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WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson faces IBF Champion Tony Tucker to unify the Heavyweight Championship in the Finals of the HBO Tournament to have 1 champion.

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00:00:00In the past 16 months, we've traveled back and forth to the Neon of Las Vegas, the bright

00:00:17light to the world's most vibrant city in New York, and we've even hopped the Atlantic

00:00:21and ventured to London, England.

00:00:24It's been an eight-fight journey into the madcap world of professional boxing.

00:00:30The BetBad series on HBO.

00:00:34We've seen the drama and disappointment of fallen champions.

00:00:38The former IBF and WBC heavyweight champion, Larry Lee, the Eastern Assassin, Cole, Tim Witherstuhl.

00:00:54Uppercut was a good shot by Stinks.

00:00:57Stinks just let it all go.

00:00:58And Thomas is in trouble.

00:01:01He is in serious trouble.

00:01:03Wormick right on top of him.

00:01:06Witherstuhl's still in trouble.

00:01:08Down he goes again.

00:01:09And now it's over.

00:01:10Rivera stops the fight.

00:01:12The fight is over.

00:01:14The varied controversial issues which have plagued this quest for one champion.

00:01:17And I can say to the judges, the referees, the promoters, to kiss where the sun don't shine.

00:01:25And since we're on HBO, that's my big black behind.

00:01:29Angry and bitter fighters making accusations of promoters and, at times, even pulling out.

00:01:35Others taking a different road to greener pastures as lawsuits are flying and championship belts are stripped.

00:01:42The disappointment and disgrace of challengers turned club fighters.

00:01:46We also witness the emergence of a rising star.

00:01:57Tonight, we'll focus on Mike Tyson's trainer, Kevin Rooney, whose influence on the young champion is traced back to his own days as a fighter.

00:02:07Now, Tyson takes the final step toward the undisputed title.

00:02:11And now Tyson moves in for the kill.

00:02:13Two of the cuts in the left hand.

00:02:15Thomas trying to hold on.

00:02:16Serious trouble.

00:02:17And down he goes.

00:02:18And finally, we've seen the opportunists.

00:02:26Tony Tucker, after a come from behind TKO, Buster Douglas, has emerged as the IBS heavyweight champion.

00:02:33There was enough hook there.

00:02:35And a right behind him.

00:02:36And another right.

00:02:37Buster is in deep trouble on the ropes.

00:02:39Almost halfway through the round.

00:02:41And Mills Lane, I believe, has stopped this one.

00:02:44He has.

00:02:44It's over.

00:02:45Tonight, we take an in-depth look at his controversial business relationship with his father, Bob Tucker.

00:02:52As we present the final chapter of HBO Sports Heavyweight Unification Series.

00:03:03Tonight in Las Vegas, Tyson and Tucker meet for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.

00:03:15Live from the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, HBO Sports presents the final fight of our heavyweight unification series.

00:03:42As WBC and WBA champion, Mike Tyson, beats IBF champion, Tony Tucker.

00:03:48It's scheduled for 12 rounds.

00:03:51On March 22nd of 1986, Pinkland Thomas lost his WBC title to Trevor Burbick in this very arena.

00:03:59The first fight in a heavyweight unification series, which finally reaches a conclusion tonight.

00:04:04Champions have come and gone.

00:04:06Michael Spink still claims a piece of the crown as the choice of at least some.

00:04:09But tonight, one man will climb out of this 20-foot square with the undisputed title for the first time since February 15th, 1978.

00:04:19Ironically, it was in this very ring and in this very arena that the enigmatic Leon Spinks took the undisputed title from the legendary Muhammad Ali.

00:04:28Hello, everybody. I'm Barry Tompkins, along with Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Merchant.

00:04:33Welcome to Las Vegas.

00:04:34Yes, there will be a championship fight tonight, contrary to some discussions yesterday.

00:04:38Discussions about the fact that there were an awful lot of hands in Tony Tucker's pocket, none of which were Tony's.

00:04:44And also, I think a lot of people would have liked to have seen Michael Spinks in this championship fight and not Tony Tucker.

00:04:50But, Larry Merchant, the simple fact is Michael Spinks is up in the ozone here and Tony Tucker is here tonight in the ring.

00:04:58I don't think there's any question or that there's any secret that we'd have preferred to have Michael Spinks fighting Tyson in the final showdown.

00:05:04But given the politics and the egos and the conflicts of interest in boxing and the fact that some fighters try to circumvent the tournament and others try to sabotage the tournament,

00:05:14it's simply amazing that we would have any final at all.

00:05:18And it's even odd, in a way, that Michael Spinks, of all people, really validated Tucker as an opponent for tonight

00:05:25because Spinks not only refused to fight Tyson in the tournament, but he also gave up his share of the heavyweight championship

00:05:32so that he didn't have to defend against Tucker, who was a mandatory challenger.

00:05:38Who is this unknown terror?

00:05:40Well, he's unbeaten against ordinary opposition.

00:05:42He's never been knocked down against the same opposition.

00:05:46And he is a big, tall, defensive-oriented fighter, the kind of fighter that has frustrated Tyson in the past.

00:05:53And one other thing, Barry, he has a 14-inch advantage in his hair length.

00:05:58Sure, let's talk for just a moment about Mike Tyson.

00:06:01He's a guy, and everyone has said this, including yourself, the only person who's going to beat Mike Tyson is Mike Tyson.

00:06:06And yet a couple of things that went a little bit astray for the champion in the past couple of weeks.

00:06:10He missed three or four days of training.

00:06:12That's never happened before.

00:06:14And when he weighed in yesterday, he was three or four pounds heavier than he has been, at least in recent fights.

00:06:19Is it just a mountain out of a molehill?

00:06:20Is there anything to it at all?

00:06:22Well, I think for Mike Tyson, what appears to be uncut to risk is really normal.

00:06:26Because when I was training for Hagler, I trained for so long, Barry, I had to break training.

00:06:30I had to break monotony.

00:06:31I think the same thing applies to Mike Tyson.

00:06:33He wanted to get away from that training atmosphere and go to a more peaceful-like atmosphere.

00:06:39It's okay.

00:06:39I don't see no big problem with that.

00:06:41All right, and of course, when something like that does happen, when a Mike Tyson does go away, well, then I guess all the fingers start pointing.

00:06:46And in this case, the most logical place for them to point is into his own corner.

00:06:50And the second man in his corner, his trainer, Kevin Rooney.

00:06:54Now, of course, if Kevin Rooney is going to be held accountable at all for some of the lapses in Mike Tyson's training,

00:06:59then I guess it's fair to say that he can also be held accountable for Mike Tyson's record.

00:07:07Everybody try to relax and do the right thing now.

00:07:10Try to move your heads.

00:07:11Like, do the best you ever did, you know what I'm saying?

00:07:14You guys understand what I'm saying?

00:07:16Don't make me go off, you understand?

00:07:18That's work.

00:07:20That's work.

00:07:21That's work.

00:07:23At 31, Kevin Rooney has a stable of two toddlers and one 21-year-old heavyweight champion,

00:07:29all of which happened happily in the long run, but unhappily at that moment,

00:07:35after Alexis Arguello ended his own championship ambitions.

00:07:39Rooney learned that giving advice can be more rewarding than receiving punches.

00:07:44Rooney's journey to his enviable position began as a teenager in upstate New York

00:07:50where he sat at the feet of Zen boxing master, Kuss D'Amato.

00:07:55It was like a powwow, and then the more I got to know him, the more he spoke to me.

00:08:01Like, when I first came up, we used to take long rides to the city,

00:08:04and you would talk over and over the stories and, you know, life in general.

00:08:09You know, I feel that everything that I know and that I teach is what I learned from Kuss.

00:08:14Rooney was D'Amato's keenest disciple when Tyson arrived at age 14 from a correctional institution.

00:08:22Gradually, a bond developed between the amateur and the pro,

00:08:26and D'Amato groomed Rooney to carry on his legacy through the future champion,

00:08:31even though he had never trained anyone before.

00:08:34The torch was passed when D'Amato died a year and a half ago.

00:08:38We just both grew up around Kuss. We're like brothers.

00:08:45It's not business to me, which would mean him.

00:08:48I guess we're more friends than just, you know, boxer, trainer.

00:08:52But when it comes to business, when the job has to be done, you know, we both do our job.

00:08:55He's only looking for one shot on me.

00:08:57You've got to be satisfied. You've got to be even more aware now, you know what I'm saying?

00:09:00You can't get lazy. You can't get careless.

00:09:03Michael, you have a great jab. You're not using it at all.

00:09:05I want you a snappy-hard jab. You're not fighting with that.

00:09:07But given the high expectations of the precocious Tyson,

00:09:15whenever he looks less than his best, whether it's his fault or not,

00:09:20rumors surfaced. Rumors that a veteran, perhaps like Eddie Futch, will join or replace Rooney.

00:09:27I'm able to handle it. I know what I'm doing.

00:09:30See, I've said this before. I've said it to newspaper men.

00:09:33I, you know, I know how to read and I see, you know, this guy, bring this guy in.

00:09:38Rooney's not doing it, this and that.

00:09:40I just take that stuff with a grain of salt.

00:09:42See, I've always said, I don't, I'm not, I don't consider that I'm better than anybody.

00:09:47But I don't consider anyone that's better than me.

00:09:50Now, how can I say that?

00:09:51I say that because I got an education.

00:09:53I was around Cus D'Amato, who was head and shoulders above everybody.

00:09:59There wasn't a greater trainer, teacher, or manager than Cus.

00:10:04Inevitably, despite the dynamic Tyson's perfect record,

00:10:09Rooney has been and will continue to be targeted for his imperfections.

00:10:14Rooney balances the ballyhoo with the bellyaching by working with prison inmates.

00:10:19That, of course, is not unlike Cus D'Amato and the young, far from perfect Mike Tyson.

00:10:26We're all dealt hands in life.

00:10:28Now, these guys, you know, their environment or whatever,

00:10:31or they were just, you know, not too bright at the time they committed their crimes or whatever.

00:10:37So, well, I've seen that side a lot.

00:10:41So, and then I met a guy like Cus.

00:10:43So, well, now let me, you know, let me try to help.

00:10:45See, I don't need the job, but for the reason I told you before,

00:10:48it's a way for me to refine my skill.

00:10:51Whatever the pressure of his job, the responsibility that goes with the opportunity,

00:10:57life is a knockout for Kevin Rooney right now,

00:11:00as it is for Mike Tyson and everyone around him.

00:11:05I think we got a little bit of a dynasty going.

00:11:08And if we want to roll, I feel like I give him good advice.

00:11:11Now, if the fighter doesn't do it, that's good.

00:11:13If the fighter doesn't do it, that's bad.

00:11:15And if he doesn't do it, then they're going to look at me.

00:11:17So, so far, they haven't had the opportunity.

00:11:19But you can see the handwriting's on the wall.

00:11:21If something is to go wrong, it's all going to come on Kevin Rooney.

00:11:24But that's the business.

00:11:26So, you know, it's no big deal.

00:11:27I'm not going to lose any more head over it.

00:11:30Well, in just a few minutes, Kevin Rooney will bring his and Customato's charge into the ring

00:11:35to try to win it all in the heavyweight division.

00:11:38As the WBC and WBA champion Mike Tyson takes on the IVF heavyweight champion Tony Tucker,

00:11:44two undefeated fighters fighting for an undisputed title, only the second time in boxing history.

00:11:50You know, because of the celebrity status of our boxing champions, they're always being approached.

00:11:56Give me this.

00:11:56Donate that.

00:11:57Can we have one of those for charity?

00:11:59It isn't often that a champion does the approaching.

00:12:02It was only a year ago when Holy Angels Church in Chicago burnt to the ground.

00:12:06Faced with a bill of more than $3 million to rebuild, Father George Clements needed help.

00:12:11And there was Mike Tyson.

00:12:12I have no doubt in my mind that with the help of the heavyweight champion of this planet,

00:12:20that church will go up.

00:12:23No doubt whatsoever.

00:12:25With more on Mike Tyson, here's Larry Merchant.

00:12:28Two minutes.

00:12:29Two minutes.

00:12:30Mark.

00:12:31Mark.

00:12:33Sorry, we've had a little bit of a disturbance behind me here.

00:12:37I don't think that Mike Tyson is ready to be canonized just yet.

00:12:41At least outside the ring.

00:12:44Inside the ring, he is a candidate to be canonized in the boxing sense of the term.

