# Did Mike Tyson get punked out last night, or was I hallucinating?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 18, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696 "2001-01-18T16:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696/1 "2001-01-18T16:11:57Z")

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I wound up in a bar last night, and on the TV (no sound) they showed this clip about 8 times. It was Mike Tyson and someone, for what looked to be a weigh in, or something. Maybe a press conference? Anyway, unidentified man (who appeared to be a boxer) and Tyson were standing nose to nose and this guy gave Tyson a left uppercut and a right cross (no gloves on) and sent him reeling.

But today I can’t find ANY stories about it anywhere. Maybe that was an old video clip, and I never heard of it before? Or maybe it wasn’t Tyson? I’d swear it was.

Did anyone else see this?

If this did happen, can anyone give me a link to the story? None of the major sports webpages ([cnnsi.com](http://cnnsi.com), [foxsports.com](http://foxsports.com), [espn.com](http://espn.com)) had anything that I could find.

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**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696/2 "2001-01-18T16:37:42Z")

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I think I remember seeing this about a year or two ago…but I could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696/3 "2001-01-19T04:10:50Z")

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I checked the web. Tyson is being fined and suspended by the state boxing commision because on Oct. 20 of last year, he wouldn’t submit to a drug test before a fight and tested positive (for weed) afterwards. He was fighting a guy named Golota; you must have seen footage of them.

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696/4 "2001-01-19T19:01:51Z")

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I read about that (drugs, suspension) too, Rilch.

But if I’m not mistaken, Golota is a big oafish white dude with a propensity for punching people in the nuts.

The guy that hit Tyson was black.

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**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-tyson-get-punked-out-last-night-or-was-i-hallucinating/50696/5 "2001-01-19T19:23:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \*  
> **But if I’m not mistaken, Golota is a big oafish white dude with a propensity for punching people in the nuts.**

This may be the best description of Golota I have ever read.