Who Is Mike Tyson To You?

Mike Tyson’s fastest knockout is 8 seconds.

Joined by MMA stars, Ronda Rousey and Connor McGregor in the latest UFC 2 video game, the former champ performs in a chorus of counting up. He solos when he reaches the aforementioned time of his Junior Olympics knockout.

And if you didn’t know, or forgot it, it’s okay. The former champion boxer, recites the time in a I dare-you-go-Google-it tone, which I did.

Not that I don’t believe Tyson, but because when someone has “8 second knockout at age 16” on their resume somewhere between being trained by Cus D’Amato and stealing a scene in the Hangover, you think there must be video of this.

There is, and it doesn’t disappoint.

What They Say: The Liver Shot

Pat Healy Delivering a solid shot. Photo By Ester Lin

 

“Shut up, liver! (He punches himself) Ow… My liver hurts.”–Homer Simpson

CB Dollaway probably cursing every drink he’s ever had thanks to Lyoto Machida.

 “It’s an organ. They say it’s the most important organ in the body. And it’s big. I imagine if you hit something important like the pills, like the liver , or like the spleen, you know, you’re going to go down.” –Bas Rutten

“I’ve only dropped someone to the canvas once with a body shot, but it felt like hitting a ball over the fence or a perfect 250-yard drive – exhilarating. A perfectly executed punch is a thing of beauty and precision. However, unlike the long ball in baseball or golf, the body shot doesn’t have the sex appeal. Chicks might dig the long ball as the saying goes, but the body shot is old school.” Eric C. Stevens

“Most people reading have taken a body shot or had the wind knocked out of them. But what many people don’t understand is what it’s like to get hit in the liver. It’s the liver’s job to filter toxins out of your body. And when somebody’s left hand or foot slams into it, it’s like every cocktail you ever drank, every poisonous insect that crawled in your mouth while you slept… they’re all released back into your body at the same time. The end result is a lot like getting knocked out, only you’re awake for it. Your arms and legs stop working and you see an Indian with an extra horse beckoning you into the woods.”
–Seanbaby

Cool Photos: You Think Your Day Is Rough

It could always be worse. For example, you could have been Samuel Maxwell getting his face shifted thanks to Kenya’s Dennis Okoth during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. It was the first Games to not use headgear, by suggestion of medical experts who said it would lower on concussion risks. Though, that seems strange considering the photo. Maybe one good shot to the head is better than constant blows, which is apparently what the headgear did, painting a constant target to the head. Photo By Reuters.