00:12:50Which brings me to a point that I'd like to make personally.

00:12:54Long before there was a Mike Tyson or an HBO, I believe that John L. Sullivan had it right

00:13:00when he said, I can lick any man in the house.

00:13:04A true champion, a real champion, fights anyone and everyone.

00:13:08And we've had such champions in the last decade.

00:13:11Duran, Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Agueo, Larry Holmes before he got old and started to pick

00:13:18some of his opponents.

00:13:19And indeed, Michael Spinks as a light heavyweight, not as a heavyweight.

00:13:23Mike Tyson is the only heavyweight out there who says, I can lick any man in the house and

00:13:29is willing to back it up.

00:13:31That's why we have so many folks here, so many more folks out there.

00:13:34And that's why Tony Tucker is getting a chance tonight.

00:13:44After President Carter declared a boycott of the 1980 Olympics, the U.S. boxing team

00:13:49scheduled a series of exhibitions in Europe.

00:13:53En route to Poland, their plane crashed.

00:13:56There were no survivors.

00:13:57But the star of the team had missed the flight because of an injury sustained the day before.

00:14:04It really hit me.

00:14:06Because I said, you know, I was that close, you know, to being, you know, being dead along

00:14:11with the rest of the guys.

00:14:12I figured that God spared my life for a purpose.

00:14:16And that purpose was obviously to be a heavyweight champion of the world.

00:14:21Tony Tucker's career was guided by his father, Bob, a former amateur fighter himself.

00:14:27Although he would miss out on Olympic fame and instant fortune, he was well-respected.

00:14:34He won gold medals at the World Cup and then at the Pan American Games, which turned out

00:14:41to be the highlight of his amateur career.

00:14:43His father would follow him into the pro ranks.

00:14:49Well, I really don't look at it in the manner of father and son.

00:14:54I just look at it as fighters and trainer and manager.

00:15:00I try to put father and son out of my mind.

00:15:05But if something catches me, like his leg getting hurt, and I jump in the rain,

00:15:13so that even father comes around.

00:15:16Fathers and sons, however, are notorious in boxing for starting better than they finish.

00:15:22Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, for example, couldn't reproduce himself and his son, Marvis.

00:15:28Couldn't make him over in his own furious image.

00:15:31In mid-career, Bobby Chez's father committed suicide.

00:15:37Later, Chez won a light heavyweight title.

00:15:40Emotions and or economics usually get in the way of a son's development.

00:15:44I figured if I put all my interest into my son, I couldn't lose either way, whether he was successful

00:15:54or not, because I had put all my work and money into him.

00:15:58And it was better than me putting my money into a billboard or putting it into a particular

00:16:04lady.

00:16:06Investing in that manner, because a lot of people spent a lot of money that way.

00:16:09I didn't see how I could lose.

00:16:12But the Tuckers had to sell off pieces of themselves, borrow money to get this far.

00:16:17Of the $1.9 million purse tonight, the fighter will get $600,000 before taxes.

00:16:24Promoter Cedric Kushner will get $350,000.

00:16:29As will promoters Jeff Levine and Josephine Abercrombie, who helped underwrite Kushner's

00:16:35investment in Tucker.

00:16:36Silent partners Dennis Rappaport and Alan Kornberg, a quarter of a million dollars between them.

00:16:44Bob Tucker's share comes to something less than that for all his trouble.

00:16:48And finally, Emmanuel Stewart, Tucker's first manager, gets $120,000.

00:16:54I made the move that was the best for Tony.

00:16:57I felt the best for his development.

00:16:59I knew ahead of time, and I told Tony to be patient.

00:17:02Because, I said, all those guys, you see what's your top, they're coming down just as fast.

00:17:09It proves me right, we got the championship.

00:17:13But I'll be completely right when he beats Tyson.

00:17:19A couple more fights and I can go sit down.

00:17:21My job will be done.

00:17:22I stood away from all that, the distractions, and kept on pushing and striving.

00:17:28And my dad was a very big help because he was right there behind me saying,

00:17:33you're going to get there, you're going to get there, just keep going, keep going.

00:17:36Bring me to the gym, keep going, keep going.

00:17:38So, through God and my father is why I'm here today.

00:17:44Few father-son teams get this far, with a big shot, for the big time, and the big buck.

00:17:52Even though their pie in the sky is sliced many, many ways.

00:17:57The downside is that his father may have impeded his development as an athlete

00:18:01by matching him exclusively with soft opposition,

00:18:05reducing his chance to win the big one against Mike Tyson.

00:18:08Because the idea is really not just to fight for it all, but to win it all.

00:18:17And you may have heard that the gluttonous Dennis Rappaport

00:18:21now wants a bigger piece of Tony Tucker's pie, $540,000.

00:18:25He tried and failed to stop this fight, as he has others.

00:18:30Apparently, that's his true calling in boxing.

00:18:35And so we are just about ready to get on with things here.

00:18:38We have a momentary delay in Mike Tyson's entrance,

00:18:40and incidentally, it is rather unique that Mike Tyson, who is a champion,

00:18:43will enter first.

00:18:44The reason for that, a coin toss.

00:18:46And Mike Tyson, then, will be the first man in the ring.

00:18:50Mike Tyson, of course, has been a heavyweight for 29 months as a professional,

00:18:53and people are saying he fights a lot.

00:18:55Well, he has. He's had 30 fights.

00:18:56But when you look at those numbers, not any more, certainly, than Jack Dempsey or George Foreman.

00:19:01Even more of a contemporary, of course, of Mike Tyson.

00:19:04Foreman fighting 32 times.

00:19:05Tyson fighting, of course, just about, in fact, a little over one fight a month during his professional career.

00:19:11But he has, of course, had 15 first-round knockouts.

00:19:14Here is the champion of the WBC and WBA, Mike Tyson.

00:19:18He is all business.

00:19:21He, of course, has won all 30 of his fights.

00:19:24Kevin Rooney, the man we spoke of a moment ago, leading him toward the ring.

00:19:29And, Ray Leonard, there's been some conversation about the celebrity status, the newfound celebrity status, if you will, of Mike Tyson.

00:19:35And maybe it's hurting him.

00:19:36Maybe that's why he left training camp.

00:19:38There was that incident, of course, in the parking lot in Los Angeles.

00:19:41Now there's conversation.

00:19:42He should have a bodyguard.

00:19:44He should have somebody deflecting the public away from him.

00:19:46What's your feeling about the whole celebrity of Mike Tyson?

00:19:49Well, Barry, once you reach a certain status, quite an athlete of physical or either verbal confrontation, I think with Mike Tyson, he just thought it.

00:19:57And you need someone in there to deflect or alleviate the pressure or even the arbitrator, which I have.

00:20:03Of course, Tyson himself rejects the idea of a bodyguard.

00:20:07I mean, here's a guy who can beat anybody in the world.

00:20:09Sort of like somebody trying to force the spokesman on Lee Iacocca.

00:20:13And Tyson's entrance to the ring literally being heralded.

00:20:19And there, of course, is the record that we spoke of.

00:20:2127 knockouts in the 30 fights of Mike Tyson in a 29-month career.

00:20:27He, of course, has already become the youngest man to ever win the heavyweight championship.

00:20:32Sugar Ray Leonard, at this point, we always talk about what to look for, what are the good points, and, yes, what are the bad points of the two combatants.

00:20:38Let's talk tonight about Sugar Ray's tip of the night.

00:20:41How do you see this one?

00:20:42First of all, Mike Tyson.

00:20:43Well, Barry, quite naturally, power and strength is no big secret with Mike Tyson.

00:20:47But what I'm impressed with is the hand speed of Mike Tyson.

00:20:50Seen here against Cheryl Burbitt, exceptionally quick hands for a heavyweight.

00:20:55Once again, we see him against Pinklin Thomas.

00:20:57Great hand speed, which enables him to put his combinations together very well.

00:21:01He did a fantastic job here against Thomas.

00:21:04Now, something I'm advocate of is the left jab.

00:21:08Now, here we see Pinklin Thomas in the white trunks using that left jab to break the rhythm of Mike Tyson.

00:21:14It enables you to keep your man off balance.

00:21:17Tony Tucker here in the white trunks.

00:21:19His jab is kind of quick but not consistent.

00:21:21Also, he drops his left jab.

00:21:23You notice that?

00:21:24And it's quite detrimental against a guy with a counter-right hand like Mike Tyson.

00:21:30I also believe mobility, lateral movement, is very, very important.

00:21:35You can't be a stationary target.

00:21:36Here, Tony Tucker in the range.

00:21:38Stationary target gets hit by a right hand.

00:21:40Left hook goes down against Buster Douglas.

00:21:43So, that's what to look for.

00:21:45And if Tony Tucker isn't going to be able to beat Mike Tyson, he may be able to blind him.

00:21:49If you look at that outfit, Tony Tucker has come into the ring.

00:21:52He sprinted into the ring.

00:21:53Well, whether he sprints out remains to be seen.

00:21:55He's won 34, not 35.

00:21:57It was that fight with Danny Sutton.

00:21:59Remember that he went down with an injured knee.

00:22:01It was ruled no contest and not, as some people have said, a victory.

00:22:04Let's take a look at the table with tape.

00:22:05And there is one number that really jumps out at you.

00:22:07It's down at the bottom.

00:22:08And that is the 10 1⁄2 inch, or rather the 12 1⁄2 inch reach advantage, 10 1⁄2 inch, beg your pardon,

00:22:13reach advantage of Tony Tucker over Mike Tyson.

00:22:17And don't forget that 14 inch hair advantage.

00:22:20And here is our punch stat numbers to give you a profile of the quantitative number of punches that they throw in fights.

00:22:28Tyson threw only 26 per round against Bonecrusher Smith because Smith was hugging him so much.

00:22:33They throw around the same number of punches.

00:22:35Tyson, of course, throws a lot harder punches, and that's shown in this graphic on jabs.

00:22:42He throws a few jabs.

00:22:43Tucker throws more.

00:22:44He's going to have to throw a lot more in this fight.

00:22:47And we will take a look at the rules that it is an amalgam this time of the IBF, WBC, and WBF.

00:22:52I'd love to have been in those meetings.

00:22:53It must have been like the bar scene in Star Wars.

00:22:5410-point must system.

00:22:56Three judges score the fight.

00:22:57No standing eight count.

00:22:58You could be saved by the bell only in the last round.

00:22:59And, of course, the one that really could have an effect on this fight,

00:23:02but the three-knockdown rule is, in effect, contrary to many fights.

00:23:06Now, let's go up to the ring announcer, Chuck Hall.

00:23:08We'll get the free fight introduction.

00:23:11Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

00:23:13Welcome to the Hilton Center of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel,

00:23:17where tonight, Don King Productions, in association with the Hilton Hotel,

00:23:22presents Glory Hallelujah,

00:23:24a unification of the heavyweight championship of the world.

00:23:29These bouts are sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission,

00:23:33Dwayne Ford Chairman,

00:23:34Harold Bach Executive Director,

00:23:36with commissioners at ringside,

00:23:38Sig Rogic,

00:23:39Herb Santos,

00:23:40Freddie Little,

00:23:41and Sammy Macias.

00:23:43The sanctioning bodies

00:23:44and the representatives of those bodies at ringside,

00:23:48representing the WBC,

00:23:49it's President Jose Suleiman,

00:23:51representing the WBA,

00:23:53it's President Gilberto Mendoza,

00:23:56and representing the IBF,

00:23:58it's President Bobby Lee.

00:24:01The officials assigned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission

00:24:04for the next bout of the evening,

00:24:06the judges are Julio Rodan of Venezuela,

00:24:09Bill Newman of New Jersey,

00:24:11and Bill Graham of Las Vegas.

00:24:13The timekeeper is Al Bysic,

00:24:15counting at the night downs,

00:24:17Mike Lachella,

00:24:18the attending physicians at ringside,

00:24:19Drs. Flip Omansky,

00:24:21Donald Romeo,

00:24:22and Elias Dunham.

00:24:24And your referee is Mills Lane.

00:24:28This is the main event of the evening.

00:24:31Twelve rounds of boxing for the unification of the heavyweight championship of the world.

00:24:38Introducing,

00:24:39in the blue corner,

00:24:42fighting out of Houston, Texas,

00:24:45weighing 221 pounds,

00:24:48with a professional record of 34 wins,

00:24:50no defeats,

00:24:5229 KOs,

00:24:54he is the IBF heavyweight champion of the world,

00:24:58Tony,

00:24:59TNT,

00:25:01Tucker.

