It’s fantastic to be able to watch these programmes all these years later. Real boxing history here.

The way they used to build a story, like the highway footage and the music adding to the atmosphere. Awesome promos back in the day.

@martindarty1281

3 жыл бұрын

So true !

@Mario_N64

3 жыл бұрын

Premium cable boxing was just the greatest back then.

@MazzeiMMA

3 жыл бұрын

Good old DAYS!✅🕊️

@bensmithkent22

2 жыл бұрын

When people had an attention span.

That was a good stoppage, Razor didn’t know where he was when he hit the ropes, hands down mouth open TKO

@robnhood1416

3 ай бұрын

He laid one of his hand on the back of the ropes, if the ref didnt stop it, it would be similar KO to Larry Holmes fight.

@bigg1103

12 күн бұрын

Not needed to stop the fight

I'm glad to finally find a video of the entire program of an old Showtime boxing match.

That was one of the best counter punches I've ever seen in boxing @34:50.Ruddock got him good twice Then 'BANG'.He could not believe it.Tyson is a piece of granite!

@robnhood1416

3 ай бұрын

I always believe Tyson was at his physical peak here, even his original technique has started to faded. In two fights against Ruddock he was getting nailed by big hooks and uppercuts and he just stood there like nothing happen and continuous to trade. I think in second fight there's a punch which threw his mouthpiece away , yet Tyson just didnt care.

Nobody here is talking about Tyson's chin. He didn't go down even once from all those bombs he took. He was truly made of iron.

@sharvilkala192

2 жыл бұрын

@Brian Charles sustained beating my friend. It was never one shot. He got outboxed for numerous rounds. You're missing the point. Holyfield never took a sustained beating. It was always back and forth. Tyson had a great chin but not a great heart. He never fought back under pressure but took his beating. Holyfield, Douglas and Lewis had to literally batter him for 11, 10 and 8 rounds to win. Just to make it clear, I'm talking about chin not career record.

@sharvilkala192

2 жыл бұрын

However I do believe that Foreman had a better chin. The man was unbreakable. Too tough for his own good.

@redemissarium

Ай бұрын

@@sharvilkala192 Foreman had better everything except speed

@sharvilkala192

Ай бұрын

@@redemissarium Nope, Tyson had better footwork, angles, combination punching abilities, hand speed. He was equally good at cutting the ring. The only two areas where Foreman was better was his granite chin and punching power. In all the other area, Tyson was by far the technically superior one.

One thing I have noticed with all these old school fights is that if Jack Nicholson is sitting in the front row it is a big fight.

@markwhittaker6866

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 I agree.

Such an awesome fight. The last of the vintage Tyson fights, including the rematch of course. This era is my personal favorite for him. He had already been through turmoil, lost his titles, and now his longevity was being questioned at 24 years old. He may not have been the technician he was in the 80's anymore but he was still ruthless. It's really hard to say who would have won had he faced Holyfield in 1991. You can tell he was on a mission to regain his titles and was serious about it. What a different time the early 90s would have been had he been free.

@fadethetrade

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Lott personally messaged me on one of my questions and he told me he stopped watching tyson after tyson fired him and rooney. Steve said tyson was never the same after spinks. The training regiman and mental approach and skills all deteriorated. The brute skills he developed and peaked with in early 88, turned into a ragefull approach to fighting and this exploited his decline in abandoning the defensive first posture damato created so brilliantly in him and atlas and rooney maintained iin him so skillfully,all went out the window after 1988.This was one of the reasons for tysons loss to douglas,according to Steve Lott. He no longer moved his upper body and head with that sharp twitch and throw combinations in an instant as soon as he saw an opening. I watched the douglas win and thruout the mid rounds, douglas was so open for combinations. the younger tyson would have been pummelling douglas in those middle rounds. This tyson had some type of hesitation in retaliating swiftly after 1988 and especially vs douglas in those middle rounds watch the fight carefully again in rounds 3-6 and you see a totally different tyson,even when he was in close and douglas leaned on him and grabbed him.It was nothing the younger tyson would have had problems with retaliating with 4 punches in a second.That's the attack that hurts the oppoennts, THE PUNCHES THEY DONT SEE!!! He lost that.It went with his motivation and focus to win and not lose, the determination. Once douglas got the jab in consisitantly ,tysons declined discipline told himself that we'll go for the rematch, give him this fight and I'll take care of the rematch. It was 100% mental decline. Also notice he wasnt sweating with beads of sweat before the fight started. TYson always had beads of sweat on him before the bell rang. No good, A dry tyson was no good.

