Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson

Liberation

Date	September 7, 1996
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada
Title(s) on the line	WBA heavyweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Bruce Seldon Mike Tyson Nickname "The Atlantic City Express" "Iron" Hometown Atlantic City, New Jersey Catskill, New York Purse $5,000,000 $15,000,000 Pre-fight record 33–3 (29 KO) 44–1 (38 KO) Age 29 years, 7 months 30 years, 2 months Height 6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (186 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Weight 229 lb (104 kg) 219 lb (99 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBA Heavyweight Champion WBC Heavyweight Champion
Result
Tyson wins via 1st-round KO

Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson, billed as Liberation, was a professional boxing match fought on September 7, 1996 for the WBA heavyweight championship.^[1]

The fight was part of a pay-per-view event produced by Don King Productions and carried on pay-per-view by Showtime.

The fight is notable in the fact that in attendance was rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, who would be fatally shot just hours after the fight, following an altercation with Crips member Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson at the casino. Shakur died six days later on September 13 from ballistic trauma.