00:25:01And in the red corner,

00:25:09from Catskills,

00:25:10New York,

00:25:12he too weighs 221 pounds.

00:25:15He is undefeated in his professional career,

00:25:1830 wins,

00:25:19no defeats,

00:25:21with 27 KOs.

00:25:22He is the WBA and WBC heavyweight champion of the world,

00:25:29Iron Mike Tyson.

00:25:40Okay, now,

00:25:45here we go,

00:25:46now,

00:25:47you've had good trucks in the discipline room,

00:25:48you protect yourself at all times.

00:25:50In the equation of Mr. Tucker is Chief Second.

00:25:53In the equation of Mr. Tyson is Chief Second.

00:25:55Let's get it on,

00:25:56come on!

00:25:57There's a line in the movie Full Metal Jacket,

00:26:00you can talk the talk,

00:26:02can you walk the walk?

00:26:04It's time for Tony Tucker now to walk the walk.

00:26:08Or run the run,

00:26:09as it were.

00:26:10And we'll see what kind of tactic Tucker takes.

00:26:13I was expecting Mike Tyson to jump right on Tony Tucker.

00:26:16Tucker,

00:26:17I have figured that he should at least tie his man up,

00:26:20try to frustrate Mike Tyson.

00:26:23But is he strong enough to do that?

00:26:25Well,

00:26:26that was a good right hand by Tucker.

00:26:28That might have been the best shot that Mike Tyson has ever taken,

00:26:31right there.

00:26:32Did you know that uppercut blocked Mike Tyson?

00:26:35This man,

00:26:37Tucker,

00:26:37may have found out a weakness.

00:26:40He may have seen something.

00:26:41Technically speaking,

00:26:42no one gave Tucker a chance.

00:26:44But there are miracles here.

00:26:46The last time Tony Tucker lost a fight was in 1978.

00:26:50You know,

00:26:50a lot of times people say,

00:26:51well,

00:26:52what do you see in Mike Tyson?

00:26:53And we always felt that he was susceptible to take jazz.

00:26:56But I think what Tucker saw in Tyson was the uppercut.

00:27:00He was susceptible to take the uppercut because of his foul,

00:27:02the way he launches in.

00:27:03That was one of the few times I've ever seen Mike Tyson stop by a punch.

00:27:19What happened then was the best thing that Tucker has done.

00:27:23Maybe got some respect for Mike Tyson.

00:27:26Tucker said when we talked to him,

00:27:28he said,

00:27:28I'm not worried about what he's going to do to me.

00:27:29I'm worried about what I'm going to do to him.

00:27:31That's confidence.

00:27:33Another right hand.

00:27:37And another right hand by Tucker.

00:27:51Tucker seems willing to brawl with Mike Tyson early.

00:27:54Step back.

00:27:55Get him up,

00:27:56Tony.

00:27:56Come on.

00:27:59That was a left hand by Tyson.

00:28:01Also,

00:28:02Tucker said,

00:28:03Tucker stated that because no one has taken him to win,

00:28:06that was motivation.

00:28:07And he's fighting with sheer motivation here.

00:28:10A lot,

00:28:10a lot of confidence.

00:28:11Like I said,

00:28:12he likes being the underdog,

00:28:13even though it's the first time he's been one.

00:28:15Probably since he was an amateur.

00:28:17You know what's happening.

00:28:18Every time Mike reaches in,

00:28:19Tony comes with the right hand.

00:28:20A kind of right hand.

00:28:21He's step back,

00:28:23but it's the country.

00:28:26Step back.

00:28:26Here we go.

00:28:30Another thing you have to say about Tucker

00:28:32is that he has fought to the level of his competition

00:28:35and just a little bit better enough to win.

00:28:37Against James Broad,

00:28:38frankly,

00:28:38I didn't think he fought that well.

00:28:40But it was against James Broad.

00:28:41Against Douglas,

00:28:42he fought a little bit better.

00:28:43And now we'll see what he can do

00:28:44against certainly the best fighter he's fought so far.

00:28:46Step back, Mike.

00:28:46Step back, Tony.

00:28:48Step back,

00:28:48clean.

00:28:49Here we go,

00:28:49here we go.

00:28:50He had a right hand,

00:28:53but he took a right from Tyson.

00:28:54And another big right by Mike Tyson.

00:28:58Step back, Mike.

00:29:00Did a very good first round

00:29:02for both men.

00:29:04And particularly for Tucker.

00:29:08And the great left hand

00:29:09at the bell by Tyson.

00:29:15Well,

00:29:16Tony Tucker is a 10-to-1 underdog.

00:29:18He wasn't 10-to-1 in that round.

00:29:21He wasn't 10-to-1 in that round.

00:29:24Now, let's see the uppercut

00:29:38almost immediately after the bell.

00:29:40He follows the right with a left

00:29:42and rocks Tyson.

00:29:44The first time we've ever seen Tyson

00:29:46really rock back like that.

00:29:53And again,

00:29:54it looks like Tucker has been coached

00:29:56to look for the left here.

00:29:57Now, there's the right hand

00:29:58that landed high on the head

00:30:00of Tucker

00:30:01and did no damage.

00:30:04And sitting way up

00:30:05in left field,

00:30:06folks,

00:30:07is Michael Spinks

00:30:08sitting in the last row

00:30:09of the balcony here

00:30:10at this place.

00:30:11We'll show you a picture

00:30:12of him later on.

00:30:15Mike Tyson is still trying

00:30:17to keep that pressure going.

00:30:18Kevin Rooney told him

00:30:21go to the body.

00:30:22Don't look for the one punch

00:30:23to the head.

00:30:25What I like about Tucker

00:30:26is the fact that

00:30:27he's throwing combinations.

00:30:28He's not doing one, two.

00:30:29He's putting three,

00:30:30four punches together.

00:30:32And he's following up

00:30:32with the left uppercut

00:30:33and the left hook.

00:30:34Land with the left uppercut

00:30:35that time.

00:30:36Just has to keep those hands up.

00:30:38That's very important.

00:30:40Because Mike is rocking

00:30:41left and right,

00:30:42left and right

00:30:43and looking for an opening.

00:30:44Here we go.

00:30:48Well, you know, Ray,

00:30:49I harken back to your fight

00:30:51with Marvin Hagler

00:30:52where after the first round

00:30:53there was no question

00:30:54in my mind at least

00:30:54that your confidence

00:30:55just really surged

00:30:56and you have to think

00:30:57the same thing

00:30:58about Tony Tucker.

00:30:59Surviving the first round

00:31:00actually can turn

00:31:01the tables around

00:31:02a fighter.

00:31:03It gives him the confidence

00:31:04and again,

00:31:05more like in Tony Tucker's

00:31:07in fact he's throwing

00:31:08one, two, three.

00:31:09He's following up

00:31:10with the left hook.

00:31:11He's putting it in

00:31:11this combination

00:31:12with the left hook.

00:31:13He's using his height,

00:31:19his reach.

00:31:32Good body shot by Tyson.

00:31:34That's exactly what

00:31:35Kevin Rooney

00:31:35was telling him to do

00:31:36in the corner.

00:31:37Now see,

00:31:37this is what

00:31:38Tucker needs to do.

00:31:39Keep Tyler's man up.

00:31:40Every time he gets inside,

00:31:41you've got to tie those arms up

00:31:43and not let Tyson

00:31:44work that body.

00:31:47Tyson's changed.

00:31:48Tyson's trying to slow

00:31:49Tucker down

00:31:49about body shot.

00:31:51He's working his body,

00:31:51trying to slow those legs down

00:31:53and bring those hands down.

00:31:57Oh, oh, oh.

00:31:58Tyson, Tyson.

00:31:59That was a little bit low

00:32:00and I think it's going to draw

00:32:01a warning.

00:32:01You go down there again

00:32:02and come in.

00:32:02Come on.

00:32:08Tyson, two good jabs.

00:32:11Interestingly enough,

00:32:12Kevin Rooney had told us

00:32:13that when he tells Tyson

00:32:14to jab,

00:32:15he's not telling him

00:32:16to jab to box.

00:32:17He's telling him

00:32:17to jab to get inside.

00:32:19What I want you to look for,

00:32:20but also when Tyson comes in,

00:32:22he puts both feet together

00:32:23so it's easy to be knocked down.

00:32:28That was a good example.

00:32:29That uppercut

00:32:30is going to do the job

00:32:31over and over again.

00:32:33Almost hooked him

00:32:34with the left hand

00:32:34before bringing the uppercut

00:32:36underneath.

00:32:36He did hold him.

00:32:37That is a look of confidence

00:32:38in the face

00:32:39of Tony Tucker.

00:32:41He's telling his man up

00:32:42once again.

00:32:43Very smart thing to do.

00:32:46He really wants

00:32:46to frustrate

00:32:47Mike Tyson.

00:32:50That was a left hand

00:32:51by Tyson

00:32:52but it did not appear

00:32:53to hurt Tucker.

00:33:00Tucker wasn't given

00:33:13much chance

00:33:14but of the five billion

00:33:15people on the planet,

00:33:16he's the only one

00:33:17who has a chance

00:33:18to beat Mike Tyson

00:33:19tonight.

00:33:20and right now

00:33:21he's taking advantage

00:33:22of it.

00:33:22You have to keep

00:33:23your balance.

00:33:23Come under.

00:33:25You have to keep

00:33:26your balance.

00:33:27Come under.

00:33:28See if you're doing

00:33:29that.

00:33:29You have to keep

00:33:29your balance.

00:33:29When you punch him,

00:33:31walk him.

00:33:31Turn him sideways

00:33:32and walk him.

00:33:35There's Michael Spinks

00:33:37way up in the last row

00:33:38of the bleachers here.

00:33:40He went up there

00:33:41as a publicity stunt

00:33:42to get some attention

00:33:44to get a future fight

00:33:46with Tyson.

00:33:46Of course,

00:33:47when he was in the tournament,

00:33:48that's about as near

00:33:49to the ring

00:33:49as he wanted

00:33:50to get with Tyson.

00:33:51I think that was

00:33:52Bob Uecker

00:33:52sitting next to him.

00:33:53Wasn't it?

00:33:58You got it.

00:34:00You're making a miss

00:34:01real good.

00:34:01You've got to come up

00:34:02and punch him

00:34:02right away.

00:34:11This is the third round.

00:34:12A lot of people

00:34:12did not think

00:34:13it would go this far.

00:34:15Can we go again?

00:34:16Chinese man out.

00:34:16Again, guys,

00:34:18good tactics here.

00:34:20Can't allow Mike Tyson

00:34:22to punch inside.

00:34:24Now we need to see

00:34:25some dance like Tucker.

00:34:26And some lateral movement

00:34:27which we see now.

00:34:29And catch up,

00:34:30trying to catch Tyson

00:34:31coming in with his hand.

00:34:33Hold, hold, hold.

00:34:34Tie, tie, tie.

00:34:34Set back.

00:34:35Now, Mike,

00:34:36set back, tie.

00:34:37Now, keep your punches

00:34:38up.

00:34:38Now, we're down there again.

00:34:39Come on, come on.

00:34:41Mills Wain,

00:34:42very take charge

00:34:43as a referee.

00:34:43No-nonsense guy.

00:34:45Tucker with another

00:34:46left hook

00:34:46to the head

00:34:47of Mike Tyson.

00:34:51All right,

00:34:51party.

00:34:52Party first.

00:34:53Gobination.

00:34:54All right, get off that neck,

00:34:55Tony.

00:34:55Get off that neck.

00:34:57Get off that neck.

00:34:58Get off that neck.

00:34:59Gobination.

00:35:00Tucker tied his man up

00:35:00and got out of the corner.

00:35:04There was a good

00:35:05right hand again

00:35:05by Tucker.

00:35:06In close.

00:35:07Catching Tyson

00:35:08on the way in.

00:35:10He's facing

00:35:10the left hook guy.

00:35:11What's allowing

00:35:22Tony Tucker

00:35:23to get that hook

00:35:25and that uppercut in?

00:35:26What's happening

00:35:27is the lateral movement

00:35:28that Tucker has,

00:35:29his jab,

00:35:30he's catching Mike

00:35:31as Mike's boring

00:35:31and coming into his head.

00:35:33The uppercut

00:35:34has been doing

00:35:34a tremendous

00:35:35and very effective

00:35:36job here.

