Mike Tyson’s ring walk lasted longer than his bout against Michael Spinks. Appearing on talkSPORT Drive yesterday, Smith ...

Michael Spinks shared the ring with some of the greatest heavyweights of all time, including 'Iron' Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes.

Thirty years after Diamond fought his last, D’Amato unfurled tall tales about him to an impressionable young buck called Mike ...

Tyson, draped with his three heavyweight champion belts, after knocking out Michael Spinks, June 27, 1988, in Atlantic City. Bettmann Still just 21, Tyson was bigger—way bigger, in fact—than ...

A 1988 mega-match in Atlantic City oozed with greed, backstabbing, and the worst kind of tabloid journalism. And the people loved it.

For all the mournful blather wishing for just boxing, it was the treasons themselves that made the fight between Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks on June 27, 1988, the most hotly anticipated fight ...

Mike Tyson victorious after knocking out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 27, 1988. By Manny Millan/Getty Images.

In an exclusive excerpt from Mark Kreigel's new book, "Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson," the shocking moments from the attempts to market Iron Mike are revealed.

In 1988, Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in the first round in one of the most anticipated fights of all-time. (Getty Images) (Bettmann via Getty Images) ...