Tyson's career likely over after latest loss to Williams
Joby Martin
Issue date: 8/6/04 Section: Sports
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A moment of silence please, for the boxing career of Mike Tyson.
"Iron Mike's" career was pronounced dead two minutes and fifty one seconds into his heavyweight bout with Danny Williams on Friday, July 30.
This begs one question: Who in the name of Cus D'Amato is Danny Williams?
I'll admit that, even as a boxing fan, I did not have the slightest clue who Danny Williams was. But I certainly do now. Williams will be the man credited with ending the Mike Tyson era of boxing, for better or worse.
In the first round, Tyson was channeling the "Iron Mike."
His left hook was as devastating as the left hooks that earned him nicknames like "Kid Dynamite" and the "Baddest Man on the Planet" in the late eighties and early nineties.
Combinations of speed and power, like a lightning-quick jab, his patented right uppercut, staggered Williams barely two minutes into the fight. Tyson looked like the same man everyone used to be so deathly afraid of. Tyson was a man on fire. He was fighting like a man who is $38 million in debt.
Then it all came crashing down, like so much else in this man's life. Tyson suffered a knee injury late in the first round, which, at first, was diagnosed as a twisted knee. But MRI exams performed after the fight showed four torn ligaments in Tyson's left knee.
Williams still seemed cautious in the second round, despite facing an opponent who had lost his ability to pivot, move laterally, or put pressure on his left knee. The left hooks that threatened to end the fight in Tyson's favor were gone.
Still, after absorbing a massive amount of damage at the hands of Tyson in the first round. Williams was cautious. Then, he unintentionally head butted Tyson, which left a huge gash over Tyson's right eye that was bleeding excessively. He was called for a low blow and penalized two points.
Tyson was not physically capable to capitalize on Williams' obvious mistakes, despite winning the first three rounds. But the fight changed pace so suddenly in the third round that it seemed as if Tyson had surrendered.
"Iron Mike's" career was pronounced dead two minutes and fifty one seconds into his heavyweight bout with Danny Williams on Friday, July 30.
This begs one question: Who in the name of Cus D'Amato is Danny Williams?
I'll admit that, even as a boxing fan, I did not have the slightest clue who Danny Williams was. But I certainly do now. Williams will be the man credited with ending the Mike Tyson era of boxing, for better or worse.
In the first round, Tyson was channeling the "Iron Mike."
His left hook was as devastating as the left hooks that earned him nicknames like "Kid Dynamite" and the "Baddest Man on the Planet" in the late eighties and early nineties.
Combinations of speed and power, like a lightning-quick jab, his patented right uppercut, staggered Williams barely two minutes into the fight. Tyson looked like the same man everyone used to be so deathly afraid of. Tyson was a man on fire. He was fighting like a man who is $38 million in debt.
Then it all came crashing down, like so much else in this man's life. Tyson suffered a knee injury late in the first round, which, at first, was diagnosed as a twisted knee. But MRI exams performed after the fight showed four torn ligaments in Tyson's left knee.
Williams still seemed cautious in the second round, despite facing an opponent who had lost his ability to pivot, move laterally, or put pressure on his left knee. The left hooks that threatened to end the fight in Tyson's favor were gone.
Still, after absorbing a massive amount of damage at the hands of Tyson in the first round. Williams was cautious. Then, he unintentionally head butted Tyson, which left a huge gash over Tyson's right eye that was bleeding excessively. He was called for a low blow and penalized two points.
Tyson was not physically capable to capitalize on Williams' obvious mistakes, despite winning the first three rounds. But the fight changed pace so suddenly in the third round that it seemed as if Tyson had surrendered.
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