Word: tyson
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...baggy jeans and red leather jacket--the fighters pounding the bags stop to pay their respects. Here, under the Brooklyn Bridge, where so many legends trained, Zab Judah reigns as a local hero. Since turning pro at 18, he is 25-0. In his last bout, on the Mike Tyson undercard in October, he devastated his opponent with rapid-fire reflexes and a withering overhand left. He fights next in January; and before he gets too heavy for his weight class, he hopes to unify the junior welterweight title--something that might earn him a spot on Gleason's wall...
...blood," says Judah, 23, who grew up where Tyson learned to brawl, in Brownsville. Zab's dad Yoel--a world-champion kickboxer--raised him and his six brothers alone, losing none to prison or drugs, infusing all with a deep sense of his Israelite religion (a form of Judaism) and teaching them to box. Zab, with his speed and power, proved best, racking up an amateur record of 110-5. "My father is my idol," Zab says, meaning that while he now drives a Mercedes and wears diamond studs, he still does the dishes at Dad's house...
...Filmz will make small-budget films as well as large-budget films with third-party assistance. We've got a short film called "Domestic Violence" that we're gonna release around the album. I'm also financing a film right now called "When Tyson Met Tyra." We've been accumulating experience. Method Man's got a movie coming out and he filmed an episode of "Oz," so he's learning the business. Power [Wu Wear founder Oli Grant] was in "Black and White" and that had some success on it, "Ghost Dog" was a good step into films...
...typical fall evening 32 years ago, Al Gore '69 was seated in the corner of the Dunster House dining hall, talking to football players Tommy Lee Jones '69 and John Tyson '69. It was especially difficult this week to concentrate on studies, because it seemed all the world waited in eager anticipation of the epic battle: the Harvard-Yale Game. The year was 1968 and both Harvard and Yale were undefeated. For the first time in modern Ivy football history, the winner of the Harvard-Yale game would claim the Ivy League title...
...compare Al Gore's relentlessly piddling and Mitty-esque self-dramatizations to some of Bill Clinton's efforts is to put a Tenderfoot scout in the ring with Mike Tyson...