2022 Nominees

Mike Tyson: The Knockout

Production Company: ABC News

Produced for: ABC

Executive Producer (Production Company): Roxanna Sherwood, Geoffrey Fletcher

Executive Producer (network/platform): N/A

Country or Territory where first released: USA

Synopsis:

Part 1 begins with Tyson’s youth & transition from a bullied kid who discovers his true power, which becomes the basis for the icon’s reputation as “The Baddest Man on the Planet.” Former trainers Bobby Stewart & Teddy Atlas & Joe Colangelo, longtime friend of legendary boxing trainer Cus D’Amato, describe Tyson’s time in & out of juvenile detention while D’Amato trains a young boy from Brooklyn to the edge of his boxing dream of heavyweight champion of the world. They discuss Tyson’s rise to fame after D’Amato’s death & his spiraling under stardom's pressures, including his lifestyle of excess partying, his marriage to Robin Givens, his infamous 1988 Barbara Walters interview, including Given’s allegation of domestic abuse & divorce. Former opponents Michael Spinks and Buster Douglas sit down for interviews & discuss their fights against Tyson, including his win over Spinks to become the undisputed heavyweight champion and Tyson’s shocking first professional boxing loss to Douglas.