Tyson's exhibition bout is sport without meaning

December 01, 2020 5:00 AMEver felt the urge to throw a punch? At the mirror, in the air, at a friend in jest, in your dreams? It's a visceral, primitive, human instinct that beckons a lot of us. The legendary gymnast Olga Korbut, all of 1.52m, bounded into the ring once for an exhibition fight as did the reed-thin basketball player Manute Bol, a mere 2.31m. No, they did not fight each other.