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CNN Editorial Research Here's a look at the life of former heavyweight world boxing champion Mike Tyson.PersonalBirth date: June 30, 1966Birth place:

Tyson Fury is the king of the heavyweights with a runway of great potential fights to make ahead of him. Will he really walk away?

April 19 1897 — John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 55 minutes, 10 seconds. 1930 — Clarence DeMar wins the Boston Marathon for a record seventh time, in 2:34:48.2.

>> when the championship games are in primetime and people are paying attention to that, television feeds into those rivalries and makes them bigger than they've ever been before. >> primitive skill. they're just as good as dead. >> every mike tyson fight was an event because every fight was like an ax murder. when he fought michael spinks, the electricity, you could just feel watching it on tv. >> he leads with the right hand. there he goes! >> tyson was made for tv because there was drama. >> it's all over. mike tyson has won it! >> not a lot of junior high school kids can dunk. especially a...

And that's what television does for these athletes. turns them into worldwide iconic brands. >> the inbounds pass comes in to jordan. here's michael at the foul line. a shot -- good! the bulls win it! >> athletes in the '80s became part of an ongoing group of people that we cared about. we just had an enormous pent-up demand for sports, and the '80s began to provide. thank goodness. >> cable television is continuing to grow. it's estimated it will go into 1 million more u.s. households this year. >> with cable television suddenly offering an array of different channel choices, the audience bif...