Mike Tyson Loses to Williams

[chrishcovga]

First I would just like to take this time to tell Mike Tyson, Please don't step into a ring again. He lost to a big overweight ( And I know excess pounds ) fighter from England. He got KO'd in the fourth round, he could have gotten up, but decided just to stay down.

Just stay down Mike, It ain't fun anymore watching you either self destruct or get the butt whoopin you deserve.

Here's the link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/ne...tory?id=1849705

[jditty47]

i didnt see it but i laughed when i heard he lost...i dont mind him stickin around...boxing is so dead right now it needs some life.

[BengalszoneBilly]

From what I heard, he was winning on the judges cards when he got caught getting careless. I was rooting for him because he actually seemed sorta different. I guess the difference was he was fighting out of need, (of $) not just as another fight.

Most of all someone should step in and help poor Mike with his money management. That person should be Don King. It's not like he didn't make a s**tload of cash off of him during Mikes hey days!

[ackley1]

Yeah, I feel bad for poor Mike. He got taken advantage of by alot of people.

[jditty47]

Got this article from espn.com...fully understand now how he lost to this scrub.

IRON MIKE COULDN'T THROW RIGHT HAND AFTER INJURY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mike Tyson tore a ligament in his left knee in the first round of his shocking knockout loss to Danny Williams, his manager said Saturday.

Shelly Finkel said an MRI showed a complex tear of the lateral meniscus, and that Tyson couldn't even walk on the leg Saturday. He said Tyson's ex-wife Monica, who is a doctor, read the results.

"That's why he couldn't throw the right hand the rest of the fight," Finkel said. "I was screaming at him to throw it, but he couldn't."

Tyson was dominating the first round, rocking Williams with shots to the head, but late in the round motioned toward his knee and grimaced. Finkel said Tyson refused to make an excuse and wanted to continue fighting.

Williams ended up knocking Tyson out with a series of punches in the fourth round that left Tyson sprawled on the canvas. Tyson appeared as if he could get up and continue, but made little attempt to get up.

"In retrospect I wish he had said something and said he couldn't continue," Finkel said.

After the fight, Tyson's trainer, Freddie Roach credited Williams with fighting a good fight, but said Tyson was hampered by the injury.

"It's kind of hard to pivot and throw some shots without your left knee," Roach said. "But Danny Williams surprised a lot of us."

Finkel said Tyson was downcast after the fight, and that it would take some time to decide when -- or whether -- to resume his career. The fight with Williams was to be the first in a series of comeback fights to help Tyson pay off $38 million in debt.

Tyson earned some $8 million Friday night, but would keep only $2 million of that if a bankruptcy reorganization plan is approved. That plan, however, was contingent on Tyson fighting seven times in the next three years, which now appears unlikely.

"We'll have to see how emotionally he's hurt from this as opposed to physically," Finkel said. "We need some time to tell."

Promoter Bob Arum, who had planned to offer Tyson a four-fight deal worth some $100 million if he looked good, said that deal was now off the table.

For Tyson to continue, Arum said, he would have to fight for a few hundred thousand dollars a fight to build his record back up before becoming a contender again.

"Certainly it's a different Mike Tyson than there was in our estimation last night," Arum said. "If he's going to continue in the ring it's got to be done on a completely different basis. He's got to fight C and D fighters and build his confidence. You can't put him in with legitimate heavyweights."

Tyson's fight drew a crowd of 17,253 to Freedom Hall, most thinking they would see an early knockout of Williams, whose biggest claim to fame was that he was the former British heavyweight champion.

But, after a shaky first round, Williams fought back and turned the tide late in the third round as Tyson appeared to tire. The fight was a free-for-all, but Williams was stronger and fresher and landed a series of unanswered punches in the fourth round before Tyson went down and the fight was stopped at 2:51 of the round.

"The main thing was to get past the first two rounds and give it to him," Williams said. "I knew he would tire and he did. I just kept punching and punching."

[The Brew Man]

Give it up Mike! Go make cheesy commercials or something! Man, I wish I would have put a buck down on this other kid though, Im sure Mike was a heavy favorite.

[Turi]

From what I heard, he was winning on the judges cards when he got caught getting careless. I was rooting for him because he actually seemed sorta different. I guess the difference was he was fighting out of need, (of $) not just as another fight.

Most of all someone should step in and help poor Mike with his money management. That person should be Don King. It's not like he didn't make a s**tload of cash off of him during Mikes hey days!

First off, as if Tyson would ever have anything to do with King again. King could offer Tyson his debts quashed but there'd still be a catch in it. Tyson's been ripped off him before - he isn't going to let that happen again. Even if Kings offers were totally gratuitious.

Of course Tyson was winning. That's what he does the first few rounds. Infact Danny Williams was lucky he never hit the floor. But he stuck to his gameplan got close and held on the "Iron" Mike. It worked. The only way Williams was going to win was if he took the fight longer.

I actually predicted a Tyson win, I'll admit that, Williams was the real underdog and everyone knew it. But I felt if Williams could work his gameplan and take Tyson past 6 rounds he should win it, just like all the best who have beat him. You've got a longer reach, use it to your advantage. I was wrong in both counts, Williams beat him in the 4th.

I LOVE IT.

[Turi]

Oh but this fight meant sod all anyway, we're talking about a washed up fighter against a fairly young average fighter from my home country.

The heavyweight division is terrible at the minute, Tyson is the last big name to sell tickets and sadly I can't see that happening much longer.

De La Hoya and Hopkins is where it's at