Sports
The Associated Press’ round-by-round account and judges’ scoring of the Buster Douglas-Mike Tyson heavyweight championship fight.
Feb. 12, 1990
*--* Round-by-round of the heaveyweight title fight Saturday at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tenn., between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson.
June 9, 2002
Obituaries
As chief executive, Donald J. Tyson guided the Arkansas-based firm from being a regional producer to dominating the industry. He was also a philanthropist.
Jan. 7, 2011
The round-by-round description by Ed Schuyler Jr. of the Associated Press of Mike Tyson’s heavyweight fight with Francois Botha on Saturday night at the MGM Grand: * ROUND 1: Tyson didn’t come storming out, as some expected.
Jan. 17, 1999
Afterword
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Jan. 6, 2011
* 1978: Arrested for purse snatching as a 12-year-old in Brooklyn and sent to Tryon School for Boys. * 1979: A boxing instructor at a New York State correction facility for boys brought Tyson to the attention of Cus D’Amato, who had guided Floyd Patterson to the heavyweight title. * 1982: Expelled from Catskill High School for a series of transgressions. * 1984: D’Amato becomes Tyson’s legal guardian. * March 6, 1985: In his professional debut, Tyson defeats Hector Mercedes in one round. * Nov. 4, 1985: D’Amato dies of pneumonia. * Feb. 20, 1986: Tyson sexually propositions a sales clerk in an Albany, N.Y., shopping mall and becomes violent and abusive when she rebuffs him.
July 10, 1997
Boxing: After athletic commission denies him in request for license, his title fight with Lewis is up in the air.
Jan. 30, 2002
Boxing: Extravagant spending and banishment from ring leaves Mike Tyson spending time piling up money problems.
April 5, 1998
The news of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s conviction moved swiftly though the tightly connected boxing world Monday night, eliciting responses that ranged from surprise to sad acceptance.
Feb. 11, 1992
The $385-million suit, filed in New York, claims promoter used death threats and bribes.
May 9, 2003