Tag Archives: Boxers

January 16, 1981

On January 16, 1981, Leon Spinks, former world heavyweight boxing champion was mugged. He told police that he was walking out of a bar in Detroit, Michigan when someone clocked him in the head. He claims that he never saw who or what hit him. He woke up in a motel about 5 miles from … Continue reading

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April 3, 2015

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2015 France outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet the new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period before and during a modeling job. In others words, they have to be at a ‘healthy’ weight for their height, because if they are too skinny, they … Continue reading

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July 20, 1991

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1991 Boxer Mike Tyson was accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant. His defense was that it couldn’t be rape, because first, he’s Mike Tyson, and second, he was pretty sure one person in the room consented to the sex and third, he did yelled “SURPISE!” To his … Continue reading

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