The fact is when you hear certain DMX songs you automatically visualize Mike Tyson walking to that ring to go to work.Ī lot of fighters still use DMX's songs to enter the ring, which tells us that this current era of rap stars might be a bit soft or uninspiring to get our heads bashed in to?Ĭome on now, can you even do a list like this without the actual Rocky theme? Of course not.Īs many know, Sylvester Stallone was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame recently. This ring entrance even though long and even confusing, as several of Tyson's entourage are trying to walk into the ring with him but seem to be getting turned down by security officials, was still intense and exciting mostly due to the legendary image and reputation of Tyson and because of the choice of DMX's song. Unfortunately, Tyson/Lewis failed miserably to live up to the hype, for it was clear by the first few rounds that Tyson was no longer in his prime and not able to be the brutal force he once was several years earlier. Mike Tyson often used various DMX songs for his ring entrances, as seen in this video of the highly anticipated super-megafight Tyson/Lewis. Rapper DMX, who recently came out of retirement (just like many boxers do), had some of the most motivational ring entrance friendly music to hype the crowd and fighter as he walked to the ring. The line goes: " 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now,' I love that song/Whenever it comes on it makes me feel strong". Rap mogul P Diddy more recently gave this song a shout out in his recent hit song, "Coming Home," a song by his group Dirty Money, which many fighters are using as their homecoming fight song when fighting in their hometowns. The Punisher did not look like a punisher at all that night and he was not living up to his theme song of "Ain't No Stopping Us Now," for he was easily out boxed by Quintana and lost a unanimous decision and had to hand over his WBO belt. Williams was on top of the world and believed in the PR stunt hype of him being the most feared fighter in the world after ironically dethroning the former most feared (PR stunt hype) fighter Antonio Margarito and taking his WBO belt. Paul Williams, when at the peak of his PR stunt-orchestrated reputation of being the sport's most feared fighter, came into the ring to this song and also with an out-of-character Mohawk hair style as well to face the very hungry and underestimated Puerto Rican challenger Carlos Quintana. Many boxers used this song as their ring entrance, including most notably the often underrated heavyweight champion Larry Holmes.
McFadden and Whitehead's "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" is a proud confident positive upbeat fight anthem. Many fighters still use "Mama Said Knock You Out" when they train and even enter the ring. Since this song became popular, several fighters have even stolen lines from this song to use when being interviewed by the media.
When this song first came out I recall seeing LL Cool J on MTV explaining that he brought his mom to an award show and she said to him "come on, son, you can knock out all of these guys" referring to his direct musician competitors, obviously metaphorically (but probably literally, too, since this was the time LL was seriously hitting the weights and transforming his body into that of a body builder).
#ROCKY THEME SONG 1 HOUR FULL#
The song is full of tributes to the sport of boxing and related metaphors with lines talking about Muhammad Ali, shadow boxing, and of course the opening line: "Don't call it a comeback!" The song came out in 1990 when boxing was still on the main stage of the world. (Minus probably his diss tracks in response to his past beef with rapper Canibus)
LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" is probably the rap legend's hardest song that he ever recorded.
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