Mike Tyson is VERY FRUSTRATED by this boxer
World boxing news, Mike Tyson's fight against James Smith on March 7, 1987, was one of the fights that made Mike Tyson frustrated and at his wits' end, to the point of being carried away by emotion. The fight held at the Las Vegas Hilton, was also called the "Super Fight", which was a professional boxing match in the unification of the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles.
In this match, James Smith became one of the boxers who was able to survive for 12 rounds against Mike Tyson, in his golden age.
Seeing the fighting style and tactics used by James Smith in this fight made Mike Tyson very frustrated, to the point that Mike Tyson was involved in several actions that were carried away by emotion, such as the action at the end of the first round after the round bell was rung, Mike Tyson threw a punch at James Smith.
In the second and eighth rounds of this fight, James Smith had to get a penalty of two points deducted from the match referee, because the referee considered James Smith did nothing. James Smith only took defensive actions and always tried to embrace Mike Tyson, without releasing a return punch.
At the end of the fourth round of this fight, right after the bell rang, Mike Tyson was clearly seen showing a frustrated face, unable to say anything seeing the fighting style played by James Smith.
In the seventh round of this fight, the audience cheered when Mike Tyson slipped in the corner of the ring due to his ambition to hit James Smith.
However, until this fight ended, Mike Tyson continued to look for opportunities to get a fight that was desired by the audience and boxing fans, but it was not offered by James Smith.
And after this fight was over and was won by Mike Tyson with a unanimous decision, Mike Tyson criticized the tactics / fighting style applied by James Smith.
Mike Tyson said:
When I tried to punch him, he grabbed it, he always stopped by embracing and locking my hand, without doing a counter punch.
This has hurt boxing, because what the audience expects is the skill of hitting and not the skill of hugging the opponent, as just happened.
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