Lewis v Tyson - your thoughts on the police presence

[NChristo]

I always assumed that it was done for promotional purposes.A great marketing ploy to really excite the casual viewer,who still thought of Tyson as this invincible savage.A few highlight reels of his knockouts from fifteen years previous and some bizzare pre-fight qoutes on Tyson's part is all it took.



No Pacquiao/De La Hoya/Mayweather fight was ever bigger than this.They didn't need some lame reality series to sell this fight.Everyone I knew was interested and many still thought Tyson would knock him out.



Boxing was so great back ten-fifteen years ago.Every boxer back then seemed unique,had their own personalitiy,their own style.All these boxers today are just so bland,boring and generic.



Today we're stuck with bozo's like Andre Berto

Good post, only just realized it too, everyone now seems so dull compared to back then.

[Emon723]

Tyson was even willing to touch gloves with Lewis, the promoters just wanna make sure nothing untoward incident happens to derail the biggest fight.

[La Cucaracha]

Lewis beat up a washed up cokehead. The police were only there as part of a ploy to fool fans into believing the fight might actually be competitive.