Showtime To Replay Mike Tyson's

Stunning Loss to Kevin McBride

On June 18th

June 18, 2005

9pm ET\PT

NEW YORK – SHOWTIME will replay Saturday’s historical pay-per-view bout that saw Mike Tyson slide

into possible retirement following a stunning turn of events in which the former two-time world heavyweight

champion refused to answer the bell for the seventh round against Kevin McBride that took place at the

MCI Center in Washington, D.C., on June 11. Fight fans have the opportunity to witness perhaps the final

chapter of boxing’s most fascinating character when SHOWTIME rebroadcasts the fight on Saturday, June

18, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Hoping to revitalize his career, Tyson (50-6, 2 NC, 44 KOs) threw everything he could at his largest opponent

to date (McBride weighed in at 271 pounds), including an intentional head butt in the sixth round that cost

him two points. Tyson had an excellent fourth round, storming from the corner and opening up with a

powerful right and body shots, followed by a left hook and another body shot. However, McBride managed to

weather the storm. Previously, Danny Williams stopped Tyson at 2:51 in the fourth round on July 30, 2004.

Once the “baddest man on the planet,” Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion when he

registered a second-round TKO over Trevor Berbick on Nov. 22, 1986. Tyson sat atop the heavyweight

division the next few years, uniting the heavyweight titles while making nine successful defenses. He has

now lost three out of his last four fights.

McBride (33-4-1, 28 KOs), of Clones, Ireland, absorbed Tyson’s best shots and imposed his will on Tyson in

winning his eighth consecutive fight. After a Tyson head butt in the sixth round, McBride shoved his

opponent into the ropes as the bell sounded. Prior to defeating Tyson, McBride tallied a fifth-round TKO over

Kevin Montiy on March 18, 2005, in Mashantucket, Conn.

SHOWTIME Pay Per View’s Steve Albert and Al Bernstein called the action from ringside with Jim Gray

serving as roving reporter. The executive producer of the SHOWTIME PAY PER VIEW telecast was Jay

Larkin, with David Dinkins Jr. producing and Bob Dunphy directing.

- Press Release issued by Showtime with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

(6/16/05)