Long before he was tattooing his face and threatening to eat unborn children, Mike Tyson was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
I still remember where I was the first time I saw Mike Tyson hit the canvas.
No, not at the hands of Buster Douglas. I'm referring to when my friend Mike "Buzz" Bartholomew laid out the seemingly unbeatable animated Mike Tyson of "Punch-Out!!" fame.
It was the summer of 1987, in the basement of my Billings, Mont., boyhood home. It felt as though we were witnessing history.
It was a scene played out on Nintendo NES consoles everywhere. Beating Tyson was a victory so satisfying that two decades later, gamers of the time still talk about taking down the champ.
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