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'Iron' Mike Tyson Signs With K1 Japanese Kickboxing and Ultimate Fighting Organization
Knockouts! Magazine ^
| August 25, 2003 SGT
| staff report
Posted on 08/26/2003 2:07:33 PM PDT by prarie earth
IRON MIKE TYSON SIGNS WITH K1
Former Heavyweight boxing champion Iron Mike Tyson has officially signed with the K-1 organization for exclusive management and rights of refusal for Japan.
Mike Tyson may still compete in America, but can only fight in Japan in the K-1 organization.
No word on when, where or against whom he will first compete.
Sources inform Knockouts! that he could compete under boxing rules, kickboxing K1 rules, or even mixed martial arts.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Japan; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Nevada; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bankrputcy; donking; k1; money
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The company only has the Japanese rights, so essentially he probably cant fight for a boxing title in Japan
To: prarie earth
This should be fun.
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posted on
08/26/2003 2:09:00 PM PDT
by
BrooklynGOP
(www.logicandsanity.com)
To: prarie earth
I want to see Ken Shamrock kick his ass.
3
posted on
08/26/2003 2:09:28 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("Boom Boom! Out go the lights!" - Pat Travers)
To: prarie earth
Bob Sapp is going to kick his ear-chompin' a$$.
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posted on
08/26/2003 2:10:21 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui tacet consentit!)
To: BrooklynGOP
Did you see that KI guy on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Ben Affleck? He was HUGE! (I think he used to play ball for the Atlanta Falcons)
To: Ronin
Bob Sapp--I dont care if I was Lennox Lewis, I wouldnt want to see him under non-boxing rules!
To: prarie earth
Is toe biting allowable?
To: Focault's Pendulum
Trust me, you don't want to bite Bob Sapp's toe.
To: prarie earth
He commands 20 mil a fight in the US. Who the heck is managing him? Ali tried something like this and it was a disaster.
More than likely, the matches won't be totally above board. The extreme fighting guys have everything (fame,$) in the world to gain by hurting Tyson permanently. His only motivation is to avoid injury.
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posted on
08/26/2003 2:15:59 PM PDT
by
At _War_With_Liberals
(If Hillary ever takes the oath of office, she will be the last President the US will ever have. -RR)
To: Ronin
To: At _War_With_Liberals
No way Tyson fights any of these guys except like Ali did in a straight up boxing exhibition.
To: Dan from Michigan
To: prarie earth
"Trust me, you don't want to bite Bob Sapp's toe."Why?
What did he do to YOU?
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posted on
08/26/2003 2:23:46 PM PDT
by
dogbrain
("Life is hard son. It's harder if you're stupid.")
To: Ronin
I don't think so....Mike has been training for mixed fights & Bob Sapp cannot take a Tyson punch (if Tyson comes in prepared).
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posted on
08/26/2003 2:25:51 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(Courtesy is not a sign of weakness.)
To: prarie earth
SO. Anything goes, right?
15
posted on
08/26/2003 2:25:57 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: Dan from Michigan
Shamrock still fighting?
Anyway, Tyson is going to get his ass kicked in K1. Very dumb move.
To: dogbrain
Cause Sapp is 350 lbs of solid muscle?
To: feinswinesuksass
Straight up in a boxing style match, Sapp could last 5 rounds..eventually Mike would get him
To: prarie earth
Heck with kickboxing . . . I wanna see him in a knife fight with some squirrel on speed.
To: LibWhacker
Thats pretty much what this venture is going to look like..
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