@michaeltrumph121

5 жыл бұрын

@@fadethetrade With K. Rooney by his side, Tyson would have retired undefeated.

@thefonz76299

3 жыл бұрын

This Tyson, just headhunting with big shots was still probably the best heavyweight around in 91, he showed an iron chin in this and the rematch with questionable training camps. I think he would have beaten Holyfield at this point. He left prison with none of his former skills, just looked scary and still hit hard if he landed. Holyfield was juiced to the gills by 96, and fought dirty

@antaresblazewar9083

3 жыл бұрын

probably holyfield would of won by decision.

@zicoramos124

2 жыл бұрын

When you hear the tyson detractors say oh he was a bully couldn't take it once the going got tough should take a look at this and the rematch. Tyson took huge hooks and left hooks off a man that let's be honest wasn't a que out the door for at this point. The good old days number 1 and 2 fighting each other for a shot at the champ evander holyfield

Saved Ruddock's life.

@MazzeiMMA

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yea

Tyson became a puncher after he fired Rooney. He lost his speed, footwork, reflexes

@gnadenlos928

4 жыл бұрын

Infinite Void so true bro

@struspedzisraczka7853

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately. it was vissible. Some 10-20 % less Tyson in Tyson. Don King fired Rooney. Less coordination, synchronization, cooperation, agility, speed, acceleration

@aminrahman6906

4 жыл бұрын

Still a great fighter

@San-oe1xv

8 ай бұрын

He started facing better competition. Tyson was 24 in that fight, so he was still in his prime

Say what you want about Richard Steele but he's one of the most genuinely caring referees in this sport. Sure the stoppage was premature but Ruddock was most likely gonna get stopped anyway.

Premature stop. Razor was about to get his blocked knocked off though.

@kimmolaine8069

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he was in big trouble. Ruddock seemed like the type of fighter who'd rather die than give up.

@Fahhad007

2 жыл бұрын

If he dies, he dies

It's amazing how the majority of tyson's opponents were a actually taller than him. Generally he would to punch upwards. ...still managed to gravitate enough force to knock them out

@SerBallister

5 жыл бұрын

Massive thighs help

Tyson should have kept kevin rooney in his corner

@PanzerCrewman

8 жыл бұрын

Nile Lumpkins indeed. truer words were never spoken. firing rooney must be the dumbest decision in the history of dumb decisions

@stackindatpapa

8 жыл бұрын

Don King fired Rooney

@hittaman8067

8 жыл бұрын

So true my man so true

@FelipeVieira39

7 жыл бұрын

Richie is good, let`s do justice, in this fight you can see he made a very solid preparation for the the smash attack, but he had a personal relation with rooney, i believe tyson could mantain his discipline if he have stayed with Rooney, and don`t loose to Buster. (Sorry for bad english)

@byrongammonbyrongammon9937

4 жыл бұрын

@@FelipeVieira39 ...agreed. Richie Giachetti was a good trainer. However......Rooney understood the system that D'Amato raised Tyson's skills on. The numbering system for the combinations. Walking away from Rooney was a death sentence.

the intros of those times were so exciting like an action movie

Thanks for this video and especially the post fight review.

Tyson was focused and able for this fight.

These two had two classics

47:01 One of my all-time favorite Tyson moments. Invites Razor to hit him again. Classic.

@PanzerCrewman

8 жыл бұрын

Thanos of Titan i agree. always thought that moment is underrated

@strengthings-9447

6 жыл бұрын

would've been even funnier if he actually got knocked by that punch, as ruddock connected a pretty good punch right after getting invited xD

@SerBallister

5 жыл бұрын

I think he's gesturing the punch didn't hurt, I've seen Mike do this a few times when a got caught.

