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    THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

    Oct 15, 2020 3 minutes
    writes Matt Christie

    5 MIKE TYSON w rsf 7 TYRELL BIGGS

    October 16, 1987; Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ

    AT this point in his career, Mike Tyson was always respectful of his opponents before he pounded them senseless. There was something different about this fight. Tyson didn’t like Biggs and vice-versa. The grudge dated back to the 1984 Olympics (where Biggs won gold in a super-heavyweight tournament Tyson was overlooked for) and reignited by Biggs’ pre-fight trash talk. What followed was a savage, controlled and cruelly prolonged beatdown. Biggs was cut on the

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