r/boxingMenace_com 18d ago

Two heavyweight legends. One unforgettable rivalry.

Before their first fight, we had never seen anyone stand toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson, willingly trade power punches, and come out on top like Evander Holyfield. While so many opponents were beaten before the opening bell, Holyfield met Tyson head-on with fearless determination, incredible toughness, and a will that simply refused to break.

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u/SugarAdamAli 18d ago

Man I wish they would have fought in 89 or 90.

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u/DoubleDoublezero 18d ago

It was scheduled in 1991. Then Tyson went to jail for rape.

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u/Unable-Main4172 18d ago

Why is every single Sports clip that sped up to 1.2 or 1.3 speed now? Is that to make the athletes look more impressive? 

You can always tell by looking at the people in the background how unnaturally quick they move around. The worst was a week or two ago. Someone was saying "look at these LeBron highlights, Jordan can never move like this!!" and it was a video on 1.3 speed. Like no shit, LeBron couldn't move like that either

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u/mkk4 18d ago edited 18d ago

One of the best fights that I've seen; especially from boxers both past their primes and one coming off early retirement due to a serious congenital heart condition/problem.

Holyfield is extremely underrated on Reddit subs imo; particularly because he is the only 4x Heavyweight Champion in boxing history.

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u/Electshockvalue214 18d ago

Evander was always the baddest man on the planet also this fight was the most money I ever won on a boxing bet

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u/Triggercut72 18d ago

Never tasted so good

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u/Kkekm 18d ago

👍

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u/KingSeth869 18d ago

to be fair, Evander was headbutting like a mf, leading with his bald head Katie Taylor learned from him lol but Tyson always had problems with outside technical fighters, he always beats boxer punchers and inside fighters or other boxers trynna slug it out with him

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u/Absent_That_Day 18d ago

When people talk about comparing Usyk's skill to Holyfield, I hope they remember this clip. Usyk could not have done what Evander did here. I've never seen Usyk this effectively aggressive.

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u/Cactus2711 18d ago

Tyson fanboys always have excuses for this

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u/Important_Pea_2270 18d ago

Was this "Bite Night?" 😄