Tyson debuts as promoter in Mendez draw
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Argenis Mendez retained his International Boxing Federation junior lightweight world title on Friday with a majority draw against Arash Usmanee on the first fight card promoted by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Tyson, whose ring career veered from triumph to disgrace, was much in evidence at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York, in his latest incarnation as the head of Iron Mike Productions.
In the main event, Dominican Mendez retained his belt against Usmanee, an Afghan-born Canadian who was getting his first world title chance.
Mendez emerged with a record of 21-2-1 with 11 wins inside the distance, while Arash now has a record of 20-1-1 with 10 knockouts.
Much of the attention on the night, however, focused on Tyson, the Hall of Fame boxer who served time in jail for rape and infamously bit Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997.
The self-styled “baddest man on the planet,” who won 44 of his 58 fights by knockout, said that as a promoter he just hopes to take care of his fighters.
“The only thing I know is that at the end of the day, the fighters won’t be like Mike Tyson and say ‘Hey, where’d my friends and money go?” said Tyson, who claimed in a 1998 lawsuit that flamboyant promoter Don King cheated him out of millions.
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