Boxing: Tyson vs. Holyfield Prefight (1996)

[@mikem591]

The build up to this fight was intense and the fight was even better. Nobody gave Holyfield a chance at the time. Everyone thought Holyfield was washed up and Tyson seemed invincible again. Some thought Holyfield had a chance though. This was the HW fight of the 90’s. Two of the best matching up. Who would have thought Tyson would give his intro speech at the Hall of Fame. Comes out Tyson was Holyfield’s guy. Great fight.

[@Psl-e2v]

what did Tyson say at the Hall of Fame?

[@tonyh8965]

Turns out Tyson was more past his best than Holyfield. Tyson was slower, coming in straight lines. Easier to hit, hasn’t taken a solid punch in 5 plus years since Ruddock 2. Had a combined 7 rounds of boxing in 5 plus years before the fight. Imo looked rusty in his comeback fights.

[@jdarden2002]

@@tonyh8965 Holyfield was past his peak too and had more punishing fights prior to this . TRY AGAIN TYSON FAN BOY!!!

[@stavros693000]

@@jdarden2002 ☝😒

[@aa-rf7wp]

If they had fought 5 years previous, Holyfield would have obliterated Tyon completely. Holyfield was way past his best by this fight and just look what he still achieved in boxing!!!

[@welterskelter]

Holyfield was like a brick wall that night Tyson didn't have any chance

[@no1fibersplicer525]

I’m from atmore ala so I’m a Holyfield fan. I watched this as a young man. And it’s funny how nowadays you tak to most casual fans or people that do t know and they say “he wasn’t the same Tyson after prison, he’d have killed Holyfield earlier”. But this just reminds me that at the time no one thought that. They didn’t give Holyfield even a punchers chance right up to the bell. I’d forgotten about that

[@mikem591]

Totally true. Tyson was viewed as invincible again and people where concerned for Holyfield’s health. Tyson coming out of prison was in top shape and hungry again. He had already won two HW titles back, though he relinquished one of them. Holyfield was viewed as washed and few gave Holyfield any chance at all. People don’t realize what a huge upset this was at the time.

[@poejineapples8717]

True no1 gave holy a chance but still think it'v been better fight pre prison tyson. title fights after 3 warm ups is stupid, even foreman had loads pre title fights. Also, Ruddock dropped bombs on tyson but not a scratch so not sure holy wouldve dropped him back then...but tyson couldnt connect with holy cus of holys ringsmarts and that might still have been the case even pre prison.

[@milanbelovukovic8252]

Many, many people are think that Spinks beat Tyson! But after 91 sec, everybody saying that Spinks was "washed up"

[@ZBOXINGTALK]

Tbf people were saying the same shit when Tyson KO’d Spinks. Spinks was an undefeated 2 weight champion, coming off an exciting KO win. When Tyson KO’d him in the 1st round, he was then looked at as nothing special! Holyfield beat a good version of Tyson no matter what anyone say, definitely not the best (86-88) , but still very solid.

[@bradk7382]

Man I miss those days

[@joeblough261]

No fighter ever was Realer than Real Deal Holyfield.

[@johntaylor9825]

Great fight would have been even better if they fought in 1991

[@Ayks123]

Tyson would have beaten Holyfield back in 91

[@mikem591]

Holyfield would have TkO’d Tyson in 91’. Holyfield would have been viewed as somewhat the underdog. However Holyfield was in top form and Tyson was viewed as in decline, though he had shown some of his old form in his comeback. A Holyfield victory would have been somewhat surprising for a lot of people, but not viewed as a huge upset. People where actually pulling for Tyson to regain the title, but wouldn’t have been that surprised if Holyfield-Tyson was another version of Tyson-Douglas - just not as huge an upset.

[@tonyh8965]

@@mikem591 how the fk do you know that? You talk like it’s a fact.

[@mrchill3007]

Would've been a GREAT fight in 91

[@narigon3942]

Everyone, pretty much, was saying “Holyfield stands no chance. He would have stood a better chance in ‘91, before he was this washed up.” Yes, it was Holyfield who was considered to be the finished fighter going into this one in ‘96.

[@mikem591]

This was a real alpha male fight. Couple gladiators going at it. Nobody gave Holyfield a chance, but Tyson took him extremely seriously. You could feel the tension before the fight even started.

[@simonpiacente3989]

All this great footage reminds of the inspirational courage, heart, and greatness of Evander Holyfield. My favorite boxer ever. A true legend of legends. Not the best ever by any means, but he had the biggest heart.

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

I think once Holyfield fought back and kept coming, Mike didnt know what to do....if you watch their fight, the last few rounds, Tyson looks like he cant believe this guy is taking every shot he throws and still coming. Holyfield was a friggin Warrior that's for sure. You could beat that guy with a club and he'd keep coming.

