2, 1983) is a Chinese professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title between 2023 and March 2024. As of June 2024, Zhang is ranked as the world’s fifth-best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine.
Former heavyweight boxing king Mike Tyson is making his way back into the ring. But, the biggest question surrounding his combat sports comeback is regarding his age — how old is «Iron Mike»? Also, when was the last time he laced up gloves ahead of a sanctioned bout?
On Nov. 9, 1996, Evander Holyfield faced Tyson in the ring. Holyfield was physically bigger than Tyson and figured out how to throw Tyson off his rhythm with body blows, even stunning him with a head butt, Perez said.
Picking up where he left off in their first fight, a confident Zhang flattened Joyce with a right hand toward the end of the round in front of the Londoner’s home crowd. The win and the manner in which he delivered it might earn Zhang a world title shot in 2024.
The interview with Inked Mag also reveals Asher plays an important role in Tyson’s life. His third and current wife, Lakiha «Kiki» Spicer was given a tennis racket by Asher as a child while the duo’s daughter is an outstanding tennis player herself. «How is that possible?» Tyson says in the interview. «I have the tattoo on my arm, my wife has a racket from him, and our daughter plays tennis. It’s crazy.»
But Tyson’s game seemed to be on the decline. Once known for his complicated offensive and defensive moves, the boxer seemed to continually rely on his one-punch knockout move to finish his bouts. He blamed his trainer for his struggles in the ring and fired Rooney in mid-1988.
Shortly after the Olympics, Dino Duva was invited to Beijing to consult for the Chinese Boxing Federation. In Zhang, he saw not just talent but unprecedented ambition. At the time, Chinese boxers didn’t turn pro. Few of the country’s athletes did. «When you’re a national athlete in China, you get treated very well,» says Duva. «You’re supported by the government. They support your family. They give you bonuses and pay you well. But if you decide to make the move to become professional, they cut you off.» Zhang, Duva says, wanted more.
«I’m contracted to fight Zhang again. I’ll beat him again, and I’m free to fight whoever,» said Parker to Boxing King Media. «It’s a tough ask, but I’ll do it again and then move on. I don’t make the rankings, and whoever puts us wherever. I just want to do my job, and wherever they rank me, so be it.
In time, another communist appeared on Tyson’s body – Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, a personality as dubious as he was famous. The bloody Latin American politician, who fanatically imposes the order known to him alone in one country or another, fits perfectly with the boxer’s turbulent biography, where aggression often went beyond the ring.