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I remember there was this uproar that Tyson got an undeserving title shot right out of prison

Most likely to set up a fight with Holyfield

Yes, was all about Holyfield. Optional defense is cool but Don King was in total control and basically froze LL out and WBC let Tyson leapfrog. Reason why it wasn’t a huge travesty was because McCall had knocked LL out. McCall was in line to fight Tyson and lost his belt to Bruno. Reason why LL and Tyson never fought when they were younger is because of promoters.
 

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Yes, was all about Holyfield. Optional defense is cool but Don King was in total control and basically froze LL out and WBC let Tyson leapfrog. Reason why it wasn’t a huge travesty was because McCall had knocked LL out. McCall was in line to fight Tyson and lost his belt to Bruno. Reason why LL and Tyson never fought when they were younger is because of promoters.

Facts. Justice prevailed that Tyson ended up losing to Holyfield twice in embarrassing fashion, and Lennox Lewis ended up becoming Undisputed
 

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Facts. Justice prevailed that Tyson ended up losing to Holyfield twice in embarrassing fashion, and Lennox Lewis ended up becoming Undisputed

I was a Tyson guy. He didn’t take Evander as seriously as he should’ve that first fight. Evander was looking on the downside coming in because he had two loses to Bowe and one to Moorer. Was a huge underdog even though Mike had basically fought trash compared to Evander’s last few fights. Namely Mercer who Evander beat and Mercer then gave LL the toughest fight of his career. Brutal fight. LL proved so much in that fight. Evander then had a 2nd wind where he made the bulk of his ring earnings with his next 5 fights. People excited about heavyweights today? This era was nothing but the truth!
 

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1. Holyfield
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Mike Tyson
4. Moorer
5. Golota
6. Akinwande
7. Mercer
8. Tua
9. Bowe
10. Witherspoon

This was a ranking in 96. Larry and George were still in the mix too as far past their primes as they were.

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