3 Epic Fights That Will Never Be Forgotten - Part 1

World heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is one of the most famous contact sports in the world. In the middle of the last century, with the beginning of the television era, boxing acquired the status of the most popular martial art in the world. In today's video, we are going to take a look at the history of boxing from the perspective of the best boxing

fights

that had great

epic

importance in the history of boxing. These are legendary

fights

that filled huge stadiums and captured the attention of hundreds of millions of viewers forever. change the history of boxing itself if you enjoyed watching this episode on our channel please click the thumbs up and subscribe to the world of boxing.

Here we feel a sense of nostalgia and remember the best fights in the ring that go down in the annals of boxing. history mike tyson has been knocked out incredible november 22, 1986 las vegas nevada the young heavyweight sensation mike tyson, 20 years old, who made his professional debut a little over a year and a half ago, enters a fight for the world title tyson is 27 victories with 25 knockouts and 15 of them in the first round the wbc title is at stake his opponent is 32 year old trevor burbick for whom this is his first title defense since winning the title in march 1986. in the world of boxing burbick gained fame five years earlier when he became muhammad ali's last opponent, ali himself was present during this fight and told tyson to kick his ass for me, plus ali archie moore, thomas listening, hector camacho and two of Tyson's future rivals, Larry Holmes and Michael Spanx, were also present in the 8,800 entries.

Sold for this fight, Tyson's fee was one and a half million dollars and Burbank received two million. Tyson was not intimidated by the reigning champion in front of him and from the first seconds of the fight made his intentions known before the fight, Burbek said. I'll deal with him in seven rounds, but Tyson set a goal to deal with Burbek much earlier. It didn't help that Trevor himself helped Tyson tremendously with this task instead of moving around and trying to stay out of his opponent's way, he stood right in front of Tyson trying to prove that he could fight him toe to toe but no one could fight. face to face with the mike tyson of the mid 80's and soon burbek and his coaching staff and everyone who saw the fight became convinced of this fact mike shakes burback and almost knocked him down however tyson does not rush his opponent but acts in a style called controlled aggression burbek is in a dangerous position but is saved by the bell burbik taunts tyson which is strange considering he had almost lost the first round during the Panic reigned in Burbik's corner and it is worth noting that For this fight he had hired famous trainer Angelo Dundee and although Burbek did not understand his precarious position, Experience Dundee was fully aware of what was happening in Tyson's corner, Kevin Rooney. as always with a calm voice he gave recommendations to his boxer in the first seconds of the second round starting with a powerful right blow tyson finishes what he started in the first burbek is on the ground but immediately jumps up trying to show everyone that he can continue But Burbik was far from fine, he was in shock and could not come to his senses, but at the same time Tyson did not force a hasty conclusion and only attacked when he was sure of the result just over half a minute before the end.

At the end of the round, Tyson lands a right to Burbex's body and misses a left hook, but then throws a left hook that didn't look heavy, but that's what happened to Trevor Burbeck after that punch looked comical and sad. . Burbek still managed to get to his feet. before the count of ten but the well-known referee mills lane stopped the fight and now the former champion can barely stand when the great trainer castiamato met with tyson told him mike you

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become the youngest world champion in the history of the weights heavy those words were prophetic but unfortunately dimato did not see the triumph his student died exactly one year before the victory after the fight ended his manager jimmy jacobs ran towards tyson the first thing tyson asked him was do you think cuss would you have liked that?

At the age of 20 years, 4 months and 22 days, Michael Gerard Tyson became the youngest world champion in heavyweight history, surpassing Floyd Patterson's record of winning the title at 21 years and 11 months. Well, the moment I waited all my life sometimes I started the boxing game and like everyone said um, that burbick burberry didn't stand a chance, but for the very hard vlog, he's strong, he's like very strong, I

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expected to be so strong like that, I knew he was strong, but I didn't expect it. For being as strong as me, he was very strong, but I was taught that he was calm and was synchronizing my opponent.

I threw a bad extension in a vital area. I was going to destroy and win the world heavyweight championship that I had made and I like to dedicate my fight to my big custom model guardian and I'm sure he's up there and he's watching and talking to all the great fighters and saying that his boy He did it, he's smiling, that's right, did you feel like if you could? Show him that you can make the best shot of him so that later you can dominate him. I think that's probably the game I thought I could make, you know?

