Cat. No. DVDS 1127: MIKE TYSON & SONNY LISTON. ESPN / BEYOND BHE7488S3.

COLOUR                     RUNNING TIME : 198 MINS.

REVIEW: MIKE TYSON – GREATEST HITS: Be it a hurricane, a tornado or an earthquake when you see a force of nature coming your way the only thing you can so is get out of the way or prepare for the worst. For the professional fighters who took on the young Mike Tyson in these, some of his earliest bouts, getting out of the way just wasn’t an option. With explosive power, pinpoint accuracy and a furious intensity that was unleashed at the sound of the first bell, the question these fighters – and the wider world of boxing – had to ask was; could this man ever be contained?

VS HOLMES / SPINKS / DOUGLAS: This hard-hitting collection features three of the most significant fights in “Iron” Mike Tyson’s professional career, all bouts in which the World Heavyweight Championship was on the line, and which reveal the best and worst of “the baddest man on the planet”. Experience these three legendary fights in full, and witness the power and unpredictability of one of the greatest ever to step into the ring.

SONNY LISTON – GREATEST HITS: Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston was one of the most powerful, feared and enigmatic boxers of the modern era. Mystery surrounds him from his birth (the date of which is still unknown) to his premature Las Vegas death, which to this day remains surrounded by theories of foul play, narcotics and murder. Even in his professional life Liston was never far from controversy and contradiction, such as the mysterious end to his rematch with Muhammad Ali and the “phantom punch” that is still debated to this day.

But of one thing there can be no doubt, and that is the sheer power of the man known as “The Big Bear”. This collection shows  the Champ at his most impressive: watch Liston’s powerful punches take apart the competition like a wrecking ball, as he demolishes opponents such as Cleveland Williams, Amos Johnson, the German Heavyweights Gerhard Zech and Albert Westphal, and George “Scrap Iron” Johnson. This anthology of non-stop knockouts also includes the undisputed highlights of Liston’s career: his two World Title fights against Floyd Patterson that saw him take his place in boxing legend alongside the greatest there ever was. 

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