Kevin McBride McBride's career-defining performance was a victory over Mike Tyson, former undisputed world heavyweight champion, via a 6th-round TKO on 11 June 2005 when Tyson quit the fight by informing the referee that he would not be able to continue to round Seven in the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. The aged Tyson explained in a post fight interview that his heart wasn't into the sport any more. Tyson announced his retirement after the bout, saying "I'm not going to disrespect the sport anymore by losing to this caliber of fighter". McBride has suffered six losses by knockout—including twice against fighters
Men's Thai-Boxing at W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 Skopje +91 kg finalists Mirko Vlahović of Montenegro and Mladen Bozic from Serbia took bronze. Men's Thai-Boxing at W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 Skopje +91 kg The men's super heavyweight (+91 kg/200.2 lbs) Thai-Boxing division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the heaviest of the male Thai-Boxing tournaments and involved eight fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Thai-Boxing rules. The tournament champion was Alexey Kudin of Belarus who defeated Croatian Valentino Venturini in the final by KO to win the gold medal. It was a sweet victory for Kudzin who had