Tyson vs McBride

[spman 0]

Well, Tysons 567645th comeback fight is next week against Kevin McBride. Does McBride have an ice cubes chance in hell of knocking out captain insano? Is there a chance this will be the final nail in Tysons coffin and he will finally go away for good this time after getting humiliated by another nobody? My prediction is Tyson KOing the bum in under 4 rounds. Any opinions?

[Dangerous A 0]

Actually, after the Tyson's last fight in which the proverbial "tomato can" beat his ass, yes, I give this guy a puncher's chance.

[razazteca 0]

Tyson will get knocked out in the 2nd round.

[cabbageboy 0]

At this point Tyson isn't even about winning fights. It's all about the car wreck appeal, and frankly if he's going to job to bums then there isn't much of that either.

 

That Danny Williams fight was here in Louisville...I have no idea why anyone would pay a few hundred to see it. Sure, this jobber here has a shot, if Tyson could lose to Williams he could lose here too.

[CanadianChris 0]

You guys have short memories. Tyson was DESTROYING Williams before he blew out his knee. His corner should've thrown in the towel sometime during the third round.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Tyson's still a fuckin' nutbar thug, even if he is getting old and injured. First round KO.

[Crimson Platypus 0]

The last time I watched Tyson fight was when he bit Holyfield's ear, and that will remain the last time.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Looking up common opponents between Kevin McBride and Danny Williams, I found Michael Murray. Michael Murray is a professional punching bag with a career record of 16-26. Williams KO'd Murray twice. Murray has lost 17 of his last 18 fights. The only fight he won was against a fighter by the name of Kevin McBride.

 

McBride has lost fights to DaVarryl Williamson, Murray, Axel Schultz, and Louis Monaco. He has yet to face a fighter of any note whatsoever. Tyson KO's McBride here, fairly easily. I think Tyson realizes that if he loses, it is the end of the line.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

He lost to Axel Schultz? Woof.

[CanadianChris 0]

Did anyone see the press conference for this fight? McBride's manager tried talking some trash, and Tyson told him to sit down before "you get your boy killed." The manager was still up there talking, and Tyson said he'd "gut him (McBride) like a fish."

 

Classic.

[razazteca 0]

This fight makes me think of the movie The Great White Hype.

[Guest Big_Jay101]

It is quite funny, you say that, only if McBride wasn't Irish and they claimed he was though.

[nl5xsk1 0]

My theory, in terms of entertainment value:

 

The press conference > the fight

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Kevin McBride is the tallest fighter Tyson has ever gotten in the ring with. He also generally weighs over 250 lbs.

[King Kamala 0]

I think McBride has got a shot at beating Tyson, not much of one mind you, but he's got a shot. What can I say? I'm pulling for the guy, I'm part Irish for Gods sake. We need another famous athelete.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Tyson in under two, McBride is pretty terrible.

[King Kamala 0]

I saw Kevin McBride beat Marcus "Tuffy" Rhodes on NESN like a year ago.....he didn't look impressive. But I'm still holding out hope for my Irish brother!

[Guest Brian]

Tyson's corner threw in the towel after round 6. Came out roaring, fell apart. Link will be up later.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Tyson lost to a nobody?

 

Never saw that coming. Nope. Not at all.

[bob_barron 0]

I think Tyson realizes that if he loses, it is the end of the line.

 

Yea....it's the end of the line

[Guest Brian]

That's what they're saying on ESPNNEWS, that he realizes that it's the end.

[Vern Gagne 0]

I bet Tyson fights again. If only because he still needs to pay back the IRS.

[razazteca 0]

Tyson can still be a star in K-1 if he wants to since fights there never go past the 3rd round.

[spman 0]

Wooow, as probobly the only person ont his board stupid enough to order this train wreck, I can honestly say that I got my 45 dollars worth. The first 2 fights were a total washout, although the women weren't bad, the maine vent was something else though. They went at it back in fourth without stopping for the first four rounds, but McBride was clearly dominating by the end of Round 5 in what would ahve been the end of the fight had the bell not rung. The fifth and Sixth rounds saw a desperate Tyson go back to his old tactics of headbutting and other shenanigans. Finally at the end of the Sixth Round, McBride simply pushed Tyson to the mat, and Tyson had noticably lost his composure and had a hard time getting up after that. That was when he called the fight. I'm shocked really, although I know I shouldn't be.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

 

ESPN.com......

 

WASHINGTON – Mike Tyson's career might have ended in shocking fashion Saturday night when he quit on the stool after taking a beating in a foul-filled sixth round against unheralded Kevin McBride.

 

Tyson lost for the third time in his last four fights, and once again he faded badly as the rounds went on before head butting McBride in a desperate attempt to end the fight in the sixth round.

 

"I can still get in shape but I don't think I have the fight and guts anymore," former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson told Showtime PPV after the bout, while a chorus of boos filled the MCI Center.

 

"I don't have the stomach for this no more. I most likely won't fight again. I'm not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighter. I'm sorry to disappoint. I wish there was some way the fans could get some of their money back."

