Tyson bores crowd in return to ring (AP)

by Populux | October 20, 2006 at 11:51 pm
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Mike Tyson's return to boxing was no knockout. Not even close. The former heavyweight champion and one-time baddest man alive opened his "World Tour" on Friday night with a ho-hum performance in a four-round exhibition against Corey "T-Rex" Sanders, a former sparring partner who outweighed Tyson by 50 pounds. Tyson, gasping for air during each of the 2 1/2-minute rounds, floored Sanders early in the first round and then had to hold up his opponent moments later after staggering ...
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B. Zelley

An exhibition is an exhibition! Sadly, it realy doesn't what Mike Tyson does because there will always be a steady stream of naysayers and critics.

For those attending the event, the purpose is to see the
ex-champion, and not to expect the fight of the year.

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