1. 02-18-19 03:28 PM #1
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    Boxer Mitch Green: Fought Tyson in 1986, then didn't fight for 7 years

    Gave Tyson somewhat of a battle at times in 1986, then didn't fight for 7 years. Anyone know why??
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  2. 02-18-19 03:34 PM #2
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    Guy was a headcase
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  3. 02-18-19 03:48 PM #3
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    I couldn’t find a clip of it but I remember that great clip of ESPN announcer Charlie Steiner laughing uncontrollably when talking about the street fight when Tyson kicked Mitch Green’s ass.
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  4. 02-18-19 03:49 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigJay View Post
    I couldn’t find a clip of it but I remember that great clip of ESPN announcer Charlie Steiner laughing uncontrollably when talking about the street fight when Tyson kicked Mitch Green’s ass.
    Yup there was a street fight.. I seen the Tyson/Green fight on FB it was 5 mins of highlights and it said there was a street fight in Harlem.
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  5. 02-18-19 04:32 PM #5
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    Mitch "Blood" Green.

    When he returned in 1993-- he had a fight, can't remember with who, but the fight was stopped because Green would not throw a punch because he was pissed at the promoter.

    In that street fight with Tyson, Tyson broke his hand and had his fight with Frank Bruno postponed.

    Used to love Boxing back then.
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  6. 02-18-19 09:14 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by A Quant View Post
    Used to love Boxing back then.
    Boxing had a great run from the Ali era in the 70s until the 90s.

    Ali
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Duran
    Sugar Ray
    Hagler
    Hearns
    Holyfield
    Bowe
    Arguello
    Roy Jones
    De La Hoya
    Trinidad
    Etc. sure I left several off.

    All gone to shit now. Lucky if there’s one or two decent matchups a year.
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  7. 02-18-19 09:22 PM #7
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    That's a cool story.

    AFAIK Mike Tyson and Mitch Greene met on the streets with Tyson knocking Greene out cold.

    People said Greene was out and fell awkwardly over something so that his legs were up in the air. Must have been very embarrassing for a tough guy like Greene working his work up and trying to make a name for himself.

    There was probably a lot of pressure on Greene to win that fight and redeem himself. After Greene lost he might have fallen into a depression or something as people sometimes do when there's a lot of pressure on them to perform and they don't come through.
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  8. 02-18-19 09:34 PM #8
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    Tyson broke one of Andrew Golota's vertabrae in this fight and the people of poland disowned Golota for failing to finish the fight until the truth came out.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J0d3WrtqAW0
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