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LARRY: HERE COMES MIKE TYSON.
IT IS A TRIBUTE TO TYSON,
INCIDENTALLY, THAT THIS FIGHT
WOULD HAPPEN IN TOKYO.
HE HAS FILLED THIS BUILDING
WITH ABOUT 16,000 PEOPLE.
AREN'T MANY FIGHTERS OUT
THERE WHO CAN DO THAT.
CERTAINLY, NO NONCHAMPIONS.
JIM: INDEED, MIKE WILL TELL
YOU IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
THAT HE IS STILL THE MAIN MAN
IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION,
WHERE TICKET SALES ARE
CONCERNED.
HE'S SUGGESTING THAT NEITHER
HOLYFIELD NOR FOREMAN AND
CERTAINLY NOT RAZOR RUDDOCK
COULD EVER DREAM OF SELLING
AS MANY PARTICULAR KETS OR AS
MANY PAY-PER-VIEW
SUBSCRIPTIONS --
LARRY: WELL, HE WILL BE
PROVEN WRONG ON THAT WHEN
HOLYFIELD DOES FIGHT FOREMAN.
BUT SUFFICE TO SAY THAT HE IS
STILL A MAJOR ATTRACTION.
RINGSIDE SEATS ARE JUST $400,
A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY HAVE
BEEN IN THE PAST FOR HIM.
THERE ARE SOME CONSEQUENCES
TO LOSING.
JIM: TYSON'S LAST FIGHT --
2:47 AGAINST HENRY TILLMAN,
THE MAN WHO HAD BEATEN HIM
TWICE BACK IN THE AMATEUR
RANKS.
IN THAT MOB SURROUNDING MIKE
ARE ALL THREE OF THE TRAINERS
NOW ENLISTED IN "TEAM TYSON."
AARON SNOWELL, RICHIE
GIACHETTI, AND JAY BRIGHT.
THE THREE OF THEM NESTLED
JUST HIEN THE FIGHTER AS THEY
MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE RING.
LAYER LOOKS LIKE A
T-FORMATION WITH A FLANKER.
JIM: THAT'S RIGHT.
MIKE IS PLAYING CORNERBACK.
INTO A SORT OF SHORT PUNT
FORMATION AT THIS POINT.
NOW MIKE WILL EMERGE INTO THE
RING WHERE MOST OF THE CROWD
WILL GET ITS FIRST LOOK AT
HIM.
LARRY: WHAT HE IS WEARING IS
A TORN TOWEL.
JIM: THIS IS THE 4OTH BOUT OF
TYSON'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
HIS KNOCKOUT PERCENTAGE IS
HIGH, BUT NOT THE HIGHEST IN
THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT.
THERE GOES ANGELLA STEWART.
LARRY: TYSON LOOKS A LITTLE
FITTER.
I LIKE MIKE TYSON WHEN HE
LOOKS SMALL.
WHEN HE LOOKS LIKE A BIG
MIDDLE WEIGHT OR LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT.
JIM: LET'S GO TO THE RING
ANNOUNCER, MICHAEL BUFFER,
FOR THE PRE-FIGHT
INTRODUCTIONS.
MICHAEL: DON KING PRODUCTIONS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TRUMP
PLAZA HOTEL AND CASINO HERE
ON THE BOARDWALK IN ATLANTIC
CITY, NEW JERSEY PRESENT THE
FEATURE BOUT OF THE EVENING.
IN ATTENDANCE HERE AT
RINGSIDE TONIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, OUR HOST, A MAN
WHO'S BROUGHT 5O CHAMPIONSHIP
BOUTS TO ATLANTIC CITY IN THE
LAST FOUR YEARS -- MR. DONALD
J. TRUMP.
AND IN THE RING AT THIS TIME,
THE PROMOTER FOR THE NIGHT'S
GREAT EVENT AND MANY OTHERS
THROUGH THE YEARS, MR. DON
KING.
THIS BOUT IS SANCTIONED BY
THE NUR JERS STATE ATHLETIC
CONTROL BOARD.
ALL THE OFFICIALS SHALL
REMAIN THE SAME EXCEPT THE
JUDGES ASSIGNED AT RINGSIDE.
FOR THIS BOUT THEY ARE --
MICHAEL: FROM THE BOARDWALK
IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY,
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE 10
ROUNDS OF BOXING!
IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION.
THE REFEREE FOR THIS BOUT IS
FRANK CAPPUCCINO.
INTRODUCING FIRST, FIGHTING
OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER,
WEARING THE BLACK TRUNKS WITH
GOLD TRIM.
HE WEIGHED IN AT AN EVEN 218
POUNDS.
HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD, AN
UNBELIEVABLE ONE -- 26
VICTORIES.
ALL 26 BY KNOCKOUT.
ONLY ONE DEFEAT.
HE IS THE NUMBER FOUR-RANKED
HEAVYWEIGHT IN THE WORLD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALEX
"THE DESTROYER" STEWART!
AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED
CORNER, WEARING THE SOLID
BLACK TRUNKS.
ALSO AN UNBELIEVABLE RECORD,
38 VICTORIES, 34 BY K.O.
ONLY ONE DEFEAT.