00:35:38Tony Tucker

00:35:38is doubling up

00:35:39his punches

00:35:40better than I've

00:35:40ever seen him do.

00:35:41That was a good

00:35:45left hand

00:35:46and that staggers

00:35:47Tony Tucker.

00:35:49I'll get him

00:35:49tying this man up.

00:35:53It doesn't seem

00:35:54like much.

00:35:55It doesn't seem

00:35:55expected for Tucker

00:35:56to be tying up.

00:35:57Come on, come on.

00:35:58He's getting warned

00:35:58from Mills Lane.

00:35:59But the fact of the

00:36:00matter is,

00:36:01frustration

00:36:02is what it caused.

00:36:05It creates

00:36:05frustration in the

00:36:06fight.

00:36:06He's got two hands

00:36:10of three, Mike.

00:36:11Two hands of three.

00:36:13All right,

00:36:13now you're tired.

00:36:14Here we go.

00:36:15I'm going to step back.

00:36:15Go get my attention

00:36:17final.

00:36:18Move him, move him.

00:36:20Got it.

00:36:24All right,

00:36:25we'll step back.

00:36:30I'm going to step back.

00:36:30Here we go.

00:36:33Crowd booing the tactics

00:36:52of Tony Tucker,

00:36:53but I'm not sure

00:36:54you don't disagree

00:36:54with those tactics.

00:36:55I don't disagree at all

00:36:56because Tony's

00:36:56going to try this man up.

00:36:58That was a good

00:36:58right hand by Tucker

00:36:59again.

00:36:59But they're uppercuts,

00:37:00Barry.

00:37:01They're uppercuts.

00:37:03I can't believe he's

00:37:05telling this man up.

00:37:06Trust me.

00:37:07Mike Tyson.

00:37:07Short face of Mike Tyson.

00:37:14There has to be

00:37:15concern now

00:37:16in Tyson's corner.

00:37:18This is the most

00:37:19competitive fight

00:37:20he has ever been in.

00:37:21One punch at a time.

00:37:22It makes you listen

00:37:23to any pop down

00:37:23one time.

00:37:24You understand?

00:37:24You gotta use your jab.

00:37:25You gotta bounce him

00:37:26a little bit.

00:37:26You understand?

00:37:26Get the bounce

00:37:27in your legs.

00:37:277-7 combination.

00:37:29You gotta combination.

00:37:29You gotta throw

00:37:30the combination.

00:37:30You're just looking

00:37:31for one shot.

00:37:33There you see Tucker

00:37:40backing up

00:37:41catching Tyson

00:37:42on the way in

00:37:43with his long arms.

00:37:46And there

00:37:47an uppercut.

00:37:48He's fighting

00:37:49a perfect fight

00:37:50and

00:37:52I'm going to show you

00:37:54my scorecard

00:37:55here in a moment.

00:37:55So far

00:37:56I have Tucker

00:37:57winning two rounds,

00:37:58Tyson winning one,

00:38:00Tucker ahead

00:38:00by a point.

00:38:01This is of course

00:38:02about as unofficial

00:38:03as you can get

00:38:04a scorecard.

00:38:05Our unofficial

00:38:06official judge

00:38:07Harold Letterman

00:38:08is not with us

00:38:08tonight.

00:38:09He will be back

00:38:09with us in future

00:38:10fights.

00:38:11We start the

00:38:12fourth round

00:38:13and in Tyson's

00:38:15corner they told

00:38:15him to box more.

00:38:16Just get your legs

00:38:17under you.

00:38:18Well in the corner

00:38:19of Mike Tyson

00:38:20we need to see

00:38:21combinations

00:38:22not look for

00:38:23one punch.

00:38:25And that's where

00:38:25normally Tyson

00:38:26is able to

00:38:27dominate his opponent

00:38:27because he throws

00:38:28a barrage of punches.

00:38:30Not one punch

00:38:30because one punch

00:38:31normally is not

00:38:32going to do it.

00:38:34Interestingly enough

00:38:35it is Tony Tucker

00:38:36who really is

00:38:37dictating the tempo

00:38:37of the fight

00:38:38not Mike Tyson.

00:38:39I've never seen

00:38:39that before.

00:38:40You see the intensity

00:38:41in Tony Tucker.

00:38:43There was a big

00:38:43left hand by Tyson

00:38:44and that was

00:38:45the one big punch.

00:38:47And another one.

00:38:48You see this is

00:38:51what Tyson wanted.

00:38:52He wanted

00:38:53Tucker to stand

00:38:54there and exchange

00:38:55punch for punch.

00:38:56In this case

00:38:57normally Tyson

00:38:59comes down on top.

00:38:59Get him up

00:39:00get him up

00:39:00Tucker come on.

00:39:03I want to sit back.

00:39:05Alright Tony

00:39:05if you go down

00:39:06there again

00:39:06I'm going to

00:39:06penalize your foot.

00:39:07I think what

00:39:07the Tyson

00:39:08corner is looking

00:39:09for is whether

00:39:10or not Tucker

00:39:10can withstand

00:39:11this type of

00:39:11question.

00:39:12Get him up

00:39:12Mike come on.

00:39:14Mills Lane

00:39:15wants more

00:39:15giving a warning

00:39:16the second one

00:39:17to Tony Tucker.

00:39:18now he's going to

00:39:19talk to us.

00:39:19Now both of you

00:39:20going downstairs

00:39:20watch out

00:39:21Tucker come on.

00:39:29Now sit back

00:39:30come on

00:39:30sit back

00:39:31get back

00:39:32and head to go.

00:39:32Tyson needs to

00:39:46use his jab

00:39:47to get in

00:39:47because a lot

00:39:48of times

00:39:48he's lunging in

00:39:49which makes him

00:39:50very very vulnerable

00:39:51for a counter punch.

00:39:53Right hand.

00:39:56The jab of

00:39:58Tony Tucker

00:39:58is starting

00:39:58with again.

00:39:59just has to

00:40:02be more

00:40:03consistent.

00:40:04Here we go.

00:40:08Take it

00:40:08downstairs

00:40:09sometime.

00:40:09He needs

00:40:09to throw

00:40:10jab downstairs

00:40:10bring it

00:40:11back up to

00:40:11the head.

00:40:13The right

00:40:13hand again

00:40:14by Tyson

00:40:14Tucker appears

00:40:16unheard

00:40:17again.

00:40:18Definitely

00:40:18has his legs

00:40:18back under

00:40:19him after

00:40:19being hurt

00:40:20earlier in

00:40:20this round.

00:40:22Watch out!

00:40:24The voice

00:40:24you're hearing

00:40:25is the voice

00:40:26of Kevin

00:40:26Rooney.

00:40:33What a good

00:40:34shot.

00:40:36And Tyson

00:40:36with another

00:40:37left hand.

00:40:4125 seconds

00:40:42left.

00:40:43Round 4.

00:40:44Very competitive

00:40:44fight.

00:40:45So far.

00:40:45Tyson's just

00:40:46trying to

00:40:47wear his man

00:40:47down.

00:40:47He's just

00:40:48trying to

00:40:48throw that

00:40:48movement down.

00:40:49That movement

00:40:50seems to be

00:40:51affecting Mike's

00:40:52punches because

00:40:52he's not able

00:40:53to get his

00:40:54punches in

00:40:54there.

00:41:01Every time

00:41:02the Tucker

00:41:02stands still

00:41:03you'll notice

00:41:04a big left

00:41:04hook lands

00:41:05for Mike

00:41:05Tyson.

00:41:09Tyson has

00:41:09settled down

00:41:10in that round

00:41:11going for a

00:41:12long fight.

00:41:13Now he knows

00:41:14he just has

00:41:14to fight him

00:41:15hit him

00:41:16and if the

00:41:17knockout

00:41:17comes it

00:41:18comes.

00:41:23Put your

00:41:23head back

00:41:24put your

00:41:24head back

00:41:24like that.

00:41:27Open up.

00:41:29Look.

00:41:30Two good

00:41:30real good

00:41:31right hands.

00:41:32Two real good

00:41:32right hands

00:41:33for the body

00:41:33there.

00:41:34He came back

00:41:34with a left

00:41:35hook one.

00:41:35You gotta

00:41:36contact him

00:41:36more on that.

00:41:37You still

00:41:37gotta jab

00:41:37with this guy.

00:41:38What are you

00:41:38gonna do a jab

00:41:39with him?

00:41:39You understand

00:41:40me?

00:41:40You're going

00:41:41and bouncing

00:41:41all right

00:41:41there.

00:41:42They're making

00:41:43a jab.

00:41:43They're fly.

00:41:45And them

00:41:45committed

00:41:45they're

00:41:45make you

00:41:46move.

00:41:48Okay.

00:41:50up and

00:41:55down.

00:41:56Tyson is

00:41:56working

00:41:57closer

00:41:57into

00:41:59Tucker.

00:41:59There you

00:42:00saw that

00:42:00he followed

00:42:01a right

00:42:02to the body

00:42:02that was

00:42:03an effective

00:42:03ray.

00:42:04But then

00:42:05he had him

00:42:05there for

00:42:06the left

00:42:06that he

00:42:07did throw

00:42:07right behind

00:42:08him.

00:42:08But Tyson

00:42:09is starting

00:42:09to double

00:42:09his punch

00:42:10up a little

00:42:10bit more.

00:42:11He's starting

00:42:11to put

00:42:11his combinations

00:42:12together.

00:42:13A lot

00:42:13more

00:42:13than

00:42:13earlier

00:42:14round.

