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The Memphis Pyramid, ... On June 8, 2002, the Pyramid hosted Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, one of the biggest professional boxing events in history, ...
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Lewis–Tyson: Is On, was a heavyweight professional boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002, at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. [1] The defending unified WBC, IBF, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis defeated former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson by knockout in the eighth round.
Though Tyson's plans were not immediately known after his defeat, he announced in November that he would return to boxing on February 22, 2003 to take on fringe contender Clifford Etienne, with the fight taking place at the site of his previous fight with Lewis, the Pyramid Arena in Memphis. [1]
Here are 30 strange (maybe) and interesting (we hope) facts about The Pyramid, as the iconic Memphis building turns 30.
Ticket sales were slow because they were priced as high as US$2,400, but a crowd of 15,327 turned up to see boxing's then biggest event at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyson also had to pay Lewis $335,000 out of his purse for biting him at the news conference announcing the fight, which was originally scheduled for 6 April 2002 in ...
The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Retained IBF super bantamweight title: 24 Win 23–0–1 Richard Duran UD 12 Apr 17, 1993 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, U.S. Retained IBF super bantamweight title: 23 Win 22–0–1 Welcome Ncita: KO 11 (12), 2:48: Dec 2, 1992 Teatro Tenda, Tortolì, Italy: Won IBF super bantamweight title: 22 Win 21 ...
The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Retained WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title; Won vacant IBF–USBA super middleweight title: 12 Win 12–0 Ross Thompson: UD 12 Nov 9, 2002 Coca-Cola Event Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Won WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title: 11 Win 11–0 Jason Collins KO 1 (8), 2:25 ...
Bass Pro Pyramid The romance of Justin Timberlake and Christina Ricci offered a yearning romantic contrast to the flamboyant chained-to-a-radiator sexual metaphor of Craig Brewer's "Black Snake ...