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Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas
Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas, billed as "Hard Road to Glory", was a professional boxing match contested on May 30, 1987, for the WBA and WBC heavyweight championships. ==Background== In 1986, the three major boxing organizations, the WBA, WBC and IBF teamed up with HBO to develop a unification tournament that would ultimately unify all three Heavyweight titles and determine the next Undisputed Champion.〔(Hbo Series Tries Clearing Boxing Mess ), Chicago Tribune article, 1986-04-15, Retrieved on 2013-05-19〕 The first fight in the series pitted WBC Heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas against Trevor Berbick on March 22, 1986.〔(It's Tournament Time--in Boxing : Thomas Fights Berbick Tonight in Unification Opener ), L.A. Times article, 1986-03-22, Retrieved on 2013-05-19〕 Berbick would capture the WBC Heavyweight title after defeating Thomas by unanimous decision and move on to face the undefeated Mike Tyson in his first title defense. Tyson dominated Berbick in their match, knocking out the champion in the second round to win his first heavyweight championship. Meanwhile, James "Bonecrusher" Smith would defeat Tim Witherspoon to become the new WBA Heavyweight champion, thus setting up a match with Tyson with both fighter's titles on the line, which Tyson would win by unanimous decision. The IBF champion Michael Spinks was scheduled to defend his title against Tony Tucker with the winner of that match moving on to face the winner of the Tyson–Smith bout. However, Spinks decided to pullout of his match with Tucker, instead choosing to face Gerry Cooney in a more lucrative fight that would pay him $4 million, leading to the IBF stripping Spinks of their title.〔(IBF Takes Title Away From Michael Spinks ), Philadelphia Inquirer article, 1987-02-27, Retrieved on 2013-05-19〕 As a result, the organizations sanctioned an event that would see Tyson defend his WBA and WBC titles against Thomas, while Tony Tucker and James "Buster" Douglas would meet each other for the vacant IBF crown. The winners of these two matches would then face one another for the right to become the next Undisputed Heavyweight Champion.
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