Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield, billed as "Finally", was a professional boxing match fought between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson for the World Boxing Association heavyweight championship on November 9, 1996 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The bout was Tyson's first defense of the WBA title that he had won from Bruce Seldon on September 7 of that year. The referee officiating the fight was Mitch Halpern. The fight was promoted by Don King Productions and carried on pay-per-view by Showtime. The bout was the first fight pitting the two boxers
Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs Heavyweight champions, Riddick Bowe and Lennox Lewis, though he was defeated by both men by way of technical knockout. This would prove to be the last Heavyweight title fight to be scheduled for 15 rounds. Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs, billed as "The Clash for the Crown", was a professional boxing match contested on October 16, 1987 for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship, which consists of the WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight Championships. According to Mike Tyson's Book "Undisputed Truth", Tyrell Biggs dissed Tyson in 1984. When Tyson came to wish the American Boxing Olympic team