But was he a better puncher than you anticipated? Yeah, he prayed for the r because I felt like it wasn't a one-punch knockout, but it was pretty tough and I said, well, I'll shake him for the second round, yeah, and I said, I'll shake him in a second, I said he'll come back and I can kill his power, but apparently they caught me like I was Angela, he was faster than you expected, well, pretty fast, I thought, but, wow, you know, I still can't believe it, but you know, he was trying to force me to Believe on July 18, 1997, the unification fight in the WBO super flyweight division world champion, 30-year-old Johnny Tapia, faced 23-year-old IBF world champion, Danny Romero. for the fight the reasons for this rejection were twofold two weeks earlier the second fight between mike tyson and evander holyfield had taken place in the mgm grand arena the fight ended with the disqualification of tyson for a bite that caused many public fights including the mgm Several casino gaming tables were also destroyed in the lobby of the grand hotel, plus Denny Romero and Johnny Tapia were originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Both had Mexican roots in the state. This battle between Romero and Tapia was the main topic of discussion, leaving other events in the background. It got to the point that even street gangs began to clash over their preferences in the next fight considering what happened after the Tyson-Holyfield fight and the fear of Mexican criminal elements from New Mexico coming to Las Vegas, the owners of the Hilton decided they didn't want to take the risk, fortunately the owners of another Las Vegas stadium, the Thomas and Mack center, came to the rescue, but precautions were still taken, all spectators had to go through a checkpoint and the level of Law enforcement increased even more than other fights.

The story of this confrontation began 16 years before. Romero and Tapia grew up in the same neighborhood and met when Romero was seven years old and Tapia was 14. By then Johnny had already been boxing for five years and finally found a permanent coach for danny romero. father at the age of 16 and 18 tapia won the national golden gloves competition and at the age of 21 in march 1988 he made his debut in the professional ring in two and a half years tapia fought 22 fights and became a real star in Albuquerque but by the time Tapia was ready for big fights his career was interrupted for three and a half years in 1990 he tested positive several times for cocaine doping and was suspended from boxing this period for Tapia became one of the darkest in his life who couldn't box and fought addiction tapia ran out of money and for a while was homeless to be able to somehow return to normal life he started earning money in street fights and these fights They were not always fair, sometimes rivals realized that a professional boxer was in front.

Everyone tried to compensate for this advantage by using weapons, but in the darkest period of his life, Tapia received a ray of hope. He met a girl named Teresa, who later became his wife and manager, but more importantly, a support in fighting his inner demons. The return to the ring in early 1994 was due to Teresa. That year Tapia fought seven times and became WBO world champion. These frequent appearances in the ring are again thanks to his wife because she understood that boxing was the best medicine for her. addiction by that time the elder romero had already concentrated completely on his son and did not have time to train johnny johnny understood and apparently left without any conflict later he read comments made by the romero family in the press where they called him a drug addict and bandit such The behavior of people he considered family was an unpleasant surprise for him.

Romero entered this fight with 30 victories, 27 of which were by knockout. It was an outstanding record for the super flyweight division. Many people thought that Romero's punching power would be a problem for tapia but tapia responded by saying every time Romero hits I

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laugh Romero responded then you will laugh the entire fight knowing of his open hostility the public expected to see a bloodbath but what they received was a little different the dynamics of the fight the Boxing quality and speed were of the highest level Tapia behaved like an aggressive improviser winning the fight was his ultimate goal besides pleasing the audience their rivalry was off the charts and Tapia's response to this was to have confidence in himself . and follows a fight plan keeping his movements under control strong left hook inside from romero good right punches in the center of the ring again they are adapting to the rhythm these two fighters were made for each other johnny is fighting right now Very initial he starts some of these exchanges that he wants to win so much that he is controlling the one you heard his dad say between the second and you should do without the counter on the right in a loop like the third, all good, Oscar number 13 against Héctor Camacho Romero .

Well for the first third of the fight, but it seemed like he was hoping to land a big hit while Tapia went out exclusively to box that night, as George Foreman noted that Danny Romero was still a very young boxer and didn't seem to understand those fights. You can't win something like that in the first two rounds and you have to be prepared for anything. Romero realized his mistake after four rounds and in the fifth he stopped waiting for a good punch and actually started boxing. The round was the first that Romero won on the scorecards.

