Dana Pitcher, Jackie Sunshine, Aaron Snowell circa 2007
Atlantic City, NJ– It was August 1989, Mike Tyson’s invincibility is still in place as he turns out Carl “The Truth” Williams, this with both Donald’s, Trump & King co-promoting the event, like a $20 trick. Williams had not only predicted a win, but he popped off about it and raised Tyson’s ire. With that in mind, Tyson who had finished off Michael Spinks in 91 seconds some two years prior in this same ring, Mike was looking to beat that mark.
“IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER, I’M TOLD”
The official time was 93 seconds of the first round, thus it took the human wrecking ball two seconds longer to make a liar out of “The Truth,” than it took to make a believer out of Spinks. That being said, it was the last time Tyson was Tyson. Listen to the audio from the Kevin Mc Bride loss press conference of 2005, “I haven’t been the same since 1990,” referring to the meltdown of “Iron Mike” by 38-1 underdog Buster Douglas.
TYSON’S CHIEF SECOND A CLASS GUY
Aaron Snowell, the “chief second” in the Tyson corner, having watched Tyson get dropped by Greg Page and lumped up by clubber Mike Jameson in Tokyo, he knew Tyson wasn’t right. “Buster fought the fight of his life. He rose to a level he could never duplicate before or after. With Mike looking terrible, we were hoping to get him through this one and try to get him refocused on boxing.”
AARON GOT THE HEAT, BUT…
What was is most interesting is that when people talk about this fight, they bring up the fact that Tyson while his eye was swelling shut and Snowell had no “End Swell” in the corner. In all fairness, it is the responsibility of the cutman to bring this frozen piece of metal to the ring that is used to stop and decrease swelling. But seeing I was the chief second I accept the blame.”
Pedro Fernandez