HE'S THE NUMBER ONE RANKED
HEAVYWEIGHT IN THE WORLD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
OF THE WORLD -- "IRON" MIKE
TYSON!
REFEREE: YOU WERE BOTH GIVEN
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS BY THE NEW
JERSEY CONTROL BOARD.
PROTECT YOURSELVES AT ALL
TIMES.
BOTH OF YOU TOUCH GLOVES.
COME ON.
COME ON.
LARRY: THE QUESTION, AS IN
ALL TYSON FIGHTS, CAN THE
OPPONENT MAINTAIN HIS POISE
IN THE FACE OF TYSON'S
QUICKNESS AND MENACE?
OR WILL HE RETREAT INTO
SELF-DEFENSE?
JIM: STEWART HAS STATED
CATEGORICALLY THAT HE KNOWS
HE NEEDS TO KEEP THROWING
PUNCHES.
JIM: TYSON THROWS TO THE
RIGHT.
THIS COULD BE QUICK.
LARRY: I WAS AFRAID AFTER
3O-SECOND SOUND BITE.
JIM: STEWART NEVER WENT DOWN AGAINST HOLYFIELD.
JIM: THAT WILL BE CALLED A SLIP.
MIKE IS A LITTLE WILD AS HE GOES FOR THE KILL.
JIM THAT WAS A FLUSH RIGHT
HAND.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEFN, EIGHT, NINE
--
LARRY: UP JUST AT THE COUNT
OF NINE.
LARRY: TYSON IS VERY CALCULATING NOW.
JIM: THAT WILL DO IT.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
NINE.
JIM: THEY'RE FORGETTING THAT
THE 3-KNOCKDOWN RULE IS IN
EFFECT.
THIS FIGHT IS OVER.
LARRY: STEWART SAID THAT
TYSON IS A MOUNTAIN THAT HE
HAD TO CLIMB.
HE JUST GOT KNOCKED OFF THAT
MOUNTAIN.
HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE
STYLE, JIM, UNLIKE DOUGLAS,
TO TEST THE VULNERABILITY OF
TYSON.
JIM: NOT NEARLY THE
TECHNICIAN THAT DOUGLAS WAS
WHEN DOUGLAS WAS GOOD.
LARRY: EARLY IN THE FIGHT,
DOUGLAS TIED DIE SON UP.
HE USED HIS JAB, AND SURVIVED
AND DETERMINE THE PACE OF THE
FIGHT.
>> LET ME TAKE A LOOK HERE.
GOT CAUGHT EARLY.
FIRST FIGHT, FIRST PUNCH.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
YOU GOT KNOCKED DOWN?
>> THREE TIMES.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST
ONE?
>> YES.
>> OK.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND UP
NOW?
>> YEAH.
>> STAND UP FOR ME.
PUT YOUR FEET TOGETHER AS YOU
STAND UP.
I'M JUST -- PUT YOUR FEET
TOGETHER.
LET HIM GO.
JIM: HE IS HERE IS THE FIRST
OF THE THREE KNOCKDOWNS.
YOU LOOK AT TYSON MOVING IN
WITH CONTROLLED FURRY AND THE
RIGHT HAND PUTS STEWART DOWN.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET UP AT THE
COUNT OF FIVE.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AS THIS
IS THE FIRST KNOCKDOWN AGAIN.
MICHAEL: THE WINNER BY T.K.O.
VICTORY, "IRON" MIKE TYSON!
JIM: THAT KNOCKDOWN OCCURRED
WITHIN THE FIRST 10 SECONDS
OF THE ROUND.
NOW WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT
KNOCKDOWN NUMBER TWO.
BY THIS TIME STEWART STILL
WOBBLY.
HE WENT DOWN WITHOUT MIKE
HAVING TO LAND A CRUSHING
BLOW.
ANOTHER LOOK AT KNOCKDOWN
NUMBER TWO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RIGHT
HAND SIMPLY GLANCED OFF THE
TOP OF STEWART'S HEAD.
BUT IT WAS FLUFF TO PUT DOWN
A VERY WOBBLEABLY FIGHTER AT
THAT POINT.
HERE IS A THIRD LOOK AT THAT
SAME SNOKDOWN -- KNOCKDOWN
NUMBER TWO.
THE LEFT TO SET IT UP.
THE GLANCES RIGHT OFF THE TOP
OF THE HEAD.
STEWART ZOUN FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN THE ROUND.
STILL MORE THOON 1:4O
REMAINED IN THE ROUND AT THAT
POINT.
WITH THE 3-KNOCKDOWN RULE IN
EFFECT, IT WAS UP TO STEWART
TO TRY TO STAY ON HIS FEET TO
MAKE IT THROUGH ROUND NUMBER
ONE.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO IT.
HERE IS KNOCKDOWN NUMBER
THREE WHICH CAME AT 2:27 OF
THE FIRST ROUND.
THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ALEX
STEWART.
REFEREE FRANK CAPPUCCINO
BEGAN THE COUNT, WHICH WAS
ACADEMIC AT THAT POINT
BECAUSE OF THE
THREE-KNOCKDOWN RULE.
