Welcome.
Saturday night, Myself, Crimson, DPW, Joe, and
Ozzymadeo were at my buddy Kyros' house precisely
to watch what could possibly be one of the biggest
"sport" events of the year. What follows
will be the thoughts of Crimson and myself, in
regards to what we witnessed.
Crimson :
Well, see, I was GOING to say "there is a God!"
after Tyson lost, because it was my most earnest
wish that Tyson get destroyed (which he was) in
order to shut him up. Of course, his after-match
comments to Lewis pretty much revealed that the
whole circus surrounding his insane comments were
basically just hype. I felt a pang of this when
I saw that both Vince McMahon and The Rock were
in attendance for the match, and I can only say
that I am... I don't know. Upset, perhaps.
Tyson's humongous, definitive pummelling at the
hands of Lennox Lewis aside, do we really need
another sport to qualify as "Sports Entertainment"?
I have absolutely nothing against the WWE, but
they're really all we need. More than a few people
will be upset if boxing goes the way of "entertainment"
rather than "actual sport," and while I could
never be considered a boxing fan, I'd be one of
those people.
Anyway. Lennox Lewis kicked Tyson's ass, and there
was really no contest. Tyson was outboxed, and
he barely landed any good hits the ENTIRE TIME.
So, hats off to Lewis. Just lose the british accent.
Gallion :
For the longest time, as a boxer, I've been a
Tyson fan. As an out of the ring sideshow,
I've been in and out. His dealings with
women which include rape, sexual harassment, lude
comments, etc. etc., are truly disgusting and
vile to me. A lot of people will condemn
him for life for those things, and they have due
reason, but for the things he has done in his
past, at least one thing you can say about him
is that he actually did time. There are
others out there who've committed the same or
worse and have never even been inside a city jail,
much less a penitentiary for multiple years.
Don't get me wrong, that doesn't make it right,
but he did get punished, which is something positive
out of the whole thing. Now, Tyson's psychopathicisms
and odd comments have always been amusing to me.
Some people think he's deranged and demented for
saying the things he has. I have a question
to ask... why? Do you truly think the man
was serious when he said he wanted to rip Lennox
Lewis' heart out and eat his children? If
you did, then
you need help, not Tyson.
Mike Tyson is smarter than a lot of people give
him credit for. After many bad outings with
the media, he learned their ways and how to play
them, how to use them as a tool to make himself
and others around him money and publicity without
truly hurting anyone. Every time he spoke,
people gathered around him like one would to a
train wreck, or, for that matter, one waiting
to happen. Boxing needed a bad guy and Tyson
was the perfect fit and he played the role so
well that the media isn't willing to accept that
they were fooled, so they will never fully own
up to that fact. Then again, Tyson has had
training in this area called "acting" and providing
everyone with hype and set up for a fight.
Some will remember that Tyson had a stint with
the WWF, the most renowned organization for setting
up storylines and providing intrigue through different
forms. One of those might be witty dialogue...
or possibly some backhanded mud-slinging... maybe
some intimidation through threats... does any
of this sound familiar to what Tyson had done
coming into this Lewis fight? Through the
media for this boxing match, he essentially acted
out a WWF type storyline and was able to get Lewis
to tag along for the ride. And, we all got
suckered in, it was great.
The match/fight really wasn't much of one, save
the first round. I'd give that to Tyson,
due to his aggressiveness and ability to keep
Lewis backing off and a bit tepid. After
that, though, Lewis settled down and owned the
rest of the fight. Lennox Lewis has to be
one of the most patient heavyweight boxers I've
seen in a long long time. He worked the
jab to absolute perfection, so much so that the
only way Tyson could get in close was to dive
in a with a wild punch and then clutch.
After a few rounds of keeping Tyson off, Lewis'
jabs started to take a noticeable effect above
Tyson's eyes. First, it was the right, then
the left... bloody, swollen, distracting.
Around the time the 5th-6th round was over and
Tyson's inept ringside trainers were working feverishly
to stop the bleeding, Tyson uttered a comment
to the effect of "I've got nothing." But,
they weren't able to accept what Tyson already
had... that it was over and there was no need
to send him back out there. To the enjoyment
of Lewis, though, Tyson's team sent him back
out there for another hide-tanning and it was
starting to look awful. At this point, it
seemed that Lennox just wanted to beat his ass
for as long as he could. Eventually, Lewis
ended the horror and decimated Tyson with some
bone-crunchingly solid blows and it was over.
Lewis by KO in the 8th round.
Once the fight was over, it was like the world
was wondering "Ok, so what's Tyson gonna do?"
We cut to Jim Gray (Jackass) with the mic up to
Lewis to discuss the fight. Lennox pretty
much indicates that he's the best and what-not,
but, during this, Tyson comes into the picture.
So, the world is now thinking "Oh, here it comes!"
But, instead of any chaos, Tyson seems like a
pit bull that's been beaten so badly by it's master
that it's now a humble & respecting creature. Then
the unthinkable happens... Tyson pulls back
the curtain on the whole charade. He lets
fly the fact that it was all hype and set up generated
to create revenue for himself and Lennox, who
he has apparently known and been good friends
with since he was 15. He goes further to
indicate that he has much love for Lewis and Lewis'
Mother. At this time, I can pretty much
say that my jaw had dropped. Main reason
is that Lewis did not seem to deny any of this,
that he was in full agreement with what Tyson
was saying. Up to this point, I had figured
some of what was going on to be a bit of hype
and what-not, but not this deep or to this extent.
So, the reign of terror is over and we're left
with the normal Mike Tyson pursuing a possible
rematch with Lewis in the future. Strange
things.
My how things change when it's revealed that perception
is not reality.
DPW's Link :
Titled :
TYSON
/ LEWIS!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT
