When A Gang Leader Confronted Tyson

i'm gonna it's gonna be a fight tyson and you know it you hit me i'm gonna kill you i'm gonna kill you welcome back to the big fight recap here on the ltv classes [Music] on today's video we revisit the infamous two fight saga between mike tyson and mitch blood green a genuine beef that 10 rounds of boxing couldn't squash as the two would face off one more time on the street this time in a much shorter affair with a decisive victor let's get right to it [Applause] after tyson's 10-round decision to james quick tillis in 1986 the inability aura from kid dynamite took a slight knock as the two heavyweights battled out a much closer fight than the boxing fans and bookmakers expecting how disappointed are you that the knockout string is over not at all if anything i gotta you know i feel relieved and i'm confident if i wanted to i couldn't knock them out it was tyson's first time going the distance as he had finished his previous 19 opponents all inside the opening two or three rounds that gave some of the other heavyweight contenders an incentive to catch this teenage dynamo early halt the hype train and earn the highest possible payday outside of a championship fight type say gonna give me a fight i want mike tyson point blank michelle tyson he's a homo i'm gonna knock him out mitch blood green was one of the first fighters to utilize the new age of digital camcorders to get his message out there to boxing fans i'm gonna show you some feast oh eyes on a real heavyweight there was no social media in those days but local news stations and televised sports networks such as hbo would air the clips during a broadcast to gauge the fan's reaction watch my smoke it's probably due to audio compression over time but i can honestly say i have difficulty understanding what mitch green is saying two clear things were the muscle flexing and homophobic slurs and bizarrely enough as far as my research suggests this was enough to land him a shot at the hottest prospect in world boxing growing up on the tough streets of detroit mitch green was a prominent player in 1970's new york game warfare by the age of 17 he had witnessed his father lose his life in a bizarre western style quick draw shootout not long before being shot twice himself fortunately escaping with non-fatal injuries green tried to escape gang life by joining the uba boxing gym in new york but by this time his ties to the street were too pronounced as he was now hailed the king of new york street gangs by the nypd for his role as gang leader in the deadly bloods crew things slowly started to change for mitch as his reputation as a gang leader was exceeded by that of a talented amateur boxer the muscular 6'5 big man that was racking up copious tournament success including several new york golden gloves from the bronx new york undefeated in five professional bouts with one draw green took to the professional ring in 1980 and quickly started racking up wins over journeyman and fringe contenders such as jumbo cummings champing and waiting trevor berbick became the first man to beat green in 1985 where mitch made a good account of himself only losing by majority decision both tyson and green were on the fringe of a world title shot so regardless of the antics the two were on a likely collision course the trash talk from green just helped build more interest in the fight which in turn certainly struck a chord with tyson who openly admitted to hating that ugly mother effort and mike tyson traditionally no robe no socks he says it makes him feel like a warrior makes him feel like a gladiator tyson met green for the first time in may 1986 at madison square garden it was tyson's first match at a prestigious boxing venue and also the first to be covered by a large television network yet the occasion didn't change the traditional no robe no socks attire he was all business and had a personal vendetta to settle with the now not so confident looking mitch bled green and was so much a factor in the last fight that we showed you here on hbo that he didn't double up he just was a little bit lazy especially in the later rounds so we'll see what he does about that against mitch green always aggressive right in front of us man now we see some head movement put the shot there's the left hook i was talking about he did draw a warning from louise rivera the referee about holy queen's in trouble [Applause] good left hand everyone has a plan until they get their mouth guard punched out of the ring in the first round while green had all the physical advantages tyson's supreme boxing skills and speed negated the gap in size and weight backing up green from the opening bell slipping and countering forcing the much bigger man into survival mode from where to go big right hand against tillis and what a shot that is an awesome shot tyson punched out green's mouth guard again in the third where after he started mocking his opponent for having a wide gulping mouth stalking him across the ring landing fierce single power punches another big left hook hey tyson they're good uppercut he has to take a stand eventually another couple body shots well he's smiling