between the ropes.

between the ropes.

to some, mike tyson is an american icon. picked from the streets, he became the world's youngest undisputed champion ever. he rised to the top, earned fame and fortune, and then unceremoniously lost it all. he's came back to bite an ear off, disappeared, came back, disappeared, and then came back again to win (via knockout) within a minute. the man has gone through it all, and he came back again, time and time again, to remind us that he wasn't quite gone yet.

this morning, i was at li vern's, watching the tyson vs. williams bout, and i really wanted tyson to pulverize the guy. i wanted to see tyson back at his best. danny williams is a former british, and british commonwealth champion, who, up til today, hadn't fought anyone in the top 10. namely, we all thought that he would be a simple pushover. another 40 second fight. someone that tyson could easily dig into. and, y'know, during the first round, we could've been right. he didn't look that hot, and tyson was doing his thing the right way.

surprisingly, williams had added one hell of a scalp to his collection. i won't go so far as to say that he's ended the "era" of mike tyson...but i will say that he's pummeled tyson to a knockout victory. and what i really want to see next is a rematch, because i hope that tyson doesn't take this sitting down. i hope that people aren't predicting the fall of tyson, because we've heard it all before. despite tyson being at "40%", and how "his 40% is another boxer's 100%", williams still fought a man who was considerably older and slower than he was at his peak. in a way, it's unfair.

but he still beat mike tyson.

and tyson. the guy's a lot calmer than he's been in the past. and i'm not just talking about ears, here. prior to this, he was US$ 38 million in debt, and now he's managed to ease $ 6 million off it. but who knows what would've happened if he'd managed to down williams? it could've been lucrative, a whole potential "return of iron mike" scenario. the man, who at almost 20 years ago, became the champ, returns. it's beyond logic, but i guess everyone wants to see tyson succeed, moxt probably because it makes them feel that some things really are possible.

girlfight --- prior to the tyson vs. williams bout: laila ali vs. monica nunez. the daughter of muhamad ali vs. a dominican no-name. it was a bit slow at first, but it picked up. no doubt who would've won. ali was fighting in the same arena where her father made his debut. nunez kept on clinging to ali. annoyed everyone...ali, especially. everyone wants a good fight. it could've been better.

toast --- here's to mike tyson.