by Mark Scoop Malinowski (Author)
Eighteen years after they first boxed together as teenagers, noted trainer Cus D'Amato's prophecy came true - Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis waged fistic warfare in Memphis, TN in 2002 in a colossal, $110,000,000 showdown for the most prestigious title in all of sport. This Heavyweight Championship event arrested the attention of the world, for all the wrong and right reasons. Dressed in black, Mike Tyson, the infamous wrecking machine, faced the dignified "pugilist specialist" Lennox Lewis, garbed in white. HEAVYWEIGHT ARMAGEDDON takes you far behind the scenes of this symbolic, sociological battle, which proved once again that, in the end, the force of good shall prevail...
Author Biography
Mark "Scoop" Malinowski is also the author of "Facing Federer: Symposium of a Champion", "Facing Hewitt" and "Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew." His next three book projects are "Facing McEnroe", "Facing Nadal" and "Muhammad Ali: Portrait of a Champion."