Ruddock was big & tough with a dangerous left, but that's about it... Flat footed, no jab, hardly ever used his right, suspect conditioning etc... Explains why he lost whenever he faced quality opposition.

@mallokribi3326

2 жыл бұрын

So true!! 👍🏾

"If he doesn't die it doesn't count!!"

Really Really what a match.MIKETYSON UR my all time favorite boxer history till now ,and no body will reach you,ur awesome awesome, hats off Mike

Tyson comin out to PE.Welcome to Terrordome, classic..

@adamjabbar6760

5 жыл бұрын

Dan sure he always came out to legendary hip hop.. various times 2pac the seldon fight it was uppercut especially written for mike.. Those 2 were kindred spirits...

Great referee decision. Saving years

good upload strerling,thanks for sharing,and im in the premature stoppage camp

Good upload. Love early 90 s Tyson film

@shapangejohannes126

3 жыл бұрын

The worse referee. He was bribed

@zeus-do7pq

3 жыл бұрын

@@shapangejohannes126 dumb the referee was good i dont think it was a mistake. When ruddock took thise punches he has his hands down so any referre will have stop this fight. Thats why he get te rematch

Very good fight,but the rematch was better.More competitive.Ruddock only won one round in this fight. Rematch was 12 rounds of brutal punching from both guys. I'm still amazed neither man was ko'd. Great chins and courage.

@ryandurkin6618

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah and lewis picked up the pieces of ruddock ageing badly just from these 2 fights.

@markwhittaker6866

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryandurkin6618 True. But he took Ruddock apart in tremendous fashion.

@mallokribi3326

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryandurkin6618 more of that, people forgot that Lennox Lewis hit him hard right in the temple. When a boxer hit you in temple, you have no possibility to come back. It's worse than to be hit on the chin because you lose your balance. Just look what happened to Joshua against Ruiz jr and Wilder against Fury. You can't come back but just be KO or stopped.

Murad and Ruddock lookin at don king like defunct he talkin bout🤣😂😂

That wild uppercut that Ruddock whipped at 24:04. Wild but man if it landed

Que hermosas parecian aquellas noches, lastima que no pude vivirlo...

The sound of these punches wow

Wow 😮 completely forgot how that fight ended. Thanks coronavirus for allowing me time to watch some classics 👌🏼 And a bigger thanks to uploader 😁

56:13 mike: no one can stop me. meanwhile buster douglas: you wrong mike.

@samotr7713

Жыл бұрын

he stopped him because he discarded the peekaboo style, he wasnt the same anymore

this is great stuff

At 34:45 the ref starts the count at 4. Before that Tyson plainly tripped Ruddock but the ref counted it as a knockdown anyway...

Shame about the stoppage, still a classic war though.

steele had guilty written all over him in that interview and lol@ everyones reaction to king ranting at the post fight special

Richard Steele is so Crooked, He could Eat Soup with a Cork-Screw!

@FijneWIET

6 жыл бұрын

yeah he was Don King's little slave.

@andertonchigoneka5237

5 жыл бұрын

He is Don king bitch a sexs bitch and he stopped the fight when the fight was live if he did that to me I would knock him out

Clearly see the effects of not having Kevin Rooney at his side.

one of the best to throw a uppercut like ruddock 👍

Richard steele wasn't to know ruddock would look ok seconds after he was rocking and swaying all over the place when he stopped it.At that split second ruddock looked done and dusted so steele went in to protect him.normally 99 out of 100 fighters who look like ruddock just before the stoppage do not snap back to normal like that.

Ruddocks totally 'discombobulated' wow had to Google that word 😆

Whats the song at the start ?

@MrTalon0623

9 жыл бұрын

if you know the instrumental music playin when it shows them training i would like to know the name.

@MrTalon0623

9 жыл бұрын

thats not it.

this fight was very clearly fixed for mike tyson...

Canada x Jamaica ft United States of America x Jamaica 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

Don bought the ref, all that fool had to do wait a few more seconds for Mike to follow up.

