Boxing champion Mike Tyson is famous, and Las Vegas, the "casino", is also well-known......
In addition to the title of "Las Vegas", Las Vegas is also known as the "Sin City", and Tyson has been in a controversial "romance" since the moment he appeared in Las Vegas, which lasted for 13 years, making Tyson the spokesperson of Las Vegas for a time.
Tyson turned professional in 1985, and early in his career, most of his bouts were done in New York. Tyson made his Las Vegas debut in September 1986, on the eve of his World Title victory, when he faced former WBC welterweight champion Alfonso Ratliff for an easy victory.
Two months after the victory over Ratliff, Tyson officially challenged for the World Championship, and by this time Las Vegas had already smelled Tyson's superstar vibe, and they decided to seize the opportunity, so they reached a number of match agreements with Tyson's team, that is, the big fight was held at the Las Vegas Hilton, so that Tyson won several more big victories, and finally defeated Tony Tucker in Las Vegas in 1987 to unify the heavyweight boxing world.
After becoming the undisputed hegemon, Tyson expanded his business in the famous Atlantic City, and also made an appearance in Tokyo, Japan. In 1989, Tyson returned to Las Vegas for the sixth time against forced challenger Frank Bruno, his last appearance in Las Vegas in his prime, as a year later, Tyson was beaten by Buster "The Bomb" Douglas in Tokyo.
After losing the title, Tyson seemed to have made Las Vegas his "home", and by the time he was in prison in 1992, Tyson had spent all of his games in Las Vegas except for the battle with Alex Stewart.
In 1995, Tyson returned to boxing after his iron shutting career, and he returned to Las Vegas, so much so that some media described Las Vegas as Tyson's "spiritual home".
From 1996 to 1999, Tyson completed another 6 games in Las Vegas, bringing the total to 16, but the battle with Orin Norris in October 1999 became Tyson's curtain call in Las Vegas, because the "romance" between the two parties officially ended.
In the battle with Norris, after the bell rang at the end of the first round, Tyson inadvertently threw a punch, which was not too heavy, or even just rubbed the opponent, but the cunning Norris fell to the ground, and then used the excuse that he could not fight with a leg injury, so that the fight ended in a ridiculous ending. At that time, because Tyson was a "repeat offender", he had bitten Evander Holyfield's ear in Las Vegas, and was regarded as a "dangerous element", and after the battle with Norris, the Nevada State Sports Commission, where Las Vegas is located, voted to refuse to host Tyson's game, so Tyson had to start a "European tour", he left footprints in United Kingdom and Denmark, and finally returned to United States in 2002.
In January 2002, Tyson and Lennox Lewis reached an agreement to fight, and the match was initially scheduled to take place in Las Vegas in April, but at the pre-game press conference, Tyson and Lewis got into a fight, and the scene was chaotic. At this point, the Nevada State Sports Commission reassessed and voted 4-1 to deny Tyson to appear in Las Vegas, so his fight with Lewis had to be postponed until June, and the venue was changed to Memphis, Tennessee.
In fact, Tyson hasn't landed in Las Vegas since the 1999 battle with Norris, and after losing to Lewis, Tyson has played all of his games in other parts of the United States. Tyson maintained a close relationship with Las Vegas for more than 10 years, but the relationship was inevitably severed. In the end, Tyson's record in Las Vegas was 14-2, and the "love affair" between the two sides was recorded in the history books.