We're back for a brief moment this Labor Day Weekend to provide you with our #2 Soundbyte of the Decade. Did the hints help any? What poetic pugilist could combine Alexander the Great, Jack Dempsey, Mohammed, Sonny Liston... and cannabilism. Hmmm.... I think you've got it figured out.
Yes, the one and only Iron Mike Tyson comes in at second place on our list. We have to work out the kinks in the wayback machine to go all the way back to the year 2000 for this soundbyte. Let's set the scene...
The date 6/24/2000.
The site Glasgow, Scotland.
The opponent: The Immortal Lou Savarese.
Iron Mike was attempting yet another comeback after that whole earbite thing (so evidently the guy has a history with cannibalism), and Savarese was a speed bump, (wait, that's offensive to speed bumps)... he was more of a gnat, no still too much... more of a slight gust of wind on the road to an eventual Tyson-Lewis showdown.
The fight lasted 38 seconds. The postfight interview (clocking in on Youtube at 1:21) was much more memorable and entertaining. Tyson hits it all in this one. In fact, there's too much to this soundbyte to go over here. From Tyson's sometimes puzzling, sometimes brilliant vocabulary, to his historical references, to the threat to eat Lennox Lewis' unborn kids, this is a contender for the top spot but falls just short. All I know is that it signifies the end of an era when heavyweight boxing was something worth blogging about.
Soak it all in, we'll never see another like him. Ladies and Gentleman, Iron Mike Tyson!
So who's #1? Find out as we'll reveal our Soundbyte of the Decade on Labor Day! Happy Holidays!
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