Re: the butt of the century

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From: wbar... William Barwell
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:00

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In article <01bc8d3e$4e34c060$513e...@sean.i2020.net>,
MICHAEL S. TANSEY <dev...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yeah I agree.
>Getting disqualified sounds a lot better than I got my ass kicked by
>Holyfield.
>
>pcps1201 <pcps...@snetpa.cpg.com.au> wrote in article
><01bc8c23$4ea966c0$c9b8...@pcps1201.snetpa.cpg.com.au>...
>> 
>> I watched the fight too!  And I thought that Tyson was such a wanker to
>> bite the guys ear TWICE!!! because he couldn't fight and win fairly.  I
>> agree with Holyfield's comments after the farce that Tyson did it just so
>> could say "he didn't beat me".  I mean, Tyson still gets 40 million for
>> losing.  Does that make him the top money earning loser of all time? or
>> just one of the top ten?
>> 

He gets $30 million - $3 million for the fine.
That's $27 million.  28% goes to income taxes, that leaves $18.6 million.
And of course Don King gets his 20% off the top, $6 million, that 
leaves $12.6 millions.

That's $6.3 million a bite.  The most expensive bites in history.

Pope Charles
SubGenius Pope Of Houston
Slack!

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From: wbar...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell)
Subject: Re: the butt of the century
Date: 1997/07/12
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