35) Muhammad Ali TKO14: Eddie Futch - US Fight Commentary -
Sit down, son. It’s all over. No-one will ever forget what you did here today. Eddie Futch
v Muhammad Ali III 1st October 1975 Quezon City Philippines the Thriller in Manila ***** [r1] ... Frazier staying low to get away from that jab. Frazier is smiling. Ali opening up fast. Frazier looking to work the body ... Ali holding behind the neck there ... [r2] ... Ali working the head. Frazier working the body ... Frazier working the body almost exclusively. Ali holding behind the neck again ... [r3] ... Good punches by Frazier now as he’s got Ali on the ropes. Ali with a rope-a-dope. Frazier looking for an opening here. It is almost a replica of Ali and Foreman last year ... [r5] ... They are both trained for a long fight ... [r6] ... Frazier has been the aggressor all the way ... Frazier coming in low. This is a good round for Frazier ... [r11] ... Ali starts the round, every round, scoring heavily ... Frazier looking for a spot on the inside ... Frazier seems to be bleeding from the mouth ... [r14] ... Ali is going out for a knockout I think in this round ... Frazier doesn’t have the firepower he had in the middle rounds. Frazier is hurt! Frazier is badly hurt! That was the biggest round of the fight for anybody. Frazier was within a punch or two of going down. The doctor comes up and looks at Frazier. I think it’s all over! It’s all over! [r14]. US fight commentary
36) George Foreman KO5: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v George Foreman 15th June 1976 Nassau Coliseum New York: [r1] ... Frazier moving around the ring ... Those winding long punches ... Foreman goes piling in. Joe trying to avoid most of those punches ... [r2] ... Again Frazier is keeping his distance ... A thudding right from Foreman ... [r3] ... Foreman doesn’t seem to worry about these jabs ... Frazier is on the ropes. Those punches hurt ... Foreman manhandles Frazier ... [r4] ... One of the biggest punchers we have seen ... Frazier’s doing more of the work ... Another right hand catches Frazier ... [r5] ... Slight trickle of blood from Joe Frazier’s nose ... Foreman concentrating on the body now ... Frazier is hurt there ... And Frazier is down ... Joe Frazier collapses in the corner ... He’s stopped the fight. UK fight commentary
[8.8] MIKE TYSON 58-50(44)-6-0-2: Cus d’Amato - Spitting Image TV - Sports Illustrated - Reg Gutteridge - Sugar Ray Leonard - Teddy Atlas - Kevin Rooney - Jack Newfield - Jim Jacobs - Bert Randolph Sugar - Ali v Tyson: Who Was Greatest? TV - Taking on Tyson TV - Mike Tyson - Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth TV - One Night in Vegas TV - Tyson 2008 - 911 Tapes - Daily Telegraph - Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson 1993 - Mike Tyson: Baddest Man on the Planet 2021 - Countdown: Paul vs Tyson TV -
His name is Mike Tyson. This boy is going to be the heavyweight champion of the world someday if he maintains interest in the game. Cus d’Amato, cited Jose Torres
Tyson not only has a very hard, terrific punch in either hand, but he has developed elusive qualities, and has the most important quality – the will to win ... I can’t see him lose. Cus d’Amato, 1985
I will stay alive and I will watch him become a success. Cus d’Amato, televised interview
I have a very deep affection for him. I do. Cus d’Amato, televised interview with Mike Tyson
Mr Tyson, you may now kiss your money goodbye. I now declare you totally bankrupt. You shall go forth from here as man and ex-wife in a state of holy alimony. May the lawyers be with you now and for ever more. Spitting Image s5e5, Mike Tyson’s wedding, ITV 1988
Kid Dynamite. Sports Illustrated front cover
Mike Tyson was exceptional, wasn’t he? He’s one of those who come along – brilliantly trained and managed ... He would have probably been great if he was thrown in with anybody at any time. Reg Gutteridge, boxing author and journalist
We always liked watching Mike Tyson because he was so unpredictable ... He feared nothing. Reg Gutteridge
The buzz around the boxing industry was that there was a young kid who had the power of Sonny Liston. Sugar Ray Leonard
His anger, his aggression, that made him into the ultimate killing machine. Sugar Ray Leonard
At some point you have to be a man. Teddy Atlas, Tyson’s Trainer 1980-1982, cited Ringside: Mike Tyson II
Tyson was trying to show us. He was auditioning ... He went two rounds; he got a bloody nose ... He was twelve years old. Teddy Atlas
We say a guy who was very willing to show us that he could stay with us. He didn’t have options ... He was raw, he was crude, but he was as strong as hell. Teddy Atlas
It wasn’t all roses the way that those pictures showed. There were things that were happening. This was a kid who came from a tough place ... He was being disrespectful to Gus. But of course you weren’t seeing that. And it was getting worse and worse. Teddy Atlas
He was destined to be the champion. That was laid out for me from the time he was thirteen. Teddy Atlas
He was a willing student. Kevin Rooney
The great lesson in Mike’s life was when Bobby Stewart [said] ... I will only teach you how to box if you learn how to read. Jack Newfield, author Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King
The hand speed was astounding. And the power was astounding. I couldn’t believe he was thirteen. Jack Newfield
Somehow when he fired Kevin Rooney he began to decline. Jack Newfield
He began to fight higher quality opponents. He lost the element of intimidation. Jack Newfield
He burnt out in three years. Jack Newfield
Gus made a commitment with one more champion. Jack Newfield
A kid who throws hydrogen bombs. Jim Jacobs
Tyson worked very hard. Jim Jacobs
He had five years. That was it. Whenever he faced another great he didn’t do too well. Maybe Michael Spinks was the only one ... I have him about fourteen or fifteen. Bert Randolph Sugar