"The $100,000,000 Fight", Tyson-Holy '91, Ring Magazine Tactical Analysis.

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  1. Kalasinn

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    "The $100,000,000 Fight", Tyson-Holy '91, Ring Magazine Tactical Analysis.

    Courtesy of ESB member Sangria, who kindly scanned this article from his December 1991 issue of "The Ring", & emailed me the scans.

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    My Initial Thoughts:

    I object to writing-off Tyson once if it went past 8 rounds, in fact if he did enough body punching (which Mike was a big fan of in '91), I could envisage him being the stronger man late too. They talk of Tyson “losing much of his effectiveness” after 8 rounds, but I believe they got this only from the Douglas fight (in which he had questionable conditioning, & only looked non-lethargic in round 8, before completely gassing in round 9), if they'd thought back to the recent Tyson-Ruddock rematch, they'd have recalled a supremely conditioned Mighty Mike who had trained like a demon. In the brutal slugfest of Tyson-Ruddock II, he fought ferociously with a raging fury for the first 6 rounds, slowed down somewhat during rounds 7 to 9, but then was impressively refreshed in rounds 10 to 12, despite suffering 3 broken ribs from absorbing monstrous bombs to his body. Against Tucker, while not a war, Tyson was greasy-fast for the entire 12.

    Another statement I disagree with is Tyson's guard “dropping” in the late rounds. It didn't drop against Ruddock, & again Douglas he actually forgot to us his guard for the first 6 rounds, before realising the beating he was receiving in round 7, from which point he attempted to protect his badly swollen left eye, awoke from his slumber in the 8th to fight back hard, hurting Buster a few times & flooring him for 13 seconds, but Mike was totally exhausted from round 9, thus his horrendous beating resumed.

    Their predicted outcome; Tyson TKO8 Holyfield in a brutal war is one I find very possible, although I could also imagine Tyson taking a 7-5 decision, or for that matter Holy taking a close decision instead.

    Overall, it's a nicely written & interesting article with great illustrations, so i'll be posting some more positive comments later.
     
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  3. Sangria

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    Thanks for posting Kalasinn. Back when this particular magazine was published, I believed everything written in The Ring was gospel. Steve Farhood did a great job analyzing what would have been the richest fight in history up to that point. If Tyson came in focused and hungry to regain the title, i could envision him winning by TKO (just like Farhood predicted) or even a tough decision. We know one thing is for sure...Holyfield would be ready for a war!
     
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  4. lefthook31

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    Pretty accurate as to what I saw what was going on with Tyson. Gone were the fine tuned skills that made him at his best, but I still think he had enough skills conditioning and determination to beat Holyfied at that time, and this is pretty much how I see the fight playing out.
     
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  5. ironchamp

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    I'd say it was pretty much what I thought would be the case at the time. Holyfield was a tough customer but I felt that Tyson would be good enough to beat anybody around at that time, Holyfield included.
     
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  6. Kalasinn

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    Bumped, for relevance to current Tyson-Holy '91 topic.
     
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  7. apollack

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    I'd say Farhood had the right analysis but wrong outcome. Reading his piece I thought he was going to predict a late rounds Holyfield win, so I was surprised when he picked Tyson in 8. Overall, a nice article.
     
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  8. DonBoxer

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    :lol:
     
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  9. Kalasinn

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    It was an ideal opportunity, & i seized the moment. :D
     
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  10. DonBoxer

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    There you go again.:D
     
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  11. Sangria

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    Great article and my favorite issue that the Ring ever offered. I remember when the fight didn't happen and thinking this issue would be a collector's prized piece. I also own the KO magazine feature as well as some others regarding the $100 million fight.
     
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  12. techks

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    Great read, thanks. I might skim through most of it but what I read sounds good such as Holyfield being a legit heavy(which he was) and Tyson still being dangerous but losing his hunger(which happened too). Holyfield I think would always give Tyson problems but in 91, Tyson had better stamina and better combinations while Holyfield was still trying to establish himself more as a heavyweight. Great thread and great fantasy fight.
     
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  13. goat15

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    thanks for posting.

    if only the first tyson ruddock fight hadn't ended prematurely. there wouldn't have been a rematch, tyson wouldn't have broken his ribs in that war, and tyson holyfield may have taken place just before tyson went to jail. probably wouldn't have been enough time for the big build-up anyway...

    oh well.
     
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  14. TIGEREDGE

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    i always thought that holfield wwas lightly regarded as a heavy going into this. he did lose a lot of respect after the cooper (on the date this was scheduled) and holmes fights (mid 1992)
     
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  15. Sangria

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    Kalasinn, thanks again for putting up with my computer illiteracy and for posting these images. Well done bro!
     
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