1980s Heavyweight Unification Tournament - The Lost Generation #6 | A Brief Boxing Documentary

1980s Heavyweight Unification Tournament - The Lost Generation #6 | A Brief Boxing Documentary The Lost Generation had engulfed the heavyweight division and fans were losing interest. There was no more running, there had to be ONE heavyweight champion and the time was finally upon us! Don King went to HBO to put together a division-wide tournament with the goal of crowning an undisputed champion. The WBC, WBA, and IBF titles were finally set to be unified in the new BIG 3 era; who’s the new heavyweight of destiny? Find out here in this 1980s timeline of HBO’s Heavyweight World Series Unification Tournament. 0:00 - INTRO 0:07 - Background 1:38 - KINGS’ DREAM: Tony Tubbs [WBA] vs Tim Witherspoon 2:37 - THE HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD SERIES: Pinklon Thomas [WBC] vs Trevor Berbick 3:17 - VINDICATION IN VEGAS: Michael Spinks [LIN RING IBF] vs Larry Holmes II 4:13 - Tim Witherspoon [WBA] vs Frank Bruno 4:48 - Michael Spinks [LIN RING IBF] vs Stephen Tangstad 5:08 - QUALIFIE