 

Tyson was pushed to the canvas when the round ended, his head stuck between the first and second ropes. He got up very slowly, wobbled back to his corner and sat on his stool.

 

When referee Joe Cortez came by to look at him, his corner told Cortez the fighter could not continue. Cortez then went over and raised McBride's hand in victory.

 

The 38-year-old Tyson was a huge favorite over McBride and won the early rounds. But as the fight went on, it was McBride landing the bigger punches as Tyson desperately tried to score a knockout.

 

Tyson was weary by the fifth round and, in the sixth round, he was penalized two points for deliberately head butting McBride and opening a cut over his left eye. The head BUTT came after Tyson appeared to try to break McBride's arm in a clinch like he once did against Francois Botha and after he hit him with several low blows.

 

In a career filled with tremendous highs and terrible lows, Tyson may have reached a new low in the loss to McBride, who came into the fight with no credentials.

 

"I don't have the stomach for this anymore," Tyson said. "I most likely won't fight anymore. I'm not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters."

 

Tyson was a shell of the fighter he once was, throwing wild punches and trying to knock out McBride with each shot. But McBride took the punches and came back with some of his own and Tyson gradually began wearing down.

 

The sixth round was bizarre even by the standards of a fighter once banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ears.

 

Tyson was clearly exhausted and opened the round by throwing wild shots. He then appeared to try to break McBride's arm, drawing a protest from the Irish fighter.

 

"He tried to break my arm and he butted me,'' McBride said. "That's the rough stuff in boxing."

 

Tyson wasn't through. He banged his bald head against McBride, prompting Cortez to take two points from him for the foul.

 

"I could have gone on but I thought I was getting beat," Tyson said. "I don't think I have it anymore."

 

Tyson was tentative early, showing little of the aggressiveness that once made him a feared fighter. McBride stood right in front of him, but Tyson was content to land only one punch at a time, perhaps remembering how he ran out of gas in his previous fights.

 

"There's no rush," trainer Jeff Fenech said after the first round.

 

But it turned out there was a rush as Tyson faded just as he did against Danny Williams last July. That loss was blamed on torn cartilage in Tyson's leg, but it was clear even to the pro-Tyson crowd of 15,472 at the MCI Center on this night that Tyson was a shot fighter.

 

The 6-foot-5 McBride towered over Tyson and weighed 271 pounds to 233 for the former champion. But he had been knocked out four times by lesser fighters and wasn't expected to give Tyson much of a fight.

 

When the fight was stopped, Tyson was ahead 57-55 on two scorecards and behind by the same score on the third. The Associated Press had it 56-56.

 

"This win was for the pride of Ireland,"McBride said. "I proved everyone wrong tonight."

 

Tyson got some prefight guidance from Muhammad Ali, who visited him in the dressing room. But even The Greatest couldn't do anything for the conditioning and reflexes of a fighter who really hasn't beaten a top heavyweight since he defeated Razor Ruddock 14 years ago.

 

Tyson badly needed the win after being stopped by Williams, and vowed in the week before the fight that he would regain the heavyweight title. He told McBride he would "gut you like a fish" and claimed he was once again in top condition.

 

Everyone without an Irish accent was at the arena hoping to see Tyson show them flashes of the fighter he once was when he ruled the heavyweight division. But Tyson was tentative, threw punches one at a time and grew increasingly frustrated as McBride took everything he had.

 

Tyson was paid $5 million for the fight, which was on the low end of purses he has made in his career. After his creditors got $2 million, the IRS got its cut and his ex-wife got $750,000, so there wasn't much left for the fighter.

 

Tyson still owes nearly $40 million and there were plans for him to fight up to seven times to pay off the debt. But those plans didn't include Tyson taking the kind of beating that McBride was beginning to administer to him in the fifth and sixth rounds.

 

McBride was paid $150,000, the same amount he turned down last year to fight Tyson. McBride has an intimidating nickname in the Clones Colossus, but has been knocked out four times and has never beaten a boxer of any note.

 

One of those knockout losses came in 1998 in England to a fighter named Michael Murray, who won only one time in his last 17 fights – against McBride.

[mike546 0]

Anybody watching Tysons post fight press conference? For a guy whos bitten someones ear off, I can't help but like the guy.

[Precious Roy 0]

FIX!

[cabbageboy 0]

Everyone says it is over for Tyson, but it really can't be. The guy owes like 40 million dollars, so he's basically designated punching bag for the next 5 years or so until he pays it off. It'll be a sad sight too and every time he fights people will wonder if he'll finally bust it out.

[Vern Gagne 0]

I believe he had like two fights left in order to pay the IRS back.

[Precious Roy 0]

Tyson's postmatch interview he came out and said he was done, said he had nothing to fight for, no passion, and that he quit after the 6th because he didn't want to keep fighting. And he was completely calm and subdued, I really can't see him coming back.....

 

I still think the whole thing was fixed though.