00:42:15And in

00:42:16doing so

00:42:16he should

00:42:17be able

00:42:17to land

00:42:17on the

00:42:18chin

00:42:18of

00:42:19Tony

00:42:20something

00:42:20that

00:42:20could

00:42:20become

00:42:21a

00:42:21factor

00:42:21that

00:42:21you

00:42:21never

00:42:21thought

00:42:22would

00:42:22have

00:42:22is

00:42:22the

00:42:22fact

00:42:23that

00:42:23this

00:42:23only

00:42:24a

00:42:24day

00:42:24ago

00:42:24was

00:42:25a

00:42:50good

00:42:50hand

00:42:51speed

00:42:51by

00:42:51Tony

00:42:52Tucker

00:42:52I

00:42:54just

00:42:54don't

00:42:54like

00:42:55when

00:42:55he

00:42:55stands

00:42:55there

00:42:55and

00:42:55exchange

00:42:56punches

00:42:56Tucker's

00:42:58corner telling

00:42:59him to wait

00:42:59for Tyson

00:43:00to make

00:43:00his move

00:43:01and then

00:43:02do your

00:43:02thing

00:43:02to make

00:43:04to make

00:43:05the

00:43:07better

00:43:07of

00:43:07that

00:43:07exchange

00:43:08Tucker

00:43:13said

00:43:13that

00:43:14everybody

00:43:14that

00:43:14Tyson

00:43:15fought

00:43:15has

00:43:15either

00:43:15run

00:43:16or

00:43:16stood

00:43:16right

00:43:16in

00:43:16front

00:43:17of

00:43:17him

00:43:17and

00:43:17he

00:43:17said

00:43:17what

00:43:17I'm

00:43:17going to

00:43:18do

00:43:18is

00:43:18I'm

00:43:18going to

00:43:18move

00:43:19and

00:43:19I'll

00:43:19be

00:43:19firing

00:43:19and

00:43:20through

00:43:20the

00:43:20first

00:43:21three

00:43:21rounds

00:43:21at

00:43:22any

00:43:22rate

00:43:22I'm

00:43:22not so

00:43:23sure

00:43:23about

00:43:23the

00:43:23fourth

00:43:23but

00:43:23the

00:43:24first

00:43:24three

00:43:24rounds

00:43:24exactly

00:43:25what

00:43:25he

00:43:25did

00:43:25I

00:43:26noticed

00:43:27that

00:43:27Tony

00:43:27Tucker's

00:43:27left

00:43:28hand

00:43:28has

00:43:28done

00:43:28the

00:43:28job

00:43:29that

00:43:30could

00:43:30be

00:43:30very

00:43:30inviting

00:43:31for

00:43:31a

00:43:31right

00:43:32hand

00:43:32a

00:43:32lead

00:43:32on

00:43:33right

00:43:33there's

00:43:34left hook

00:43:35but

00:43:36you

00:43:36notice

00:43:36the

00:43:36left

00:43:36hand

00:43:37of

00:43:37Tony

00:43:37Tucker

00:43:37is

00:43:37starting

00:43:38to drop

00:43:38at

00:43:38his

00:43:38side

00:43:38and

00:43:40that's

00:43:40been

00:43:40his

00:43:40history

00:43:41against

00:43:41James

00:43:42Broad he

00:43:42had

00:43:43that

00:43:43left

00:43:43hand

00:43:43down

00:43:44at

00:43:44his

00:43:44side

00:43:44virtually

00:43:45all

00:43:45night

00:43:45even

00:43:46when

00:43:46he threw

00:43:46the jab

00:43:47he brought

00:43:47it up

00:43:47from

00:43:48the hip

00:43:48well

00:43:48that's

00:43:55I'm

00:44:02surprised

00:44:03there's

00:44:03not

00:44:03a lot

00:44:04of

00:44:04head

00:44:04moving

00:44:05from

00:44:05Mike

00:44:05Tyson

00:44:05he's

00:44:06just

00:44:06walking

00:44:06directly

00:44:06in

00:44:07front

00:44:07of

00:44:07Tony

00:44:08Tucker

00:44:09and

00:44:09that's

00:44:10where Tony

00:44:10would get

00:44:10those

00:44:11partners

00:44:11off

00:44:11he should

00:44:13be

00:44:14having

00:44:14a little

00:44:14more

00:44:14head

00:44:14moving

00:44:15left

00:44:15right

00:44:15left

00:44:16right

00:44:16he

00:44:18less

00:44:18of a

00:44:19target

00:44:19right

00:44:28sit

00:44:28back

00:44:29sit

00:44:30back

00:44:31right

00:44:31come on

00:44:31have a

00:44:31go

00:44:31there was

00:44:36a right

00:44:37hand

00:44:37in

00:44:37close

00:44:38by

00:44:38Tyson

00:44:38that was

00:44:41a right

00:44:41hand

00:44:41but you

00:44:42know

00:44:42the problem

00:44:42that Tyson

00:44:43is making

00:44:43is one

00:44:44punch

00:44:45one

00:44:45punch

00:44:45we have

00:44:46to see

00:44:46more

00:44:46combinations

00:44:47if you

00:44:47want

00:44:48to get

00:44:48Tucker

00:44:49and get

00:44:50him

00:44:50out

00:44:50of

00:44:50there

00:44:50I think

00:44:51Tucker

00:44:52on the

00:44:52other hand

00:44:52is fighting

00:44:52a superb

00:44:53job

00:44:53he's doing

00:44:54a superb

00:44:54job

00:44:55that was

00:45:00the right

00:45:01hand

00:45:01by Tyson

00:45:01left

00:45:02miss

00:45:03right

00:45:03is right

00:45:04there

00:45:04the cheer

00:45:08you just

00:45:09heard

00:45:09ladies and

00:45:10gentlemen

00:45:10is a

00:45:11Las Vegas

00:45:12cheer

00:45:13the over

00:45:14under

00:45:14in this

00:45:15fight

00:45:15was the

00:45:15fifth

00:45:16round

00:45:16which

00:45:16means

00:45:17that

00:45:17if you

00:45:17bet

00:45:17this

00:45:18fight

00:45:19to go

00:45:19past

00:45:19the

00:45:20fifth

00:45:20round

00:45:20and

00:45:20it

00:45:20was

00:45:21an

00:45:21even

00:45:21bet

00:45:21you

00:45:22have

00:45:22won

00:45:22the

00:45:23bet

00:45:23you

00:45:25would have

00:45:25heard

00:45:25a cheer

00:45:25either

00:45:26way

00:45:26right

00:45:27hand

00:45:28hand

00:45:28to the

00:45:29five

00:45:29and

00:45:29hand

00:45:29to the

00:45:29head

00:45:29spit it out

00:45:30spit it out

00:45:31spit it out

00:45:32spit it out

00:45:33spit it out

00:45:34spit it out

00:45:35the

00:45:35can't

00:45:36you

00:45:37can't wait

00:45:42on him

00:45:42you

00:45:43got to

00:45:43take

00:45:43the

00:45:43knees

00:45:44take

00:45:44the

00:45:44initial

00:45:44push

00:45:46him

00:45:46off

00:45:46don't

00:45:46grab

00:45:47push

00:45:47him

00:45:47off

00:45:47and

00:45:47attack

00:45:48him

00:45:48you

00:45:48know

00:45:49what

00:45:49you

00:45:50got it

00:45:50for

00:45:50you

00:45:50now

00:45:51take

00:45:52control

00:45:52the

00:45:53side

00:45:53do

00:45:53something

00:45:53differently

00:45:54you

00:45:54come

00:45:54straight

00:45:54and

00:45:54you

00:45:54right

00:45:55him

00:45:55running

00:45:55around

00:45:55running

00:45:56around

00:45:56change it up

00:45:57just a little

00:45:57bit

00:45:57you

00:45:58understand

00:45:58more

00:45:59more

00:46:00bad

00:46:00intention

00:46:01go to

00:46:01point

00:46:01with

00:46:01bad

00:46:02intention

00:46:02you

00:46:04get the

00:46:05feeling

00:46:05from

00:46:05Tucker's

00:46:06corner

00:46:06ray

00:46:06that they

00:46:06think

00:46:07this

00:46:07fight

00:46:07is

00:46:08winnable

00:46:09did you

00:46:11see

00:46:11that

00:46:12that

00:46:13was an

00:46:13interesting

00:46:14scenario

00:46:14Tucker

00:46:15was trying

00:46:15to get

00:46:15his

00:46:16handlers

00:46:17and

00:46:17seconds

00:46:17out

00:46:17of the

00:46:18ring

00:46:18the

00:46:18bell

00:46:18had

00:46:18rung

00:46:19they

00:46:19were

00:46:19so

00:46:19excited

00:46:20about

00:46:20the

00:46:20prospect

00:46:21of

00:46:21possibly

00:46:21winning

00:46:22the

00:46:22fight

00:46:22they

00:46:22forgot

00:46:23to

00:46:23put

00:46:23his

00:46:23mouthpiece

00:46:24in

00:46:24you

00:46:26can

00:46:26understand

00:46:27now

00:46:27ray

00:46:27why

00:46:28Michael

00:46:28Sphinx

00:46:28didn't

00:46:29want

00:46:29to

00:46:29fight

00:46:29Tony

00:46:30Tucker

00:46:30I

00:46:32think

00:46:32Tony

00:46:33Tucker

00:46:33has

00:46:33surprised

00:46:34a lot

00:46:35of

00:46:35people

00:46:35right

00:46:38hand

00:46:38by Tyson

00:46:38Tucker's

00:46:41corner

00:46:41warned him

00:46:41not to

00:46:42tie his

00:46:43man up

00:46:43which I

00:46:43think

00:46:43is a

00:46:44good

00:46:44move

00:46:44because

00:46:45it

00:46:45doesn't

00:46:46allow

00:46:46Tyson

00:46:46to

00:46:46point

00:46:47but

00:46:47instead

00:46:48they

00:46:48wanted

00:46:48to

00:46:48push

00:46:48Tyson

00:46:48off

00:46:49and

00:46:49go

00:46:49at

00:46:50him

00:46:50which I

00:46:51think

00:46:51could be

00:46:51a

00:46:52cult

00:46:52mistake

00:46:52Mike Tyson's

00:46:57perpetual

00:46:57emotions

00:46:58always

00:46:58come

00:46:58to

00:46:58break

00:46:59his

00:46:59rhythm

00:46:59either

00:47:00with a

00:47:00jab

00:47:00or

00:47:01to

00:47:01tie

00:47:01him

00:47:01up

00:47:01and

00:47:02break

00:47:02that

00:47:02rhythm

00:47:03I

00:47:03haven't

00:47:03seen

00:47:03anybody

00:47:04be

00:47:04able

00:47:04to

00:47:04push

00:47:04him

00:47:04off

00:47:05and

00:47:07I

00:47:07think

00:47:07he

00:47:08probably

00:47:08fought

00:47:08stronger

00:47:09fighters

00:47:09pushing

00:47:10a

00:47:10man

00:47:11off

00:47:11doesn't

00:47:11necessarily

00:47:12help

00:47:12because

00:47:12you

00:47:13expend

00:47:13energy

00:47:14by

00:47:14pushing

00:47:14a

00:47:14man

00:47:14off

00:47:15right

00:47:17hand

00:47:18by

00:47:18Tyson

00:47:18back

00:47:19Tucker

00:47:19up

00:47:20Tyson

00:47:21going to

00:47:23hear Kevin

00:47:24Rooney

00:47:24say

00:47:24bad

00:47:24intentions

00:47:25that's

00:47:25become

00:47:25kind

00:47:25of

00:47:26a

00:47:26catchphrase

00:47:26between

00:47:27Rooney

00:47:27and Tyson

00:47:28Tysons

00:47:38is

00:47:38walking

00:47:39his

00:47:39man

00:47:39down

00:47:40trying

00:47:40to

00:47:40catch

00:47:40up

00:47:40with

00:47:41him

00:47:41mistake

00:47:42Tyson

00:47:42is

00:47:42making

00:47:42he's

00:47:43front

00:47:44with

00:47:44Tucker

00:47:44around

00:47:44the

00:47:45ring

00:47:45you

00:47:45gotta

00:47:45cut

00:47:46the

00:47:46ring

00:47:46off

00:47:46and

00:47:46doing

00:47:46so

00:47:47you

00:47:47either

00:47:47move

00:47:47right

00:47:48or

00:47:48either

00:47:48left

00:47:48depending

00:47:49on

00:47:49which

00:47:49direction

00:47:50your

00:47:50man

00:47:50is

00:47:50moving

00:47:50here

00:47:51Tucker

00:47:52is

00:47:52moving

00:47:53to

00:47:53his

00:47:53right

00:47:53and

00:47:55what

00:47:55Mike

00:47:55has

00:47:55to

00:47:55move

00:47:56to

00:47:56his

00:47:56left

00:47:56to

00:47:56cut

00:47:56his

00:47:57man

00:47:57off

00:47:57the

00:48:07fact

00:48:08that

00:48:08Tucker

00:48:08has

00:48:09his

00:48:09height

00:48:10advantage

00:48:10reach

00:48:10advantage

00:48:11and

00:48:11a good

00:48:11boxer

00:48:12and

00:48:13I tell you

00:48:13he impressed me

00:48:14with his foot

00:48:14move

00:48:15because I didn't

00:48:15expect that

00:48:15much from him

00:48:16but the

00:48:17fact of

00:48:17the matter

00:48:18is

00:48:18he's

00:48:18making

00:48:18matters

00:48:19very

00:48:19tough

00:48:20for

00:48:20Mike

00:48:20Tyson

00:48:20to

00:48:22get

00:48:22inside

00:48:23Tyson

00:48:24looks

00:48:25right

00:48:25now

00:48:25like

00:48:25he's

00:48:25in it

00:48:26for the

00:48:26long haul

00:48:26here

00:48:27and there

00:48:30was a big

00:48:30right hand

00:48:31Tucker

00:48:32says

00:48:32no no

00:48:33I'm not

00:48:33hurt

00:48:33I've always

00:48:34found that

00:48:34to mean

00:48:35I'm hurt

00:48:35that right

00:48:36hand

00:48:36landed

00:48:37because

00:48:37again

00:48:38the habit

00:48:40that Tucker

00:48:41makes his

00:48:41drop in his

00:48:42left hand

00:48:42inside

00:48:43he took

00:48:52another right

00:48:53hand

00:48:53got cute

00:48:54and paid

00:48:54the price

00:48:55I think

00:48:59he's watched

00:49:00my fight

00:49:00before

00:49:00I think

00:49:01he has

00:49:01too

00:49:01I think

00:49:02his timing

00:49:02is not

00:49:03as good

00:49:03as yours

00:49:04let's take a look

00:49:18let's take a look

00:49:32at that right

00:49:33hand

00:49:33that Mike

00:49:33Tyson

00:49:33got in

00:49:34here

00:49:34you see

00:49:35he used

00:49:35the left

00:49:35hand

00:49:36just as a way

00:49:37to get in

00:49:38and then

00:49:39firing the right

00:49:40behind it

00:49:41and this is good

00:49:42fighting

00:49:43now that he's

00:49:44settled down

00:49:44the great fighters

