Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson
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Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Liberation, was a professional boxing match fought on September 7, 1996 for the WBA heavyweight championship.[1]
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Date | September 7, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBA heavyweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyson wins via 1st-round KO |
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The fight was part of a pay-per-view event produced by Don King Productions and carried on pay-per-view by Showtime.
The fight is notable in the fact that in attendance was rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, who would be fatally shot just hours after the fight, following an altercation with Crip Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson at the casino. Shakur died six days later on September 13 from ballistic trauma.