Mike Tyson vs Mitch Green - 1986 HD Highlights

Mike Tyson vs. Mitch Green, billed as New York Is Busting Out, was a professional boxing match contested on May 20, 1986.
Mike Tyson was 19 years old and undefeated when he met former heavyweight contender James "Quick" Tillis in his 20th professional bout. Tyson had won all his 19 previous fights by way of knockout, while Tillis had lost four of his previous five fights and came into the fight as a huge underdog. Tillis, however, put on a good effort and was able to take Tyson the full 10 rounds, the first time in Tyson's professional career; Tyson won by unanimous decision. Only four days later, it was announced that Tyson would next face Mitch "Blood" Green, who was ranked one spot ahead of Tyson on the WBC heavyweight standings, on May 20 in Madison Square Garden. Despite Green being higher than Tyson in the rankings, there was a huge disparity in the fighter's purse, Tyson was guaranteed $250,000 while Green was due to make only $30,000. Because of this, Green threatened to pull out of the fight only one day before it was to take place unless his purse was increased. However, after HBO executive Ross Greenberg informed Green that a shot at the WBC heavyweight title was on the line, Green chose to continue on with the fight.
The bout was under jeopardy because of the Rangers' performance at the Stanley Cup playoffs, to whom it was a home arena. Plaza Convention Center in Albany, New York, was considered as a possible replacement, however no new site was announced.
Fight - Though Tyson was in control for most of the fight, he was unable to score a knockdown over Green. In a precursor to future Tyson fights, most notably his championship fights the following year against James "Bonecrusher" Smith and Tony Tucker, Green clinched Tyson on a regular basis in an effort to reduce the effectiveness of Tyson's power punches. Green, however, offered very little offensively and Tyson was able to win a lopsided unanimous decision by two scores of 9-1 and one score of 8-2.
1988 street fight - Though the two fighters never again faced each other in a boxing ring, Tyson and Green were involved in a high-profile street fight two years later, by which time Tyson was the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. On August 24, 1988, Green confronted Tyson at Dapper Dan's in Harlem, claiming that Tyson's promoter Don King owed him money. The argument then escalated into a physical confrontation during which Tyson landed a straight right hand across Green's face, completely shutting Green's left eye and opening a cut across his nose that required five stitches. Tyson, however, did not walk away unscathed, as his right hand was fractured during the melee, causing his scheduled October fight against Frank Bruno to be pushed back. Tyson later recounted the incident in his book and in 2013 on his one-man Broadway show, The Undisputed Truth.
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[@Ndubuisi-ot6wn]

Mike's head movement is incredible

[@joshuabaggio1982]

Those commentators were so biased for Tyson it was pathetic. Love Tyson but I got to give it to Mitch Green he did phenomenal especially not getting knocked out much less knocked down! 😮

[@Hiro-gj2sx]

i will admit he took a lot of tough shots but its clear that Tyson dominated the whole fight. of course the commentators are more on Tysons side cause he was all the rage back then, and mitch green was just a nobody who managed to land a shot against him.

[@EVEREST95]

Tyson didn't wanted to knock green out... he wanted to hurt him... make him suffer.. give permanent damage to his body..and he did it spectacularly

[@iceill3425]

@@EVEREST95 yea right... yall say anything. he didn't knock him out because Mitch Green, although lost cleary, came to fight

[@EVEREST95]

@@iceill3425 Mike didn't knock out only coz he didn't want to. Simple as that. 🤷‍♂️

[@stashito]

@@EVEREST95 judging by the shots he threw and what Green took I’d say that’s wrong. A lot of those shots took out better fighters. If he had hurt him he would have went in for the kill

[@JosefZack]

Iron man 🥵😘

[@xSpxrKzOG]

Start of round 2 the ref was about to make Mitch let go of Tyson’s head and then saw Tyson uppercut him three times so he took a step back and thought “shit hold his bro you’re gonna need all the help you can get”

[@stashito]

Tyson has always done some of his best work after the bell