▁Ev ander ▁Holy field . ▁Left ▁with ▁little ▁choice , ▁T ys on ▁was ▁forced ▁down ▁the ▁com eb ack ▁trail . ▁Form er ▁wel ter weight ▁and ▁middle weight ▁champion ▁Thomas ▁H ear ns ▁and ▁former ▁heavy weight ▁cont ender ▁Ren al do ▁Sn ipes ▁emer ged ▁as ▁possible ▁oppon ents ▁for ▁T ys on , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 ▁that ▁T ys on ▁would ▁face ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁Olympic ▁Gold ▁Medal ist ▁Henry ▁Till man , ▁who ▁had ▁twice ▁defeated ▁T ys on ▁as ▁an ▁amateur , ▁effectively ▁cost ing ▁T ys on ▁a ▁spot ▁on ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Olympic ▁team . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁his ▁successful ▁amateur ▁career , ▁Till man ' s ▁professional ▁career ▁was ▁un im press ive , ▁facing ▁mostly ▁unknown s ▁and ▁losing ▁his ▁only ▁high - profile ▁fight ▁to ▁Ev ander ▁Holy field ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁knock out . ▁Till man ▁entered ▁the ▁fight ▁as ▁a ▁ 2 5 – 1 ▁under dog ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁virt ually ▁no ▁chance ▁of ▁defe ating ▁T ys on . ▁The ▁T ys on – T ill man ▁fight ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁fight ▁of ▁a ▁double header ▁event ▁that ▁also ▁featured ▁George ▁For eman ▁taking ▁on ▁Ad il son ▁Rod rig ues . ▁ ▁The ▁fight ▁T ys on ▁charged ▁at ▁Till man ▁once ▁the ▁opening ▁bell ▁sound ed , ▁causing ▁Till man ▁to ▁quickly ▁retre at . ▁Till man ▁offered ▁very ▁little ▁off ense ▁during ▁the ▁fight , ▁instead