Tyson-Holyfield II

[Asterion]

Holyfield TKOed Tyson the first time. Fighters did a lot of money.

What was the reason to make a rematch? Were fans happy?

[Bigcat]

It was such a monster hit that they felt it could be a natural cert rematch where both guys were fored up enough to go at it again and make a ton of money once more.. Plus, i honestly think Mike Tyson thought it was a fluke for Evander to beat him.. I went to the first and the whole evening was amazing.. The rematch was purely a rage filled Mike exploding in the worse way.. It was never going to be like an Ali v Frazier trilogy but like all DKP promotions , a rematch is always a must..

God bless..

[Bigcat]

Fans were very dissapointed in the rematch , a frigging riot was within an ace of igniting...

[KayEpps]

They made the rematch for the same reason Mayweather is fighting DHL again - the MONEY! :deal

[KCD]

I believe they neede to rematch i personally think Tyson stupidly took Holyfield lightly and acted as though all he had to do was turn up and land a bomb. He got beat in a good fight and the obvious route to take then was a rematch. Plus for the big $$ payments they would once again get!

[PATSYS]

Holyfield TKOed Tyson the first time. Fighters did a lot of money.

What was the reason to make a rematch? Were fans happy?

Tyson had such a super invincible image back then that even though he lost fairly to Holyfield, people are still not convinced. matter of fact, Holy was still an underdog during the rematch.

[Thread Stealer]

Holyfield TKOed Tyson the first time. Fighters did a lot of money.

What was the reason to make a rematch? Were fans happy?

It was a huge upset.

Rematches usually take place after the following:


Very good fight
Controversial/Inconclusive Ending
Rematch Clause
Upset
Big Money MakerMayweather-De La Hoya only fits the last one. It sucks when there are better fights to be made, but what can you do? Business is business.

[Danny]

Tyson had such a super invincible image back then that even though he lost fairly to Holyfield, people are still not convinced. matter of fact, Holy was still an underdog during the rematch.

Was Holyfield really an underdog going into the rematch? At the time, I remember reading a lot of different publications about the fight, & all had Evander as the sloght favourite.

Tyson trained much harder for the rematch. I remember the weigh-in, Tyson weighed 218lbs, his lighest since the Ruddock rematch & Mike looked compact, extremely strong &m powerful.

Holyfield came in at 218lbs, three lbs heavier than the first bout, but was still in great shape & ready to go. As already stated, the rematch was a disappoinment.

Holyfield was winning the fight, but in round three, Mike was having his most successful spell against Evander, getting through with shots, throwing more than one-punch at a time, etc.

Tyson should have stayed with it, rather than lose his temper like he did. I'm not saying Tyson would have won, but it would have been interesting to see the rematch unfold.

Even though Mike was past his best, Tyson was still a better prepared boxer for the rematch than the first fight.

[Thread Stealer]

Holyfield was a massive underdog.

I got 13-1 odds on him and won money (I only put like $25 so I ended up winning $325).

[PATSYS]

Was Holyfield really an underdog going into the rematch? At the time, I remember reading a lot of different publications about the fight, & all had Evander as the sloght favourite.


Yes I remember it clearly that Holyfield was the underdog in the rematch, I just can't remember by how much. During the Tyson-Lewis fight, I also heard that that was the first time Tyson was an underdog in a fight since he came into prominence.

[Ilesey]

Fans were very dissapointed in the rematch , a frigging riot was within an ace of igniting...

That sums up what I think of their second fight. After such a build up and the drama of the first fight, the happenings of their second encounter left a bitter after-taste.

[Beebs]

That sums up what I think of their second fight. After such a build up and the drama of the first fight, the happenings of their second encounter left a bitter after-taste.

:lol: :rofl :yep

[Ilesey]

:lol: :rofl :yep

Excuse the pun. :D

[ChampionsForever]

It makes me laugh all this over DLH-PBF, Holy-Tyson I was way more one sided and everybody screamed for a rematch.

[Bigcat]

The difference is.. Everything involving tysons name appearing on the poster was a guarranteed Multi million dollar event.. If Mike was to sit in the ring reading the Koran 20,000 would pay to watch how long it took before the fireworks shook the place..

[DamonD]

Considering the rematch did even bigger business than the first, they were totally right to go for it.

[joe the great]

Holyfield TKOed Tyson the first time. Fighters did a lot of money.

What was the reason to make a rematch? Were fans happy?
The first fight was a good fight and there was an upset. Why not a rematch?

[Robbi]

It was a huge upset.

Rematches usually take place after the following:


Very good fight
Controversial/Inconclusive Ending
Rematch Clause
Upset
Big Money MakerMayweather-De La Hoya only fits the last one. It sucks when there are better fights to be made, but what can you do? Business is business.


Holyfield's finish against Tyson in their first fight wasn't controversial. Tyson was all over the place and as good as out on his feet at the end of the 10th round. He was coming back with nothing. And when Halpern stepped to wave the fight off during the 11th, he simply saved Tyson from further punishment.

[Thread Stealer]

Holyfield's finish against Tyson in their first fight wasn't controversial. Tyson was all over the place and as good as out on his feet at the end of the 10th round. He was coming back with nothing. And when Halpern stepped to wave the fight off during the 11th, he simply saved Tyson from further punishment.

But it was a huge upset, and huge money-maker.

A rematch usually takes place after one of those things, and Holyfield-Tyson I was a big upset that sold a lot of PPVs and a good fight.

[pasky2000]

Before Tyson got hungry like a wolf and bit off part of Holyfield's ear, I thought Tyson was starting to connect a lot more with Evander and he was starting to let off decent combos. Mike was in top shape and I'm sure the rest of the fight would have been extremely entertaining !

They had to do a rematch..too good a possible fight not to do...besides the dollars it generated !

[Zakman]

Holyfield TKOed Tyson the first time. Fighters did a lot of money.

What was the reason to make a rematch?

$$$$

[columbo man]

i think apart from the obvious money thing, a rematch was needed.
for tyson because he wanted to redeem himself and for holy because he wanted to proove his first fight performance was no fluke.
i remember before the first fight that a lot of so called experts gave holy no chance of winning.
holyfield is total quality and still had a lot in the tank back then.
its a shame the original match up never happened , i think that was set for around november 1991.
cheers !!!!