00:49:45don't go out

00:49:46looking for a quick

00:49:46knockout

00:49:47the great fighters

00:49:48go out

00:49:48and fight

00:49:49and when the

00:49:50opportunity

00:49:51for the big punch

00:49:51comes in

00:49:52they take it

00:49:53like that

00:49:54and here's

00:49:58my scorecard

00:49:59so far

00:49:59I have Tyson

00:50:00coming on

00:50:01in the last

00:50:01three rounds

00:50:02because Tucker

00:50:02has not been

00:50:03throwing as many

00:50:04punches as he did

00:50:05earlier

00:50:05that little bit

00:50:08of insolence

00:50:08he had at the

00:50:09start of the fight

00:50:10to establish himself

00:50:11doesn't seem

00:50:12to be there

00:50:13anymore

00:50:13he has to

00:50:14go on the

00:50:14attack

00:50:15see Mike

00:50:21is not able

00:50:21to get set

00:50:22he's not able

00:50:23to set his

00:50:23punches up

00:50:24to land

00:50:25on Tucker

00:50:26there he got a warning

00:50:28from Mills Lane

00:50:29for punching

00:50:29while he was

00:50:30breaking

00:50:31but again

00:50:33you notice the

00:50:34movement

00:50:34of Tucker's

00:50:35really scoring

00:50:36Tyson off

00:50:37not allowing him

00:50:38to get inside

00:50:39and be effective

00:50:40Tyson's jab

00:50:42in the last

00:50:43three rounds

00:50:43has been effective

00:50:44in allowing him

00:50:46to get inside

00:50:47on Tony Tucker

00:50:48it's not a jab

00:50:49like Tucker's

00:50:50Tucker predominantly

00:50:51a boxer

00:50:51Tyson of course

00:50:53a banger

00:50:53but his jab

00:50:55doesn't allow

00:50:55him to work

00:50:56in

00:50:56come on

00:50:57sit back

00:50:57here we go

00:50:59come on

00:50:59and we see

00:51:06Tucker trying

00:51:07to at least get a

00:51:08second win

00:51:09watch the head

00:51:10watch the head

00:51:11watch the head

00:51:12watch the head

00:51:14I'm impressed

00:51:15Tucker's really

00:51:16doing a fantastic

00:51:17job

00:51:17he hasn't been as

00:51:18tense as he was

00:51:19in the first fight

00:51:20has he

00:51:21where he was just

00:51:22like he was

00:51:23just come out

00:51:24of an ice

00:51:24box

00:51:25how tense

00:51:27and tentative

00:51:28he was

00:51:29in the fight

00:51:30with Douglas

00:51:30he appeared to be

00:51:31he is loose

00:51:32throughout most

00:51:33of this fight

00:51:33he's very relaxed

00:51:35I think what he did

00:51:36was the first round

00:51:36when he rocked

00:51:37Mike Tyson

00:51:38he said hey

00:51:38I can punch too

00:51:39well in fact

00:51:40in that first fight

00:51:41he got a cramp

00:51:42in his left arm

00:51:42in the first round

00:51:43and not actually

00:51:44for him

00:51:44it was with him

00:51:45the whole fight

00:51:46and he feels

00:51:49it was just

00:51:50from tenseness

00:51:50also

00:51:51I think

00:51:52in the back

00:51:53of Tucker's

00:51:54the fact

00:51:55that the more

00:51:55rounds he goes

00:51:55the more credibility

00:51:56that he has

00:51:57because he wants

00:51:58to prove

00:51:58that he is

00:51:59indeed a great fighter

00:52:00another thing

00:52:01that I feel

00:52:02we should at least

00:52:02point out here

00:52:03there was a rumor

00:52:04in Las Vegas

00:52:05boxing circles

00:52:06the last couple of days

00:52:08that

00:52:08once more

00:52:11one

00:52:11third time

00:52:12he said

00:52:13the next time

00:52:13it's going to cost you

00:52:14a point

00:52:14but there was a rumor

00:52:16about Tucker's

00:52:18right hand

00:52:18that he had injured

00:52:19his right hand

00:52:19and that's why

00:52:20he backed off training

00:52:21for the last few days

00:52:22that was three

00:52:23considered

00:52:23networks thrown

00:52:24by Tony Tucker

00:52:26you don't see that

00:52:27from a big man

00:52:28not in a heavyweight

00:52:30they don't throw

00:52:30those kind of punches

00:52:31he's punching

00:52:39Tucker's punching

00:52:40tying up

00:52:41here you go

00:52:42once again

00:52:47Tucker trying to get cute

00:52:50and again getting

00:52:51the worst of it

00:52:51and still mugging

00:52:52with Tyson

00:52:53which brings the crowd

00:52:54alive

00:52:54well when you do that

00:52:56and I know

00:52:56it's first

00:52:57because I invented it

00:52:58you've got to be very careful

00:52:59because you always

00:53:01you're so susceptible

00:53:03you're so vulnerable

00:53:04for

00:53:04I don't tell the part

00:53:05Larry we have to give

00:53:09Muhammad Ali

00:53:09a little credit

00:53:10for that tactic

00:53:11I don't think so

00:53:12just a little bit

00:53:14I think that's a sign

00:53:20of frustration

00:53:21that somehow

00:53:22he has been unable

00:53:24to get back

00:53:25what he had

00:53:26in the first three rounds

00:53:27of the fight

00:53:27winning a round

00:53:29is pretty easy

00:53:30but you can win them easy

00:53:31if you use your jab

00:53:32a little bit more

00:53:32and you gotta listen

00:53:33you gotta concentrate

00:53:34on getting inside

00:53:35and punching out

00:53:35and let him hold

00:53:37and let him hold

00:53:38don't say that

00:53:39don't say that

00:53:40don't even take that way

00:53:42give me that

00:53:44spit it out

00:53:46and swallow it

00:53:47now there you see

00:53:54he's pointing at him

00:53:56he's winding up

00:53:57and he's going to get

00:53:59hit by Tyson's jab

00:54:01talk about

00:54:02deflating somebody's balloon

00:54:04that seventh round

00:54:11with Tony Tucker

00:54:11being animated

00:54:12on his antics

00:54:13the key to that

00:54:14is the fact

00:54:15from a psychological standpoint

00:54:16with the fighters

00:54:17intimidating Miss Hagrid

00:54:18I mean I'm sorry

00:54:19Hagrid's on my mind now

00:54:20but Tyson

00:54:21it really affects

00:54:22a fighter

00:54:23especially when

00:54:24the champion

00:54:25can't get his punches off

00:54:27it worked for me

00:54:28and I'm sure

00:54:30Tucker

00:54:30thinks it's gonna work

00:54:31for him

00:54:31well it is a fact

00:54:34Tony Tucker

00:54:35has watched

00:54:36the tape

00:54:37of the Sugar Ray Leonard

00:54:38Marvin Hagrid fight

00:54:39on numerous occasions

00:54:40his father

00:54:40has kind of used that

00:54:41as a tool

00:54:43to get his charge going

00:54:45unfortunately it was only

00:54:56half

00:54:56half work

00:54:57but if you analyze it

00:54:58though

00:54:59actually he's doing what I did

00:55:00to have it

00:55:00he's going to punch a little bit

00:55:01he ties man up

00:55:03and get back on his bicycle

00:55:05now but you did that

00:55:06and made the punch count

00:55:07and he did that

00:55:08and got hit

00:55:08well the key is

00:55:09doing what you have to do

00:55:10and getting away from him

00:55:11not being stationary

00:55:13on the left hand

00:55:20okay I like that

00:55:22in Mike Tyson

00:55:23because he's doing

00:55:24a combination with him

00:55:25but whenever he throws

00:55:26he looks for one shot

00:55:27he's talking for a long

00:55:29long night

00:55:30in the middle of the last round

00:55:32we talked about the rumor

00:55:32of Tony Tucker's right hand

00:55:34and I've been watching him

00:55:35since that time

00:55:36I've not seen him

00:55:37throw the right hand

00:55:38in anger

00:55:38since the middle

00:55:39of the last round

00:55:40I hadn't noticed

00:55:40before that

00:55:41but let's see

00:55:42when he does

00:55:43throw that right hand

00:55:44or if he throws

00:55:44the right hand

00:55:45well in a fight

00:55:47of this intensity

00:55:47this magazine

00:55:48when you're fighting

00:55:49you really don't feel it

00:55:50because those drillers

00:55:51go

00:55:51and you don't feel the pain

00:55:53he did for a right uppercut

00:55:54there which missed

00:56:08Tucker once again

00:56:13time up

00:56:13Mike Tyson

00:56:14not allowing him to punch

00:56:17time

00:56:18give me time

00:56:19tape on the glove

00:56:21of Mike Tyson

00:56:22they'll cut it off

00:56:23momentary time out

00:56:25that can make the world

00:56:26of a difference

00:56:26those few seconds

00:56:27those few seconds

00:56:28of getting the breath

00:56:29can make the world

00:56:30of a difference

00:56:31cut it

00:56:31alright

00:56:32cut it

00:56:33it doesn't seem like much

00:56:34but right here

00:56:36Tucker's being

00:56:37cooed off by his brother

00:56:38with ice peck on his neck

00:56:40ready

00:56:44alright here we go

00:56:47this is the 8th round

00:56:50we're scheduled for 12

00:56:51Mike Tyson seems

00:56:56to have gained

00:56:57control of the fight

00:56:58that right hand

00:57:04seems to have hurt

00:57:05Tucker

00:57:05his knee seems to

00:57:07buckle for 12 seconds

00:57:08right hand up

00:57:09on the top of the head

00:57:10when guys are committed

00:57:15it's very tough

00:57:16to see what

00:57:17to tell

00:57:18whether they're hurt

00:57:18or not

00:57:19that was the right hand

00:57:25by Tucker

00:57:26so

00:57:26alright let's get back

00:57:27come on

00:57:28let him go

00:57:29Mike

00:57:29step back

00:57:30here we go

00:57:30time

00:57:30alright

00:57:31time to get a little

00:57:36mean

00:57:36time to get a little

00:57:37mean

00:57:38in that mouth

00:57:39please

00:57:39take a deep breath

00:57:40take a little deep breath

00:57:42deep breath

00:57:43deep breath

00:57:44and then let it out

00:57:44slow

00:57:44take another one more

00:57:45time to get a little

00:57:46meaner in here now

00:57:47open up

00:57:50get your foot off the

00:57:51rock

00:57:51spit that out

00:57:52spit that out

00:57:53spit that right out

00:57:54open up again

00:57:56there we go

00:57:57pain

00:57:57something

00:57:58close

00:57:58raise your hand

00:57:59keep it

00:58:00tied up

00:58:00and knocked

00:58:00all the time

00:58:01outside head

00:58:01box like you're

00:58:02doing

00:58:02thinking

00:58:02you're looking

00:58:03like a champion

00:58:03you're looking

00:58:04great

00:58:04you're looking

00:58:06frustrating

00:58:06oh

00:58:06okay

00:58:08you're hoping

00:58:09they can hit

00:58:10sneak punch with

00:58:11one good shot

00:58:12and hurt you

00:58:12now

00:58:13you gotta move

00:58:14your head a little

00:58:14bit more

00:58:14you're not moving

00:58:15enough

00:58:15move your head

00:58:15come in

00:58:16get in there

00:58:16punch out

00:58:17you're not

00:58:17punching out

00:58:17at all

00:58:18you're putting

00:58:18on mic around

00:58:19you gotta punch

00:58:19out

00:58:19you gotta think

00:58:20about that

00:58:20the question

00:58:29for an athlete

00:58:30like Mike Tyson

00:58:31isn't whether

00:58:32he's going to win

00:58:33but how he wins

00:58:34it's like a

00:58:35Sebastian Coe

00:58:36not whether he's

00:58:36going to win

00:58:37the mile race

00:58:37but what his time

00:58:39is

00:58:39so what we're

00:58:40going to watch

00:58:40from now on

00:58:41is really

00:58:42can he break

00:58:43down Tucker

00:58:44can he get

00:58:45him hurt

00:58:45can he stop

00:58:47him

00:58:47can he end

00:58:48in style

00:58:49Kevin Rooney

00:58:51and Tyson's

00:58:53cornstead

00:58:54to move

00:58:54the hair

00:58:55a little bit

00:58:55more

00:58:55you need to

00:58:56see more

00:58:57hair movement

00:58:57that graphic

00:58:58a minute ago

00:58:59saying 15 rounds

00:59:00as we mentioned

00:59:01we are of course

00:59:01as of yesterday

00:59:02going 12

00:59:03not 15

00:59:04you can hear

00:59:16Kevin Rooney

00:59:17yelling in the

00:59:17background

00:59:18get on him

00:59:18he said

00:59:19I wanted Tyson

00:59:20to move his head

00:59:21that's something

00:59:21where you pointed

00:59:22out about five

00:59:23rounds ago

00:59:23yes you have

00:59:24to move that

00:59:24head in order

00:59:25to get inside

00:59:25and not be

00:59:26so stationary