[@AlexJasso100]

Dude in the tuxedo lookin like Kingpin in the comics

[@michaelb2388]

I'm a fan of Mike Tyson and he can come up with all the excuses he wanted, but he just came up against a guy who could take his best and come back with more. In the end he just got beaten by the better man.

[@lucasm3879]

Rare for a Tyson fan not to make excuses and just call it straight! Holyfield just had the combination of too much heart, dog and skill for Tyson. Tyson just had no effect on him psychologically whatsoever. Compare to that to the likes of Bruno, Spinks and Seldon who were half beaten when they were walking to the ring.

[@andrewlaw3589]

This is all that was on tv for weeks before the fight it was the most hyped fight of my life .. or the second

[@jupiter-8405]

They keep going on about power, boxing has never been about power alone.

[@ducc764]

Take a drink every time someone says “finally”…

[@daveyboy_]

Christ , Everyone became champ when Mike went to prison.

[@lesmondk3376]

Mike wasn’t the champ when he went to prison

[@daveyboy_]

@lesmondk3376 I am aware . But like he says in the Toback doc . His title was being passed around and dismantled .

[@maceomillions2192]

Lmfaooo

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

Buster Douglas would disagree. As he dismantled the baddest man on the planet and took the belts

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

@@hal2k19 we will never know as Tyson Vs buster 2 wasn't meant to be

[@urbanflavorz]

First and only fight where Holyfield said he was going win. He usually would say things like the best man going to win or whoever the lord wants to win.

[@seeehorn]

There are a lot of good comments here about: 1) Mike Tyson being out of shape and/or past his prime for this first Holyfield fight. 2) Tyson being a huge favorite 3) What would have happened if they fought in 1990 or 1991? A number of people claimed Tyson was ducking Holyfield when they SHOULD have fought in 1990/1991 before Tyson went to jail. It's possible that Tyson's camp knew he couldn't beat Holyfield and since Tyson was a huge draw and had the invincible 'Baddest Man on the Planet' mystique, he could get away with fighting any tomato can and it would be a huge draw. By the early to mid 1990's, the top fighters could duck the best competition and still earn huge paydays, so fighting Holyfield wasn't necessary for Tyson to command top dollar for fights. Tyson had to fight Holyfied in 1996 since he'd been in prison and was 30+, he couldn't just keep knocking out jobbers and suckering the public into paying huge dollars to watch it (like he did in the few years before going to prison), there was just too much money to turn down Holyfield, even if he knew he couldn't beat him deep down. In hindsight, we can all see that Tyson was no longer the "Baddest Man on the Planet" after Buster Douglas knocked him out in February 1990 (it may have actually been a few fights before that) but Tyson was so ferocious and dominant for the first 2 or 3 years of his career, ALL OF US thought he was still invincible even after spending a few years in prison. I mean, people still thought he was invincible when Lennox Lewis beat him around 2002!!

[@maralinekozial9131]

This is "Hero" Evander Hollyfield versus "Villian" Mike Tyson ❤ (Batman VS The Joker) Good triumphs Evil after awhile 💯 Glad Mike got his karma because he was in a really dark place back when he got out of prison & his Ego was making him make horrible decisions but now hes the most humble nicest inspiring wise role model that u can find these days ❤ just like he was before he went to prison or let Don King turn him into a ruthless animal that literally made Mike hate everything including himself 💯 Kid Dynamite 🧨 Tyson (1981-1985) Iron Mike "Hero" Tyson (1986-1990) Nightmare "Villian" Tyson (1995-1998) Fallen "depressed & exhausted drugged out" Tyson (1999-2004) Wisdom "Master Guru" Tyson (2006-2024)❤

[@moviesfreak154]

Holyfield my favorite. ❤

[@HelloMoto-h5b]

Facts

[@marcusmosiahgarveysr4310]

Mike Tyson - Evander Holyfield Timeline 1. The first time they were scheduled to fight was in June of 1990, but the bout was scrapped after Tyson loses to Douglas in Tokyo on February 11, 1990. 2. The second time they were scheduled to fight was on November 8, 1991, but the bout was postponed due to Tyson suffering a cartilage injury to his left rib cage during training on October 8, 1991. 3. On the third time around, both camps were in discussion for a possible fight date sometime after January of 1992, but those discussions goes up in flames after Tyson gets himself convicted of rape on February 10, 1992.

[@perilouspalms2497]

He didn't 'get himself convicted' like he forgot to renew a licence, he graped a woman. You Tyson fanboys are utter garbage.

