Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson II WBC World heavyweight title official on-site programme, 16th March 1996, MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Condition excellent

Tyson W TKO 3

Bruno was cut over his left eye in the first round.
Referee Lane stopped the fight as Bruno went down against the ropes, unable to defend himself.
Tyson was paid a reported $30 million and Bruno a reported $6 million.

Price: £25

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966). He won two world heavyweight boxing championships during his career and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title.
Nicknamed "Iron Mike Tyson", "Kid Dynamite" and "The Baddest Man on the Planet" Tyson adopted the Muslim name Malik Abdul Aziz, after his conversion to the Nation of Islam while in prison for his rape conviction (a similar step was taken by his hero Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., when he became Muhammad Ali 20 years before it) during the Vietnam War. For his behaviour both in and out of the ring, ESPN has ranked Tyson as the number1 “Most Outrageous Character” in modern sports history as determined by a panel of experts and an Internet poll.
He was trained by Cus D'Amato in the early part of his career, Tyson unified the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the late 1980s and won many of his fights by knockout. He knocked out his first 19 professional opponents no later than the sixth round, and 13 of them in the first. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion for over two years before losing to Buster Douglas in 1990.
In 1992 he was convicted of raping a beauty pageant contestant, and after being released from prison in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. In 1997, he bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear. He fought for a championship again at 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis in 2002. Tyson retired from competitive boxing in 2005.
Since retiring he has engaged in a series of exhibition bouts in a tour across the U.S to pay his numerous debts. He declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite receiving over US$30 million for several of his fights and $300 million over his career.




Frank Bruno was born in Hammersmith, London. 16th November 1961. After losing 3 world heavyweight title attempts, being stopped in 11 rounds by Tim Witherspoon at Wembley Stadium in 1986, and in five by Mike Tyson in Las Vegas in 1989, self managed he lost in 7 rounds to Lennox Lewis in Cardiff in 1993 and the distressing manner of his defeat led to calls for his retirement. After switching to be promoted by Frank Warren, whose American associate Don King controlled the new WBC champion Oliver McCall. Finally at the age of 33 at the fourth time of asking he would become Heavyweight champion of the world after defeating McCall - PTS 12 Wembley Stadium. His reign didn’t last. In his first defence he was bludgeoned to one-sided defeat by mike Tyson and retired because of an eye condition 6 months later.