00:59:27because what

00:59:28was happening

00:59:29as Tyson

00:59:30bores in

00:59:31the uppercut

00:59:33he's very susceptible

00:59:34to be uppercut

00:59:35there's a right

00:59:37hand by Tucker

00:59:38that's back

00:59:39Tyson off

00:59:39get him up

00:59:44come on

00:59:46good body shot

00:59:50by Mike Tyson

00:59:51let him go

00:59:52let him go

00:59:53there was a big

01:00:00left hand

01:00:00but again

01:00:01Tucker shakes

01:00:01his head

01:00:02I'm okay

01:00:02a lot of times

01:00:03one left hook

01:00:04of Tyson

01:00:05has landed

01:00:05because

01:00:06that's direction

01:00:07that Tony Tucker's

01:00:08movement

01:00:08it takes away

01:00:09the power

01:00:10of it

01:00:10takes off

01:00:11the leverage

01:00:11let him go

01:00:12step back

01:00:13here we go

01:00:13come on

01:00:21make him go

01:00:22fast with me

01:00:22come on

01:00:22kick

01:00:23fight free

01:00:23get to the side

01:00:31let him go

01:00:38let him go

01:00:39let him go

01:00:40let him go

01:00:41over here

01:00:41go here

01:00:42hold up

01:00:42I don't want to have to turn rise

01:00:43he's going to have to penalize you

01:00:58let him punch in some

01:00:59okay

01:00:59come on

01:01:00come on

01:01:00I don't want to have to penalize you

01:01:06let's do some punching

01:01:07thanks

01:01:11he's getting off quicker with his jab now

01:01:13this short strong

01:01:15fast left there

01:01:17of Mike Tyson

01:01:18now it appears

01:01:33the instinct for self-preservation

01:01:35has kicked in

01:01:36with Tucker

01:01:37more interested in defending himself

01:01:40than in attacking

01:01:41his opponent

01:01:43open up

01:01:44and all you got to do

01:01:46is throw your jab a little bit more

01:01:47with the punishment

01:01:48I haven't seen a 5-6 long night

01:01:49just put that out here

01:01:52here we go

01:01:53let me get in here Mike

01:01:54he's working on his love for you

01:01:56okay here comes the unofficial judge

01:02:05that's me

01:02:05I did score the 8th round

01:02:08even

01:02:08I have Tyson ahead

01:02:1088-84

01:02:11that means by 4 rounds

01:02:12and unless

01:02:14Tucker can put some real hurt on him

01:02:16he's lost the fight

01:02:18he has to knock him down

01:02:20or stop him

01:02:20he's breaking real

01:02:2110 seconds

01:02:21keep him out

01:02:22keep him out of the ground

01:02:23on my card

01:02:24you pretty much agree with that judgment of Larry Merchant right?

01:02:32I think it's a little closer than that

01:02:34but these last few rounds here are very very important

01:02:38again we talk about judges criteria

01:02:42how he's scoring the fight

01:02:43whether he's scoring the most effective punches

01:02:45or the percentage of punches that are landed

01:02:48well if in fact ring generalship

01:02:50is a key factor in judging a fight

01:02:53I really do believe that since about the 5th round

01:02:55Mike Tyson has been in charge of the fight

01:02:58he has been the aggressive

01:03:02Mike has not been able to land the kind of punches we've seen in the past

01:03:05and the reason for that is because of the way that Tony Tucker is approaching

01:03:09and has approached this fight

01:03:10alright

01:03:12let him tie you up

01:03:14ok let him go

01:03:14one step back please

01:03:15one other boy

01:03:16here we go

01:03:17time time time

01:03:26over here

01:03:27come here

01:03:28and now Mike Tyson

01:03:29look at his

01:03:30alright here we go

01:03:30come here come here

01:03:31come here come here

01:03:32rather than his hand

01:03:37Tony Tucker's right hand now is dropping

01:03:39and that is asking for Mike Tyson's left hook

01:03:44Tyson continually putting pressure on Tucker now

01:03:47come on

01:03:48watch that back

01:03:49get that head up

01:03:50watch that head

01:03:51see Mike can't get his left hook in

01:03:52because he's coming in first with his head

01:03:55he needs to throw a little short

01:03:57that short jab

01:03:58then step

01:03:59like that

01:04:00throw a jab

01:04:01then step in

01:04:02get close

01:04:03now come

01:04:04there it was

01:04:05that's what you have to do

01:04:06that's what he has to do brother

01:04:07this jab will get closer to the taller man Tucker

01:04:09and then he can throw his punches

01:04:10and then he can throw his punches

01:04:11once again though

01:04:12you see what's happening here

01:04:13then he gets in

01:04:15now he's starting to cut the ring off

01:04:18now he's not following Tucker

01:04:19now he's not following Tucker

01:04:20now he's just out again

01:04:22the jab once again is effective

01:04:35as effectively as I've seen Mike Tyson's jab

01:04:37his jab is awesome

01:04:39he gets it in but he has to use it more

01:04:41and work his way in

01:04:43and remember it's a different kind of jab

01:04:45it is a jab that is designed

01:04:47to get him inside to be able to throw the left hand

01:04:50the left hook that in

01:04:52not a jab that you use just to keep a man off of you

01:05:00Mike can't keep running with his chin like that

01:05:03not with the hand speed at Tony Tucker

01:05:05and then hide the Tony Tucker

01:05:08let him go

01:05:09let him go

01:05:10let him go

01:05:11let him go

01:05:12here we go

01:05:16I'm always expecting someone to go down

01:05:18because a lot of times

01:05:19both dogs are reaching in with their chins first

01:05:24Tyson was a little short with both that right and the left

01:05:27if this fight were a conversation

01:05:38Tucker starts it off with a few feeble words

01:05:42and Tyson finishes off each exchange

01:05:46with an exclamation point

01:05:48he's starting to really dominate the action now

01:05:51you have to go combinations

01:05:53I want to see five punch combinations

01:05:54he's going one punch at a time

01:05:55one punch at a time

01:05:56one punch at a time

01:05:57now we see that in that round

01:05:58Mike Tyson threw 22 jabs

01:06:00and landed 16

01:06:01and earlier when we showed you our punch stat

01:06:04before the fight

01:06:05showed that he had been throwing roughly 10 jabs

01:06:08and landing half or less of them

01:06:10so he's picked up using his jab

01:06:12he's settled down and he's just fighting

01:06:14he's not winging punches

01:06:16not getting caught in as many clinches

01:06:18as we've seen him before

01:06:19you've got two rounds to go

01:06:21you've got two rounds to go

01:06:22you're in good shape

01:06:23now get out there and fight this guy

01:06:24for the 14-minute punch speed

01:06:25all right

01:06:26try to get off first

01:06:27and then you're ready to grab a hole

01:06:28I'm ready to go

01:06:29I'm ready to go

01:06:30I'm ready to go

01:06:33Tucker needs to do something dramatic

01:06:35will he try?

01:06:37he looked a little bit like a tired fighter

01:06:39just looking at him in his corner

01:06:40between those rounds

01:06:41oh because he's never pointed at this pace

01:06:43but this is when you reach down bud

01:06:45this is when you show that you really really want to win

01:06:48this is when your body aches

01:06:50your legs clamp

01:06:51but you've got to push it

01:06:52you've got to push it to the limit

01:06:55and in Tyson's corner

01:06:56they told him we've got two rounds left

01:06:57fight for the full three minutes

01:06:59your arms aches

01:07:00he's starting to drop

01:07:01you know you have to bring him up

01:07:02because he knows somebody can throw a Conaway handle

01:07:05and again a timeout

01:07:08this time it is the tape on the glove of Tony Tucker

01:07:10the glove of Tony Tucker

01:07:11that comes loose

01:07:16again tightening his foot

01:07:18jab but get closer

01:07:19get inside

01:07:20he'll work his way inside

01:07:21that jab was going to get him closer

01:07:29Tucker holding a little bit more

01:07:31early here in the 11th round

01:07:32there's frustration in Mike's face

01:07:35and the reason is frustration is because of what

01:07:40something really panicked man up

01:07:42he'll go to an accident

01:07:43sometimes work

01:07:44you get the

01:07:47what you do

01:07:48you reverse the crowd's approval

01:07:57I mean he's fighting his fight

01:07:58he's doing his thing

01:07:59he doesn't care what people say on the books

01:08:02or writing the books

01:08:04well there's nothing else

01:08:05you've got to say

01:08:06Tony Tucker did

01:08:07fight

01:08:08Mike Tyson

01:08:09and there's been a lot of Tyson opponents

01:08:10that haven't done that

01:08:14good left hook by Mike Tyson

01:08:28again the voice you're hearing in the background

01:08:29is the voice of Kevin Rooney

01:08:31Mike Tyson

01:08:32saying come on

01:08:33you heard him

01:08:39I mean just check out Tony Tucker

01:08:41he's a mad conference

01:08:42alright alright

01:08:43let's get back

01:08:44let him go Tony

01:08:45let him go

01:08:46come on

01:08:47let him go

01:08:48come on

01:08:49come on

01:08:50come on

01:08:51let's do it

01:08:52there you go

01:08:58let him

01:08:59let him

01:09:00let him go

01:09:05come on

01:09:06let him go

01:09:07here we go

01:09:08come on

01:09:10come on

01:09:12come on

01:09:13Come on this box a little bit.

01:09:1520 foot grabbing.

01:09:17Come on, come on, let's go.

01:09:21Look at what happened.

01:09:23Some of them are boring.

01:09:25And while they're boring because they expected

01:09:27to be inevitable.

01:09:29It didn't happen for them.

01:09:31Tucker's fighting a great fight.

01:09:43Time.

01:09:49One round is huge.

01:09:51Too close.

01:09:53That's too close that round.

01:09:55Too close this couple.

01:10:01Take this one.

01:10:03Spit that out.

01:10:05Spit it out.

01:10:07Last round.

01:10:09Drink this.

01:10:11Last round.

01:10:13Last round, yeah.

01:10:15Use it there.

01:10:17Final combination.

01:10:19Don't let him get in an open.

01:10:21It's a crucial round here.

01:10:23Breathe so close.

01:10:25Stay on.

01:10:27They think they got a shot.

01:10:29I don't know.

01:10:31You understand?

01:10:33Get out there.

01:10:35Get out there.

01:10:37Get out there.

01:10:39Mike Tyson is one round away from becoming a unified heavyweight champion at the age of 21.

01:10:49This obviously won't be a dramatic victory unless he does something dramatic here.

01:10:55But it has been a good workmanlike job.

01:10:57It's an effective victory.

01:10:59It's interesting to hear Kevin Rooney in the corner saying,

01:11:01With these judges, you never know.

01:11:03You've got to go out there and win this round big.

01:11:05So Rooney just being a realist.

01:11:07I have to say something, bro.

01:11:09You know when I talk about one of the titles against Russell Douglas,

01:11:11I felt that he needed more experience to deal with Mike Tyson.

01:11:15If he wasn't strong enough, he'll have the experience to deal with Mike Tyson.

01:11:17I say, it's probably a blowout.

01:11:19But he said, so what with these so-called experts.

01:11:21I'm going to show you.

01:11:23And this is what he did tonight.

01:11:25And he has.

01:11:26Even if he loses the fight, he's probably made more friends than he has in the 34 wins that he's had.

01:11:29Friends and believers.

01:11:31You have to take your head off to the guy.

01:11:35I mean, he's in there with a monster in Mike Tyson.

01:11:39Who has fought a good fight tonight.

01:11:40Yes, he has.

01:11:41I mean, Mike Tyson has done the best job he could possibly do against a guy as mobile,

01:11:47hand speed, height, and reach advantage.

01:11:50Look at it!

01:11:52And a guy who wasn't in there just to survive, either.

01:11:54Come on, come on, come on, come on.

01:11:56Come on, come on.

01:11:57Come on, come on.

01:11:58Come on, come on.

01:11:59Come on.

01:12:00Come on!

01:12:02Come on!

01:12:03Watch out!

01:12:04Watch out!

