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In the old boxing era, the heavyweight division had some of the most amazing fighters of all time. Out of all, Mike Tyson had the most weight to his name, and he was rightly drawing everyone’s attention with some cracking in-ring performances. On top of this, Tyson always remained in the news with his life in and outside the ring.

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Recently, a video surfaced on the internet pertaining to Tyson’s fight with Peter McNeeley in 1995. This video was from a podcast, ‘Iron’ Mike was a part of. Here, he talked about someone holding a camera phone back then, who eventually sat close to the ring for this fight.

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“One of these phones, right? Yeah, iPhone right? Yeah, I saw that too. Somebody showed me that freaked me out. They showed me the guy. It’s him, only his phone. It looked like an Asian dude.” he said.

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Back then, such high-end camera phones weren’t in trend by any means. Regardless of that, the person seemed to have a modern era phone which he used to record Tyson’s fight/click pictures.

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Furthermore, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ was at his peak that night. Tyson confronted a super-aggressive fighter in Peter McNeeley, who came ahead with his shots right from the first bell.

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However, ‘Iron’ Mike made some terrific adjustments to floor him with a cracking right hook. Later, the exchange between the two men turned wild and McNeeley entered Tyson’s defense in full force.

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Mike Tyson vs Peter McNeeley – Who won the fight?

Mike Tyson dropped McNeeley, but he failed to capitalize on the momentum. However, it was a matter of a few more seconds as Tyson employed his uppercuts to again put his rival on the canvas.

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Both the men landed some power-packed punches on each other, but Tyson had the last laugh.

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Once again, ‘Iron’ Mike proved to the world that he was the better fighter that night. A win against McNeeley was just one of the many iconic performances Tyson pulled off. He truly is an all-time legend, and his in-ring performances are just proof of the same.

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What do you make of Tyson’s above statement and the individual with that camera phone?

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA. Chauhan explores and analyses a sport he has been following ever since Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte engaged in a duel in 2015. He adores old-school punchers like Manny Pacquiao, as well as modern-day greats such as 'The Gypsy King'. In his downtime, he engages in rigorous workouts to cater to his love for fitness.

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