Mike Tyson vs Orlin Norris. KO'ed after the bell.. Bad knee excuse!?

Описание: Mike Tyson vs. Orlin Norris was a professional boxing match contested on October 23, 1999.

After a year-and-a-half long layoff, Mike Tyson made his long-anticipated return to boxing on January 16, 1999 against Francois Botha. Though Tyson appeared sluggish throughout the bout and trailed on all scorecards going into the fifth round, he was able to land a powerful right hand in the round that dropped Botha to the canvas. Botha attempted to get back up, but was unable to do so and Tyson escaped with the knockout victory. However, shortly after his victory over Botha, Tyson was convicted of assaulting two motorists in Indiana the year before and sentenced to one year in prison. Tyson would serve four months in prison before being paroled for good behavior on May 21 and then being officially released on June 4. After his release, Tyson began training in Arizona for the second fight in his comeback, which was scheduled to happen in the fall of 1999. Though several heavyweight contenders, including Michael Moorer, Shannon Briggs and Axel Schulz were brought up as possible opponents prior to Tyson's arrest, it was announced that former WBA Cruiserweight champion Orlin Norris would meet Tyson on October 23, 1999. 10 years prior, a then up-and-coming Norris had emerged as a contender to Tyson's Undisputed Heavyweight title, but Tyson's 1990 loss to James "Buster" Douglas prevented the match from happening and Norris moved down to the cruiserweight division shortly after. In 1996, Norris returned to the heavyweight division with a victory over former IBF Heavyweight champion Tony Tucker. Norris would then win his next two fights and was installed as the WBA's number two contender, however, a dispute with powerful boxing promoter Don King dropped him to the number six rank in the WBA's standings. After a successful lawsuit, Norris was promised a WBA "eliminator" fight against Henry Akinwande, which took place in December 1997, but Norris lost both the fight and the chance to face then-WBA champion Evander Holyfield.[8] Though the 34–year old Norris was well past his prime by the time of his fight with Tyson, he nevertheless regarded the bout as a "big opportunity" and remained confident that he could defeat Tyson and gain his long-awaited shot at one of the major heavyweight titles in the process