01:12:06Alright, well, sit back, Mike.

01:12:07I have this one.

01:12:08Here we go.

01:12:09Tony Tucker, as Larry Merchant is always fond of saying,

01:12:10he had the big hat and while he, maybe he didn't have all the cattle,

01:12:12at least he had a couple of cows.

01:12:19A right hand just barely grazed the chin of Tony Tucker.

01:12:24Come on!

01:12:26Come on!

01:12:27The crowd is getting a little tired of that.

01:12:34Tucker seems to be fighting the kind of fight that he thinks is winning.

01:12:42Here we go, here we go, here we go.

01:12:52That was a big left hand.

01:13:03Tucker says, no, no, no, no, I'm all right, I'm all right.

01:13:09Tyson finishing with a flourish.

01:13:24And so is Tucker. Great finish.

01:13:30Still a pretty entertaining evening.

01:13:45It's over.

01:13:46Well, Tony Tucker talked the talk and walked the walk.

01:13:50He fought him.

01:13:52And he was a better fighter than most of us knew that he was.

01:13:57There's an old saying in boxing, you never know how good an unbeaten fighter is.

01:14:01And an unbeaten fighter is hard to beat because he doesn't know that he can be beat.

01:14:05And that's how Tucker fought tonight.

01:14:10This seems of a friendly nature.

01:14:25Honey Tucker, very religious man.

01:14:31and we await the decision and we have seen some and here's my card which we will put up in a

01:14:41moment i have tyson winning clearly in terms of rounds it comes out eight three and one

01:14:47the impressive thing to me is that tyson was really rocked in the first round

01:14:53he took the punch he gathered himself and after a few rounds of uncertainty

01:14:59just went after it as a fight and let it happen

01:15:02so if you had to capsulize the kind of fight larry that mike tyson fought tonight what would you say

01:15:09if you had to capsulize you had a problem larry's headset i should say you had to capsulize the

01:15:17kind of fight that mike tyson fought tonight what would you say workman like a good solid job

01:15:22against the guy who was there uh and didn't let him land a lot of big punches i think

01:15:28for a guy who fought him back he fought him back in a way that didn't expose himself to a lot of big

01:15:36punches which everybody else has gotten from tyson and tyson is not a one punch puncher he's a cumulative

01:15:41puncher all right we'll get the official decision now as we go out for the ring announcer chuck hall

01:15:47ladies and gentlemen here is the decision of the judges we have a unanimous decision

01:15:58judge phil newman scores 119 111

01:16:06judge julio roldon scores 118 113 and judge bill graham scores 116 112 for the winner by unanimous

01:16:24decision and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world iron mike tyson

01:16:32so mike tyson not surprisingly the unanimous decision winner over tony tucker

01:16:41tony tucker said when we talked to him the other day he always referred to himself as the invisible

01:16:50champion he'd say i'd have a fight a couple days later somebody he'd run into would say

01:16:54are you still fighting i don't think he's going to have to answer that question anymore

01:16:57in a losing effort as we said he probably won more fans than he's had

01:17:04in the 34 fights previous right now let's get up to larry merchant who is with mike tyson larry

01:17:09okay mike undisputed heavyweight champion are you happy with the way you fought tonight

01:17:16not really because i was trying my best to punch his side but i guess it wasn't together today

01:17:21and he was very intimidated and it was very tough was he better fighter than you thought

01:17:24it was very hard to tell because he did a great deal of holdings he do very fast punches

01:17:29it was true and he really rocked you in the first round yes he did he was very hard puncher

01:17:34how did you gather yourself together after that punch what did that punch mean after it hit me

01:17:40it was history he went away did you did it in any way intimidate you in the sense that give you

01:17:46respect for him that he might hurt you not at all not at all it seemed that after a round

01:17:51several rounds that that you decided to stand down and not try to wing a lot of punches and just

01:17:59fight him and let happen what was going to happen well i was thinking that he because he was very

01:18:03intimidated and he was freezing every once in a while and i would think i would get him with a

01:18:06good right hand we want to take a look at that punch in the first round and i'd like you to describe

01:18:11it and just what happened because you can see out there the bad mistakes like don curry did

01:18:18um come right up in the middle after i went down instead of going to the side and he threw a punch

01:18:24and i was careless and i got hit it seemed that he had came out into this fight with the strategy of

01:18:31trying to come underneath you as you came in well after he did the first time there was no way he's

01:18:35going to make this give me the same mistake again what are your plans now everybody wants to know

01:18:42are you going to fight michael spinks well i don't know really you have to talk to jim jacob right here

01:18:46what are your thoughts about fighting michael spinks yourself whether it's next time or two

01:18:51years from now i fight whoever my manager wants me to fight you know i'm just a fighter

01:18:55i do what he told me to do you're not as happy as one would think you would be for being the

01:19:01undisputed heavyweight champion of the world right because you know as long as you make mistakes

01:19:05you have no means to be happy i'm a perfectionist i want to be perfect and i was trying to use my jab

01:19:10more and i was just a little confused that he's holding a lot but i was i stopped being frustrated

01:19:16and i just continued jabbing most of the round let's take a look at what happened in the last

01:19:20round when he came out in some desperation and started to throw big punches again describe what

01:19:26you see what was all this jiving and well antics he was he was a little intimidating to try to

01:19:32make me think that he was fresh and he was ready to go when he was not tired i wasn't affected him

01:19:37but look as soon as i come and he grabs me

01:19:40mike congratulations

01:19:44undisputed champion 21 years old do you feel now that you're the undisputed champion that that really

01:19:52is more meaningful than the other championships in terms of history i knew i would have you

01:19:56the younger payway champion i want to be burton thank you very much okay mike thank you and back

01:20:02to you barry and ray okay thanks very much larry merchant and mike tyson ray i asked larry merchant how

01:20:07he would evaluate mike tyson's performance let me ask you not only how you would evaluate mike

01:20:10tyson's performance but how you would evaluate tony tucker's performance i mean i think words can

01:20:16not really describe what i feel about tony tucker i think what he displayed tonight was the fact that

01:20:21he was a non-conformist he did what a lot of us didn't think he could do and that's why i respect

01:20:25the man so much because he he boxed he clinched he fought a very strategic a very tactical a very

01:20:30intelligent fight i had a feeling that he tried to borrow a page from the ray leonard playbook when we

01:20:34talked to him just the other day we talked about the fact that he watched your fight a lot you

01:20:38talked to him a great deal about what you had to do to win and it seems like he heeded that advice

01:20:42you know and i saw that in the makings as the rounds were progress because i was saying that the key to

01:20:47winning is the frustration to tie your man up to break his rhythm and throw your punches and win that

01:20:51round at the end of each one let's take a look then at some of the final numbers from our punch stat

01:20:56statistics and there they are tyson throwing 412 punches ironically it was tony tucker who threw 452 but

01:21:02tyson's punches were more effective and i think probably the most important thing about this is

01:21:07that tony tite of mike tyson rather actually out jabbed tony tucker particularly so over the final few

01:21:14rounds now tucker of course came into this fight with a reputation as the boxer and tyson as the puncher

01:21:19but it was tyson who did the jabbing and did so effectively enough to get inside and win a unanimous

01:21:24decision let's get back to the center of the ring now and larry merchant larry tony you fought a lot

01:21:30better fight than many people thought you were capable of you really hurt him early in the first

01:21:37round what happened after that why couldn't you follow up on it oh well you know it wasn't no

01:21:43secret in the game early in the training i hurt my right hand and um it would give me some problems

01:21:50after the second round when i hit him but i thought i still outboxed him i was moving good

01:21:56um mike tyson is a young kid he's uh he's what everybody you know everybody came here expecting

01:22:05to win the odds was you know in his favor you know if it was a close fight i figured they was going to

01:22:13give it to him anyway you know but i still thought i beat i beat him but that's okay you know the world

01:22:18know tony chuck is here i'm for real and uh you know i praise god you know because he seen me

01:22:24through the fight and and he protected me and um neither one of us you know got hurt injured i mean

01:22:30so where we couldn't continue but uh i still praise god now and i'm happy you know that i'm here

01:22:36but you know you were here you made us notice you thank you tony yeah and now a few few words to sum up

01:22:45i'd have to say that at this moment the heavyweight division is probably in better

01:22:50shape than it's been in some time we have a unified champion and we have a challenger that

01:22:55everybody wants to see against that unified champion michael spinks when will a michael spinks

01:23:02and mike tyson fight come off well i wouldn't want to hold my breath if michael spinks could

01:23:09make a business decision not to fight tyson in this tournament or not to fight tucker for his

01:23:16share of the championship then i suppose mike tyson can make a business decision on when he as the

01:23:23undisputed champion wants to fight this man there are a number of reasons why the fight won't be held

01:23:28right away one of them obviously is there's a lot of bad blood between the camps because there was a

01:23:33contract that the tyson camp feels wasn't honored secondly they feel they can remain active and make

01:23:39a lot of money the tyson people and who can spinks fight and where can he make a lot of money

01:23:44and if their man is active and the other guy is not active that's all to their good and finally third

01:23:51the longer we wait the bigger the build-up will be toward an eventual fight between the undisputed

01:23:58champion and the undisputed challenger as it were and now i'd like to make a personal note here

01:24:05in the early 30s a real fight fan was courting a beautiful young lady and part of the courtship

01:24:13ritual was to take her to the fight every single week and 50 years ago tonight they were married

01:24:19and after that marriage she never went to another fight again which just shows to go you about how the

01:24:28price fight business is the subterfuges people will go through to get to the top i had to be at this

01:24:35party i'm glad i was at this party although i would rather have been at their golden wedding anniversary

01:24:40party in hartford connecticut i want to send my love and congratulations to my in-laws

01:24:45jerry and irving stiss now back to you barry and ray okay thanks let's address the spinks tyson

01:24:54eventuality and ray let me put you inside the head if i can of both michael spinks and mike tyson let's

01:24:59forget for a minute about the jimmy jacobs and the butch lewis and all the politics and all the legal

01:25:04affairs do you think these two guys really want to get at it and just get it on as soon as possible

01:25:08or whether rather just respect each other's respective titles if you will even though spinks

01:25:13really doesn't have one and just wait a little bit you know barry at this point now i think it's

01:25:16it's actually public demand i think the public wants to see michael spinks and mike tyson go at it

01:25:21is that inevitable confrontation where there's two good fighters two great fighters

01:25:25uh about to match i think it's like two meteors about to collide it happened with her and i

01:25:30robert duran and i and marvin haggler and i so it's got to happen it should happen sooner or later but

01:25:36in this case it appears it's going to be later you know the one question that i have about this fight

01:25:39and i really wonder what would have happened with mike tyson if he'd have fought tony tucker let's say

01:25:44six or seven fights ago might have been very very different well we want to remind you to stay tuned

01:25:50immediately following hbo's world championship boxing we're going to have a most interesting

01:25:53movie for you but we'll tell you about training camps and they that they are open for business

01:25:58in the national football league and what that means is of course that we're gearing up for inside the

01:26:02nfl with host lendo dawson and nick bonacani it premieres each thursday beginning with the kickoff

01:26:07of the regular season in september right through super bowl 22 so for larry merchant and sugar ray

01:26:11leonard i'm barry tompkins saying so long from las vegas nevada

01:26:15the executive producer of hbo sports and the producer of tonight's telecast was ross greenberg

01:26:27the fight was directed by mark payton the feature producers michael j wayland and steve salvatore

01:26:33the associate producer was david harman the assistant to the producer brian a mcdonald

01:26:38and the production managers judy trost and so long to angela mancuso

01:26:43don't ask me where i'm going

01:26:45i don't know

01:26:48don't ask me where i'm going

01:26:51which way the wind is blowing

01:26:54i don't know

01:26:57leaving over this again and again

01:27:05talking about it only drives me insane

01:27:10i think i'd rather take a walk in the rain

01:27:14i know

01:27:16i know

01:27:18i can't keep running

01:27:20i know

01:27:22i know

01:27:24i know

01:27:26i know

01:27:28i can't keep running

01:27:30i know

01:27:32i know

01:27:34i know

01:27:36i know

01:27:38i know

01:27:40i can't keep running

01:27:42i know

01:27:44this has been a presentation of hbo sports the network of champions

01:27:48i know

01:27:50i know

01:27:52i know

01:27:54i know

01:27:56i know

01:27:58i know

01:28:00i know

01:28:01i know

01:28:03of

01:28:05well

01:28:07i know

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