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Mike Tyson’s Explosive Comeback vs. Peter McNeeley – August 19, 1995

Mike Tyson’s Explosive Comeback vs. Peter McNeeley – August 19, 1995

August 19, 1995, marked the return of Mike Tyson to professional boxing after four years out of the ring due to his 1991 arrest for rape. Tyson was later convicted in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison, and later paroled on March 25, 1995.

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