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| Date: June 8th 2002, Memphis, |
| One of the most eagerly awited matchups of all time. Lennox Lewis hoping to cement his place in history and Mike Tyson hopng to do the impossible and become champion again. But Mike had Not had enough practice in fights like he had wanted as lewis was threatening to retire. Mike did not seem up for the fight and it was a sad, sad spectacle to watch. That Mike Tyson was still fighting, was wrong, prison, together with his persaonal life, had destroyed him as a fighter, and no matter how much his fans had wanted to think it, for a man to turn bck time, is, and will always be, impossible. LEWIS - TYSON ROUND BY ROUND Round One:Mike launches into Lewis with a left hand jab. Lewis tries to use a heavy jab but Tyson retaliates with a great left hook. Lewis lets his guard down to let Tyson in with another left hook. Mike wins the first round Round Two: Lewis is warned twice by referee Eddie Cotton for holding. Lewis lands three powerful right upper cuts on Mike, a in a round that the Briton almost certainly won. Round Three: Tyson attempts to come in close to Lewis but cannot land a punch as Lewis fends him off with a number of jabs. Lewis replies to Tyson's attempted hook by catching the American on the eye. Tyson receives treatment to a cut above the right eye. Round Four: Lewis takes another blow to the chin from Tyson. Lewis jabs his way through Tyson's guard as Mikes face begins to swell. Tyson is pushed down on to the canvas by Lewis and the Briton has a point deducted by the referee. Round Five: Lewis looks for the swelling above Tyson's right eye and tries to reach it with his jab. Lewis looks to have won yet another round after landing a number of point-scoring shots. Tyson just isnt in it, he seems to be putting less in as time goes on Round Six: A good right-left combination from Lewis lands Tyson in all sorts of trouble. Lewis tees up Mike by pushing his jab through the American's guard. Tyson looks jaded and barely a shadow of the once almost invincable man he was. Round Seven: Tyson charges out in the seventh. Tyson into coming in close. Tyson and Lewis exchange jabs. A right hook puts Tyson off balance as Lewis once again dominates the round. Round Eight: Tyson charges out once again to try and catch Lewis by surprise. . Tyson suddenly collapses to one knee as Lewis lands a lethal upper-cut. Lewis reaches for the killer blow only to be stopped by referee Cotton. Tyson is counted out once. Mike rises again but is knocked to the floor by Lewis with spectacular right-hook. The fight is stopped and Lewis retains his world championship titles. |
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