LAS VEGAS. Sept 8: Bruce Seldon called Mme Tyson a destroyer The fans called the fight a fix.

Fix! Fix! the ugliest word tn boxing, resounded through the MGM Grand Garden after Tyson knocked Seldon down twice and stopped him in 109 seconds Saturday night to win the World Boxing Association heavyweight championship report agencies

I went up against the bad dent man on the planet Seldon said "It wasn't a fixed fight. 1 didn't train 12 weeks to come in here and take a dive

They say Mike Tyson is a destroyer. I am a witness to that."

Tyson swarmed all over Sei don from the opening bell. And while Seldon was able to tie him up on a few occasions, he couldn’t keep him at bay "I'm punching pretty hard these days.’ Iron Mike said. Im punching harder than when 1

However. It was a punch that most of the fans thought didn't land that led to the chorus of boos and the shouts of a fixed fight from the crowd estimated at 9 000

Seldon went face down from a glancing right hand high on the forehead. At first, referee Richard Steels thought it was a

Seldon admitted the punch was a grazing blow but added. He got a little elbow behind It. which did me in."

Seldon struggled up and took the.8-count. Tyson then was on him. firing a left hook to the jaw that dropped Seldon face down again.

Again he struggled up. but his legs were rubbery and Steele-stopped the fight.

Seldon is known as the Atlantic City Express, after his hometown, but his journey with Tyson 100

"Cus D’Amato: Two down and one to go. Tyson said, referring to his late boxing mentor and also to the fact that he added the WBA championship to the WBC title he already hekf

It appears Tyson won't be WBC champion for long. He will fight Evander Holyfield in a showdown expected to headline four world heavyweight title here November 9. a card that should pave the way for a unified world champion by next June.

Promoter Don King and the MGM Grand are expected to announce a blockbuster card for the World Boxing Council. World Boxing Association. International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association. Internationa] Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation crowns.

Tyson is expected to vacate or be stripped of the WBC crown in the next few days, part of a deal with Britain s Lennox Lewis to step aside

The vacant WBC crown would go to the winner of a Lennox Lewis-Oliver McCall fight also on the card here. That would require King to win a purse bid later this month to include the fight on a card that would likely set records for pay per-vlew revenue

IBF champion Michael Moorer s mandatory defence against South Africa s Franz Botha would also be on the card along with a title defence by WBC champion Henry Akin wande a British fighter promoted by King

The Tyson-Holyfield and Moorer-Botha winners would meet here March 14 on a card that could also include the Lewis-McCall winner facing the winner of a December 14 fight In Atlantic City between Rid dick Bowe and Andrew Golota, the rematch of a fight Bowe won by disqualification after taking low blows

That would set the stage for a May or June fight here between the March winners to reunite the world title, a goal for Tyson since he was released from prison.

Since his release, Tyson's four fights have lasted a total of less than eight full rounds. In It lose four fights, Tyson s purses totaled 75 million dollar. 15 million of it corhing Saturday

The 109 second bout was not Tyson's fastest in a championship. He knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds and Car Williams in 93 in undisputed championship bouts in 1988 and 1989, respectively.