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE THIRD
KNOCKDOWN.
SOLID LEFT TO THE SIDE OF THE
HEAD.
BUT BY THAT TIME, IT WAS THE
ACCUMULATION OF PUNISHMENT
THROUGH THE ROUND WHICH
CONTRIBUTED TO STEWART'S
DEMISE.
SO MIKE TYSON IN HIS THREE
FIGHTS IN THIS PARTICULAR
RING -- HIS LAST THREE
FIGHTS, I SHOULD SAY, THIS
THIS PARTICULAR RING HAS A
91-SECOND KNOCKOUT, A
93-SECOND KNOCKOUT AND THIS
ONE 147 SECONDS.
THREE FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUTS
IN HIS LAST THREE APPEARANCES
HERE IN ATLANTIC CITY FOR
TYSON.
JIM: STEWART STOPPED
PUFRNLING SOMEWHERE EARLY IN
THE ROUND.
HE TRIED SURVIVE BY THE, BY
NOW, OBVIOUS RESULT.
SO THIS CROWD REMAINS ON ITS
FEET.
ALMOST EVERYONE STILL HERE IN
THE ARENA.
AS THEY AWAIT OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE WAIT TO SEE IF WE'LL --
THEY'VE GOTTEN THE OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I WAS LOOKING AT REPLAYS.
I'M TOLD THE OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN
MADE BY MICHAEL BUFFER.
AND WE WAIT NOW SEE IF WE'LL
GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH
MIKE TYSON ABOUT THIS, THE
39TH VICTORY OF HIS
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
MICHAEL: IS HE BACK?
"IRON" MIKE TYSON, 2:47 OF
THE FIRST ROUND.
JIM: HERE COMES MIKE TYSON
NOW TO JOIN US AT RINGSIDE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON VICTORY
NUMBER 39.
I CAME OUT WITH FURRY, TO SAY
THE LEAST.
KNOCKED HIM DOWN IN THE FIRST
10 SECONDS OF THE ROUND.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO YOU
TO SCORE A FIRST-ROUND
KNOCKOUT TONIGHT?
MIKE: I KNEW HE WAS A
DANGEROUS FIGHTER ONCE HE GOT
WARMED UP.
I KNEW I COULD BREAK HIM
EVENTUALLY.
JIM: YOU APPEAR TO BE IN
SENSATIONAL CONDITION.
DO YOU FEEL CONSIDERABLY
DIFFERENTLY THAN WAS THE CASE
IN TOKYO?
MICHAEL: ABSOLUTELY.
JIM: HOW DOES JUER SITUATION
COMPARE NOW AS TO WHAT MOST
PEOPLE WOULD CALL THE PEEK OF
PEAK OF YOUR CAREER CHU
KNOCKED SPINKS OUT?
MICHAEL: THERE ARE THINGS I
KNOW WERE MISTAKES.
BUT IT IS A GOOD FIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL MY
FANS ON HBO THAT'S BEEN
SUPPORTING ME.
THIS IS MY LAST FIGHT ON HBO
BECAUSE HBO WOULD RATHER SEE
HOLYFIELD THAN ME.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME.
I LOVE YOU ALL.
JIM: HOW IMPORTANT AT THIS
MOMENT IS THE COMING
ARBITRATION WITH REGARD TO
THE WBC CHAMP YOPSHIP AND THE
POSSIBLE WBC TITLE FIGHT WITH
RUDDOCK?
MIKE AS LONG AS I CAN FIGHT
FOR THE TITLE.
I'D LOVE TO FIGHT RUDDOCK.
HE'S NOT THE BADEST MAN THAT
EVERYONE SAYS HE IS.
JIM WOULD YOU RATHER FIGHT
THE WINNER OF
FOREMAN/HOLYFIELD?
MICHAEL: I WILL FIGHT ANYONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE RUDDOCK MIGHT
BE IN THE WINGS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
FIGHTING RUDDOCK.
JIM: CAN YOU ELABORATE WHY
YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN
TREATED UNFAIRLY BY THIS
NETWORK?
MICHAEL: I HAVE NO COMMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK -- THE
COMPANY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO
ALL MY TROOPS AGAIN.
I'M OUT OF HERE.
JIM: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE DON'T NEGOTIATE ON THE
AIR.
OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE SETH
ABRAHAM WILL HAVE PLENTY TO
SAY IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL ABOUT ANOTHER MIKE
TYSON DEAL ON HBO.
IT HAS BEEN OUR HOPE FOR THE
PAST YEAR THAT WE COULD
COMPLETE ONE MORE DEAL TO
GIVE A LONG-TERM CONTRACT TO
MIKE TYSON AND TO CONTINUE TO
COVER HIS FIGHTS HERE ON HBO.
BUT THERE WILL BE NO
NEGOTIATION ON THE AIR.
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN
DON KING AND SETH HA BRA HAM.
WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT MIKE WAS
WILLING TONIGHT TO COME AND
SPEAK TO US AT RINGSIDE IN
THE MIDST OF WHAT IS "QUITE
CANDIDLY, A FROSTY PERIOD
BETWEEN US AND HIM AND HIS