Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis fight part 5
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00:00That's the danger of fighting the taller guy.
00:03But he's doing an excellent job of out-jabbing him now
00:05and being cautious.
00:06Tyson is desperate.
00:09Total punches in round 2,
00:11according to copybox punch stats,
00:13Lewis, 22 of 40 for 55%,
00:16Tyson, 7 of 35 for 20%.
00:20Going into this fight,
00:22everybody thought that Mike Tyson had the stronger jaw.
00:26He has certainly shown a strong jaw in this fight,
00:29because he has taken some solid shots so far.
00:33He's allowing Lennox Lewis to just move around the ring
00:38and do whatever he wants.
00:40Tyson's got to start throwing his jab
00:44to Lennox Lewis' chest and stop trying to hit his head.
00:49That was a good body shot by Mike Tyson.
00:55He can get that right hand down there low and make it sound.
00:57He's coming on top with it sooner or later.
01:00Ronnie Shields told Tyson to make it an ugly fight.
01:03Is that because he thinks that Lewis has had his way
01:07from a distance?
01:08Yeah, he wanted him to get closer.
01:09Don't make it look so pretty
01:10standing out there barbing a weave.
01:11Get close, make it raggedy.
01:14Get up, get up, get up.
01:17When we met with Shields,
01:19he told me, you know,
01:21When we met with Shields,
01:23he told us he showed Tyson a lot of tapes
01:26of himself back in the 80s.
01:28There was a lot of head movement.
01:31He was all in balance,
01:33and he used his jab a lot more.
01:37And you see Lewis is putting his head
01:39and hanging down on the boy's head.
01:41This could cause some problem with the referee,
01:43and I'm telling you.
01:51Excellent jab by Lewis.
01:53And a hold.
01:57This starts working on the back
01:59when a guy keeps leaning on you.
02:00Oh!
02:02Music by Tyson.
02:03Tyson comes up with his empty left foot.
02:06And there's a cut on the right eye of Tyson, it appears.
02:11And they butted head there for a second.
02:18Lewis got hurt.
02:20Lewis got hurt that time also.
02:23Tyson blinking with the blood in his eye.
02:30Lewis calmly looking at his corner
02:32and saying, I've got it under control.
02:39The referee better get in there.
02:40You can't instruct him.
02:41You got to just push your way right through.
02:51Dr. Ira Trockey in Tyson's corner
02:54will go to work on that cut.
02:57Listen to me.
02:59Tyson, get his nose.
03:01Listen to me.
03:03You got to relax yourself.
03:05Give me a towel.
03:06Give me a towel.
03:07Give me a towel.
03:08You're relaxed.
03:09You're relaxed.
03:10Nice and relaxed.
03:11Mike, listen to me.
03:12You let this guy have his way on the outside.
03:15You understand?
03:16Don't let this man have his way on the outside.
03:18You got to be close to this man.
03:19You understand?
03:20You got to stay close to him.
03:21When you get close,
03:22shoot your uppercuts and go to the body with this man.
03:24Okay?
03:25Use your feet.
03:26He can't deal with nothing coming to him.
03:28This fight, you deal with it.
03:29You do.
03:30Sit down and get yourself together.
03:35You can't just be retentive to do this shit.
03:37Shoot that damn uppercut some.
03:39The man is tired.
03:42Here's Lennox Lewis's jabs
03:44as he has his way from outside.
03:46And that first jab there may have caused the cut.
03:49Lewis averaging 25 jabs per round.
03:53When he throws that number, he's very dangerous.
03:56Stop in there.
03:57Let's go.
03:58Stop in there.
03:59Stop in there.
04:00Come on.
04:01Let's go.
04:02Let's bring in Harold Letterman
04:03to see how he has the fight score through three.
04:05Okay, Fred.
04:0629 to 28.
04:07Two rounds to one.
04:08Lennox Lewis.
04:09Fred, I just looked over at Eddie Cotton,
04:11and he signaled to me that the cut was caused
04:13by a punch, not a headbutt.
04:15So if this fight gets stopped because of that cut,
04:17Lennox wins on a TKO.
04:19In the first round,
04:20I thought Mike Tyson did a nice job getting inside,
04:22but in rounds two and three,
04:24just like you saw right there,
04:26Lennox stood on the outside, used that jab,
04:28and came up with some nice, solid right uppercuts.
04:31At this point in the fight,
04:33the bad boy of boxing
04:35is getting spanked by Lennox Lewis.
04:39But he is always dangerous.
04:42Lewis following the Holyfield blueprint,
04:45pushing Tyson back, landing on Tyson.
04:49And right now, firing that right cross at Will.
04:56Tyson gets close.
04:57Lennox Lewis changes or stops everything.
05:00Folds his...
05:02Now there's blood apparently coming from Tyson's nose.
05:07Blood apparently coming from Tyson's nose.
05:24The difference tonight is too much holding for Tyson.
05:27This guy's done too much holding.
05:30Lennox Lewis has been holding too much.
05:32George, he's also been punching the crap out of him.
05:37Tyson doesn't even know where he is about now, better get desperate.
05:44Lennox Lewis told us, that no matter what, Rodney Shields spent 8 weeks teaching Mike
05:52Tyson in Maui during his training camp, that as soon as he got hit, he was going to be