Admit It: You’D Watch It
Kevin B. Blackistone of the Dallas Morning News believes, good or bad, Mike Tyson’s histrionics after his Saturday “fight” against Lou Savarese will drum up interest for a bout against heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
“Tyson is Tyson, never seen before. He is proving he is, indeed, the most brutal, most vicious, most ruthless champion, or former champion, there has ever been. And it is enough to get Mike Tyson a big-money payday with Lennox Lewis that most of us will be likely to cough up 50 bucks to see. We just won’t tell our neighbors.”
The answer? Give him half a minute
When Tyson required only 38 seconds to dispose of Savarese in what will become known as the “Fiasco in Glasgow,” those interested in such things thumbed through the record book to determine whether Tyson ever had done in someone faster as a pro.
The dubious distinction for speediest checkout belongs to Philadelphia’s Marvis Frazier, who lasted only 30 seconds in his July 26, 1986 bout with the then-20-year-old “Kid Dynamite” in Glen Falls, N.Y. So, was Marvis, now 39, hoping that Savarese would lose in 29 seconds or less, thus eliminating himself as the answer to a trivia question?
“As long as they spell my name right it doesn’t make a difference,” said Frazier.
Ask him in December
San Francisco 49ers General Manager Bill Walsh expects quarterback Jeff Garcia to be a more than adequate replacement for the retired Steve Young.
“We think Garcia is an excellent quarterback,” Walsh said. “I personally believe he’ll be in the top 12 of all NFL quarterbacks. He has the same instincts as Joe (Montana) and Steve. He avoids well and moves well.”
The last word …
“Old news: Isiah Thomas has to sell the CBA before being allowed to coach the Pacers. New news: The Clippers have to join the CBA before (Donald) Sterling is allowed to hire a coach.”
- Peter Vecsey, in the New York Post