Go on the Irish McBride beats Tyson!

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With win, McBride may have ended Tyson's career
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Mike Tyson's career apparently ended in a shocker Saturday night when he quit on the stool after taking a beating in a foul-filled sixth round against unheralded Kevin McBride.

Tyson lost for the third time in his last four fights, and once again he faded badly as the rounds went on before head butting McBride in a desperate attempt to end the fight in the sixth round.
Tyson was pushed to the canvas when the round ended, his head stuck between the first and second ropes. He got up very slowly, wobbled back to his corner and sat on his stool.

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McBride stuns Tyson




When referee Joe Cortez came by to look at him, his corner told Cortez the fighter could not continue. Cortez then went over and raised McBride's hand in victory.

The 38-year-old Tyson was a huge favorite over McBride and won the early rounds. But as the fight went on, it was McBride landing the bigger punches as Tyson desperately tried to score a knockout.

Tyson was weary by the fifth round and, in the sixth round, he was penalized two points for deliberately head butting McBride and opening a cut over his left eye. The head butt came after Tyson appeared to try to break McBride's arm in a clinch like he once did against Francois Botha and after he hit him with several low blows.

In a career filled with tremendous highs and terrible lows, Tyson may have reached a new low in the loss to McBride, who came into the fight with no credentials.

"I don't have the stomach for this anymore," Tyson said. "I most likely won't fight anymore. I'm not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters."

Tyson was a shell of the fighter he once was, throwing wild punches and trying to knock out McBride with each shot. But McBride took the punches and came back with some of his own and Tyson gradually began wearing down.

The sixth round was bizarre even by the standards of a fighter once banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ears.

Tyson was clearly exhausted and opened the round by throwing wild shots. He then appeared to try to break McBride's arm, drawing a protest from the Irish fighter.

"He tried to break my arm and he butted me," McBride said. "That's the rough stuff in boxing."

Tyson wasn't through. He banged his bald head against McBride, prompting Cortez to take two points from him for the foul.

"I could have gone on but I thought I was getting beat," Tyson said. "I don't think I have it anymore."


A struggling Mike Tyson had to resort to tactics like this head butt against Kevin McBride. It didn't work. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)


Tyson was tentative early, showing little of the aggressiveness that once made him a feared fighter. McBride stood right in front of him, but Tyson was content to land only one punch at a time, perhaps remembering how he ran out of gas in his previous fights.

"There's no rush," trainer Jeff Fenech said after the first round.

But it turned out there was a rush as Tyson faded just as he did against Danny Williams last July. That loss was blamed on torn cartilage in Tyson's leg, but it was clear even to the pro-Tyson crowd of 15,472 at the MCI Center on this night that Tyson was a shot fighter.

The 6-foot-5 McBride towered over Tyson and weighed 271 pounds to 233 for the former champion. But he had been knocked out four times by lesser fighters and wasn't expected to give Tyson much of a fight.

When the fight was stopped, Tyson was ahead 57-55 on two scorecards and behind by the same score on the third. The Associated Press had it 56-56.

"This win was for the pride of Ireland," McBride said. "I proved everyone wrong tonight."

Tyson got some prefight guidance from Muhammad Ali, who visited him in the dressing room. But even The Greatest couldn't do anything for the conditioning and reflexes of a fighter who really hasn't beaten a top heavyweight since he defeated Razor Ruddock 14 years ago.

Tyson badly needed the win after being stopped by Williams, and vowed in the week before the fight that he would regain the heavyweight title. He told McBride he would "gut you like a fish" and claimed he was once again in top condition.

Everyone without an Irish accent was at the arena hoping to see Tyson show them flashes of the fighter he once was when he ruled the heavyweight division. But Tyson was tentative, threw punches one at a time and grew increasingly frustrated as McBride took everything he had.

Tyson was paid $5 million for the fight, which was on the low end of purses he has made in his career. After his creditors got $2 million, the IRS got its cut and his ex-wife got $750,000, so there wasn't much left for the fighter.

Tyson still owes nearly $40 million and there were plans for him to fight up to seven times to pay off the debt. But those plans didn't include Tyson taking the kind of beating that McBride was beginning to administer to him in the fifth and sixth rounds.

McBride was paid $150,000, the same amount he turned down last year to fight Tyson. McBride has an intimidating nickname in the Clones Colossus, but has been knocked out four times and has never beaten a boxer of any note.

One of those knockout losses came in 1998 in England to a fighter named Michael Murray, who won only one time in his last 17 fights - against McBride.

kstanl

Sweet. I don't really think McBride will ever be a hardcore figther but it's nice that an Irishman can end the career of a convicted rapist. I hope Tyson spends the rest of his life wondering what went wrong. F**king scumbag. Look like he didn't "gut" any fish tonight. lol

lizbeth

Tyson is a thug, and all I can say is WOOHOO!

kstanl

lizbeth wrote:

Tyson is a thug, and all I can say is WOOHOO!

Haha. Good night Mike. You piece of s**t.

Mossy Monk

fair ****s

Naos

Fair play McBride

Fight & Round summary here: http://www.boxingtalk.net/pages/free4047.htm

Lump

Yea, Tyson was fighting dirty too. I wonder is McBride an Ex-Bare nuckle fighter.


John

chillywilly

Lump wrote:

Yea, Tyson was fighting dirty too. I wonder is McBride an Ex-Bare nuckle fighter.


