Tyson Quits--Loses to McBride on TK After Six Rounds

Mike Tyson reaches new low

Mike Tyson "threw in the towel" when he did not come out of his corner for the seventh round of his comeback fight against unranked Irishman Kevin McBride in Washington D.C. tonight. The referee ruled a TK for McBride.

Tyson was either pushed or knocked to the floor as the sixth round come to an end. Two of the three judges had Tyson ahead 57-55 when the fight was called. The third judge had the same score, but for McBride.

After the fight, Tyson said, "I'm not going to fight again. I haven't got the fighting guts or the heart any more......I was just fighting to pay off the bills.... .I'm not an animal anymore."

Tyson did not appear to have improved his boxing skills very much after being warned for a low blow and having points taken away after a sixth-round head-butt opened up a cut under McBride's left eye.

Perhaps Tyson's "inner goodness" will now have an opportunity to emerge.