About this episode

This episode explores the backstory and outcome of the second fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.

On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield met for the second time, roughly 8 months after their thrilling first fight, in which Evander took Mike's World Heavyweight Title. Join me for some fascinating backstory and the unfortunate outcome of Tyson-Holyfield 2.

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Cohen

Topics covered

• boxing
• sports history
• Tyson vs Holyfield
• heavyweight championship
• legacy fights

Keywords

• Mike Tyson
• Evander Holyfield
• boxing history
• heavyweight title
• Tyson-Holyfield 2

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