Ruddock's achilles heel was his chin.he took some good punches from mike but ultimately couldn't soak up the power of top heavyweights.lewis caught him and ruined him.morrison flattened him and he was wobbled numerous times in his career.he had mulekick power though and a big heart to his credit.

Richard Steeles again

Tyson would've knocked him out cleaned eventually but the ref stopped the fight prematurely.

Razar was a good fighter...But could have become a great fighter, If only? He had a great trainer. That could have installed a better IQ. That would have put in great step moving forward & would have made him. Mean while Tyson had all of that, But unfortunately...Had to go through alot in his personal life, So couldn't cope all he knew was? The streets an then Boxing with love like parenting from...Cus and the team, But one by one they all died Cus, Jimmy and then the wheels come off it's hard to overcome it's as simple as that. No ifs... No Buts...

Ruddock had the more devastating power. Period,

Мдаа было времна настаящих мужчин дрались на ринге... 👍 уважуха

Steele, the ref, was in the pocket of Don King. How many fouls did Tyson get away with? At least a dozen. And the early stoppage...

@theinformationbomber7102

2 жыл бұрын

it's because Tyson is a short HW but i agree that points should have been deducted for punching below the belt and punching after the bell the stoppage was a little early but regardless Tyson was winning clearly He would have won the fight even if all the above conditions had come into play in this fight

@mallokribi3326

2 жыл бұрын

Just for the early stoppage, boxers sometimes needed 3 or 4 seconds to recover. That's what happened with Ruddock in the 7 rounds. I know that there was 4 or 5 seconds left before the end of the rounds but if Mike went to charge Ruddock for that 4 seconds, it could be a brutal KO.

Ferdie Pacheco is wrong, and nobody caught it. He asked Richard Steele why he didn't talk to Ruddock, to ask him if he was ok etc., like he did when he asked Bernard Taylor in the fight with Chavez. There's a very good reason, taylor was knocked down and had a count; in this case, there was no knockdown nor count. The referee can't stop the fight to ask a fighter if he's okay; that can only happen when the action is broken by a knockdown or standing 8 count, which wasn't applicable here. That's your answer Dr Pacheco, and all these experts ranting and raving, turning this into a big fiasco, simply because none of them realize you can't stop a fight to ask a guy if he's ok, or to look at his eyes to see if he's coherent. R. Steele only had 2 choices; stop the fight or let it continue. He may have stopped it to soon just the same, but the criticism that he didn't ask Ruddock if he was okay isn't legitimate. The referee sees the fighters much closer up than anyone else, so I think it's a bunch of crap to question him every time. In the Chavez/Taylor fight, Steele took a lot of criticism that was totally unwarranted. He stopped that fight based on what he saw in Taylors' eyes, and because Taylor didn't answer when Steele asked him a question. Every decision isn't going to please everyone, And indeed a decision may be wrong occasionally. However, the best outcome is to err on the side of safety.

@ricardoricochet3021

Жыл бұрын

Standing ten count could of done lol

RIP Freddie.

Jesus christ, what a war!

Tyson-Rooney=Perfect Match

Great fight. In fairness to the referee Donovan was only saved from going down again by the ropes prior to the stoppage.

The younger Ruddick threw combinations and was developing into a more complete fighter. However, he got addicted to that hybrid upper cut/hook punch he threw. It was powerful, but it seemed he slowed down and was looking to just land that one big punch. He should have continued to develop into a more complete fighter. It would have set up his bigger powershots. I think he beats Tyson if he had continued to develop, throwing those combinations and probably goes and wins a belt. Ruddick had great power and Tyson's ability to absorb his punches is more impressive as the years go by.

@drepop803

9 жыл бұрын

Younger Ruddock? Tyson was younger in this fight. Tyson 24 Ruddock 27. Both men were young

@toriijohnson8487

9 жыл бұрын

mikem987 One thing I did not like about Ruddock is when he would put all his weight into one side and lean forward looking for the hook/uppercut, its how Tyson caught him a couple times.

