Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis fight part 2
Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis fight part 2
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00:00Surely the favorite in this crowd and entering the ring this fight has already
00:09exceeded the expectations of many just a short while ago.
00:18The city of Memphis learning on a trial and error basis.
00:30Tyson is the underdog because Lewis is the champion and because Lewis has fought more
00:44formidable opposition in the last 11 years Tyson has fought just one top heavyweight
00:53and lost both times and yet he has the style and the punch
01:01to make all that seem like rhetoric.
01:06Vintage Mike Tyson on his way to the ring. No robe, just a towel and black boots no socks.
01:13We'll see vintage Mike Tyson once the fight starts.
01:17Good thing about Tyson, he's filled with sweat. That's what you want your fighter to be, nice and wet before a fight.
01:25As you can see there is a row of security guards lined up diagonally across the ring.
01:34These two fighters will remain separate until the first bell.
01:41I think it was probably Vince McMahon the genius behind the World Wrestling Federation who arranged all of this.
01:51There you get a good up-close look at the three-time heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
01:58We mentioned he comes in as the favorite.
02:01Lawrence was hoping for a more partisan crowd tonight since England is participating in the World Cup soccer tournament.
02:10Many Brits electing to follow the soccer matches and rather than come over to Memphis.
02:18So Lewis' supporting cast may not be as strong as he likes.
02:23Yeah but you go around this city I've run into so many people speaking with that British accent that you would think there is no World Cup.
02:31This town is loaded with the British.
02:36Lennox Lewis really made this fight happen after the fracas at the New York press conference.
02:43When he was bitten by Tyson he could easily have gotten out of it if he wanted to.
02:50He didn't want to.
02:52He sees this as an opportunity to confirm his place as the best heavyweight of the 90s.
03:02This is a somewhat illicit fight in the sense that all the big boxing states didn't want it.
03:12And all of this security adds to that sense that this is a kind of an outlaw fight.
03:23I think they wanted it. They were just too afraid to accept it, to get it.
03:28adds to that sense that this is a kind of an outlaw fight.
03:36I think they wanted it. They were just too afraid to accept it, to get it.
03:49You cannot fault the planning. Everything coming off without a hitch as the fighters enter the ring.
03:58The heavyweight champion of the world now will go to his half of the ring.
04:13Lewis 13-2-1 in championship fights.
04:28On this unique occasion for boxing we have not one ring announcer but two.
04:35Let's send it inside now to Jimmy Lennon Jr. and Michael Buffer.
04:42Ladies and gentlemen, a very good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Unlimited Memphis, Tennessee.
04:52It is time for our historic night of boxing and our long-awaited much-anticipated featured
04:59bout of the evening. This bout coming away is brought to you by Lion Promotions, Main Events
05:07and Fight Night Inc. in association with Prize Fight Promotions as presented by the undisputed
05:14King of Beers, Budweiser. Tonight here in Memphis, Tennessee we will turn the page to another chapter
05:23in the history book of boxing legends. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event.
05:3012 rounds of boxing for the linear, legitimate and universally recognized
05:38undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.
05:47The three judges assigned to ringside scoring this contest on the 10 points must system are
05:53from South Africa, Alfred Bukwana. From Thailand, Anik Hongthongkam. And from Belgium, Bob Logis.