Tyrell Biggs was a starting forward for the Speedboys' Public League and City champions in 1978, a team that extended a state-record winning streak to 68 before a regular season loss to Overbrook.
12 Facts About Tyrell Biggs
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In '77, one of Tyrell Biggs' teammates was Gene Banks, who went on to excel at Duke and play in the NBA.
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Tyrell Biggs repeated this feat the next year, and in 1982 he won the World Championships in Munich, West Germany, where in the final he defeated Francesco Damiani from Italy on points, who beat the legendary Teofilo Stevenson earlier in the competition.
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In 1983 Tyrell Biggs won a bronze medal on the Pan American Games, losing to future professional challenger Jorge Luis Gonzalez in the semi-final.
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In 1984 Tyrell Biggs won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, defeating future Olympic gold medallist and professional world champion Lennox Lewis in the quarter-finals.
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Tyrell Biggs turned professional soon after his Olympic victory, scoring a 6-round unanimous decision over Mike Evans on November 15,1984 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in his first bout.
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Tyrell Biggs did not win a title, but stalked the rankings of contendership for much of the mid- to late 1980s.
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Tyrell Biggs attempted to outbox Tyson, using his jab and movement.
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Unfortunately the talented Tyrell Biggs' life has been a constant fight against drug and alcohol addiction.
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Tyrell Biggs had to enter rehabilitation only a few months after turning professional, and some declare that his career at the time of the Tyson fight was already effectively over.
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Tyrell Biggs' robe was sometimes emblazoned with, "Realize your potential", a drug rehabilitation mantra.
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Tyrell Biggs competed in the American Gladiators season 5 Gold Medal Challenge of Champions in 1993, losing to 1984 Gold Downhill Skiing medalist Bill Johnson.