Boxing Day Canada History
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Fifteen years after Tyson-McNeeley, the Hurricane looks back
It’s been 15 years since Peter McNeeley was lifted from virtual obscurity to face Mike Tyson, the former undisputed heavyweight champion who was returning to boxing after a two-year prison sentence. The non-title fight — before 16,113 fans at the MGM Grand Garden on Aug. 19, 1995 — was the culmination of a relentless three-month promotional campaign that paid off handsomely. Tyson-McNeeley was …
The History of Boxing Day
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