![]() ![]() No consequences for treating the fight with a haughty disrespect and ignoring the merits of an opponent who had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Things were looking ominous by the eighth, but then he threw a trademark upper-cut with his right and knocked Douglas off his feet. The one-eyed Tyson trudged back into the centre of the ring, where he traded punches and expended more energy for a couple of rounds. ![]() They filled up a latex glove – “what looked like an extra-large condom with ice water” – and held it against his podgy face. He went back to his corner to discover that his team hadn’t bothered to bring an ice pack or any endswell to relieve the pain and reduce the bulge. ![]() The fight started and I fought horribly.”īy the end of the fifth round, his left eye was in bad shape. It was obvious to anyone who was watching that I really didn’t want to be there. Tyson is under no illusions about his complete failure to turn up for the fight: “It wasn’t the usual Tyson going into the ring. And then two more girls, one at a time, the night before the fight.” On the eve of the fight, he weighed in at a respectable 220 pounds, pocketed his bonus and looked to make merry: “The day before the fight I also had two maids at the same time. Having arrived in Japan 30 pounds too heavy, he had bet King that he could slim down on time. Tyson was nonchalant about the fight but he was determined to make the weight. Robin would go out shopping and I would go downstairs to the back of the hotel where this young girl had a room. David Haye famously refrained from sex for six weeks before his fights, explaining his reticence with the mantra: “Find a lion that hasn’t had some food for a while, and you’ve got a dangerous cat.” Tyson saw things differently: “Besides having sex with the maids, I was seeing this young Japanese girl who I had had sex with the last time I was in Japan. Tyson had no interest in sparring, but he built up a sweat with the local women. ![]()
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