The success of his opponent discouraged Tapia a bit, causing him to abandon the sixth couple of rounds. The first rounds appeared so he has a lot of resources. Johnny was walking on the edge of a knife at the beginning of the seventh round, he missed a blow and decided to fake a fall. Fortunately, the referee realized that Johnny was playing but he had every right to tell it if he wanted to. That was still Johnny Tapia at this moment, however. he seemed to wake up tapia and gathered his forces in general the seventh and eighth rounds were very competitive and no one would have been able to say who would win tapia hitmore with greater precision romero hit less but his punches were harder las vegas after eight rounds it seemed that the public would continue seeing this high level of competition in the rest of the fight however there was a turning point in the ninth round johnny tapia began to pressure romero and denny was having trouble withstanding the attack the speed of the fight increased in the last four rounds and it turned out that tapia, 30 years old, was more comfortable at the frenetic pace that romero harold, 23 years old, you have it 87 84 for johnny tapia I thought he had two congratulations beautifully this is what you want to say to a professional wrestler that you want to give me he is doing everything that is got his energy left both fighters tremendously conditioned with great resistance round 11 was the true climax of the battle if you want to show someone who johnny tapia was turn on round 11 of his fight against danny romero when the bell rang At the end of the round, Tapia saw that Romero was stunned and confused and tried to console him despite the comments that the Romero family had made during the previous years.

In the final round, Tapia won by unanimous decision. He had waited for this moment. for seven years to prove that he belonged to the world of elite boxing and when his opportunity came he took advantage of it two boxers came together in this confrontation for one boxing was a profession for the other boxing was a way of life one became a boxer because his the father wanted him the other became a boxer because nature wanted him tapia became world champion and unified the omb and ibf titles that night and became a true success story of how a man with an incredibly difficult past He managed to climb to the top just listen to the audience's reactionwhen the winner is announced johnny tavia struggled with his inner demons his entire life from the tragic death of his father and mother to his life as an orphan on the street he could have chosen the path of a criminal but instead he chose to box despite of everything that happened to him, he always spoke first about love, care, and the fact that people should support each other.

Johnny boxed until he was 44 and then worked with troubled teenagers in his spare time. First of all, don't stop me, Jesus. Christ, he gets the victory from him, but I'm just over it all and I give all thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ that he won the fight for you. Style, different movements. I have a good team on my side. I just listened to our game plan and did it. Have you ever fought such a disciplined fight from start to finish and thought you needed that to beat Romero? I just did a lot of good. things today I took power strengthening and I refuse to give up I refuse to lose and whatever hit me was not going to hurt me on May 27, 2012 at the age of 45 the former world champion in three weight divisions died of a heart attack at his home in albuquerque, new mexico in 2017 johnny tapia was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame in the mid-20th century boxing rules dictated that title fights lasted no more than 15 rounds american floyd Patterson and the Swede Ingemar Johansson fought for a total of 14 rounds divided into three fights June 26, 1959 World heavyweight champion, 24-year-old Floyd Patterson maintains his fifth title defense at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Patterson won the middleweight gold medal at the age of 17.

He was trained for this success by the not-yet-famous Dimato Diamato who taught Patterson the peekaboo style, which he later also successfully taught to Mike Tyson Floyd. He had his first fights in the professional ring and at light heavyweight, but even then Yamato was aiming for a title in the heavyweight division. At the end of 1956, Patterson became the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the time of His victory over Archie Moore Floyd was 21 years and 10 months old, an achievement that would later be surpassed by another of D'amato's students, Mike Tyson, who became world champion. Patterson, a year and a half younger, also became the first champion.

Olympian in boxing history to win the heavyweight championship on May 1, 1959. Patterson defended his title for the fourth time by eleventh-round knockout and eight weeks later entered a mandatory fight against 26-year-olds. The old Ingemar Johansen until then, the Swede, who was a very popular fighter in his home country, had only fought locally, traveling no further than Italy, Germany and Denmark. His final qualifying bout against Eddie Machin attracted 53,000 spectators in those days, unlike modern boxing. It's not that easy to become a mandatory contender for a title, so those who did it certainly earned the distinction. Johansson was considered a serious contender, but still few people believed in his victory among 69 observers surveyed, 63 predicted a victory for the reigning champion.

This was despite Johansson's European champion title, his status as mandatory challenger and the fact that he was recognized as boxer of the year in 1958, the first two rounds went smoothly, Patterson was active, but it seemed that Johansen had everything under his belt. control and was just waiting. Then the time was right, the third and final round of this fight, although it would not be the last time these fighters would face each other in the ring, a left hook and a right cross sent the champion to the canvas, at that At the time the mandatory eight-count rule was not yet in effect, so a boxer could get up before the referee resumed the fight.