@mmcneil777

9 жыл бұрын

That's true Torii. It left him wide open for people like Lennox Lewis and Morrison to exploit. Razor should have developed a more diverse attack to go with his 'smash' shot. It could have set it up better and also gave him better defense. He would have lasted longer as a fighter. I do believe he wasn't the same fighter after his two fights with Tyson. Razor admits he wasn't the same after those two fights. Lewis and Morrison where part of the 'clean up crew' after the Tyson fights.

@SerBallister

5 жыл бұрын

@@mmcneil777 Ruddock looked like he'd been in a war in the last few rounds of their second fight, I have no doubt he wasn't the same after that.

How dare them even challenge him......ya knawhu mean.....with their somewhat primitive boxing skills.......theyre just as good as dead.

Whos watching in 2024?

Ruddock needed a better trainer

I didn't realise Ron Jeremy was Tysons Trainer

but did he make razor his girlfriend though?

Tyson the best of mine

🎉🎉🎉🎉

31:24 - that was basically some capoeira attack!

That was Joe pesci at the end of round 6..

You can see in this fight how mike had regressed from his early championship days.His head doesn't move as much,he's far more flat footed and open and his workrate isn't as impressive.saying that he still had far too much for ruddock, dishing out a beating on the Canadian who at the time was the division's dangerman.

richard steele was a bit dodge

Jimmy McGill right there with the stars

The fighters handled it like men, the corners not so much

Tyson was high drama.

Ruddock was entertaining, but i think he was quite overrated after the two encounters with Tyson. I mean the guy had a pretty weak chin, and his legs were made out of rubber, and he only had that great left hook. He was easy to read, and was wide open. He could have been so much better with a snapping jab, he never used it ffs.. Lewis took him apart, and even Morrison trapped him and blew him out. I am sure everyone else of the greats of that era would have beaten him aswell.

Richard Steele sound like Muhamed Ali

What a battle for seven rounds and the ending was nonsense as Tyson could finished the job and if he did no rematch would been need

How else thinks it is the referee how saved Ruddock from humiliation defeat ???

If Tyson was being trained my Kevin Rooney still the fight would be over by now

Although a good performance from Tyson here, you can already see the diminishing talent, and cracks showing, standing more square on less head movement a bit flat footed and sloppy. Headhunting but still packed a punch

Razor Ruddock is Jamaican. An the "Tyson" in Mike's name is from a Jamaican.

Ruddock was never coming back from that flurry of punches at the end, could barely stand up, ref made right decision I reckon.

How did Dokes come back on the scene so late, where was he in the intervening years? Last I saw of him was getting KOed by that apartheid era South African in 1983 to lose one of the heavyweight title belts. One of the most shameful things I've seen in a boxing ring.

bad judgement via referee ,too soon

56:09

Legend jack nicholson in ringside

55:05

For those calling a bad stop, homie was hanging on the ropes ahahah what the fuck did you want to happen? The ref to let Tyson kill him?

If Rooney was with Tyson this fight would be an easy fight for Mike but still The Steelman tried...

the 2nd end knockdown was mistake, bur rhe ref missed a knockdown in rnd1 tho, tyson hit ruddock on the top of the head, in the fist 10 secs, ruddock touched down with a glove

with no standing 8 count in effect Richard Steele made the right call. Ruddock put his hand on the other side of he rope and wasn't in the position to defend himself

@fadethetrade

9 жыл бұрын

with a full 35 seconds left and ruddocks arm tied behind the ropes, tyson would have finished ruddock off in the next 15 seconds with a barrage as he did to bruno in 89 or steele would have stepped in the right time to stop it. It wouldnt have mattered, the tyson comeback here was destined with giachetti for the next 2 years, to ko douglas in a rematch and holy would have been ko'd in 92 in 8 rounds, had they fought. Tyson without jail would have gone on to fight foreman after the holy fight and fat old george would have been pummeled as well. This rape of desarie washington and jail put the screws on the lid of tysons failed comeback.After jail, he was again ready to lose as in tokyo in 1990. He came out of jail too confident and didnt train anymore with the same tenacity as before 1989 with rooney.He believed holyfield was ready to die and the others were tomato cans. No more discipline in tyson anymore after jail.IN fact, after 1988 ,the game was over for mike,according to Steve Lott. He told me he didn't even watch tyson anymore after spinks.He knew mike was never the same after 1988.

