r/1980s • u/jeremykunayak • 22h ago

15 year old Mike Tyson 's 8 second knockout. (1981)

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u/Then_Sea_8535 16h ago

Iron Mike.

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u/jp112078 21h ago

Probably about 4 seconds longer than I would’ve lasted. And at least this guy landed a few

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u/Shawn_The_Sheep777 14h ago

Yup he was terrifying

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u/rubber_duck_come_on 13h ago

Looks like he ate a big piece of white glove off a pretty good right to me at 0.36. He was on the way down at 0.37. Lucky for him.

The man even at 15 was a weapon.

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u/Weary-Teach6005 8h ago

Nuclear weapons can’t defeat him

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u/MaddenMike 3h ago

I need slo-mo to even see it.

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u/rubber_duck_come_on 3h ago

What blew me away was for being only15 was how he set it up.

So quick, smart and devastating.

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u/soverysadone 10h ago

Just like Nintendo knockout.

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u/ponythemouser 11h ago edited 11h ago

15 years old and a heavyweight and muscled like a full grown man. Those type guys are usually like that at 12 and fat and past their prime by 21 but not Mike. What I really liked about early Tyson was that he fought practically every week. Of course when your fights only last 8 seconds. If this was bull riding that guy would have had a winning time

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u/BryanEW710 7h ago

That was not a child.

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u/DisciplineLazy6370 13h ago

Poor Adam Sandler never had a chance. And that explains why he talked funny in his early years.

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u/Weary-Teach6005 8h ago

Now I’m hearing that Toll Booth Willie skit in my head

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u/SportyMcDuff 7h ago

Should I hand you the money or just shove it directly up your fat ass?

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u/Weary-Teach6005 6h ago edited 4h ago

Well I already heard that one ya unoriginal bastard, go suck a cock!!!”

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u/SportyMcDuff 6h ago

Lofl!!!

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u/Weary-Teach6005 4h ago

That skit is fuckin hilarious but the best part is the “Medium Pace” song which tricks you at first you think it’s some love song and then a quarter in he starts saying some wack shit lol

“Now shave off my pubes and punch me in the face!” Lol

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u/SportyMcDuff 4h ago

Now take that shampoo bottle and SHOVE IT UP MY ASS!!! Push it in and pull it out… at a medium pace.

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u/Weary-Teach6005 1h ago

Waahahaha yup that shit never gets old.I remember when I got that on tape and I’m on the NYC subway listening to it and no joke I was fuckin laughing so hard I was coughing cause I couldn’t breath.

What about “The Longest Pee”

“Hey man you pissed your pants” “So did I” “I guess that makes us PISS PALS!”

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u/SportyMcDuff 1h ago

“My neighbor’s dog has a four inch clit!!!”… The Buffoon and the Valedictorian.

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u/FANTASYJUICINGLMTD 9h ago

Damn I'm old I remember watching this

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u/vampyire 8h ago

I remember watching early Tyson fights, wa are about the same age and while I never boxed I liked watching it. He had a ferocity I've never seen

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u/Ok_Drama8139 7h ago

So fast, so powerful.

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u/Nannyphone7 2h ago

Young Mike Tyson is scary

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u/Emergency-String4788 21h ago

Stick and move! Stick and move!

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u/cv-boardgamer 19h ago

He's hurt me Doc!

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u/Weary-Teach6005 8h ago

Quick press select!!!

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u/Jay_Jaytheunbanned2 21h ago

I’m guessing that Joe Cortez didn’t turn out to be anything

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u/Left_Sundae_4418 19h ago

Audience: "I guess we will go home now..."

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u/Ok-Palpitation7641 21h ago

Thems was the days.

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u/MinimumSet72 21h ago

Word on the street is Cortez is still 😵😵‍💫

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u/Queasy_Block697 21h ago

He was a big 15!

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u/preemptive_strike87 20h ago

And he’s off to eat his children…

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u/SlipDifferent8534 20h ago

Poor Joe didn’t stand a chance

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u/swordofra 16h ago

He can say he traded punches with Mike in a ring. ...Well, a couple of punches anyway

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u/Jaded-Ad-9217 9h ago

If we had only watched his amateur bouts, millions of us wouldn't have got up for that snack and missed the entire pro fight 👊👊💥💥💥😵😵

fight

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u/Mantha6973 9m ago

“There is no you, there is only the task”

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u/rubber_duck_come_on 13h ago

Looks like he ate a big piece of white glove off a pretty good right to me at 0.36. He was on the way down.

The man even at 15 was a weapon.