40) Evander Holyfield TKO8: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Evander Holyfield III 4 November 1995 Nevada [r1] … Nice effective jab [Holyfield] … good movement … Nice jab [Bowe] … [r2] … Bowe now with the jab … right hand … uppercut … [r3] … Uppercut by Bowe … Right uppercut by Holyfield … These two men just a couple of inches away from each other … [r4] … Nice left hand from Holyfield … Four punch combination [Bower] … [Holyfield] comes back with a combination … [r5] … Good exchange … Bowe on the attack … [r6] … Nice hooks Holyfield … Holyfield good left hook: holy cow! What a turnaround: can you believe this! … Riddick Bowe has been knocked down … Holyfield on the attack … And now Bowe returns some fire … Very good work with the jab [Holyfield] … What a sixth round! … [r7] … [Holyfield] arms are looking heavy … jab … uppercut … left hand … Good exchange … [r8] … Here comes Holyfield and gets caught by a short right hand … That’s it. US fight commentary
[8.6] TYSON FURY 31-30(21)-0-1: Tyson Fury: Rise & Fall of the Gypsy King TV - Tyson Fury - Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King TV - Round 12: Tyson Fury’s Resurrection TV - Panorama: Boxing and the Mob TV -
Meet Tyson Fury: Boxing’s most complex icon. A highly trained athlete. Who has been a drunken overweight mess … Fury is all things to all men. This is the extraordinary tale of the rise, fall and rise of the most destructive and self-destructive boxer today – the Gypsy King Tyson Fury. Tyson Fury: Rise & Fall of the Gypsy King, Channel 5 2019
Tyson Fury would stage one of the most stunning and improbable comebacks in the history of sport. ibid.
Joyous hysteria … ‘Tyson Fury: World heavyweight king.’ ibid. UK commentary
Fury was on top of the world … Very soon Fury would find himself in the wilderness in and out of the ring. ibid.
In public his behaviour would become increasingly erratic. ibid.
Wilder: The battle of the fight build-up had truly kicked off. ibid.
I think I need a psychiatrist because I do believe I am mentally disturbed in some way. Tyson Fury
I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place. Tyson Fury
I am fighting royalty. I have gypsy kings on both sides of the family. Tyson Fury
Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno. Tyson Fury
My name is Tyson Fury and I am a flawed character. I suffer with mental health problems: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder. And I have achieved great things. Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, Tyson’s confession, ITV 2020
In 2015 Boxing’s greatest showman shocked the world when he beat undefeated world champion Vladimir Klitschko. After achieving his lifetime ambition, Tyson turned to drink and drugs that spiralled out of control. ibid.
Tyson and wife Paris are childhood sweethearts. ibid.
Tyson was born three months premature. He was given a one in a hundred chance of survival. ibid.
He’d hit rock bottom. He was forced to give up his belts. ibid.
Tyson Fury is on the verge of completing the greatest comeback in sporting history. He’s just beaten Thomas Schwarz in under two rounds. Now can he keep his focus as he prepares to fight his next opponent. If he wins, he will once again face his nemesis, Deontay Wilder. Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King II
‘I’ve decided that I was going to make a massive comeback for everyone who was suffering from mental health.’ Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King III
On 22nd February Tyson Fury made history by defeating Boxing’s heaviest puncher, the reigning world champion Deontay Wilder. Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King IV
Despite his injuries, Tyson won on points and secured his rematch with world champion Deontay Wilder. ibid.
‘The day of the fight seems real serious. You’re not enjoying it, you’re tense, you know something’s coming. And you can’t shake it, you can’t get rid of that feeling.’ ibid. Mrs Fury
Then, the miracle … Round 12: Tyson Fury’s Resurrection, George Foreman, ITV 2020
I didn’t look at him as any sort of challenge for Wilder. ibid. Bob Arum
There is a method to his madness … As long as he stays away from that big right hand, he’ll walk this.’ ibid. Rio Ferdinand
His body lay like a murder scene: I thought it was over. ibid. Wilder
I know we’re in La-La Land but that was pure Hollywood. ibid. Steve Bunce
What Boxing needed. ibid. Mike Tyson
A former boxer executed in broad daylight. A gangland killing at the weigh-in of a European title fight. And a suspected mobster at the heart of world boxing. Daniel Kinahan has been publicly named as the head of one of Europe’s most brutal drugs gangs. So why has the alleged cartel boss been allowed to work with some of the world’s top boxers? And why isn’t the world of boxing stopping him? Panorama: Boxing and the Mob, Darragh McIntyre reporting, BBC 2021
Former Olympic champion Anthony Joshua will take on Tyson Fury, the Gypsy king. ibid.
At MGM [gym] Tyson began working with the gym’s co-founder, Irish expat Michael Kinahan. ibid.
Other visitors to MGM were attracting attention too. ibid.
Europol agrees: It says the Kinahan Cartel trades drugs and weapons across Europe. And described them as extremely violent. ibid.
25) Wladimir Klitschko Points 12: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Wladimir Klitschko 28 November 2015 WBA IBF WBO Heavyweight Germany [r1] … Pushing Fury back … Fury is quick here … right hand … Fury raises his arms aloft … [r2] … [Fury] trying to lead with jabs … clips him on the chin … managing to confuse Klitschko … [r3] … Klitschko’s not doing anything … [r4] … A bit more urgency now to the Ukrainian … This pretty positive start [Fury] … Better round for Klitschko … [r5] … Cut just under the eye [Klitschko] … right hand from Fury … [r6] … Good start from Fury … A tough one to score … [r7] … Uneven, ragged sort of style of Fury … put his hand behind his back … jabs from Fury … [r8] … Solid jab from Klitschko … better round … [r9] … Taking him [Klitschko] out of his rhythm … he’s hardly thrown a right hand … finally and Tyson Fury takes it … People have Fury in a handy lead … [r10] … Still Klitschko comes forward … Right uppercut from Tyson Fury … Hard fight to score … [r11] … He’s nullifying everything Klitscho’s got … [Klitschko] cut both sides … Here comes Tyson Fury … Left hook by Fury: good shot … [r12] … [Klitschko] never felt comfortable … [Fury] uppercut … He’s raised his game Tyson Fury … [115-112 115-112 116-111] UK fight commentary