tyson is smiling but see green has those fast hands the fight became so routine by the closing stages the crowd knew they were witnessing a foregone conclusion tyson himself appeared to have his mind elsewhere as he bizarrely kissed his trainer kevin rooney while he was trying to deliver him intricate strategies and details regarding the fight kevin rooney is in there just jabbering away 100 miles a minute mike tyson leaned over and just kissed him tyson closed the show trying to score the knockout but green's disinclination to engage allowed him to grab and clinch his way to safety resulting in him losing nine out of ten of the rounds on every general scorecard [Music] [Applause] but we knew deep inside that i was going to win this fight so easy because of his style he's a gang tough opponent and he took some fairly decent shots but as you know i went comfortably and i didn't try for the knockout and i used a great deal of discipline in there not knocking him out tyson claimed he carried green the 10 round distance on purpose to punish him for as long as possible and whether it was true or not green's personal pride was hurt and he was willing to do whatever it took to restore a sliver of respect amongst his peers green retired from boxing after the tyson loss and returned to the street to earn a living from selling drugs he always planned to one day get tyson back in the ring but as his years of inactivity ensued tyson progressed to one of the most dominant heavyweight champions of all time undefeated and undisputed the days of fighting lingering contenders such as mitch green were over [Music] it wasn't until a couple of years after their fight that the two would meet again this time in green's element the street in the early hours of august 23 1988 mitch green got wind that tyson was shopping at a local clothing store close by to where he ran things on the street tyson had traveled a fair distance to pick up a luxury leather jacket handmade by one of his friends over at dapper dams as tyson was chilling in the store with his entourage mitch green burst through the door on his own high on angel dust demanding tyson either give him a rematch or empty his pockets right there on the spot tyson of course no stranger to altercations on the street dragged mitch green outside and pummeled him to the ground multiple times spectators said that the fight was short violent and very one-sided in fact it was no longer than 15 to 20 seconds but that's more than long enough for the heavyweight champion to inflict severe damage there is no footage of the fight regardless of the clickbait you see on youtube but there were many accounts of what happened that all aligned all except green's account where he claimed tyson sucker punched him and ran who threw the first punch here he did he sucker punched me cause he's with his friends you know and uh when he hit me and i said i couldn't even text me to get to it like i wanted to because everybody was like you know holding me like this where he can get away from me so you get away and he like he ran for me green was certain the tyson scuffle which became mainstream news around the world would add enough public intrigue to get his rival back in the ring but mitch had already burnt his bridges among the promoters in the sport with his violent threats to don king in the past already shadow banning him from ever earning any serious money in the ring again after green's failed attempts to get the rematch with tyson he filed a civil lawsuit for 20 million dollars due to the injuries he suffered during their fight the former gang leader came away with one small w to coincide with a long list of elves winning the case and being awarded 45 000 close to what his purse was during their professional fight in 1986. yeah i remember seeing mitch green's eye after that it was like he broke his socket the eye socket yeah he broke his eye socket yeah you gotta hit really hard just like that right green returned to the ring seven years later but at that point he was a shell of his former self and was beaten by journeyman with losing records until he hung him up for good in 2005. as of 2022 green is still a largest life character but now employs his energy into his love of christianity he still has a gripe with tyson but i think it's fair to say the two have now moved on and whenever the topic is brought up today they both make light of their infamous 30-year feud that didn't work the boy's getting different we had the street fight the boys get a deal but wait a minute wait a minute didn't didn't y'all have a street fight mister before the ring from the street thinking the man would do something about it he wasn't doing that oh man he freaked me out did you know that actually tyson and sal are good friends and he comes to the show he knew look dude [Music] you

Channel: BLTV Classic

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Keywords: Mike Tyson, Mike Tyson highlights, boxing, boxing legends TV, BLTV, BLTV Classic, recap, documentary, tyson v green, mitch blood green, tyson green highlights, tyson green street

Id: Cv0N8g68t2w

Length: 9min 53sec (593 seconds)

Published: Sat May 21 2022