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More classic fights: Mike Tyson highlights Showtime’s June lineup

Five Mike Tyson fights will be televised on June 12 in Showtime’s ongoing series “Showtime Boxing Classics,” which airs each Friday night.

A collection of Mike Tyson fights highlights the June line-up for the Friday night series “Showtime Boxing Classics.” All programs begin at 10 p.m. ET / PT.

Showtime kicks off the month on June 5 with the 2017 Fight of the Year Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko, in which Joshua got up from a knockdown to stop Klitschko and retain his heavyweight belts, and the 2013 Marcos Maidana vs. Adrien Broner brawl.

Five Tyson fights will air on June 12. His opponents: Francois Botha, Julius Francis, Lou Savarese, Brian Nielsen and Clifford Etienne. These were among the last fights in Tyson’s career, after he lost the championship to Evander Holyfield.

On June 19, the series will showcase Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson. Ward is back against Froch on June 26. Ward emerged as a star in part because of his victories in those fights.

Combat sports analysts Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell will host live companion episodes of their digital talk show “Morning Kombat” on the Morning Kombat YouTube Channel for select Showtime Boxing Classics telecasts. They watch the fights along with viewers, give their real-time reactions and take questions from fans throughout the replay.

Viewers can follow along and participate in the discussion by using the hashtag #FightFromHome on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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Showtime Boxing Classics: Tony Weeks, Joe Goossen discuss Corrales-Castillo I

Two of those with the best view of the classic first fight between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo recently discussed it.

Two of those with the best view of the classic first fight between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo recently spoke with Brian Campbell of the “Morning Kombat” show.

Referee Tony Weeks worked the 2000s’ Fight of the Decade and Joe Goossen was in Corrales’ corner.

The epic 10th round saw Corrales go down twice only to get up each time and ultimately stop Castillo on May 7, 2005 in Las Vegas.

Showtime is replaying that fight and the Corrales-Castillo rematch as part of its “Showtime Boxing Classics” series at 10 p.m. ET / PT tonight (Friday).

“Never did I dream the fight would elevate to the level that it did,” Weeks said.

The veteran ref added: “Fifteen years later, I still think about this fight every day. What an honor to be a part of history. The two fighters put in all the work, and I just did what I was trained to do. …

“It really hit me when I went home and I’m getting all these phone calls for interviews, or people congratulating me on a great job. It was like, ‘What happened?’ When I had the chance to really sit down and look at it and see it, it was like, ‘Wow! What a fight.’”

Goossen said: “When [Corrales] got the point taken away from him on the second knockdown [for spitting out his mouthpiece], he was arguing with Tony Weeks. In my mind, that was a good thing because that showed presence of mind that he didn’t like the fact that he was getting a point taken away from him. …

“Now, I will tell you there were some people very close to Diego that were sitting a couple feet from me that were yelling at me to stop the fight. That I heard. And I responded with a quick ‘no’ because they deserved my response. … I knew what I was looking at. They may have thought differently. From their viewpoint, it may have looked a lot worse than I thought it looked.”

Castillo stopped Corrales in four rounds five months later. Less than two years after that, Corrales was killed in a motorcycle accident.

Campbell and partner Luke Thomas will host a live episode of “Morning Kombat” on the “Morning Kombat YouTube Channel” during the “Showtime Boxing Classics” telecast tonight. They will react to the fights in real time and take questions from fans.