Mike Tyson is taken into account to be top-of-the-line heavyweights to have ever entered the boxing ring. Whereas ‘Iron’ Mike took on virtually each challenger there was throughout his time, a matchup in opposition to Riddick Bowe by no means passed off.
For the reason that combat between the 2 by no means got here to fruition, there has all the time been a relentless debate about who would’ve gained if Tyson and Bowe fought. Nonetheless, a fantasy simulation recreation may need supplied the reply.
A video posted on Boxing Combat Simulations’ YouTube channel gave an perception into how a possible matchup between Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe would’ve gone. Curiously, the simulation turned out to be nearer than followers would’ve thought.
Nonetheless, Tyson was finally in a position to knock out Bowe with a vicious uppercut within the tenth spherical of the combat.
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Tyson and Bowe had been two of the most important names within the heavyweight division in the course of the Nineties. Curiously, they by no means confirmed a want to combat one another as properly as a result of ‘Iron’ Mike was pals with ‘Massive Daddy’. The 2 grew up collectively in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and shared loads in widespread.
Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis: The largest heavyweight matchup ever
‘Iron’ Mike took on Lennox Lewis in 2002 and the bout proved to be the most important combat of the time. Furthermore, it stays the most important heavyweight matchup until date. Whereas the 2 squared off in 2002, their combat was presupposed to happen in 1996.
In ’96, Lennox Lewis was paid $4 million to step-aside and permit Tyson to combat Bruce Seldon. When the 2 finally fought six years later, as one would assume, the combat was a large monetary success. The occasion bought a complete of 1.95 million PPVs, turning into the very best grossing boxing occasion ever, producing $112 million from the identical.
So far as the combat goes, Lewis was dominant all through the combat earlier than knocking Tyson out within the eighth spherical of the combat. Tyson was previous his prime at that time.
Whereas Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis was surpassed by Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 by way of PPV gross sales, it nonetheless is the very best grossing heavyweight bout ever.