John

to be sure to be sure, he is irish so must have been!...begara...

Lump

Well I'm Irish, I was just wondering.... I knew quite a few bare nuckle fighters.

John

sleepwalker

well done to mcbride he deserves it after all the unessecary abuse hes taken in the press over the past week. tyson was an embarrasment he looked completley out of his depth, no power in his punches anymore and he resorted to headbutting when he couldnt get anywhere. also giving the fight up after criticizing another fighter for doing the same thing just last week the difference being that fighter went for 11 rounds, tyson only went for 6.

hes finished.

kstanl

Kevin McBride comes out first to a group of guys playing the bagpipes. The crowd boos. The bagpipes play a little louder to drown out the boos...the crowd boos louder. Make no mistake who they showed up to see.

...

The crowd boos Tyson as he leaves....Tyson is hit with a cup of Coke as he exits. Tyson flips off the fan...and walks off to his dressing room.

Kind of shows you the mentality of boxing supporters.

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Ajnag

Sadly it aint the end of Tysons career, He still got debts and don king riding his ass, so he'll be boxing till brain damage.

No matter how much you hate him, Its a bit much.

Dempsey

Ajnag wrote:

Sadly it aint the end of Tysons career, He still got debts and don king riding his ass, so he'll be boxing till brain damage.

No matter how much you hate him, Its a bit much.

Don King ruined Mike Tyson's Life & Boxing Career. He was a decent chap and then Don King used hate & racism as motivation for Boxing to build up his huge aggression (unlike his original trainer, he used positive methods) and the pressures exposed to him by King eventually warped him.

How did he get into that much debt?

BraveheartGal

he has plans
big plans
hes goin launchin his own breakfast cereal
earios

Burago

kstanl wrote:

Kind of shows you the mentality of boxing supporters.

Nah just American sports fans in general.

Mossy Monk

Dempsey wrote:

How did he get into that much debt?

he spent his monry like there was no tomorrow

buying extravegant items for his enterage
also he had Don King riding him sideways

bambam

Jesus, I used to train in the same gym as McBride (smithboro ABC) years ago.
I thought I caught his face recently on TV.That's a pretty impressive accomplishment for him.

pickarooney

Imagine getting beaten up, booed out the stadium and handing over all the cash to the taxman and your ex-wife. And knowing you might have to do it six more times. Poor bastard, though my sympathy is somewhat diluted.

Dempsey

Yea i know that he's a dope with money but how did get into $40M debt. Not like he has houses or a business worth that amount or anything

pickarooney

At a guess I'd say unpaid tax bills and being sued for assault/divorce.

chump

Don't forget drugs

stagolee

Dempsey wrote:

Yea i know that he's a dope with money but how did get into $40M debt. Not like he has houses or a business worth that amount or anything

he was being robbed all the time by most of the people around him (mostly king of course) and he either didnt care or didnt notice.
he spent as much money as he liked every day with no idea of how much he actualy had for years, he managed this by never paying for anything up front.
imagine mike tyson the heavyweight champion of the world walks into your ferrari dealership and asks to drive away in a nice expensive car, would you tell him cash up front only? or assume he's good for a few quid?

stagolee

chump wrote:

Don't forget drugs

drugs are an expensive enough habit to cripple a normal person but with the kind of finances tyson had available there wouldnt have been enough hours in the day to put a dent in his bank balance doing drugs.

that said your right though, walking into an expensive jewllers with a headfull of coke is not the safest of things if your minding the pennies

Mossy Monk

maybe there is some arm breaking opportunities in the mafia or something for mike

what he did last night shows he is a scumbag

Dempsey

How did he try to break McBrides Arm?

As I said before, Don King warped him, he went to prison and went off the rails completely.

voakesy

is there anywhere i can see the highlights of this fight?

Mossy Monk

Dempsey wrote:

How did he try to break McBrides Arm?

by getting it in an armlock and twisting and bending in a direction that physically impossible. McBride was holding it after the ref broke them up

Mossy Monk

voakesy wrote:

is there anywhere i can see the highlights of this fight?

no afaik

Cianan2

Just saw the main parts (like arm breaking, headbutt and tyson fallingbetween ropes at the end of round 6) on Sky sports news. Im glad yer man McBride won, but i doubt we'll hear anything of him again

MooShop

Cianan2 wrote:

Just saw the main parts (like arm breaking, headbutt and tyson fallingbetween ropes at the end of round 6) on Sky sports news. Im glad yer man McBride won, but i doubt we'll hear anything of him again

ya je probably wont do much but its nice to see an irishman beat up a punk like tyson

Harry2001

Mossy Monk wrote:

by getting it in an armlock and twisting and bending in a direction that physically impossible. McBride was holding it after the ref broke them up

Yeah the nutter tried it twice, Mcbride looked to be in a lot of pain and you could hear him shouting in pain as Tyson tried to snap his arm in half!

Glad McBride won, I will never tire of seeing boxers stand up to Tyson, he has no legal tactics once his opponent shows he is not afraid

McBride is very limited but was prepared to trade with Tyson

Will not be surprised to see Tyson back in the ring again

Geiger

He had two pretty successful legal tactics about 15 years ago. Mr Right and Mr Left

snakeater

Just seen McBride is being linked with a title fight against Ruiz, he could have a decent chance there