Patterson had not fully recovered from the fall when he got up and was attacked by Johansen, who hit Patterson again in the back of the head. Johansson's actions obviously deserve criticism, but boxing. in those days it was very cruel and the rivals did not forgive each other patterson stood up but immediately found himself on the ground three more times after four falls it would seem that everything was over but suddenly the champion gets up again and in instead of trying to survive he starts fighting with johansen unfortunately at this time patterson was at a disadvantage due to his condition and was likely to find himself on the floor for the fifth time, it was still a long way from the end of the round and the champion's condition was critical .

I can only marvel at how he lasted so long, however, Floyd was

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able to fully recover and after an eighth knockdown the fight was stopped, but it wasn't the end, it was just the beginning of one of the greatest trilogies in history. of professional boxing a year later, on June 20, 1960, at the Polo Grounds Arena in New York, in the presence of 32,000 spectators, the rematch took place, it was one of the highest-grossing fights of the time, raising the enormous amount of $3 million from Patterson. The winnings were 655,000 and Johansen received 520,000. Unlike the first fight, the Swede was now the favorite after winning the first bout and statistically the odds were against Patterson up to that point, eight former world champions in weight.

Heavyweights had tried to regain their belts after losing. they among them were jack dempsey max schmeling joe lewis ezra charles and jersey joe walcott none of them were successful even though patterson started this fight aggressively johansen kept calm waiting for the right moment and then rocked patterson with a right cross after patterson took a moment and stopped to recover then attacked again from that moment floyd controlled the fight and his hiding style gave great difficulties to johansen patterson effectively nullified johansen's right hand which was his strongest side begins the fifth round Johansson is no longer able to deal with Patterson who attacks, getting closer and closer each time and finally lands a left hook right on the target.

Johansson gets up but then the real beating begins, he tries to resist the attacks but Patterson doesn't give him a moment to rest now Patterson knows the title is there for him to take back and finally throwing another left hook sends him to a hard knockout, so that in his second fight, Floyd Patterson recovered from the loss of the first fight and became the first heavyweight boxer in history to regain a championship title after losing it. boxer of the year for the second time in his career the fight was named fight of the year and the final round was round of the year at that time the knockout of the year award had not been established but if it had been it certainly would have gone to the winner On this afternoon of March 13, 1961, nine months after their second meeting, the final chapter of the Patterson-Johansen trilogy took place before the third fight, Patterson since before their first fight he was the favorite, but until now the The history of these two fighters had shown that whoever enters the fight as a favorite loses, so the result of the fight was not guaranteed.

Patterson had slightly changed his approach in the second fight and now it is Johansson's turn to try to surprise his opponent and she succeeded. He began to fight aggressively. Trying to force Patterson to retreat, Johansson's punches eventually found their mark and left Patterson on the ground. It was in this fight for the first time that the mandatory eight count rule was tested. Patterson got up after that, the fight began on a collision course during which the American missed two successive heavy blows from the left although he managed to stay on his feet after the first. Johansson's second caused another knockdown.

Patterson's ninth in the trilogy. Of this duo it is said that no matter how many times you fall the main thing is how many times you get up this phrase probably suits this

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icular confrontation the best patterson then with a left hook he sent johansen to the canvas both fighters had met in the ground in the previous fights but for the first time both were knocked down during the same fight, Patterson decided not to tempt fate and did not go to finish his opponent, the pace of the fight slowed and after a few rounds, Johansen began to show signs of fatigue, the experience of the fighters also played an important role. in this battle patterson managed to change the course of the fight when it was not in his favor and johansson could not respond there you can see that fish left he is a great combo puncher floyd patterson there you can see the speed of his hands much faster more puncher than Johansen in the sixth round the champion felt that the right moment had come and went on the attack which became the end of their rivalry the referee stopped the fight and then Johansson complained to the referee that he had been too quick to finish the fight but apparently johansson had been down for a total of 11 seconds this trilogy is rightfully considered one of the greatest in boxing history and then patterson and johansson were inducted into the international boxing hall of fame don't forget to give me Like this video if you enjoyed it and subscribe to our channel so you don't miss any new episodes about the boxing legends of the past.

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