Tyson by k.o. in 49 seconds

MEMPHIS: Mike Tyson scored the emphatic victory he needed on Saturday, knocking out Clifford Etienne in the opening seconds of the first round of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight boxing bout.
The stunning win paves the way for a rematch with champion Lennox Lewis.
His performance, however, appeared to impress everyone but himself, the former undisputed champion saying he wasn’t interested in an immediate rematch needing more fights and time to get his career and life together.
“I’m more confident now than I was last year,” Tyson said. “But I’m not interested in getting beat up again, I need two or three more fights.
“I’m going back to the gym next week and try to get my life together.”
“Real fighters need to go more rounds, knockouts are exciting but I need more rounds. If I want to beat Lennox Lewis I need to be more active.
“I’m hungry, but hungry isn’t enough to beat consummate professionals.
“And I’ve got issues I’ve got to clean up. I’m in pain.
“Boxing is cool but I have some, serious, serious demons I’m fighting.”
Tyson, who did not train for a week threatening to call off the fight claiming he had the flu, looked sharp and focussed, needing just 49 seconds to finish the “Black Rhino” with a ferocious right to remain unbeaten in non-title bouts.
Wearing his familiar black trunks and a simple white towel draped over his shoulders, Tyson, his much talked about tattoo in full view, was greeted by a thunderous ovation from the near sell-out crowd.
Showing glimpses of the brutal power and menacing mystique that made him the most feared fighter of his generation, the 36-year-old former-undisputed champion charged across the ring with urgency at the opening bell clearly searching for the early knockout.  After a flurry of action from both fighters, Tyson stung Etienne with a short, devastating right that sent him to floor.
As Etienne (24-2-1) lay crumpled on the canvas, Tyson (50-4-2) raised his hands in victory then helped his opponent to his feet.
“I’m just happy to be back in business,” Tyson said, after registering the sixth fastest knockout of his career.
“I hit him with the left to set him up, then kept my hands up looking for an opening and I got it.
“I wasn’t ready for this fight but I had obligations. He needed the money and I needed the money. He’s a good man.”
It was a far different outcome for Tyson than his last appearance at the Pyramid Arena last June, when he suffered the worst beating of his professional career pummelled and humbled in eight rounds by Lewis in what was the richest bout in boxing history.
“I’m OK he just caught me with a good punch,” Etienne said, and gave words of encouragement to his opponent after the bout. 
“I just told Mike to stop screwing around and fight... if he keeps working he can be champion again,” Etienne added.