Does anybody remember how great the tyson-holyfield i ppv was?

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  1. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    In this age of ppv-ripoffs,i cant help but recall this;
    It started in the early evening in the UK with;
    Nigel Benn
    Steve Collins
    Naz
    Winky Wright
    Danny Williams
    +
    others.

    Then over to the USA for
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Moorer
    (plus Botha, Akinwande and others)
    All on the same ticket,as it were.
    It was.....brilliant.A great all nighter for £9.99
    I get misty eyed thinking about it.Wish it was like that now.
     
  2. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    and the intense atmosphere in the sky studio added the thrill.
     
  3. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    Good,you remember it too.:good
    What a night.
     
  4. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    The best night in boxing ever, I mean the card was ****ing stacked, four heavyweight bouts pretty much all the top heavys except Lennox Lewis, and the out come of the fight that night just amazing.
     
  5. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    Did you get the British leg first as well Bazooka?
    It was a Joint DK/FW promotion,hence the 2 bills.
    Brilliant.
     
  6. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    othe FW card was insane, winky wright was on it right?
    A young, fresh and hungry danny williams was on there, i remember he had a late night documentary about him on channel 4 the few weeks prior to Judgement night.

    man that time of the year was kinda crazy for me.
     
  7. Bazooka

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    Yup, I mean for the money that was the best PPV event in history, and the Sky network hooked that **** up, I love watching boxing when its in the UK the brits are just amazing supporters of their fighters. but the whole night was just awsome.
     
  8. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    I just looked it up and you're right.
    I'll amend it for completeness:good
     
  9. MaliSlamusrex

    MaliSlamusrex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    was that the second fight when Tyson decided to eat an holyfields ear?
     
  10. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    No,the 9/11/96 first fight.
     
  11. pmfan

    pmfan Active Member Full Member

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    They used to have amazing cards on regular network tv. I remember a triple play Saturday night show on ABC in the late 70's with, I think, Marvin Johnson-Victor Galindez, Ray Leonard-Benitez, and Hagler-Antefuermo I. (I think that was the card.)

    On free tv with Cosell doing the Hagler and Leonard fights in Vegas I believe, and Chris Schenkel doing the Johnson fight from a different location.
     
  12. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    Yep.'Night of the Champions' or something it was called:good