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Re: the butt of the century

#76348
From: Wm James
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:00
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On 12 Jul 1997 19:17:27 -0500, wbar...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM
(William Barwell) wrote:

: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!


I thought that Don Kink (not a typo) got his before the 30 mill,
not out of it.  I may be wrong about this.


William R. James
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Subject: Re: the butt of the century
Date: 1997/07/13
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