Modern Classics: Tyson-Frazier

By: Sean Crose
Those who weren't around at the time shouldn't be fooled by the title here. No, Mike Tyson never did battle the great Joe Frazier. They were of two separate generations. Tyson did fight Joe's son, Marvis, however, and it was nothing if not a fight to remember. It wasn't a long fight, nor was it a close one - yet the brief battle still serves as one of those events that firmly lodges itself into the memories of those who see it. Sometimes brutality is simply too potent to forget. A