[@bb-gc2tx]

they were calling holyfield old the man was 34 in the prime of his life

[@mongoslade277]

Old as in being in a bunch of wars. Holyfield DID have a heart problem and also had hepatitis

[@urbanflavorz]

Do you have the post conference after. That was classic. a humbled Tyson said "i Just want to touch you"

[@robertcarroll4510]

Holyfield straight!! Whipped his ass, n he had it coming, I was so happy, I love mike, but he he had to be brought down

[@tedunseth3966]

25-1 odds was crazy. The reason was because a prime Tyson was unbeatable w/ Cusamato. I thought in the late 80's that Holyfield was never great in one area but good in all. I thought he was the ONLY fighter that could've gave Mike a good fight. I remember Douglas was supposed to get destroyed and we would've had a HUGE Superfight between these 2. This fight was incredible.

[@primesuspect8198]

What i miss in this Documemtary: Headbutts...HGH, Roids

[@mategradac199]

Hollyfield school Tyson-he won 9 round( knock Tyson in 10 round)... Lewis also destroy Tyson..

[@perilouspalms2497]

Tyson's record was padded beyond belief.

[@drumtum]

I love Tysons co-managers. What are thery doing these days? Flipping burgers somewhere?

[@tashawnsnardon3661]

🤣 classic

[@thefonz76299]

They probably embezzled enough in the 90s to live comfortably

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

Horne and Holloway were fkn snakes..no idea what they're both doing now but who really cares, right? Probably "Time".

[@perilouspalms2497]

They taught Tyson how to read

[@Cornbread-p3l]

Corey roberts, holyfield was not intimidated by tyson.

[@daboxingscholar]

28:20 45:47

[@bradk7382]

Lol Moorer picked up Teddy like he's a toddler

[@daboxingscholar]

@@bradk7382 🤣🤣

[@mongoslade277]

Don King said that a 106 year old Chinese man told him Tyson has DOUBLE SHOT POWER

[@hereitcomes3912]

2022: dude gets dressed up like a bee, and feels beutiful.

[@perilouspalms2497]

1:04 lol! Tyson bragging that he can read. How dare Holyfield call a convicted falpiist a falpiist when at the time all evidence pointed to his guilt

[@Infinite0396]

Tyson seems in good spirits but Hollyfields head-butts and steroids were too much for Mike

[@MusicSportandGeneralStuff]

Bullshit

[@Nocturnal11Guy]

Holyfield never said anything negative towards Tyson.

[@perilouspalms2497]

Never said anything that was untrue at least

[@arturovisoso8597]

Wonder if Evander ever did steroids. I don't think Tyson did but who knows, right. There were probably a bunch playing with juices. AT that time, there was no much information, testing and interest about the topic. In fact I remember Lennox saying in a video that he knew/suspected who of these opponents might have been into that

[@mallafets]

Holyfield got caught out with steroids. He was getting them under the name Evan Fields. Google it.

[@michaelf6327]

35:46

[@zombiebirdhouse]

31:44

[@milanbelovukovic8252]

Hugging, holding, clincing and of course, headbutting!!! That's not warior, that's headbutt master!

[@tjhookit]

Yep.....and that's all it took to beat up the "baddest man on the planet"

[@milanbelovukovic8252]

@@tjhookit Yep, when this man was on drugs, on booze, out of shape, shadow of himself and paused from boxing more than 4 f...n years...! When this man enter in ring only for money, without any motivation for win! Big f...n deal...! Headbutting is faul in box but Lane and Holyfield are friends!

[@tjhookit]

@@milanbelovukovic8252 Got his ass whipped. Period. Deal with it.

[@m-cra1370]

@@milanbelovukovic8252 "i feel great, im sheer muscle, i will devastate him"- mike tyson

[@mr.t658]

Tyson not in good shape for this fight. Holyfield juice to the gills as usual

[@bb-gc2tx]

mike did look soft

[@joeblough261]

@@bb-gc2tx Are you nuts? Tyson trained hard for this fight, and since has acknowledged that he was in good shape b/c he said, "It didn't matter what he looked like in his most recent fight - I knew what this guy was about and I knew that I couldn't come in out of shape" and then in the 2nd fight, he said, "I trained harder for this fight than I've ever trained before, so if I can't beat you now, then I could never ever have beat you". Take a look at the W-L records of the fighters in the first few years of their careers. It's a joke. Tyson was a great, great fighter but Holyfield is an all time great lb for lb fighter who was matched waaaaay tougher on the come up.

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@joeblough261 relax was just my opinion tyson looked soft lol i agree with you holyfield was the better all time fighter

[@tonyh8965]

@@joeblough261 Tyson did look fleshy in comparison to the Mcnealey fight. Apparently he trained for a 4 round fight & was back to his old ways partying etc.. he trained hard for his first 3 comeback fights then started to slip again. I read John horns book. The reason they brought up ‘Holyfield said this about you etc. was to get Tyson motivated as he was slipping in training. Turning up when he wanted etc… that was pretty much the tone of his career after he left Rooney.

[@mongoslade277]

Tyson did 2 camps back2back with only a 3 week break in-between. Mike Tyson was in shape. He just got, got