@pappppie

9 жыл бұрын

fadethetrade I think Tyson's downfall was firing Kevin Rooney as his trainer after Jim and Cus passed. Once he was in bed with King, it was inevitable. Rooney was the only one who would stand up to Tyson and tell him what he needed to hear, instead of what he wanted to hear, like the 'yes' men King surrounded him with.

Richard Steele so gave favours to Don King fighters.

@alvalankerofficial

9 жыл бұрын

Where did you hear that, from a Ron Burgess in the Chavez-Taylor documentary? Why did Tyson lose 6 fights and have 2 No Contests if the refs and judges were on his side?

@DJaySplitSecond

9 жыл бұрын

Thats because King was in his pockets

@alvalankerofficial

9 жыл бұрын

I think you mean the other way around...Steele was in Kings pocket.

@DJaySplitSecond

9 жыл бұрын

Lol yup, but Steele was a cheater i never liked his way of handling fights

@alvalankerofficial

9 жыл бұрын

I think either way, Tyson wins the first fight and KO's Ruddock. He easily won the 2nd fight. As for Chavez Taylor, I think Taylor deserved the win, there would've been a rematch and Chavez would've KO'd him.

Je trouve que le jeu de ruddock est proche de celui de Muhammad Ali

Compare to Lewis' annihilation of Ruddock.

@SE-zc4qc

4 жыл бұрын

David H he wasn’t the same fighter after the Tyson fights let’s keep it real

@Ehrle6969

Жыл бұрын

Lewis lost his title to tysons punching bag LOL

Words of advice. Turn the volume off. Pacheco talking nonsense all the way. No way this fight should have been stopped. Steele was defo on the take. First knock down was a trip and Tyson was allowed to get away with murder by Steele. This fight could have gone either way. They should have let them fight on. Stoppage was a scandal

Proves how many levels lennox lewis was above hype job tyson

@ryandurkin6618

4 жыл бұрын

Levels above tyson really was lewis ever pound for pound the best fighter in the world you know the answer.

@sharvilkala192

3 жыл бұрын

Lennox lost to Razor Ruddock in amateurs. He beat Ruddock when he was finished. It's hardly a comparison. The Hype Job Lewis would be nothing without his height and reach. Tyson was everything despite them.

@Ehrle6969

Жыл бұрын

Tyson beat lewis 4 days straight when he was in cus Camp lmao when tyson was 17 and lewis was 21 .

Truly ridiculous stoppage. How did Steele continue to get big fights?

@matemm52

Жыл бұрын

Safety first. Razor lost his orientation before he even grabbed the ropes. He was just few seconds away from a brutal KO and Steele saw that

@StuartTheunissen

Жыл бұрын

@@matemm52 Lol everyone agreed it was a premature stoppage... That's why there was controversy and a rematch (in which Ruddock went the distance btw). Steel is famous for early stoppages.

Le top de la Boxe ! Tyson !

F Don Queen

The worse referee . He was bribed. I have seen it from the first fake knock down.

@theinformationbomber7102

2 жыл бұрын

the result would have been the same regardless of the referee

@Arman-zg4rx

2 жыл бұрын

@@theinformationbomber7102 , I agree if it continued he may get more serious injuries.

@theinformationbomber7102

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arman-zg4rx yeah ruddock was on his last legs but man this was one hell of a fight Two top guys giving it their best We haven't seen this in a long long time This is one of my favorite fights The hits going off here are nothing short of bazookas boxing today is boring as hell

Evander ducked ruddock and fought old Foreman instead, evander should lost one belt and made it use for the second Fight for ruddock tyson. Cuz on tyson should fight evander after the first ruddock Fight but evander was scared and fought holmes instead ez

@theinformationbomber7102

Жыл бұрын

Damn right very well said