You don’t see many heavyweights as terrifying as Mike Tyson these days, but for a brief moment, Magomed Abdusalamov seemed to be one. With eighteen wins and eighteen knockouts, he was a wrecking ball in the ring. That momentum came to a halt on one fateful night in November 2013, when Abdusalamov faced 28-year-old Cuban Mike Perez at Madison Square Garden for the WBC USA Heavyweight title. Instead of elevating the then 32-year-old to new heights, the bout turned into the night that forever changed his life and that of his family.

The fight was grueling. Abdusalamov broke his left hand in the opening round and later fractured his nose, yet pushed on despite also suffering a deep cut under his left eye. Over ten punishing rounds, he absorbed heavy head shots before ultimately losing on

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